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Title
Portrait of miners in the 2,200 level of the Empire Mine, Grass Valley, prior to 1906
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
before 1906
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
Photographic portrait of miners in the 2,200 level of the Empire Mine, Grass Valley, prior to 1906. Two miners are pictured: one is seated at center, to the right of a large electrical array installed in the mine wall, in which a callbox is visible. The second leans against mining equipment to the right. Pipes and wires hang over them.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photoprint, photonegative, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2945
USC-1-1-1-14167 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-7959
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2945
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-7959.jpg
Subject
Mines and mineral resources
Mining--Nevada County--Grass Valley
Mine sites
Place
California
Empire Mine
Grass Valley
Nevada
USA
before 1906
Source
1-112-19 [Microfiche number]
7959 [Accession number]
CHS-7959 [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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