Kellogg, Idaho

Kellogg is a town located in Shoshone County, Idaho, along Interstate 90 near the Coeur d'Alene National Forest and about 36 miles (58 km) east-southeast of Coeur d'Alene. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 2,395, down by nearly a third of what its population was in 1980.

Kellogg is named after a prospector named Noah Kellogg. Legend has it that his donkey wandered off during the morning of September 4, 1885; Kellogg found the animal at a large outcropping of Galena, which became the site of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mines; those mines led to the founding of Kellogg, a town where a local sign reads "This is the town founded by a jackass and inhabited by his descendants." Bunker Hill Mine closed in 1982, leaving 2000 people out of work.

Kellogg is also home to Silver Mountain Resort, a ski resort which includes Kellogg Peak (6,300 ft/1,920 m) and Wardner Peak (6,200 ft/1,890 m).

Contents

1 Sunshine Mine 2 Geography 3 Demographics 4 External links and sources

Sunshine Mine

In May 1972, the Sunshine Mine of Kellogg was the site of one of the worst U.S. mining accidents, resulting in the deaths of 91 miners; as a result, every miner in the U.S. now carries a "self-rescuer" (a breathing apparatus made with hopcalite and much simpler than a SCBA), which gives the miner a chance to avoid death due to carbon monoxide poisoning.

Sunshine Mine remained open until February 16, 2001, producing 360 million troy ounces (11,000,000 kg) of silver. As of 2005 Sterling Mining has plans to continue exploration and development of the mine, exercising an option the company purchased in 2003.

The disaster is the subject of The Sunshine Mine Disaster (ISBN 0893011819), a book of "witness poetry" and nonfiction published in 1995.

The disaster is the subject of The Deep Dark: Disaster and Redemption in America's Richest Silver Mine (ISBN 0609610163), published in 2005.

Geography

Kellogg is located at 47°32'18" North, 116°7'31" West (47.538391, -116.125406)Template:GR.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 5.0 km² (1.9 mi²), none of which is covered by water.

Demographics

As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there are 2,395 people in the town, organized into 1,023 households, and 603 families. The population density is 476.7/km² (1,235.1/mi²). There are 1,239 housing units at an average density of 246.6/km² (639.0/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 94.70% White, 1.59% Native American, 0.25% Asian, 0.25% Pacific Islander, 0.13% African American, 0.46% from other races, and 2.63% from two or more races. 1.75% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 1,023 households out of which 30.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.0% are married couples living together, 11.8% have a female householder with no husband present, and 41.0% are non-families. 35.3% of all households are made up of individuals and 16.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.27 and the average family size is 2.94.

In the city the population is spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 8.1% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 21.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.4% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 37 years. For every 100 females there are 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 89.1 males.

The median income for a household in the city is $25,898, and the median income for a family is $32,260. Males have a median income of $29,214 versus $17,391 for females. The per capita income for the city is $16,274. 21.8% of the population and 17.3% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 30.2% of those under the age of 18 and 7.3% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line.

External links and sources

• Historic Silver Valley Chamber of Commerce (http://www.historicsilvervalleychamberofcommerce.com/)
• Coeur d'Alene Mining District (http://idahoptv.org/outdoors/shows/ghosttowns/coeurdalene.html), about Kellogg and the Silver Valley, from the Idaho Public Television website
• Kellogg's history and a list of events there (http://www.tourtheinlandnw.com/NorthIDCities/Kellogg.html), from a personal website
• Tarnished Luster (http://stevekemper.net/work5.htm), a reprint on the author's website of an article on Kellogg and the Silver Valley published in the Smithsonian in October 2001
• Silver Mountain Resort (http://www.silvermt.com/), reviewed here (http://www.skimag.com/skimag/features/article/0,12795,561230,00.html) by a contributing editor of Ski magazine
• Shoshone News Press (http://www.shoshonenewspress.com/), the local newspaper

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• Sunshine Mine
  • The Sunshine Mine accident and its aftermath (http://www.usmra.com/saxsewell/sunshine.htm), from the United States Mine Rescue Association (USMRA) website (quite detailed)
  • The Sunshine Mine Fire Disaster: A View From The Inside (http://www.usmra.com/saxsewell/sunshine_view.htm), another description, also from the USMRA website
  • The Sunshine Mine Disaster (http://itech.fgcu.edu/faculty/jbrock/poetry2.html), a home page by the author of the 1995 book, via a Florida Gulf Coast University website
  • Survivors discuss Sunshine Mine fire (http://cityguide.bellinghamherald.com/fe/takefive/20050310/234410.asp), a March 2005 interview of the author of the 2005 book, from the Bellingham Herald website
  • Underground In The Sunshine (http://www.mine-engineer.com/mining/sun.htm), a reprint on an ad-supported personal website of a short story about working in the Sunshine Mine in 1946, first published in the International California Mining Journal in October 1998
  • Sterling Mining Company official website (http://www.sterlingmining.com/)