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Title
Mule team and loaded ore wagons at stamp mill, Mojave Desert, ca.1900
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of Mule team and loaded ore wagons at stamp mill, Mojave Desert, ca.1900. At center, two loaded ore wagons drawn by a team of mules can be seen pulled up in front of a Mojave Desert stamp mill. Stacks of ore bags sit next to the wagons. About five men are sitting on or standing around the wagons and stacks of ore bags. Piles of firewood and a large water wagon (with cylindrical tank) are near a wooden structure with a smokestack behind.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15116
USC-1-1-1-14115 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1593
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15116
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1593.jpg
Subject
Deserts
Mines and mineral resources
Freight and freightage
Teamsters
Muleteers
Mining--Mojave Desert mines
Mine sites
Time Period
circa 1900
Place
California
USA
deserts: Mojave Desert
Source
1-111-15 [Microfiche number]
1593 [Accession number]
CHS-1593 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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