Hydraulic Mining at Hahn's Peak

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ID: 1590
Title: Hydraulic Mining at Hahn's Peak
Date: c. 1890
Description: M. McIntosh to left of center. Photo caption from "Historic Hahns Peak" by T. Stevenson page 31: Early placer mining at Poverty Bar. Elk River combined with Willow Creek's water furnished hydraulic power to strip whole hillsides down to barren wasteland which became known as Hahns Peak's Rockwash.
Contributor: Guthery Drake
Area: Hahns Peak
Business: Mining
Subject: People
Source: B & W Photo