Hydraulic Mining - Tail Flume, emptying into Auburn Ravine – Vintage Wall Art
![Hydraulic Mining - Tail Flume, emptying into Auburn Ravine, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/6c/6ca3e9417d21-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Hydraulic Mining - Tail Flume, emptying into Auburn Ravine. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Hydraulic Mining - Tail Flume, emptying into Auburn Ravine
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A tail flume carrying waste from a hydraulic mine empties into Auburn Ravine in this view, one half of a stereograph pair from the *Gems of California* series. Hydraulic miners in the Sierra Nevada foothills blasted gravel banks with powerful jets of water, and the resulting slurry ran off through long wooden flumes into nearby creeks. Over time the debris buried farmland and clogged rivers downstream, and in 1884 a federal court ruling (the Sawyer Decision) largely halted the practice. The record's date and series details come from an old caption card and have not been independently verified.
| 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. 1406. LOT subdivision subject: Hydraulic Mining. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,411 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115458 |
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