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2006-09-14 00:36:36 Lordkinbote 640×477 (63 KB) (View of gold miners excavating an eroded bluff with jets of water at a placer mine in Dutch Flat, California, between 1857 and 1870. {{Denver Public Library public domain images|imgurl=http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?10060072 X-60072|callno=X-60072)
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Hydraulic mining in Dutch Flat, California, United States
{{Information |description= View of gold miners excavating an eroded bluff with jets of water at a placer mine in Dutch Flat, California, between 1857 and 1870. |date=2010-10-31 16:33:51(UTC) (Original uploaded at 2006-09-14 00:36:36) |source=Original upl