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Title
A miner using hydraulic mining techniques and tools to mine, Nevada City, California, ca.1900-1930
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1900/1930
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 a miner using hydraulic mining techniques and tools to mine, Nevada City, California, ca.1900-1930. The miner stands next to a pipe that is spraying water towards the canyon walls. The ground in the foreground is wet and muddy.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
10 x 13 cm., 21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m14118
USC-1-1-1-14169 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-5997
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m14118
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-5997.jpg
Subject
Mines and mineral resources
Mining--General
Mine sites
Time Period
circa 1900/1930
Place
Nevada
California
USA
Source
1-111-82; 1-113-13 [Microfiche number]
5997 [Accession number]
CHS-5997 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]

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