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Hydraulic, gold mining, Alder Gulch near Virginia City

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Call Number	WHJ-10236
Title	Hydraulic, gold mining, Alder Gulch near Virginia City
Title-Alternative	William Henry Jackson folio IV, print 21
Creator(s)	Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942.
Summary	Miners monitor the flow of water through hoses and sluice boxes in Alder Gulch, Madison County, Montana. Water from the top of the gulch and from a monitor nozzle erodes the soil of the hill.
Date	[1871]
Notes	Condition: print discolored, mat board soiled.; Formerly Jackson 188; Number: "188" hand-lettered on negative reproduced in print.; Number: "188" penciled on mat board.; Printed on mat board: "Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey of the Territories, Prof. F.V. Hayden in Charge" with decorative lettering.; Title printed on mat board.; R7003102364
Physical Description	1 photographic print : albumen ; 18 x 22 cm. (7 x 9 in.) mounted on mat board 28 x 36 cm. (11 x 14 in.)
Is Part Of	W. H. Jackson folio [Hayden Survey].
Subject	Alder Gulch (Mont.)--1870-1880. Madison County (Mont.)--1870-1880. Expeditions & surveys--Montana--Madison County--1870-1880. Hydraulic Mining--Montana--Madison County--1870-1880. Miners (Mont.)--Montana--Madison County--1870-1880. Mining--Montana--Madison County--1870-1880. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U.S.)
Rights	Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
Reproduction Available for Purchase	Yes (digital reproduction)
Type of Material	Albumen prints.; Photographic prints.; Imaged.; Image
Relation	Image File: ZZR700310236
Format-Medium	Photograph
Identifier	188
Filename	00310236.TIF

Hydraulic, gold mining, Alder Gulch near Virginia City

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