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Mullan is a city in Shoshone County in the northern part of the U.S. state of Idaho. The population was 692 at the 2010 census, down from 840 in 2000. The city is in the east end of the Silver Valley mining district; located in a sheltered canyon of the Coeur d'Alene Mountains at an elevation of above sea level. The entrance to the Lucky Friday mine is several hundred yards east of the city center;〔(MSR Maps ) - USGS topo map - Mullan, Idaho - accessed 2011-12-11〕 the active mine (silver, lead, & zinc) descends more than below the surface. Interstate 90 runs by the south side of the city, and the Montana border at Lookout Pass is east at above sea level. ==History== Mullan came into existence in 1884 with the discovery of gold at the Gold Hunter Mine, which turned out to be a lead and silver producer. That same year George Good made a lead-silver strike with the Morning Mine and Mullan came into existence between the two mines. The site was filed in August 1888, after the village had twenty log and fifteen frame houses, a sawmill, and a population of 150. The Northern Pacific Railway came to it in 1889 and the city was incorporated in 1904.〔 * 〕 During the Coeur d'Alene, Idaho labor confrontation of 1899, 200 miners from Mullan joined the Dynamite Express. In the aftermath of the labor war, many of Mullan's leaders and Populist elected officials including the sheriff were arrested and sent to the Wallace bull pens〔History of Selected Mines in the Pine Creek Area, Shoshone County, Idaho by Victoria E Mitchell, Idaho Geological Survey〕 The city was named for West Point graduate John Mullan, who was in charge of selecting a wagon route (commonly called the Mullan Road) between Fort Benton (Montana) and Fort Walla Walla (Washington). Lieutenant Mullan, a topographical engineer, began gathering information in 1854. Delayed by the Indian War of 1858, construction began in 1859 from Fort Walla Walla. From today's Mullan townsite, the Mullan Road continued 6–7 miles southeast up Willow Creek to cross the Idaho-Montana border at today's St. Regis Pass, then named by Mullan, Sohan Pass, for artist Gustavus Sohon whose explorations found the 4900-foot pass.〔''John Mullan: The Tumultuous Life Of A Western Road Builder'', Keith C. Petersen, Washington State University Press, 2014, pages 114, 292n55〕 After the strenuous project was completed in 1860, floods wiped out substantial stretches of the road, and the road was re-routed in 1861. Floods again damaged the road, and ultimately, no provision for maintenance was provided.〔 * 〕 Mullan's population has declined in recent decades, from a peak of 2,291 in 1940.〔(Historical Populations by City ), Idaho Department of Commerce. Accessed 2009-05-30.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mullan, Idaho」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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