Mackay Incorporation

Many Thanks to Custer County Clerk Lura Baker for taking time to find and scan Pages 34 and 35 from Minutes Book 3 of the Custer County Commission.  This is the definitive primary source documentation of the official Incorporation of Mackay on October 14, 1901.

Note that we have included the same page scans twice in this post.  The original size scans below.  You can probably scroll sideways and up and down easier through the original size versions than you can the first two shown at the top.  Different devices render these graphics in different ways.

Joe T. Fallini

The Public Lands Foundation in 2005 granted to Joseph T. Fallini, posthumously, it’s Outstanding Lifetime Service Award. The Foundation provides this award to deserving members who have perpetuated and enhanced the proud tradition of public service.  Joe exemplifies that tradition through a lifetime of service in managing and protecting the public lands.

Joe was born March 10, 1917, and grew up on the family ranch on Alder Creek near Mackay, Idaho. He attended the Mackay schools and graduated from the University of Idaho in 1940 with a degree in forestry. While in school he worked during the summers as a smoke chaser for the Forest Service in the Loon Creek and Middle Fork of the Salmon River areas. He served as a Commissioned Officer in the Army Signal Corps from 1941 to 1944.  He married Marie Wendelin on February 7, 1943. Marie passed away February 4, 1983.

He returned to the Idaho Falls District as a Range Conservationist in 1945, and was appointed District Manager. Joe moved to the BLM Area Office in Portland in 1950, as Range Conservationist for the Oregon/Washington/Idaho Area, and joined the Range Staff in the BLM Washington Office in 1956. He served as BLM Idaho State Director from 1959 to 1970, and BLM Arizona State Director from 1970 to 1974.  After a brief retirement, he was appointed State Land Commissioner for Arizona and served in this capacity from 1980 to 1983.

Joe's public land management career with the Federal government spanned a critical 33 year period during which management on  the public lands evolved from rancher-dominated Grazing Districts to BLM professional range conservationists and foresters which later grew into multiple use management by a wide range of natural and cultural resource management specialists. During the same period the historic land disposal programs of the General Land Office were being phased out and the BLM was struggling to establish itself as a multiple use management agency.

The former Mackay Reservoir Recreation Site was renamed
for Joe T. Fallini in a well-attended ceremony July 18, 1997.

Joe T. Fallini was one of the leaders in the BLM who helped prepare the guidelines, expand the work force and made needed changes happen.  Six years after his retirement from BLM, Arizona Governor Babbitt appointed Joe T. Fallini as Arizona State Land Commissioner for the primary purpose of converting the Arizona State Land Department from a land disposal operation to natural resource and realty management agency. Joe's early career with the Grazing Service and BLM was spent working on the land and with the cattle and sheep operators to reduce overgrazing, settle disputes between operators, and implement the new rules and regulations for livestock grazing and Grazing Districts. In Washington he helped develop guidelines, manuals, policies and procedures for the Bureau's range program.

As State Director in Idaho and Arizona, he excelled as a problem solver and a manager of people and programs in a growing and changing Bureau of Land Management. In retirement, he took his experience and management ability to the Arizona State Land Department to reorganize and redirect that agency's resource management and realty programs.

Joe T. Fallini was a low-profile person who was very reluctant to "toot his own horn."  He once said, "I cannot take personal credit for whatever achievements were made during my career; it was a team effort by the dedicated employees in state and district offices. Joe considered his main achievement in Idaho was the completion of the range adjudication program.  As the Arizona State Director he considered his main efforts included the elimination of most of the occupancy trespasses along the Lower Colorado River, and obtaining public access to the Aravaipa Canyon Primitive Area.

Joe had an exceptional ability to work with people; he had a strong desire to solve problems, he was dedicated to doing what was right for the land and the land users, and he was a motivator and mentor to his employees. These traits earned him the respect and affection of those who worked for and with him throughout his career.  Joe did not seek personal recognition or honor, but he was pleased when, in a July 18, 1997, dedication ceremony, the new BLM campground at the Mackay Reservoir near Mackay, Idaho was named the "Joe T. Fallini Campground". (NOTE: The campground was rebuilt and then rededicated in 2004.) Joe was a charter member of the "Jim Beamers" which is a group of BLM retirees interested in fish and wildlife populations, historic trails, true stories and tall tales.

Joe died January 19, 2001 and is buried at Mount McCaleb Cemetery in Mackay, Idaho.

