View of the Chollar mine dump in Gold Hill, Nevada, ca.1900

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Photograph of a view of the Chollar mine dump in Gold Hill, Nevada, ca.1900. A mine in a dark suit and hat stands behind a bush on the right with mining tracks just next to him. Behind him there is a large dirt hill on the left with an elaborate wooden structure that stands on skeletal wooden pillars from the top of the hill to the bottom, where a smaller wooden structure sits. A man can be seen walking along the steep section of the structure while a field and mountain range sit in the distance.; Picture file card reads "The dump of the Chollar mine that produced millions. Discovered in 1859 by Billy Chollar -- it became one of the Great Six producers of Gold Hill".

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Title View of the Chollar mine dump in Gold Hill, Nevada, ca.1900

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1900

Subject mine sites (adlf), Mines and mineral resources (lcsh), Mining -- Out of state -- Nevada -- Gold Hill (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place Gold Hill (city or populated place), Nevada (states), Storey (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1900

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m19078

Identifier 20325 (accession number), CHS-20325 (call number), CHS-20325 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18993 (legacy record id), chs-m19078 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14220 (legacy record id), 1-112-94 (microfiche number), 1-6-162 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18993

Unique identifier UC136560

Legacy Identifier CHS-20325.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.5 in × 16.5 in at 300dpi
52.2 cm × 41.9 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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