Guide to the Oriental Consolidated Mining Company Photograph Collection
Preliminary arrangement and description by D. Tambo
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Guide to the Oriental Consolidated Mining Company Photograph Collection, ca. 1931-1940
Collection number: Bernath Mss 345
Department of Special CollectionsDavidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
- Processed by:
- D. Tambo
- Date Completed:
- May 14, 2010
- Encoded by:
- A. Demeter
© 2009 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Title: Oriental Consolidated Mining Company Photograph Collection
Dates: ca. 1931-1940
Collection number: Bernath Mss 345
Collection Size:
0.2 linear feet
(1 oversize box)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: The collection contains 129 black and white photographs, mainly snapshots, most with captions in English, on loose pages from
two or more photo albums, likely compiled by Pitt Hyde, a geologist working for the American owned and operated Oriental Consolidated
Mining (OCM) Company which was mining for gold in the Hokuchin area of present day Unsan county, eastern North Pyongan province,
North Korea.
Physical location: Vault.
Languages:
English
None.
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Oriental Consolidated Minng Company Photograph Collection. Bernath Mss 345. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library,
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Purchase, 2003.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection contains 129 black and white photographs, mainly snapshots, most with captions in English, on loose pages from
two or more photo albums, likely compiled by Pitt Hyde, a geologist working for the American owned and operated Oriental Consolidated
Mining (OCM) Company which was mining for gold in the Hokuchin area of present day Unsan county, eastern North Pyongan province,
North Korea. Includes images of Pitt Hyde, family, other OCM employees, their families and homes, the club, Korean gold panning,
sluice, water wheel stamp mill, large industrial plant (where ore was processed by stamp milling, flotation, regrinding, and
cyanide treatment), nearby river, landscapes in winter with snow, Korean employees, local population, homes, street scenes,
funeral procession and grave.
There is no container list for this collection.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Oriental Consolidated Mining Company
P'yongan-pukto (Korea)