United States, Colorado
1870s
Albumen stereo view
Standard stereo card format
Provenance: Jim and Evelyn Wright, Westminster, CO
James W. Nutt was a photographer based in Alma, Colorado, the highest incorporated town in North America at 10,578 feet, founded in 1873 during the silver and gold mining era of the South Park region. This stereo view documents hydraulic mining operations, showing water jets directed at a hillside face in a technique widely used in Colorado placer and hard rock mining during this period. Documentary stereo views of active mining operations by identified local photographers from this era are seldom encountered.
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United States, Colorado
1870s
Albumen stereo view
Standard stereo card format
Provenance: Jim and Evelyn Wright, Westminster, CO
James W. Nutt was a photographer based in Alma, Colorado, the highest incorporated town in North America at 10,578 feet, founded in 1873 during the silver and gold mining era of the South Park region. This stereo view documents hydraulic mining operations, showing water jets directed at a hillside face in a technique widely used in Colorado placer and hard rock mining during this period. Documentary stereo views of active mining operations by identified local photographers from this era are seldom encountered.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
