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The Montrose Placer Mining Company completed the hanging flume in Dolores Canyon in 1891. The flume operated for only a few years, but portions of it still hang from the canyon's sandstone walls.
Date:
May 1890
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Courtesy of Denver Public Library, Western History/Genealogy Department. To purchase a copy of this image, please contact Photo Sales staff at photosales@denverlibrary.org or 720-865-1818.