A man runs a slusher through mine drift in a tunnel of the Urad mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The huge scoop would drag the debris to a shaft in the floor, where it would fall onto a waiting conveyor belt and be transported out of the mine.
Mining machinery--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Urad Mine (Clear Creek County, Colo.)--1960-1980.; Interiors--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek...
View of the Urad mill site, Clear Creek County, Colorado, shows mine and mill buildings and a large settling pond.
Tailings dams--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.; Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1960-1980.; Mills--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.
View shows the reclamation efforts, using seeded tailings, at the Urad mine, Clear Creek County, Colorado. The mill is in the distance.
Clear Creek County (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Mills--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.; Mining--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.; Reclamation of land--Colorado--Clear Creek County--1960-1980.