Tailings from hydraulic mining, Shady, near Patterson. Nevada County, California. 1909.
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Date Taken
1909
Summary
Tailings from hydraulic mining, Shady, near Patterson. The tailings were deposited in the creek valley as an alluvial fan, and were afterward partly eroded. Trees buried by the gravels were killed, but their stumps remained erect. Nevada County, California. 1909.
Summary
Tailings from hydraulic mining, Shady, near Patterson. The tailings were deposited in the creek valley as an alluvial fan, and were afterward partly eroded. Trees buried by the gravels were killed, but their stumps remained erect. Nevada County, California. 1909.
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