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Janin (Louis) photographs of Australian mining
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Louis Janin photographs of Australian mining
Creator:
Janin, Louis, 1837-1914.
Identifier/Call Number: photCL 203
Physical Description:
1.42 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date: approximately 1895
Abstract: Photographs of gold and copper mining
in Australia, approximately 1895, taken by American mining engineer Louis Janin.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. Louis Janin photographs of Australian mining, The Huntington
Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Elliot A. P. Evans, 1968.
Louis Janin (1837-1914) was a mining engineer and metallurgist educated at Yale. He made
his professional mark on the Comstock Lode in Nevada in the early 1860s and went on to have
a long and notable career as a consultant for a wide variety of American and international
firms.
This collection contains 41 mounted 6 x 8-inch photographs of gold and copper mines,
miners, and mining facilities in Australia, approximately 1895, including close-up scenes of
miners working with tools and equipment inside mines. Other images depict overviews of mine
buildings and surrounding land, smelters, mine interiors with walls of timber, and miners
wearing helmets with oil lamp lanterns. The photographs were taken by American mining
engineer Louis Janin, who traveled to the Australian mining districts in 1895 to identify
uses for American mining methods and equipment. He contributed a report, published in 1897,
for the prospectus of Australia's Cobar Chesney Copper and Gold Mining Company. Most likely
these photographs are connected to one or both of these projects. Handwritten captions on
the photographs identify the following mines: C.C.C.; the Peak; Chesney; Mount Pleasant;
Young Australian; and Cobar, as well as Fort Bourke Dam and Fort Bourke Cyanide Works.
Processed by Huntington Library staff, circa late-20th century. In 2020, Suzanne Oatey
created a finding aid derived from a collection file.
Janin family papers (mssJanin family) and Louis Janin papers (mssJanin, Louis papers).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Copper mines and mining -- Australia
Gold mines and mining -- Australia
Miners -- Australia
Mines and mineral resources -- Australia
Australia -- History --
1788-1900
Photographs
Janin, Louis, 1837-1914.