Mining hydraulic - Bohannon Bar
Scope and Contents
Views of hydraulic mining in (probably) the Bohannon Creek Placer District (Bohannon Bar) Eldorado District, (Geertson District) Lemhi County, Idaho. Includes images of miners, men, sluices, penstocks, hydraulic monitor nozzles, mine buildings, unidentified towns and streams. Identification includes "Bohannon Creek." Image of a man with a primitive smelter or liquor still has been digitized and is linked above.
Dates
- between 1900 and 1910?
Language of Materials
Material is in English unless otherwise noted.
Conditions Governing Access
Contact Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, Denver, Colo.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the author of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Extent
1 photo box
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source: unknown.
General
Title supplied.
General
Penciled on one album page: "Bohannon Creek," and another: "F22807." Embossed plastic label affixed to cover reads: "Mining Hydraulic." Label on album storage box reads: "Mining - hydraulic equipment."
General
Formerly PAFI Album # 175
Processing Information
collodion prints are faded.
- Collodion prints Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Cyanotypes (photographic prints) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Gold mines and mining -- Idaho -- Lemhi County. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Gold mines and mining. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hydraulic mining -- History -- Idaho -- Pictorial works. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hydraulic mining -- Idaho -- Lemhi County. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Hydraulic mining. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Photograph albums Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Photographic prints. Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Placer deposits -- Idaho -- Lemhi County. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Mining hydraulic - Bohannon Bar[graphic]
- Author
- Finding Aid prepared from MARC data.
- Description rules
- Anglo American Cataloguing Rules
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Denver Public Library, Western History and Genealogy Repository
