KELLOGG

city, Shoshone county, northern Idaho, U.S. It is situated in the Coeur d'Alene mining district of the Bitterroot Range. Established as a prospecting camp in 1893 and originally called Milo, it was renamed (1894) to honour Noah S. Kellogg, discoverer of the Bunker Hill Mine. The community developed as a mining and smelting centre for lead, zinc, and silver. Bunker Hill (combined with the Sullivan) is one of the world's largest lead mines. The Sunshine Mine, a few miles east of Kellogg, is one of the largest single-lode producers of silver in the United States; in 1972 it was the scene of a disastrous fire that killed 91 miners. The Cataldo Old Mission of the Sacred Heart (1848; restored within a state park) is 11 miles (18 km) west. Inc. town, 1897; city, 1913. Pop. (1990) 2,591.