Placer mining operations in California Gulch, Leadville, Colorado, July, 1931

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1931-07
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Placer mining -- Colorado -- California Gulch (Lake County)
Miners -- Colorado
Leadville (Colo.)
California Gulch (Lake County, Colo.)

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Abstract
Two men placer mining in California Gulch, Leadville, Colorado. Shows wheelbarrows and other mining equipment and tools in the foreground. The placer mining site, mine buildings, and hills are in the background.
Caption reads: "Jack O'Fay & Brothers, carrying on placer mining operations in California Gulch, Leadville. They make a clean-up every day at 2:00 P.M. and get an average of about $15. gold. July, 1931."
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