View of Randsburg, showing the site of the Yellow Aster Mine, 1898

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Photograph of a view of Randsburg, showing the site of the Yellow Aster Mine, 1898. The city of Randsburg is in the middle distance and is made up mostly of scattered small buildings. The foreground is occupied by small desert shrubs and rocks, and the background contains a large mountain with several buildings on it at right. A star and the words "Yellow Aster" denote the position of the mine in the hills at right. The mine was discovered in 1895 by John Singleton, F. M. Mooers and C. A. Burcham. It was southern California's largest gold mine, producing over ten million dollars in gold.

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Title View of Randsburg, showing the site of the Yellow Aster Mine, 1898

Subject cities (adlf), Kern County -- Randsburg (file heading), Mines and mineral resources (lcsh), Mining -- General (file heading), Views (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Kern (counties), Randsburg (city or populated place), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1898

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm., 16 x 20 cm. (aacr2), negatives (photographic) (aat), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection)

Date Created 1898

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

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-m7376

Identifier 13099 (accession number), CHS-13099 (call number), CHS-13099 (filename), chs-m15009 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-7515 (legacy record id), chs-m7376 (legacy record id), USC-0-1-1-7504 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14107 (legacy record id), 1-111- (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 7515

Unique identifier UC123105

Legacy Identifier CHS-13099.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 19.7 in × 11.2 in at 300dpi
50.1 cm × 28.5 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Description The California Historical Society Collection is incomparable for the documentary picture it provides of the growth of Southern California, particularly the development of the Los Angeles region, between 1860 and 1960. The collection contains more than 25,000 photographs. The full archive was placed on long-term deposit at USC in 1990 and includes the Title Insurance and Trust Company Collection, also known as TICOR, and the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Collection.

We are grateful to the following individuals who have improved the information in the Digital Library by bringing inaccuracies to our attention as well as adding information. C.J. Bell, Paul Boyle, James Cartwright, Phil Coscia, Bill Counter, Richard Davis, Ray DeLea, Mark French, Amanda Frye, Eric Gustafson, James King, Bill Morgan, Heather Pitts, Tim Poyorena-Miguel, Jo Anne Sadler, Ellen Lloyd Trover, Ruth Wallach, Kim Walters, Cynthia Wilson, Betsy Woodford, Chancy Woolridge, and many others.

Date Created 1860/1960

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