Title:
La Grange Mining Co., Weaverville, Trinity Co[unty], Cal[ifornia]
Creator/Contributor:
[Unknown]
Date:
[187-?]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1379--FR
Format:
painting on canvas: oil
60.5 x 81.3 cm.
Content/Description:
Vigorous hydraulic mining scene with three hoses in operation watering down sides of artificial arroyo. Extensive hill erosion;
long water sluice runs across the middleground; frame building in center; small figures about; forested landscape.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (UL).
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Environmental degradation;
Equipment;
Gold rushes;
Miners;
Mining
Genre/Format:
Oil paintings