1915
1999
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GOLD QUEEN GULCH
General Description: The view is south southeast toward the abandoned
Gold Queen mill site.
Legal Description: NW1/4NE1/4 Section 12 T.34S., R.22E.
COMPARISON: The mill site has been naturally rehabilitated in the 84
years between photographs. Major plant species now occupying the site include
aspen, douglas fir, white fir, willow and snowberry. The mill site and adjacent
north facing slope seem to have more aspen trees and fewer conifers in 1999 than
1915. This situation is the opposite of others found throughout Utah. Mill
debris such as building foundations, powder house, frames and wheels litter the
understory.
Original:
Date: 1915 (- A)
Photographer: M.R. Thorpe
Source: U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado
Photograph Number: Gregory No. 634
Retake:
Date: September 7, 1999 (- B)
Photographer: Earl Hindley
Source: San Juan County
