Miners about to descend into the Empire Gold Mine, Grass Valley, California, ca.1900-1930

View Description

View Image & Text

Download

small (250x250 max)

medium (500x500 max)

large ( > 500x500)

Full Resolution

Image
Text

Text Search...

Loading content ...

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

Submit

Cancel

...

Title	Miners about to descend into the Empire Gold Mine, Grass Valley, California, ca.1900-1930
Description	Photograph of miners about to descend into the Empire Gold Mine, Grass Valley, California, ca.1900-1930. Four miners stand beside the two steeply inclining cars, each containing about fifteen tightly-packed miners, underground. All the men can be seen wearing dirty coats, rugged pants, and small hats. Electric wires run from the cross piece of a thick wood post near the rocky ceiling.
Subject (adlf)	mine sites
Subject (file heading)	Mining -- Nevada County -- Grass Valley
Subject (lcsh)	Mines and mineral resources
Geographic subject (city or populated place)	Grass Valley
Geographic subject (county)	Nevada
Geographic subject (state)	California
Geographic subject (country)	USA
Coverage date	circa 1900/1930
Photographer	Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Publisher (of the digital version)	University of Southern California. Libraries
Date created	circa 1900/1930
Type	images
Format (aacr2)	2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 cm.
Format (aat)	negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
Accession number	4985
Call number	CHS-4985
Microfiche number	1-112-2
Legacy record ID	chs-m12609; USC-1-1-1-14167
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-4985
Full text	* k pt % -VVI '( v Vv I. "i <i ^ J 1 / II **► ^i r M %0 J 1 JKBk
Archival file	chs_Volume79/CHS-4985.tiff

USC Libraries

University of Southern California

USC Digital Library

Find results with:

Searching collections:

Home Miners about to descend into the Empire Gold Mine, Grass Valley, California, ca.1900-1930

Miners about to descend into the Empire Gold Mine, Grass Valley, California, ca.1900-1930

Description

Comments

Collaborative Projects

USCDL Supporters

USC Digital Library