Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Publication

Arrastra, Buckskin Joe

Bair, Everett
Colorado Digitization Project
National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum
Sunshine Quality (Firm)
Citations
Altmetric:
Advisor
Editor
Date
1941?
Date Issued
Date Submitted
Research Projects
Organizational Units
Journal Issue
Embargo Expires
Abstract
Photograph showing an arrastra cut into the rock at Buckskin Joe. Arrastras are pits cut into or lined with rock and used to crush ore by means of a drag stone pulled by a draft animal. The crushed ore was made into a slurry from which the metal was recovered. The mining camp of Buckskin Joe was located in Buckskin Gulch two miles west of Alma, Colorado in 1860. The camp had a population of over 1,000 in the first year, and during the first couple of years the placer mines produced $1.6 million in gold. By 1863 production had dropped and the town was mostly deserted.
Associated Publications
Rights
Rights management statement available at: http://library.mines.edu/digital/rights.html
Embedded videos