Image / William Doidge, New Almaden, California

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Title: William Doidge, New Almaden, California
Creator: Unknown
Contributing Institution: History San Jose Research Library
Collection: History San Jose Online Catalog
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Description: William Doidge was photographed as representative of a typical Cornish miner at New Almaden Mines. Many Cornish miners came to the western United States after the collapse of the mining industry in Cornwall, England in the 1850's and 1860's. Cornish miners were called "Cousin Jack".
Type: image
Format: Glass
Identifier: 59A1FF5B-434C-4E2B-A25F-644692455717
1979-251-140
Subject: Miners
New Almaden Quicksilver Mines (Calif.)
Cornish--United States--History (LCSH)
Doidge, William

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