Title:
[Riverbed mining in Grizzly Flats.]
Creator/Contributor:
Johnson, G. H. (George Howard), b. 1823, photographer
Abstract:
View of mining diversion flumes in riverbed showing water wheels and hoists. Miners stand to left, one holding a pan with
gold colored in.
Date:
[ca. 1851-1852]
Subject:
Miners
Gold mines and mining
Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering)
Water-wheels
Note:
See bio. in Mautz. EHI gives George H., only Mautz provides "Howard".
Type:
Daguerreotypes
Landscapes
Physical Description:
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; half plate, visible image 8.1 x 12 cm.
displayLabel="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">"Accompanying note (handwritten, modern, possibly by collector
Zelda Mackay): California mining scene of 1850, showing the elaborate diggings and equipment of Jacob Phillips and other gold
miners, at Grizzly Flat Eldorado Co., 33 miles south of Placerville (Hangtown.) Jacob Phillips came to Calif. from Elizabeth,
New Jersey in 1849, and later returned there to build a fine home. Accompanying note (handwritten, modern, possibly by collector
Zelda Mackay): Jacob Phillips went to Calif. from Elizabeth, N.J. in 1849, staked out a claim in the fifties which had been
a rich strike. When the mine became exhausted, he sold it in 1865 to his 'in-laws Henry, Merwin and F.A. Massot who later
sold it out of the family, and all returned East. With his new found wealth, Jacob Phillips built a fine home in Elizabeth,
N.J. I have old deed to gold mine shown in this daguerreotype [which is Mackay's] #703 and #660 [now numbered 1905.16242:085].
[The mine deed is now in the Bancroft collection as BANC MSS C-I 16 Pt. I:44]. Accompanying newspaper clipping (1947) about
the Placerville Indian "war".";;;displayLabel="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Mat:
plain rectangular (double elliptical).;;;displayLabel="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: floral - vase with grapevines.
Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 12 x 15 cm. Pad: red velvet with embossed motif. Notes: spine label - 703 (from prior
owner).;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:081--CASE
Filename:
brk00040066_8a.tif
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