Men in suits, one woman and workmen stand on top of and beside a Colorado Gold Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Russell, Veta Pass (La Veta Pass), Colorado. Shows an American flag on a flagpole.
Russell (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dredges--American--Colorado--Russell--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Russell--1900-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell--1900-1910.
View of workmen on a Colorado Gold Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Russell (Costilla County) Veta Pass (La Veta Pass), Colorado. Shows men in suits near workmen, construction tools, barrels, railroad ties and planks.
Russell (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dredges--American--Colorado--Russell--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Russell--1900-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell--1900-1910.
Men in suits, one woman and workmen stand on top of, in windows and beside a Colorado Gold Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Russell (Costilla County), Veta Pass (La Veta Pass), Colorado. Shows an American flag on a flagpole.
Russell (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Dredges--American--Colorado--Russell--1900-1910.; Gold mining--Colorado--Russell--1900-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell--1900-1910.
View of the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge probably near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Tailings piles are nearby.
View of a ditch that leads to the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Parker County). Gravel tailing piles are nearby and mountains are in the distance. Shows part of the dredge.
View of an extended arm and conveyor belt on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Gravel tailing piles are on the ground at the end of the mechanical arm.
View of equipment on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge probably near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows chains, cables, and iron beams.
View of bucket mechanisms on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows iron beams, cables, and buckets.
Mechanized buckets scoop up soil on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows rock filled alluvial soil, cables, iron beams, and buckets.
View of a tall iron beam structure that is part of the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows the iron beam framework, pulleys, and cables.
View of an iron framework of machinery on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows cables, pulleys, and buckets.
View of an iron framework on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows mechanized buckets transporting dirt, cables, iron beams, and the Platte River.
Buckets scoop soil from the Middle Fork South Platte River bed to be processed on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows iron beam framework, pulleys, and cables.
Mechanized buckets lift dirt onto the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge probably near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows steel beam framework and cables.
A worker operates the controls of the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge probably near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. The man sits in the control room and holds a control lever in each hand. Other control levers...
South Platte Dredging Co.--Equipment & supplies--1930-1950.; Control rooms--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Fairplay (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dredges--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.;...
View of a control room with levers, switches, and dials on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge probably near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado.
South Platte Dredging Co.--Equipment & supplies--1930-1950.; Control rooms--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Fairplay (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dredges--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.;...
View of the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge probably near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows dredge equipment, tailing piles, and hose.
View of a dragline crane, a dredge and a shovel, possibly on Beaver Creek in Park County, Colorado. The crane reads: "Cooley Brothers" and "Bucyrus Monighan."
Park County (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dredges--Colorado--Park County--1930-1950.; Gold dredging--Colorado--Park County--1930-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Park County--1930-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Park County--1930-1950.
Workmen stand on and near the Derry Dredge, Empire Gold Dredging Company's hydraulic placer bucket-line vessel, near Leadville (Lake County), Colorado.
Empire Gold Dredging Company--Equipment & supplies--1910-1930.; Lake County (Colo.)--1910-1930.; Dredges--American--Colorado--Lake County--1910-1930.; Gold mining--Colorado--Lake County--1910-1930.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Lake...
View of the Timberline Dredge on the South Platte River near Alma (Park County), Colorado. The covered digging arm extends out over the water.
Dredges--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Mining machinery--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Alma (Colo.)--1940-1950.; South Platte River (Colo. and Neb.)--1940-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.
View of a crane and the Timberline Dredge on the South Platte River near Alma (Park County), Colorado. The covered digging arm extends out over the water. A sign on the dredge reads: "Timberline Dredging Co. Dredge No 2 [...]".
Dredges--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Mining machinery--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Alma (Colo.)--1940-1950.; Hoisting machinery--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.; Mining--Colorado--Alma--1940-1950.
View of a Blue River Placer Mining Company hydraulic placer bucket-line dredge, in the Blue River, Summit County, Colorado. The gold mining vessel and processing plant has a covered stacker extending over tailing piles; mountains are in the...
Blue River Placer Mining Company--1920-1930.; Dredges--Colorado--Summit County--1920-1930.; Mining machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1920-1930.; Tailings embankments--Colorado--Summit County--1920-1930.; Blue River (Colo. : River)--1920-1930.;...
Alma Gold Mining Company hydraulic placer dredge, Park County, Colorado shows tailings, settling pond and backhoe with Mosquito Range in background.
Alma Gold Mining Company (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Dredges--Colorado--Park County--1930-1940.; Gold dredging--Colorado--Park County--1930-1940.; Park County (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Park County--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Park...
View of a Reliance Gold Dredging Company Bucyrus-built hydraulic placer gold bucket-line dredge in Swan River, French Gulch, Summit County, Colorado. Colorado School of Mines students and miners pose on the vessel.
Reliance Gold Dredging Company--1900-1910.; Dredges--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; Mining machinery--Colorado--Summit County--1900-1910.; French Gulch (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1910.; Summit County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Swan River...
View of the Blue River Placer Mining Company (or Continental Mining Company) bucket-line dredging boat, in Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado. The covered stacker of the hydraulic mine and processing plant extends over tailing piles; a person is...
View of the Reliance Gold Dredging Company's bucket-line hydraulic placer gold mining boat, in Summit County, Colorado. Miners pose on the gantry, decks, and elevator.
View of North American Gold Dredging Company placer mining operations in Summit County, Colorado; shows a hydraulic elevator and pond. Men take samples with a churn drill; lettering reads: "Keystone Driller Co."
View of Revett's Reliance Gold Mining Company Bucyrus-built hydraulic bucket-line dredging boat, in Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado. Miners pose on the decks and by the placer processing plant; snow covers mountains in the background.
Dredges--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Mining machinery--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.; Breckenridge (Colo.)--1900-1920.; French Gulch (Summit County, Colo.)--1900-1920.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Breckenridge--1900-1920.;...
Hydraulic placer gold dredge, in Summit County, Colorado; shows the gantry, tail sluices, processing sheds, and the stacker extending over mine tailing piles. Hills are in the background.
View of Colorado Gold Dredging Company Bucyrus-built bucket-line hydraulic mine and processing boats, in the Swan River at Valdora, Summit County, Colorado. Tailings are piled between them; buildings are in the background.
Men pose around a wagon carrying a boiler tank in Warren, Idaho County, Idaho. They wear suits, and slouch or planter hats. A team of eight horses in harness pull the conveyance.
View of the Grayback Mining District, Costilla County, Colorado; shows meadows, forest, and hills. A covered wagon and a man on horseback are by the creek bottom; embankments in the background have erosion from hydraulic gold dredges.
Miners use shovels and picks in a sluice and operate a crane on a hydraulic placer gold mining dredge, Park County, Colorado. Pipes run down the wall into the pit.
Dredges--Colorado--Park County--1900-1910.; Gold dredging--Colorado--Park County--1900-1910.; Park County (Colo.)--1900-1910.; Drilling & boring machinery--Colorado--Park County--1900-1910.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Park County--1900-1910.;...