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E.M. Hamilton, discoverer of Willow Springs Mine near Rosamond, Antelope Valley, at the mine, ca.1900

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Title	E.M. Hamilton, discoverer of Willow Springs Mine near Rosamond, Antelope Valley, at the mine, ca.1900
Description	Photograph of miner E.M. Hamilton, discoverer of Willow Springs Mine near Rosamond, Antelope Valley, at the mine, ca.1900. He is holding his hat above his head in his right hand in jubilation as he looks at ore in his left hand. He has windblown white hair and a white beard with no moustache. At his feet are a pick, a pail[?], and a metal[?] box. He is standing near some rocks. Scrub brush and scrub grass cover the hillside behind him. "'I found the color,' exclaims E.M. Hamilton at his Willow Springs gold mine, photo about 1900" -- caption below image.
Subject	Hamilton, E.M.
Subject (adlf)	mine sites
Subject (file heading)	Mining -- Miners; Portraits -- Ha
Subject (lcsh)	Mines and mineral resources Miners
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Rosamond; Antelope Valley
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1900
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1900
Type	images
Format	glass plate negatives
Format (aacr2)	4 photographs : photonegative, glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 16 x 21 cm., 17 x 22 cm., 17 x 21 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	1893; 1893A
Call number	CHS-1893; CHS-1893A
Microfiche number	1-158-; 1-90-259
Legacy record ID	chs-m2778; USC-1-1-1-2847; USC-1-1-1-13838
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Part of subcollection	Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Project	USC
Rights	California Historical Society
Access conditions	Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Repository name	USC Libraries Special Collections
Repository address	Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Repository email	specol@usc.edu
Filename	CHS-1893; CHS-1893A

Title	Page 1
Part of collection	California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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Archival file	chs_Volume19/CHS-1893.tiff

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