Box-folder 5/4
Container
Contains 1 Result:
-Alder Gulch – flume in middle of the gulch with town buildings behind (1904); men and ore cart on tracks in gulch with flume beyond; two men with gold pan and shovels working in creek in Virginia City area; tent and retort over campfire near Nevada where Garrison and Delay families mined (1908); James Garrison, Billie Garrison, Bernard J. Garrison, and Mr. Delay with gold pans and wash tubs (1908); men and women from the Garrison and Delay families at sluice box (1908); wooden structure with cables, possibly an aerial tramway tower, at dredging area; man and horses at power house for aerial tram; four men with tools at sluice box near a log cabin and horse-drawn wagon; man and automobile on road near rock pile left from dredging (c. 1920); students from Western Montana College touring the gulch; man standing next to pile of stones marking point where gold was discovered in the gulch; monument to May 26, 1863 discovery of gold by William H. Fairweather, Henry Edgar, Thomas W. Cover, Michael Sweeney, Harry Rodgers, and Barney Hughes, dedicated in honor of Andrew J. Davis (one taken by Ross Madden; one taken by C. W. Rank)
File — box-folder: 5/4
Identifier: Subseries 47
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series is arranged into subseries by mining districts, then by type of mining (hard rock or placer), and finally by mine or location name. At the end of the series there are a few photographs of equipment used in the metallic minerals industry.
Dates:
1867-1971
Found in:
Montana Historical Society, Research Center Archives
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Mines and Mining in Montana photograph collection
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METALLIC MINERALS MINING
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<emph render="bold">Virginia City Mining District</emph> (aka Browns Gulch, Granite Creek, Williams Gulch, Barton Gulch, Summit, Pine Grove, Highland, Fairweather, Nevada, Junction, Alder Gulch) [Madison County]