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Mining hydraulic - Bohannon Bar

 Collection
Identifier: C Photo Album 175

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(es)

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.

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

Contact:
10 W. 14th Ave. Pkwy
Denver CO 80204 United States