Click here for some photos of the Joe T. Fallini BLM Campground at Mackay Reservoir:

https://picasaweb.google.com/107378707187550546660/JoeTFallini#

Mackay's Namesake

Mackay, Idaho, was named for either John W. Mackay or his son Clarence H. Mackay. The City of Mackay website states Mackay was named for John.  The book "Mackay's Yesterdays" states the community was named for Clarence.

Regardless of which individual is the true namesake for Mackay, both were notable and interesting in their own right, although for far different reasons.

John W. Mackay had a truly incredible life story. He shared his “Family Room” in Dublin with cows and pigs and often didn't have anything to eat. He came to American at the age of 9 and then his Dad died. So he worked building steamships to support his Mom and Sister. He hardly had a speck of formal education and stuttered his speech well into his 20's. As a teenager he hitched a ride to California on a boat he helped build and never looked back. Irishman John W. Mackay arrived in San Francisco in late 1851 and went to back-breaking work as a day-laborer in the placer mines on the Yuba River near Downieville, California.
Eight years later he heard of a rich silver strike in Utah Territory. Mackay and his buddy, Jack O'Brien, walked across The High Sierra with their scant backpacks. As they crested a hill overlooking the newborn Virginia City mining camp tents and shanties, O'Brien asked Mackey if he had any money. “Not a cent,” Mackay replied. “Well, I've only got a half dollar, and here it goes,” said O”Brien, flinging the coin downhill. “Now we can walk into camp like gentlemen.”
Thus the man who would become one of The World's Richest men entered Virginia City penniless in early 1860.

We plan to greatly expand our interpretation and narrative of John W's life and times. (See footnotes.)

Clarence Mackay, on the other hand, was clearly born with the proverbial silver spoon.  Money was never a worry until much later in Clarence's life.  We will be telling his story, too, but it is nowhere near as interesting as the story of his Dad's life. Clarence's life is more notable for its early excesses and improbably odd twists and turns later.

The blog author prefers to believe Mackay was named for John W.  John W's Life was far more in keeping with the Life and Times of the People of Mackay, Idaho, throughout the community's history.  He was a truly exceptional man who earned and deserves respect and admiration in spite of his vast wealth.

In any event, neither John W. or Clarence H. ever set foot in Mackay.

 Above and below are additional images of John W. Mackay.  The image that appears on The City of Mackay website (shown at top) seems to convey an aristocratic tone.  John Mackay was far, far from being an aloof, snobbish "high brow" rich man.  Throughout  his life, Mackay kept the spirit of his humble beginnings very much in mind.  He was much more comfortable spending time with workers and miners than he was hob-nobbing in elite social circles.

By far the best biography we've found (so far) of John W. Mackay is contained in book entitled, "Silver Kings" by Oscar Lewis, originally published in 1947.  It is now available as an eBook and was also republished in paperback in 1986 (ISBN-10: 0874171105 or ISBN-13: 978-0874171105)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Mackay 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_Mackay

John W. Mackay perhaps foresaw the future we enjoy today.  It's a story yet to long to tell here but we need to post this graphic and link.  This is PURE John W. Mackay Stuff here morphed into The Modern Day!



http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/26/11787822/facebook-microsoft-marea-internet-cable-atlantic-ocean

Scathing words for early White Knob mining companies

It's common knowledge the early companies that tried to develop the White Knob mining properties did not enjoy success.  Modern day writers are fairly polite when discussing those troubled days early in the 20th Century.

Not so with a 1909 publication entitled: "Successor to the Mines Handbook and the Copper Handbook, Describing the Non-ferrous Metal Mining Companies in the Western Hemisphere, Volumes 8-9"  The authors had some scathing, scintillating purple prose the likes of which are rarely seen these days.  We found this commentary on Pages Pages 1427-1428.  A link to those pages is below.

The general drift of discussion is about "the miserable flounderings" of the White Knob Copper Company and its predecessors, to wit:

"To give even a remote understanding of this crazy-quilt patchwork corporation, it is necessary to outline the history of the various preceding White Knob corporations, all under the same general management — if such a respect able word as management can be misapplied to such gross mismanagement as this corporation and its predecessors have suffered, from birth.

It is doubtful if in the history of mining there is a finer example of utter incompetency than is afforded by the spectral succession of White Knob corporations, organized in various states, and at frequent intervals, all born with weak constitutions, but all, unfortunately, retaining sufficient vitality to pass along to their progeny the scrofulous taint with which the first was endowed. The White Knob Mining Co., which seems to have been the ancestor of the entire decrepit family of White Knobs, was organized, circa 1899, under the laws of West Virginia.

