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Benson smelter ore processing views /
BANC PIC 1975.027--PICLOCAL
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Title:

Benson smelter ore processing views

Creator/Contributor:

Wolff, E., photographer, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Raun, Eduard P.

Abstract:

Views showing slag and ore dumps, blacksmith shop, sampling and feeding floors, and furnaces. Location formerly believed to be the Del Ray Mine, in the Jackson mining district, Amador Co., Calif. Views are probably of the smelter facilities at Benson, Ariz., of professional interest to E.P. Raun of the Del Ray Mine.

Date:

ca. 1885-ca. 1890? (issued)

Subject:

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Smelting furnaces -- Photographs
Mines and mineral resources -- Arizona -- Benson -- Photographs
Fours de fusion -- Photographies
Mines and mineral resources
Smelting furnaces
Benson (Ariz.) -- History -- Pictorial works
Arizona -- Benson

Note:

photographed by E. Wolff.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Ms. captions on versos. All captions start with heading "Benson Smelter", regardless of subject of view.
Apparently collected by Eduard P. Raun.
Photographer's imprint on verso of one mount only: E. Wolff, Pintor and Fotographo.
Library purchase at auction. From the estate of Edward Tuttle Raun, son of Eduard P. Raun, operator of the Del Ray Mine.
Raun family photograph album cataloged separated (BANC PIC 1975.028--fALB).

Type:

graphic
History.
Photographs.
Pictorial works.
Albumen prints.
Card photographs.

Physical Description:

photoprint
4 photograhic prints on mounts : albumen ; mounts 14 x 22 cm.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC PIC 1975.027--PICLOCAL

Origin:

Arizona