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014399

Arrastra at the Turn Around Mine. One horse harnessed to arrastra; two men, one with shovel, one with gold pan. Arrastra is large horizontal stone used for grinding rock to powder for placer mining. Jackson Creek (Or.)

Year or Date Range
c. 1909
Location
G38 F 6
Scan Location
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