Image: Hydraulic mining in an open pit, California, ca.1880-1900 (CHS-1952)
Description: Hydraulic mining in an open pit, California, ca.1880-1900 Photograph of a hydraulic mining operation in an open pit, California, ca.1880-1900. Several water pipelines and wooden chutes crisscross the bottom of the pit. Piles of rocks and debris litter the floor of the open pit. One worker is visible in the pit near a spout gushing water. The spot is aimed at the base of a large rock wall. A stand of trees is visible on the rim of the pit above at left. Call number: CHS-1952 Filename: CHS-1952 Coverage date: circa 1880/1900 Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 Format: glass plate negatives Type: images Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections Accession number: 1952 Microfiche number: 1-111-31 Archival file: chs_Volume37/CHS-1952.tiff Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Subject (adlf): mine sites Geographic subject (country): USA Format (aacr2): 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm. Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Project: USC Repository email: specol@usc.edu Contributing entity: California Historical Society Date created: circa 1880/1900 Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs Geographic subject (state): California Legacy record ID: chs-m2768; USC-1-1-1-2836 Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343. Subject (file heading): Mining -- Los Angeles Subject (lcsh): Mines and mineral resources
Title: Hydraulic mining in an open pit, California, ca.1880-1900 (CHS-1952)
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