Historic Hanging Flume - Dolores River - Colorado
by Gary Whitton
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Historic Hanging Flume - Dolores River - Colorado
Artist
Gary Whitton
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Photograph - Digital Photography
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A view of a historic hanging flume constructed by the Montrose Placer Mining company in the 1880's to help miners exploit placer gold deposits in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. The flume was more than 12 miles in length, and was connected to a ditch starting at a dam on the San Miguel River near Uravan, Colorado. While in operation the flume carried more than 80 million gallons of water a day.
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February 22nd, 2015
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