Men digging in an unidentified mine on the 300 feet level, in the Mojave Desert, ca.1880-1920

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Photograph of men digging in an unidentified mine on the 300 feet level, in the Mojave Desert, ca.1880-1920. Three men can be seen digging through the rocks and walls of the cave. At left, a man stands next to a rail cart. A wooden structure made of wood and logs provides support for the cave ceiling. Rocks are strewn everywhere. The rails for the rail cart runs parallel to the wooden structure. Back of photo reads "'Alood mill for crushing gold', place unknown".

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Title Men digging in an unidentified mine on the 300 feet level, in the Mojave Desert, ca.1880-1920

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Date Created 1880/1920

Subject mine sites (adlf), Mines and mineral resources (lcsh), Mining -- Los Angeles County (file heading)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1880/1920

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), glass plate negatives (format), 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.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2762

Identifier 5232 (accession number), CHS-5232 (call number), CHS-5232 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-3661 (legacy record id), chs-m2762 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-2829 (legacy record id), 1-111-58 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 3661

Unique identifier UC120732

Legacy Identifier CHS-5232.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.6 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.5 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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