Lava Hot Springs in Bannock County, Idaho — The American West (Mountains)

Lead Bell Mining Company

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 22, 2017

1. Lead Bell Mining Company Marker

Inscription. In 1921, William Godfrey and CJ Lundgren registered the Lead Bell Mining Company, Portneuf District with 1,000,000 shares at par value 10 cents. Operated 1925-1938. Sd (sic) Colton, Pres. Drecilla Godfrey, Sec. Wm Godfrey, Mgr. Mined Lead, Zinc, Copper and Silver.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. A significant historical year for this entry is 1921.

Location. Marker has been reported missing. It was located near 42° 37.164′ N, 112° 0.641′ W. Marker was in Lava Hot Springs, Idaho, in Bannock County. It was on East Main Street near 1st Avenue East, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker was at or near this postal address: 110 East Main Street, Lava Hot Springs ID 83246, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker was in Idaho’s Bear River Country. It was also in the American Mountain West.

Globally, it was in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: Furs and farms, fire and floods...

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(here, next to this marker); Lava Hot Springs (approx. 0.2 miles away); a different marker also named Lava Hot Springs (approx. ¼ mile away); Lava Hot Springs' healing waters (approx. ¼ mile away); Hudspeth's Cutoff (approx. 4.8 miles away); Oneida Station (approx. 9.2 miles away); Bancroft's First School (approx. 9.4 miles away); McCammon Railroad Center (approx. 9½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lava Hot Springs.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Chesterfield (was approx. 7 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

More about this marker. This marker is in front of the South Bannock County Historical Center Museum.

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 22, 2017

2. Lead Bell Mining Company Marker

Sign removed and cart painted red. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Roger Scot Johns, July 16, 2025

3. Sign removed and cart painted red.

The museum/visitor center beds in July 2025. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Roger Scot Johns, July 16, 2025

4. The museum/visitor center beds in July 2025.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 13, 2017, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 501 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 13, 2017, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. 3, 4. submitted on July 16, 2025, by Roger Scot Johns of Eagle, Idaho.