The White Knob Copper & Development Co., Ltd., which is the present corporation, though how long it may be for this world the rashest prophet scarce would care to guess, in view of the family history.

The various White Knob corporations expended circa $3,000,000, on the property in Idaho, to most excellent disadvantage, the policies of the White Knobs being consistent only in their utter inconsistency. Mining officials were changed repeatedly; reorganization followed reorganization; stock was increased and decreased, and again increased and decreased; bonds were authorized, issued, and redeemed; the smelter was blown in, blown out and again blown in, and out, repeatedly; local officials were changed so frequently that it scarcely would be an exaggeration to say that nearly every position had three incumbents — one going, one on the job, and one coming. Such a witches' dance of financial and technical lunacy would be difficult to describe adequately.

The company and its management are viewed with utter disgust, and the shareholders with derision."

Source Link: https://goo.gl/eU6Smf

Judy Malkiewicz 1950-2013

Modern Day Mackay was blessed to have Judy Malkiewicz devote her Heart & Soul to the Community.  Among the many things Judy did after retiring to Mackay in 2004 was create the quintessential Mackay Blog.  It will remain forever online as a testimony for the seemingly boundless curiosity about "all things Mackay" that burned in Judy's Spirit.  Virtually every web search about any topic relating to Mackay will lead you to Judy's blog.  The last entry in Judy's Mackay blog was posted two days after she died September 25, 2013.  Even though she is gone, Judy's endless energy will live on as an inspiration for small town bloggers everywhere.  Thank You, Judy, "YA  DUN GOOD!"

http://mackayidaho1.blogspot.com/2013/09/wednesday-september-25-2013.html

The Mackay Public Library

 The Mackay Women's Club created Mackay's first library in 1912.  After much hard work, this current library building was built in 1936 by the federal Works Progress Administration.

Mackay Public Library Director, Tina Bethoulle.  We have much historical information to add soon.

Everywhere in Mackay  is picturesque but the Mackay Public Library is particularly photogenic.

The Mackayk Public Library has 10,800 volumes as of May 2016.

The Mackay Public Library's free internet access is top notch for a small town library.

More about  this soon

Myrtle is quite entertaining!

Lesley Szabo, Assistant Librarian, was SO helpful to us during our visit May 19.  THANK YOU, Lesley!

Old Mackay postcard

We found this post card on eBay on May 23, 2016.  The seller says it's a "1910s" view.   We think this would have been when the highway was farther west than it is today.

Here's the eBay listing link:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1910s-Idaho-Postcard-Lost-River-Mount-McCaleb-Panoramic-View-Cutler-Photo-/141944145347?hash=item210c87c5c3:g:18oAAOSw5ZBWKDMo

Mt. McCaleb

If Mine Hill is Mackay's Catherdral, then Mt. McCaleb is Mackay's Patron Saint!  McCaleb is firmly rooted in the psyche of all Mackay Natives and also works its mesmerizing magic on new residents and visitors as well.

There's that "special something" about Mighty Mt. McCaleb that reaches out and grabs you.  McCaleb is far from being the tallest Idaho Peak.  Other peaks loom larger in the Lost River Range.  Maybe it's McCaleb's geometry.  Maybe it's the way the light catches the tip of the peak as it towers over Mackay and the Big Lost River Valley.  Maybe it's the way you first see McCaleb when you head up US Highway  93 north of Arco.

Whatever it is, McCaleb's got it!  Many Mackayites have climbed McCaleb many a time.  Some have  climbed it too many times to remember.  Some have climbed it every year for most of their life.  Some only wish they could climb it.  But most just love gazing at McCaleb, somehow feeling more alive just because McCaleb exists.

We aren't going to go on and on any more about McCaleb.  We do recommend that you read each and every story behind the links here.  Your going to find some interesting reports of how people scale McCaleb's summit.

Someday, it would be fun to put together a video of people stating their affection for and experiences with Mighty McCaleb.  But for now, here's some stories to keep you entertained.

http://www.summitpost.org/mount-mccaleb/152718

http://www.idahoaclimbingguide.com/bookupdates/mount-mccaleb-11682/

http://www.idahosummits.com/mccaleb/mccaleb.htm

https://www.theoutbound.com/idaho/hiking/hike-mount-mccaleb

http://idahoalpinezone.com/index.php?p=2_65

The Free Life of A Ranger

Archie Murchie was the epitome of an Old School Forest Ranger.  His 400+ page memoir covers the 36-years of his life working for the Forest Service back when it was more of a "Good Ol' Boy" outfit.

