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Finding Aid to Photographic Views of the Golden Gate Mining Claim [and the Golden Feather Mining Claim] Situated on Feather
River, Butte County, Cal., 1891
BANC PIC 19xx.197--ffALB
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Collection Title: Photographic views of the Golden Gate Mining Claim [and the Golden Feather Mining Claim] situated on Feather River, Butte
County, Cal.
Date: 1891
Collection Number: BANC PIC 19xx.197--ffALB
Creator:
Watkins, Carleton E.
Extent:
28 mounted photographic prints : albumen ; mounts 57 x 73 cm., images 42 x 55 cm. or smaller, + 1 portfolio (containing 13
plans and blueprints)
9 digital objects
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: A portfolio of two related sets of riverbed mining views on the Feather River in Butte County, California. These views constitute
C.E. Watkins' last known commercial commission and were taken in November, 1891.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Restricted originals. Use viewing prints or digital facsimiles only. Shelved as BANC PIC 19xx.197--PIC : Use of originals
only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries concerning these materials should be directed, in writing, to the
Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head
of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 94720-6000. Consent is given on behalf of The
Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright
owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner. See:
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research
and educational purposes.
[Identification of item], Photographic Views of the Golden Gate Mining Claim [and the Golden Feather Mining Claim] Situated
on Feather River, Butte County, Cal., BANC PIC 19xx.197--ffALB, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
Digital reproductions of select images are available.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog
Golden Feather Mining Claim--Pictorial works
Golden Gate Mining Claim--Pictorial works
Dams--California--Photographs
Flumes--California--Photographs
Gold mines and mining--California--Butte County--Photographs
Mines and mineral resouces--California--Butte County--Photographs
Feather River (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Albumen prints
Blueprints.
Mammoth plates
Plans.
No additions are expected.
Processed by Bancroft Library staff.
Scope and Content of Collection
A portfolio of two related sets of riverbed mining views on the Feather River in Butte County, California. These views constitute
C.E. Watkins' last known commercial commission and were taken in November, 1891. The mammoth-size albumen prints from wet
plate negatives document river diversion, flumes, dams, and the mining of the dry riverbed. The first twenty views (termed
"Set 1" in this guide) are of the Golden Gate Mining Claim. Each bears a printed label identifying it as such, with a hand-written
number that correlates to a more detailed printed listing mounted in the portfolio. The final eight views (termed "Set 2"
in this guide) depict the Golden Feather Mining Claim and bear similar printed labels and numbers that correlated to a second
printed listing, also included in the portfolio. Although numbered and listed separately on their mounts and on the original
printed lists, the Bancroft copies clearly constituted a single set contained in one portfolio. The portfolio cover bears
the presentation text, in gold: "Warren G. Sanborn, Compliments of Frank McLaughlin, 1891."
A second porfolio accompanies the photographic prints and contains plans and blueprints related to the mining operations.
Additional Notes on Collection:
All photographic prints except nine are duplicated in the Hearst Mining Collection of The Bancroft Library (BANC PIC 1905.17175).
Location of duplicates has been noted in item descriptions.
Earlier citations of item numbers in this collection may simply refer to items 1 through 28. Current numbering, reflecting
the numbering found on mounts and original printed listings, designates 1-20 as "Set 1: 1-20", and the succeeding views 1-8
as "Set 2: 1-8." Earlier citations refering to items 21-28 should be taken to refer to Set 2:1 through Set 2:8.