View of equipment on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge probably near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows chains, cables, and iron beams.
View of the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge probably near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Tailings piles are nearby.
View of a ditch that leads to the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Parker County). Gravel tailing piles are nearby and mountains are in the distance. Shows part of the dredge.
View of iron beams, cables, and pulleys on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado.
View of an extended arm and conveyor belt on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Gravel tailing piles are on the ground at the end of the mechanical arm.
View of bucket mechanisms on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows iron beams, cables, and buckets.
Mechanized buckets scoop up soil on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows rock filled alluvial soil, cables, iron beams, and buckets.
View of a tall iron beam structure that is part of the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows the iron beam framework, pulleys, and cables.
View of an iron framework on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows mechanized buckets transporting dirt, cables, iron beams, and the Platte River.
Buckets scoop soil from the Middle Fork South Platte River bed to be processed on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows iron beam framework, pulleys, and cables.
A worker operates the controls of the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge probably near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. The man sits in the control room and holds a control lever in each hand. Other control levers...
South Platte Dredging Co.--Equipment & supplies--1930-1950.; Control rooms--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Fairplay (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dredges--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.;...
View of a control room with levers, switches, and dials on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge probably near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado.
South Platte Dredging Co.--Equipment & supplies--1930-1950.; Control rooms--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Fairplay (Colo.)--1930-1950.; Dredges--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Fairplay--1930-1950.;...
View of an iron framework of machinery on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows cables, pulleys, and buckets.
View of the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge probably near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado. Shows dredge equipment, tailing piles, and hose.
Water flows from pipes into long sluice boxes on the South Platte Dredging Company hydraulic placer gold mining dredge probably near Fairplay (Park County), Colorado.