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FLEMING-038 Front
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- c. 1910 (Creation)
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- When gold was discovered in eastern Oregon in 1861, a rush of incoming miners created Baker City, a town formally incorporated in 1874. Baker City is now known more for its tourist industry. The photo shows men in an open pit employing placer mining techniques which involve the use of water to mine, move, and separate minerals from deposits of sand and gravel. circa 1910.
- Printed on front: Placer Mining near Baker, Ore. On line of O.-W. R & N.