Hydraulic mining - the big boulder, Kentucky Claim, Timbuctoo, Yuba County – Historic Print
![Hydraulic mining - the big boulder, Kentucky Claim, Timbuctoo, Yuba County, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/38/38fb76d9ee7e-L.webp)
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Hydraulic mining - the big boulder, Kentucky Claim, Timbuctoo, Yuba County
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A large boulder stands out in this view of the Kentucky Claim at Timbuctoo, a mining camp in Yuba County, and it gives the stripped hillside its scale. Hydraulic mining, which used powerful jets of water to wash gold-bearing gravel down slopes, reshaped many Sierra Nevada foothill claims in the 1860s, when this half of a stereograph pair was published in the Gems of California series. The record notes that the original caption was crossed out, so the exact working area is best read with some caution. The picture still shows how quickly the method altered the land.
| Created / published | [published 1866] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 802. LOT subdivision subject: Hydraulic Mining. This record contains unverified old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Title from published catalog. Caption (crossed out) on item: Hydraulic mining - the sluice and tunnel, Timbuctoo, Yuba County. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,459 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-116000 |
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