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Mining Machinery used near here
Photographer: Idaho State Archives (PD)
Taken: Circa 1892
Caption: Mining Machinery used near here
Additional Description: Water wheel and water powered arrastra on Silver Creek near Pierce, Idaho. Arrastras were used to crush ore to liberate metals from the waste rock.
Submitted: September 17, 2022, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
Database Locator Identification Number: p678946
File Size: 0.426 Megabytes

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