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Kennedy Tailing Wheels (125071)

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Mining Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 400.00 USD
Kennedy Tailing Wheels  (125071)
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100.00USDto 8*************e+ buyer's premium (25.00)
This item SOLD at 2020 Oct 31 @ 15:49UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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The Kennedy Mine in Jackson, California, was not only the deepest gold mine of its day at 5,912 feet, it also boasted a 100-stamp mill to process the ore, which produced a significant amount of tailings -- the remaining ground-up rock from which the valuable metals had been extracted. Even back in the early 1900s, miners were prohibited from dumping tailings into rivers and streams, so this fine slurry of material had to be impounded behind a tailings dam. The Kennedy's tailings were lifted by four, 58-foot diameter wheels over two hills that lay between the tailings dam and the stamp mill. Each wheel lifted the tailings slurry to the level of the base of the next wheel and so on. The wheels were originally house in buildings covered in corrugated sheet steel. When the Kennedy mine was closed in 1942, those wheel buildings were salvaged for the steel, and the wheels were exposed. Two have since collapsed, and two are featured in the Kennedy Tailing Wheels Park in Jackson, California. These two black and white images are mounted in 16 x 20-inch mattes with openings of 10-3/8 x 12-3/4 inches. Some smudges on the ivory mattes, but otherwise ready to frame. See photos for details on condition and content.

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State: California
City: Jackson
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