Mike Kennedy's Fraser River Mining Landscapes:
A collection of more than fifty contemporary images of selected sites in the study area.
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Hydraulic Mining
Hydraulic mining above Fountain canyon
Hydraulic mine Fountain Canyon-upper
Sallus Ck. hydraulic mine
Pavilion Ck. unconfirmed hydraulic mining
Lillooet site-Hydraulic mine-Canada Flat
Lillooet site-buried hydraulic mine Canada Flat-cobble fan intact
Hydraulic mine (centre)-afforested below stein River confluence
Hydraulic mining west side above Fountain canyon
Placer Mining Landscape-Technology
Rip van Winkle Bar-cone of fines ejected from a sluice box
Hydraulic mine (centre)-afforested below stein River confluence
Cameron's Flat/Bar parallel stacked cobbles-sluicing
Cameron's Bar/Flat Parallel Tailings in snow
Browning's Flat-north of Intlpam Ck.-ground sluices with tailings fans
Browning's Flat ground sluices-dark lineal forms are 'sludge chute' drains
Browning's Flat ground sluice pit/floor and rear 'scarp'
Browning's Flat-'sludge chutes/drains
Browning's flat-ground sluice drains
Splintlum's Flat ground sluices-Splintlum's Ck. east side
Ground sluicing s. of Texas Ck. east side
Lillooet site south east-Horsebeef Bar with dredge excavated channel and tree- covered tailings stack lright
Lillooet Heights ground sluice tailings
Lillooet site-east side-note sluice drainage channels
Lillooet site-northeast
Lillooet site-Hydraulic mine-Canada Flat
Canada Bar - hydraulic mines
Lillooet site-buried hydraulic mine Canada Flat-cobble fan intact
Canada Flat-1950 a/p-note hydraulic mines beginning at bridge and extending south and also parallel stacked cobbles from sluicing(south)
Placer mining rocker site Fountain canyon
rocker landscape Fountain canyon
'Coyoted' boulder-Fountain Canyon
Hydraulic mining west side above Fountain canyon
Hydraulic mine Fountain Canyon-upper
Hydraulic mining above Fountain canyon
Placer mine near Blackhill Ck
Sallus Ck. hydraulic mine
Ground sluice between Blackhill Ck. and McKay Ck. west side
Placer mine below McKay Ck. west side
Pavilion Ck. unconfirmed hydraulic mining
Gound sluices and ditches opp. Skwish Ck.
Placer mine-ground sluice-below Kelly Ck. west side
Ground sluice and ditch below McKay Ck. west side
Ground sluice (left) below Slok Creek
Ground sluice Moran Flat est side-below Kelly Ck. fed by Pavilion Ck. 'big ditch'
Placer mining ditch(and ground sluice) below Kelly Ck. west side
Placer mine west side below Butcher's ck.
Buther's Ck. placer mines
Large gound sluice mines s. of Watson's Bar Ck. west side
Watson's Bar Ck. large ground sluice 2
Looking to lower ground sluices at Watson's Bar Ck. placer mines
Small placer mines in Chisholm Canyon(above Watson's Bar Ck.)
Extensive ground sluices at Lebasque CK. east side
North of Labasque creek
Debris chutes and lower ground sluices at Watson Bar Ck. placer mine.
Placer mine at mouth of Ward Ck.
Rip van Winkle Flat-heaped cobbles and drainage channels
Lillooet site-Nicolas Bar
Fraser River Vistas
Siwhe Creek-north
Fraser near Siwhe Ck.
Browning's Flat-south
Horsebeef Bar, Lillooet-north
Lillooet, Horsebeef Bar-north
Lillooet, Horsebeef Bar-eastside-north
Lillooet site-southwest
Lillooet site-French Bar
Lillooet site-northeast
Fountain canyon
Entering Fountain canyon
Sallus Creek to Fountain Creek-south
Pavilion Ck. unconfirmed hydraulic mining
Sallus Ck. north to Kelly Ck. (credit Orren Lane)
Upriver from Pavilion Ck.
Fraser near Blackhill Creek-south(credit Orren Lane)
Leon's Creek-north(credit Orren Lane)
Leon's Creek-north (Credit Orren Lane)
Modern placer mining landscape north of Kelly Ck.(credit Orren Lane)
High Bar canyon
Exiting High Bar canyon
Big Bar looking south
North from Lytton
Ditch Lines
Ditch line s. side of Fountain canyon
Fountain(Palmer's) Ck. ditch
Fountain(Palmer's) C.k ditch 2
Sallus Ck. ditch lines
Staircase ditches opp. Leon's ck.
Ditch lines fro ephemeral streams opp. Butcher Ck.
Watson's bar ditch
Ditches(2) and flumes at Fountain