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1954 Map of Miners Delight

Name: 1954 Topographic Map of Miners Delight
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1956
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1956

About this map

Miners Delight and the Stambaugh (Historical Site) reveal the gold-mining heritage of the South Pass region during the mid-1950s. This survey, part of the development of the Missouri River Basin, documents an area deeply etched by hard-rock and placer operations. Numerous lode claims including the Miners Delight Mine, Gold Dollar Mine, and Caribou Mine are situated along the south-facing slopes of Peabody Ridge and near the headwaters of Beaver Creek.

The landscape within the Shoshone National Forest is characterized by a dense network of gulches—such as Yankee Gulch, Arasta Gulch, and Big Atlantic Gulch—where topography dictated the early infrastructure of ditches and jeep trails. Labels like the Keeling Ditch and Stock Driveway illustrate the dual economy of mineral extraction and livestock grazing. High points like Roundtop Mountain and Limestone Mountain overlook this complex terrain of prospects and a lonely Cem that speak to the transient and challenging nature of life in the Wyoming mining districts.