Restricted original. Use viewing prints only, shelved in the Photograph File. Use of original by permission of the Manager of the California History Room.
Description
DAG-0113 DAGUERREOTYPE-V: MINES AND MINING: GOLD: SISKIYOU CO.: BOGUS CREEK Image package: Plate, mat, preserver. Mat: top image, brass with rounded corners; bottom image, decorative brass with rounded corners. Preservers: decorative. Case: leather; 6 x 4 3/4 in. Motif: floral. Top image: shows wooden paddle wheel in the creek next to gravel pile and wooden structure with sluice; seven men posed at work site, hill in background. Bottom image: more distant view of the creek and mining operating extending into the creek at its bend; houses are scattered along the creek at left; Bogus Mountain in background; men on bridge extending to gravel pile and mining operations. Restricted original. Use viewing prints only, shelved in the Photograph File. Copy prints available for viewing filed in the Photograph File under "Mines & mining: Gold: Siskiyou Co.: Bogus Creek"; accession numbers 2000-0182 through 2000-0192. Negatives, No. 296a-i (4x5 in.) includes view of both images and top image; no. 297a-d includes bottom image; B/W, color, and color transparencies.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
2 photographs (in one case) : ambrotype, half plate ; visible image 3 1/2 x 4 3/4 in. each.
Identifier
(C)001379279CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVV-2532
Subject
Gold mining--California--Siskiyou County Gold miners--California--Bogus Creek Streams--California--Siskiyou County Siskiyou County (Calif.)--Photographs Bogus Creek (California)--Photographs Ambrotypes Photographic prints
Place
California Siskiyou County Bogus Creek Siskiyou County (Calif.) Bogus Creek (California)
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