Title:
[Riverbed mining operation.]
Abstract:
View of mining site with men working alongside large water wheels and elaborate pumping equipment. Several figures push wheelbarrows,
and others pose standing on wooden structures above excavation.
Date:
[ca. 1858]
Subject:
Men
Miners
Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering)
Water-wheels
Cabins
Tools
Gold mines and mining--California--Photographs
Type:
Daguerreotypes
Landscapes
Physical Description:
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; half plate, visible image 10 x 13.5 cm.
displayLabel="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">"Accompanying note (handwritten, modern, by collector Zelda Mackay):
Elaborate operations of a "Gold Rush Company", California about 1852.";;;displayLabel="Image Package Note">Original component
parts: plate, cover glass, preserver. Cover glass: replaced glass? Preserver: decorative (removed and stored separately).;;;displayLabel="Container
or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: geometric -- leaf scroll. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15.3 x 12 cm. Pad: green
velvet with embossed motif. Notes: spine label - 706 (from prior owner).;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:095--CASE
Filename:
brk00040080_8a.tif
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