Title:
[Main furnace of mining district, New Almaden, California]
Creator/Contributor:
Wikersheim, Fritz (active ca. 1847-1851), French, artist (artist)
Date:
[1845-1851]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1304:40--ALB
Format:
drawing on tinted paper: pencil and white chalk
13.8 x 21.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Compound of wooden buildings; main building has stone wall and tall smokestack. Possibly the mercury mine leased by Alexander
Forbes in the late 1840's, which became one of largest producers of Mercury in the US. It was named after major mercury mine
in Almaden, Spain.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten (LC): Californie. Nuevo Alamaden . tour principal de l'asiento. Inscriptions in French.
Subjects:
Buildings;
California, Northern;
Mining
Genre/Format:
Drawings;
Travel sketches