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Pack train and Mt. Potosi Ouray, Colo.

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Call NumberX-21877Date1870-1880SummaryMen walk near a packtrain of burros loaded with mine ore near Ouray (Ouray County), Colorado. Potosi Peak is in the distance.Physical Description1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint on mat board ; 12 x 20 cm (4 1/2 x 8 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectPotosi Peak (Colo.)--19th centuryDonkeys--Colorado--Ouray County--19th centuryMiners--Colorado--Ouray County--19th centuryPacktrains--Colorado--Ouray County--19th centuryTransportation--Colorado--Ouray County--19th centuryGeographic AreaOuray County (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710021877Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsNotesCondition: print is faded. Formerly F7786. Title, "picture in Ouray "The Gem of the Rockies" uncat," and "View from Sidney Flats in the Mt. Sneffles District, looking south, at altitude of 12,000 feet: Mt. Potosi, 14,000 ft. The burros in the picture are loaded with ore from the mines" handwritten on back of mat board. R7100218777DonorRosenfeld

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