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Hydraulic Mining Scenes [171219]

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Mining Start Price:375.00 USD Estimated At:750.00 - 1,300.00 USD
Hydraulic Mining Scenes    [171219]

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Lot of Six. First five are stereoviews 1) Miners and packers climbing the Golden Stairs at Chilkoot pass. The twenty-six mile trail over Chilkoot Pass was steep and hazardous. The trail shot up about 1,000 feet in the final half mile. Stampeders climbed the "golden staircase," 1,500 steps. Stampeders stacked outfits at the summit near the Canadian customs house where storms often raged. Keystone View Company. FABULOUS! 2) Gold miners working in the Yukon Territory. Underwood and Underwood. 3) Silver mining camp nestled in the Mountains of Nevada. Keystone. 4) Keystone stereoview of hydraulic mining in Oregon. 5) Gold Mining in Idaho 6) Photo of miners working the Utah Copper Mine in Bingham Canyon. Franklin Collection