View of Arapahoe City, (Arapahoe, Arapahoe Bar) pioneer placer mining camp, the earliest town in Jefferson County, Colorado, organized in 1858; named for the Arapaho Indians; extensive gold dredging operations in 1904 left tailing dumps covering part of the site along Clear Creek; Table Mountain mesa top in distance with a road cut along the slope.
Description
1 photonegative ; 8 x 14 cm. (3 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.); 1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject
Tailings (Metallurgy)--Colorado--Arapahoe City; Arapahoe City (Colo.)
Format-Medium
Photograph
Rights Contact Information
Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History and Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library, at photosales@denverlibrary.org.
Reproduction Available for Purchase
Yes (digital reproduction)
Related Material
Image File: ZZR710006668
Notes
Formerly M1606.; Photoprint is a cropped copy of the photonegative.; Photoprint is wrinkled and has red stains on it.; Stamp on back of copy photoprint: "Photographed, printed or enlarged by J. H. Starr...."; Title and photographer hand-written on back of photoprint.; R7100066683
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