Bitter Creek

Pioneer Canyon

Black Copper Canyon

Placer
Creek

DOUBLE DRUM WINCH

This winch held the cable which traveled over a large pulley wheel and down into the mine shaft. The winch was driven by steam pistons on each side.

From the Black Copper Mine four miles south of Red River Red River

ORE CART

These cars ran on rails and were used in the mine tunnels to transport rock and ore. They were brought up the shaft on a hoist platform and then moved about on rails at the surface

From a mining claim in Bobtail Canyon above the Red Bandana Mine. Donated by the Young Family in memory of Jesse Young.

SEPARATOR WHEEL

The wheel was suspended in a large vat containing a water slurry in which the gold amalgam was suspended. As it rotated, a coating of the gold mixture was picked up on the outer surface. There were two layers of heavy canvas covering the wheel and as it turned air was pumped between the layers, causing the external canvas to balloon outward. The gold amalgam was then scraped off the wheel by a long fixed blade.

From the Caribel Mine in Pioneer Canyon

IRON FLUME PIPE

This pipe was a portion of the Iron Flume, a section of the Big Ditch which was built in 1867 to transfer water to the gold fields at E-town. The flume rested on wooden trestles and extended for over 2000 ft.

From near the top of Old Red River Pass. Donated by Two Eagles Ranch .