Archie lived for awhile in Mackay and managed the Wildhorse District in Copper Basin in the 1940's.  He took a real practical approach to working with the ranchers:

"Helping with the roundup was interesting and enjoyable, and the permittees appreciated that you could take off your ranger hat and go out and work and sweat and eat dust right along with the rest of them. The fall roundup was something I wanted to be involved in very much, but it also was really, I guess, part of my job, because I could work with those ranchers then; I could talk to them. When the day was done, and we were sitting around having a shot of whiskey after we got through eating, if they had problems, they’d come out with them. And if I had problems, I could come out with them. We could sit there and talk things over, and there was no bitterness. It worked."

Archie's book was published in 1991 and will remain an enduring classic of the genre.  Used copies of the book are available online in the $15-$20 price range.  However, the entire book is actually available from the University of Nevada Reno archives.  You can go right to the  chapter about  Archie's time in Mackay and Wildhorse via a link in the right margin.

https://contentdm.library.unr.edu/cdm/ref/collection/unohp/id/5196

"One advantage of being a ranger at Mackay was that it was a small community, and you got to know the people well, and you could work with the people. I had actually become part of the community, more than in a lot of other places I’ve been. I worked with the Boy Scouts and Lions Club and was a member of the Masonic Lodge there. Women’s clubs and different groups, if they wanted somebody to give a talk, they would call on me. Also, the community was a very nice community to live in. Our children were all in school then, except our youngest boy, John. They had good schools, and the classes weren’t so big that they didn’t get a good education."

We have a "sidebar story" to tell about Archie Murchie's time in Mackay.  As you can see from the above quote, Archie didn't shy way from getting involved in the Community.  He was well known and widely respected.  Meanwhile, there was a another very well known and respected family in Mackay at the time--The Pence Family.  Many, many Mackayites still either know or know of The Pence Family.  As the five Pence boys were growing up, they were impressed and a bit envious of Archie's kids bicycles.  One of the Pence boys told it to me this way, "Archie's kids had the best bikes, the most colorful in Mackay. And those bikes had handle bar streamers.  We sure wanted one of those bikes with the streamers and back then we thought the best way to get one was to be a Forest Ranger!"

Archie's kids bicycles sealed the deal and four out of five of The Pence Boys actually became Forest Rangers and the fifth went to work for a  USDA sister agency, the Soil Conservation Service.  Here's a quote from an LA Times article about Guy Pence, easily the most famous of The Pence Boys:

"There never was much question that Pence would become a forest ranger. For that matter, there never was much question about any of the five Pence boys. Growing up in Mackay, Ida., next to the Challis National Forest, four of them ended up as forest rangers, the fifth with the Soil Conservation Service.

"Our father," Pence explains, "always had us in the woods."

Every Saturday, the five brothers would gather the camping gear. Remember this, remember that, their father would urge, calling from the grocery store he and his wife ran for 50 years, six days a week. Soon as he closed up, they were gone, the boys all piled in the back of their dad's 1949 Ford pickup, slingshots aimed at roadside tin cans. All Sunday, they hiked, caught grasshoppers for bait, fished for brook trout, sometimes hunted deer. The Pence boys learned how to survive in the woods, how to appreciate where they were."

Guy Pence was the Forest Ranger who was bombed twice during his days as a Forest Ranger.  Luckily, he and his Family survived.  You can read all about it here:

http://articles.latimes.com/1995-11-26/magazine/tm-7287_1_forest-service

Mackay Mine Hill

If Mackay had a cathedral, it would be Mackay Mine Hill.

Trust me, NOTHING in Mackay's history can possibly compare to the rich tapestry of Mine Hill.

The City of Mackay owes its existence to a rather weird, unique and somewhat geologically bizarre copper deposit perched precariously high above The Big Lost River Valley.  We have read extensively about this strange bit of localized mineralization in The White Knob.   The extraction of ore from the area met with mixed economic success. One of our favorite quotes about the principal property on Mine Hill is: "The succession of White Knob companies which owned this property during the next five years is notorious in the annals of mining, each being a drain on the investing public and a failure more disastrous than the one preceding it."

Many thanks are due to the many people who rallied up in 1999 to begin efforts to preserve Mine Hill.  Their diligence and dedication have produced a last legacy.

