Construction of Twelve Mile Ditch at Slate Creek, c1908. People; Organizations Paiement with one of his

Paiement with one of his brothers next to him

Opened in 1897

// Elite Studio 431 Wash

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and the Red Feather Saloon are visible

Construction of Twelve Mile Ditch at Slate Creek, c1908. People; Organizations Paiement with one of hisPhotograph shows evidence of efforts to plug hole in ditch in foreground. The leak was probably caused by an ice seam melting, causing a major failure in a portion of the Twelve Mile Ditch system. Sand bagging and staking were used in an attempt to stop the leak. Flume construction was necessary to bypass damaged section. Location is unidentified. See 1984. 234,191, maybe same failure in ditch from different angle.