View of the "Yellowjacket Mine" in Virginia City, Nevada, ca.1930

Description

Photograph of a view of the "Yellowjacket Mine" in Virginia City, Nevada, ca.1930. In the foreground on the left a hillside spotted with weeds leads to a small dirt trail and a thin mining track can be seen below. The track rides along the foot of a dirt hill in the center where a second track rides on a skeletal wooden structure. The tracks lead into the earth as well as to the factories and buildings that make up the mining site in the background. Amongst the buildings on the right piles of supplies can be seen on the foot of the hillside above.
Picture file card reads "The 'Yellowjacket Mine' -- rated as one of the world's best producers. On April 7, 1869 this mine caught on fire with a loss of 45 lives. Parts of it were sealed up for three years before the fire was out".

Title:

Record ID:

chs-m19102

Names & Dates

Created:

[circa] 1930

Creator:

[photographer] Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946

Publisher:

[host] University of Southern California. Libraries

Subject

Topic:

Mines and mineral resources , [file heading] Mining -- Out of state -- Nevada -- Virginia City , mine sites

Coverage:

[circa] 1930

Place:

[cities] Virginia City
[states/provinces] Nevada
[countries] USA

Relationships

Part Of:

[collection] Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
[project] USC

Physical

Type:

images

Format:

photographic prints
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
photographs

Access

Rights:

California Historical Society

Repository:

USC Libraries Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
specol@usc.edu

Ordering:

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Identifiers

Record ID:

chs-m19102

Source:

[record id] USC-1-1-1-14223
[accession no] 20426
[call no] CHS-20426
[microfiche no] 1-113-28