Here is a Classic Vimeo video dedicated to Judy that will help you understand the mythic lure of Mackay Mine Hill.  It's about five minutes and well worth watching.  Besides, it's dedicated to Judy!

https://vimeo.com/120649666

Copyright 2009  by Roger Plothow, All Rights Reserved.

Meanwhile, Eastern Idaho Flâneur Emeritus created a wonderful blog post on Mine Hill.  Here 'tis:

http://rogerplothow.blogspot.com/2009/08/mackay-mines-mountains-and-main-street.html

Here is the BLM Virtual Tour of Mackay Mine Hill:

http://web.archive.org/web/20090510110451/http://www.blm.gov/heritage/adventures/menu/ID_virtualtour_files/white_knobVT.html

The Famous Mackay Free BBQ

Mackay is rightfully famous for its annual free BBQ staged right around the Fall Equinox every year.  A strong case could be made that there is no other free BBQ like this anywhere in America, except Mackay, of course.  There are NO strings attached to Mackay's Free BBQ.  It's free.  Seriously.  Free.
You get this heaping serving of succulent roast beef on a great bun with chips and condiments, too, and it's F-R-E-E.  That's why it's called The Mackay Free BBQ. A great variety of side dishes, drinks and desserts are sold by local community groups.  It's one great big celebration and it's So Fun!

Believe it or not, this Free BBQ has been going on every year since 1935.

But the bottom line is that all you have to do to participate in the Mackay Free BBQ is to show up with an appetite and a Happy Attitude.  Mackay is filled with Happy Attitude People that day.  Everybody is Happy!  Trust me, when you  get free BBQ this good, YOU will be Happy, too!

The South Custer County Historical Society's Earl Lockie wrote two very fine accounts which provide background and understanding about the beginnings of the Mackay Free BBQ.

Click here for Earl's 2015 document entitled: "Tons of Meat, It's Mackay's Treat:

https://goo.gl/qSqxMI

Click here for Earl's 2011 document entitled, "That Damn Dam."

https://goo.gl/FCRknu

The rock oven now in use built in 1938.  Here's two photos from "The Mackay I Remember" by John L. Powers.

We've only attended the Mackay BBQ 3 times but we can tell you that it is THE BEST Slice  Americana we have ever seen.  Anywhere.  Bar None.

Here's the quintessential video of the Mackay BBQ:

https://vimeo.com/121488722

Here's a few photos from the last time we attended:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.218195941677013.1073741899.100004598250156&type=1&l=c3fe742e33

Big Lost River Hydrology

The Big Lost River is a Western American Classic!  First, its headwaters encompass some of the wildest, tallest, rugged peaks in Idaho, if not the Intermountain West.  Second, The Big Lost never gets to meet and greet another river.  Nope, there's no confluence in The Big Lost's future--ever.  Whatever few trickles of flow can dribble past the irrigated alfalfa and grain fields of the Valley of The Big Lost will simply disappear into the lava flows of The sprawling Snake River Plain.  It's always been that way.  Water officials dub The Big Lost one of Idaho's "Sinks Drainages."   To put it bluntly, they sink outta sight.  That;s how they got their names: The Big Lost and The Little Lost.

In the above watershed mosaic, the key drainages to watch are The East Fork and Wildhorse Creek.  They contribute the lion's share of inflow to Mackay Reservoir--the all-important water storage facility for the farmland downstream.

Here's a recent hydrograph of the outflow from the upper Big Lost watershed as it prepares to pass into Mackay Reservoir.  This USGS stream gage effectively captures the all-important North East Forks as well as Wildhorse Creek.  Bear in mind, although this May 15 graph looks pretty good, it's far, far below the record flow for May 15 of 2,550 cfs logged in 1984.

This graphic shows where the USGS stream gage is located, roughly 10+ miles above Mackay Reservoir.  As of mid-May, the reservoir is over 90% full.  An incoming storm forecast for May 19-21 has potential to rain on the existing snowpack and might cause the reservoir to "fill and spill."

As far as we can determine, the last time Mackay Reservoir filled and spilled was in June 2011.

Here's an Idaho DEQ TMDL report that shows a lot of the details of The Big Lost River:

http://www.deq.idaho.gov/media/450235-_water_data_reports_surface_water_tmdls_big_lost_river_big_lost_entire.pdf

Mackay FFA

Mackay is one of the few fortunate rural communities to enjoy a robust FFA Club.  In the past 20 years the Future Farmers of America membership has declined in proportion to the growing urban population, competing activities and a general decline in the stature of agriculture as a noble endeavor.  Mackay's FFA continues to be strong and active.

