Call NumberZ-4031CreatorFrenzeny & TavernierContributorFrenzeny, Paul; Tavernier, JulesDate1870-1880SummaryMen open a sluice box gate in Colorado, turning a spool that lifts the wooden gate by a chain. Shows a river in a valley, and a snow covered mountain in the distance. Inset image shoes a sluice box built in a steep canyon.Physical Description1 print : wood engraving ; 40 x 27 cm (16 x 11 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectIrrigation canals and flumes--Colorado--19th centuryIrrigation--Colorado--19th centuryRivers--Colorado--19th centurySluices--Colorado--19th centuryCollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR711004031; Harper's weekly. vol. XVIII no. 912.Type of MaterialIllustrationsTear sheetsWood engravingsNotesAttribution engraved in original and reproduced in print. Tear sheet consists of title page, removed from Harper's weekly, vol. XVIII no. 912. Title and "[See Page 514.]" printed on tear sheet. R7110040312
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