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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

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Call NumberX-61710CreatorAMAX, Inc.SummaryA 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.Physical Description1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectMining machinery--Colorado--Clear Creek CountyClear Creek County (Colo.)Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek CountyMining--Colorado--Clear Creek CountyTunnels--Colorado--Clear Creek CountyGeographic AreaClear Creek County (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710061710Type of MaterialPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsNotesSecond 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."; R7100617109DonorAMAX, September 6, 1980.

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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