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Arastra in Buckskin Gulch above Alma

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Call NumberX-60017Date1920-1930SummaryView of an arrastre (or arrastra) by Buckskin Creek, Park County, Colorado; shows a man kneeling by a water-filled, circular hole, used by miners for grinding ore.Physical Description1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 8 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectBuckskin Creek (Colo.)Park County (Colo.)Grinding wheels--Colorado--Park CountyMining equipment--Colorado--Park CountyMining--Colorado--Park CountyStreams--Colorado--Park CountyGeographic AreaPark County (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage file: ZZR710060017Type of MaterialPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsNotesTitle, "Buckskin Joe - site of early picturesque miners [?]ed about 1867," and "carved out of red rock in stream" penciled on back of photoprint. R7100600178

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