View shows W. P. A. students learning the art of placer mining by using a rocker on the banks of an unidentified stream, Denver, Colorado. A rocker consists of a screen box on top draining to a larger box below which is inlaid with riffles to catch the valuable material. The whole contraption is "rocked" back and forth in order to separate sediments of different densities.
Date
[1930]
Notes
Formerly F4716.; Title hand-written on back of print.; R7100621603
Physical Description
1 photoprint ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 7 in.)
Is Part Of
Subject
United States. Works Progress Administration of Colorado.--1930-1940.; Denver (Colo.)--1930-1940.; Hydraulic mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mining equipment--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.; Mining--Colorado--Denver--1930-1940.
Source
Source: Theodore Fisher.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
