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Placer miner on the Colorado River near Lee’s Ferry

Description: A view of a miner squatting down and sluicing water through his pan for gold.
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Call number: photCL Pierce 06444
Find out more: View in the Huntington Digital Library(Opens in new tab); View in the Library catalog(Opens in new tab)

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