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Giant at work, Cottonwood Placer Co.
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Call Number
Z-1181
Creator
McKee, Thomas M., 1854-1939
Date
1897 July 21
Summary
Miners from the Cottonwood Placer Company use a monitor nozzle to hydraulically mine ore in Montrose County, Colorado. The San Miguel River is in the distance.
Physical Description
1 negative : glass ; 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 in.); 1 photographic print ; 12 x 17 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.) mounted on album page 32 x 39 cm (12 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.)
Born-Digital or Analog
Analog
Subject
Cottonwood Placer Company--People
Montrose County (Colo.)
San Miguel River (Colo.)
Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Montrose County
Miners--Colorado--Montrose County
Mining--Colorado--Montrose County
Rivers--Colorado--Montrose County
Geographic Area
Montrose County (Colo.)
Collection
Photographs - Western History
Related Material
Image File: ZZR711001181
Type of Material
Glass negatives
Photographic prints
Original Material Found in Collection
C Photo Album 103. Thomas M. McKee album
Notes
Condition: Emulsion missing. Formerly Mc21. Number: "Mc21" inked on glass negative. Photographic print in C Photo Album 103, the Thomas McKee photo album. Title from Thomas McKee photo album. R7110011818
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T.J. McKee.
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Denver Public Library Special Collections, [call number]
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McKee, Thomas M., 1854-1939,
Giant at work, Cottonwood Placer Co.
(1897 July 21). Denver Public Library Digital Collections, accessed 14/03/2026, https://digital.denverlibrary.org/nodes/view/1092851