Gallery #3--MINES
McWillis Placer Mine. Owner Grant McWillis. Two miners using giant hydraulic nozzle.

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Collection Dethloff, Arlene
Photographer Steward, William
Date of photo 1917-1917
Description McWillis Placer Mine. Owner Grant McWillis. Two miners using giant hydraulic nozzle. McWillis Gulch is a couple of miles NE of Greenhorn. It drains into Olive Creek about a mile from its source, which is a small lake southeast of its confluence with Olive Creek. Willis Gulch is a mile south of Olive Butte and a mile northwest of Pyx Mine, which is a quarter mile up the hill east of the small lake.
Object ID 2006.5.19
Place Greenhorn District, 44.730002° -118.471350°
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