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Title
Excelsior Mine (2 views)
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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Description
2008-1037
PHOTO: MINES & MINING: GOLD: SIERRA COUNTY: EXCELSIOR MINE
Two views of the Excelsior Mine located on Goodyears Creek, four miles northwest of Downieville, near Monte Cristo. Shows buildings.
View 1 (2008-1037, copy 1) shows four men in front of a wooden building, other buildings on either side -- view 2 (2008-1039, copy 1) same view from a distance, shows four people in front of the same building, other buildings also shown, hillside in background.
Negative, no. GL 1,885 (5 x 5 in.) and b/w copy print (2008-1038); GL 1,886 (4 x 5 in.) and b/w copy print (2008-1040).
Negatives transferred from CSL's C.H. Hendel Manuscript Collection.
Type
image
Format
Photographs.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
2 photographic prints mounted on board ; 4 x 5 in.
Identifier
(C)001389168CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVW-2480
Subject
Gold mining--California--Sierra County
Buildings--California--Sierra County
Sierra County (Calif.)--Photographs
Photographic prints
Place
California
Sierra County
Sierra County (Calif.)

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