The FFA operates a greenhouse behind the high school and sells vegetable and flower plants to local residents and the occasional visitor.  Once in awhile, some of the enterprising FFA members will drive down to the Saturday Idaho Falls Farmers Market to sell their products.

The Mackay FFA is also uniquely know for its Roche Coach--a fully equipped over-the-road motor bus.  They have used the coach to go to the FFA Nationals for 30 years in a row, traveling over 4300 miles round trip last year!

http://mackayffa.theaet.com/aethome.aspx?ID=31413

https://www.facebook.com/Mackay-FFA-Greenhouse-1579193519010927/

http://farmprogressamerica.com/video.aspx/ffa-chapter-tribute-mackay-ffa-mackay-idaho-03-19-16-16-3145

Mackay Fish Hatchery

Believe it or not, there's a fish hatchery near Mackay that sits smack dab in the sage brush desert.  How can that be?  Well, believe it or not, a gi-normous spring gushes from a sage brush covered hillside providing 17-23 cfs of water that is a constant 52 degrees year round!  The hatchery produces over 100,000 "catchable" trout each year, as well as more than 2-million fingerlings.  Tour of the hatchery are available by appointment.  Simply call 208-588-2219 for an appointment.

http://fishandgame.idaho.gov/public/fish/?getPage=96

Sun Valley Spin

Sun Valley, Idaho, isn't very far from Mackay, just 42 miles as the raven flies.  However, Sun Valley and Mackay arguably couldn't be farther apart culturally, economically, politically and by practically every other measure of the differences between two communities.

Sun Valley Magazine sent a writer and photographer over the hill to profile Mackay in the Summer 2013 issue.  The result is a surprisingly well done article that neither diminishes nor overly embellishes Mackay.  It's a fairly straight up piece that provides a decent glimpse of the "essence of modern day Mackay"  Although the article is a little heavy on bars and restaurants, it's still a decent intro to the "Top of The World."

http://www.sunvalleymag.com/Sun-Valley-Magazine/Summer-2013/Mackay-Idaho/

City of Mackay

For a small city of only about 500 people, The City of Mackay maintains a nice, tidy little website.  It has a variety of links to Mackay events and other resources such as the public library, etc.

http://mackayidaho-city.com/index.html

Singing Mackay's Praises in 1908

"This fountain of health flows free for all; the productive fields await you; the never-ending mountains gorged to gluttony with precious metals are calling upon you for relief; the fish and game in overabundance are pleading for a prominent place on your table. Are you willing to pass up the boundless gifts of Nature so free to you all?"

Ah, how we love the shameless, ebullient prose of this 1908 promoter of Mackay, Idaho!

The full transcript of this 1908 article follows.

Geological Reports

Over the life of this blog, we hope to attempt to compile links to various geological reports, research and historical analysis.  Here are a few beginning links.

Here is a pretty good USGS analysis of the various fault systems in the Mackay vicinity:

https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2004/1222/chapters/Ch9.pdf

This is a 1907 32-page report on the White Knob Copper Deposits.

https://play.google.com/books/reader?printsec=frontcover&output=reader&id=-GFIAAAAYAAJ

If the above link won't work, ttry this one.

https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=-GFIAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PA22

Here is an awesome 1917 report on the minerals of the Mackay region.  It is 154 pages!

https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=THXnAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en&pg=GBS.PP1

Here's the 1969 "Geology of the Mackay 30 minute quadrangel."

http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1970/0242/report.pdf

Much the Mackay vicinity is limestone and that limestone is Mississippian in age.  Here's a great link to bone up on your basic Mississippian realities:

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/carboniferous/carboniferous.php

Jasperoids:

http://geology.isu.edu/Digital_Geology_Idaho/papers/B-27ch03-1.pdf

Topics to be added

Here's our Hit List of Topics to be added:

Mt. McCaleb

Cedar Creek Spring

Fallini Campground

Mackay Reservoir Fishing Report

Lost River Ranger District (Posted a note about Archie Murchie 5/17/16)
Additional USFS info will be forthcoming.

The Pass Creek-Pahsimeroi-Double Springs-Loop

Copper Basin

David R. Stoecklein & The Bar Horseshoe Ranch

Some lodging reviews

Some foodie reviews

The Mackay Senior Center.