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Description
Plates in: Description of and report upon the Great Western Quicksilver Mining Co's mine and property in Lake County, California Decr. 10th, 1879 / by Abraham Halsey and R.M. Wilson ; A. Hossack, artist. Plate No. 9. Tunnel entrance, men (and one woman) and wagons around entrance, horse-drawn ore cars, several of miners are Chinese in traditional dress. 2011-1147. Quicksilver Mining Company was incorporated August 8th, 1872, producing first flask of quicksilver in Oct. 1873. Mine is located 16 miles north of Calistoga in Lake County.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print ; image 7 x 8 7/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001443831CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Great Western Quicksilver Mining Company--Photographs Chinese Americans--California--Lake County--Photographs Mercury mining--California Miners--California--Lake County Carts & wagons--California--Lake County Mine railroad cars--California--Lake County Tunnels--California--Lake County Lake County (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints Photograph albums
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