Title:
[Riverbed mining scene with fifteen miners, including Elmer Bliss.]
Abstract:
View showing fifteen miners, some holding tools, working along a rocky river bank. Mining machinery and diversion flume structure
visible behind miners.
Date:
[ca. 1852-1858]
Subject:
Men
Pioneers -- California
Miners
Californios
Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering)
Gold mines and mining--California--Plumas County--Photographs
Note:
Another view, laterally reversed, of this mining site is in the collection of The Huntington Library (Dag. 55). The site has
been identified as near Taylorsville, Plumas County, but the source of this information is unknown.
Type:
Daguerreotypes
Group portraits
Physical Description:
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; half plate, visible image 8.8 x 12.1 cm.
displayLabel="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Plate mark (UR): Scovill. Accompanying note (handwritten, modern):
California Gold Mine. Elmer Bliss in rear dark shirt - hand on hip. Elmer Bliss came to Calif. from Havehill, N.H. in 1849.;;;displayLabel="Image
Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Mat: plain rectangular (double elliptical).;;;displayLabel="Container
or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: geometric / floral - variant of The Spear and Rod (Rinhart no. 166). Material: leather over
wood. Dimensions: 12.6 x 15.3 cm. Pad: red silk. Notes: spine label: 709 (from prior owner). Case and image package are not
consistent, the case appearing to be from an earlier date.;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:084--CASE
Filename:
brk00040069_8a.tif
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[Riverbed mining scene with fifteen miners, including Elmer Bliss.]
