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Russell Gulch placer mining

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Call NumberX-61289SummaryPlacer miners work near a sluice in Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado. Their tools include wheelbarrows, shovels, picks, and pitchforks. Monitors spray water, mine buildings are on the surrounding hills. David Henderson is in the foreground, Alex Taylor is to the side.Physical Description1 copy negative ; 10 x 13 cm (4 x 5 in.); 1 photoprint ; 16 x 24 cm (6 1/2 x 9 1/2 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectRussell Gulch (Colo.)--19th centuryGold mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--19th centuryHydraulic mining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--19th centuryMiners--Colorado--Russell Gulch--19th centuryMining--Colorado--Russell Gulch--19th centurySluices--Colorado--Russell Gulch--19th centuryHenderson, David, ca.1840-1909Taylor, Alex.CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710061289Type of MaterialFilm negativesPhotographic printsDigital Version Created FromThe Mining Industry and Tradesman, Vol XI, #10, Aug. 25, 1892, p 93.NotesCondition: print is creased. Formerly F20032. Photoprint of a photograph from a magazine. Title supplied. Written on back of print: "Gregory District Early placer mining" and "The ... illustration is of the last hydraulic placer mining done in Russell Gulch, Gilpin County, Colorado. It was in 1877, and it was the final effort in that time in the region...". R7100612890

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