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1977 Map of Tanners Peak

Name: 1977 Topographic Map of Tanners Peak
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1978
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1978

About this map

The Klamath National Forest serves as the backdrop for this intensive record of hard-rock mining and hydraulic activity along the North Fork Salmon River. The landscape is densely packed with mineral claims, ranging from the curiously named One Hundred Dollar Mine to the Uncle Sam Mine and Lanky Bob Mine. These operations follow the deep incisions of gulches like Eddy Gulch and Whites Gulch, where Dredge Tailings indicate the scale of industrial displacement along the riverbed.

Evidence of early transit and settlement is preserved through pack trails and remote sites such as Finley Camp (Site) and Mule Bridge. The topography transitions from the high elevations of Tanners Peak in the Marble Mountains to the lower meadows of Johns Meadows in the south. This survey captures a moment when traditional mining footprints remained clearly visible across the drainage basins of the East Fork Salmon River.