View of a hydraulic mining operation in Virginia City, Montana; shows wooden sluices, a hose on a reel, rock tailings, a hoist and a section of the sluice or flume, and abandoned headgates.
Date
[between 1872 and 1878]
Notes
Condition: discolored.; Number: "496" hand lettered and reproduced in print.; Title and: "Jackson #496" hand written on verso of print.; R7003101944
Physical Description
1 photoprint mounted ; 18 x 23 cm. (7 x 9 in.)
Subject
Sluices--Montana--Virginia City--1870-1880.; Virginia City (Mont.)--1870-1880.; Flumes--Montana--Virginia City--1870-1880.; Hydraulic mining--Montana--Virginia City--1870-1880.; Mining--Montana--Virginia City--1870-1880.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
