Control of the amount of rock fed into the mill circuit at Urad Mine was controlled by four slusher drifts such as the one shown here
Creator
AMAX, Inc.
Date
[1963-1974]
Summary
A man runs a slusher through mine drift in a tunnel of the Urad mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The huge scoop would drag the debris to a shaft in the floor, where it would fall onto a waiting conveyor belt and be transported out of the mine.
Description
1 photoprint ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.)
Subject
Mining machinery--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1960-1980; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1960-1980; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980; Tunnels--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.
Format-Medium
Photograph
Source
AMAX, September 6, 1980.
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710061710
Notes
Second label reads: "Photograph courtesy of: Henderson Mine, Public Relations Department, Box 68, Empire, CO, 80438, (303) 569-3221."; Title printed on label on back of print, with: "'Fingers' or small diagonal raises allowed fractured rock from the cave area to run into the slusher drift. The huge scoop shown here was pulled through the drift toward the operator until it dropped down the raise directly in front of the operator to the waiting mill conveyor belt."; R7100617109
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