Hydraulic Mining in California
From: "John Weiss" jweiss25@cox.net
Hydraulic Mining in California
I am John Weiss, vice president of Friends of Kentucky Camp. Kentucky Camp is a mining camp in southern Arizona, built in 1904. (Now in the Coronado National Forest) This site used hydraulic monitors to capture placer gold.
Recently, an anonymous person returned a monitor he removed from the property about 30 years ago. Attached is a pic of the monitor (made by Empire Foundry in Marysville, CA). Needless to say, this was a tremendous event for us. This was the only known hydraulic gold mining operation known in Southern Arizona.
We are building a display for it, and are unsure how to position the 4"x6" counter-balance beam to the Cross at the gimble of the monitor. Do you have any inputs or suggestions? We would be most grateful! There is a collar about 1/2 way up the nozzle, with a swivel bolt and washer for the forward end of the beam (it's upside down in the photo). ...
—John Weiss
Hydraulic Mining in California
I am John Weiss, vice president of Friends of Kentucky Camp. Kentucky Camp is a mining camp in southern Arizona, built in 1904. (Now in the Coronado National Forest) This site used hydraulic monitors to capture placer gold.
Recently, an anonymous person returned a monitor he removed from the property about 30 years ago. Attached is a pic of the monitor (made by Empire Foundry in Marysville, CA). Needless to say, this was a tremendous event for us. This was the only known hydraulic gold mining operation known in Southern Arizona.
We are building a display for it, and are unsure how to position the 4"x6" counter-balance beam to the Cross at the gimble of the monitor. Do you have any inputs or suggestions? We would be most grateful! There is a collar about 1/2 way up the nozzle, with a swivel bolt and washer for the forward end of the beam (it's upside down in the photo). ...
—John Weiss
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