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 Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of an rail car at top of the ore dump at mine run by Free Gold Mining Company, Hedges (later Tumco), Imperial County, California, ca.1905. A wooden frame supports the rails on the steeply sloped structure. Below are a small wood building and wooden bins for temporary ore storage. A man sits on the ground next to the railroad tracks which run next to the mechanical workings beneath the bins. Further back and to the right is another building with a covered porch. The mountain slopes up to the right.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 20 x 25 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs
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