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Title
Borax Smith's mine at Borate or Harmony, California, ca.1890-1900
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1890/1900
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
Photograph of a Borax Smith's mine at Borate or Harmony, California, ca.1890-1900. A group of 8 men shovel ore in the foreground. A large wooden frame built against the side of the rocky slope supports a chute down which ore pours into wooden holding bins.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : glass photonegative, b&w
17 x 22 cm.
glass plate negatives
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15118 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-1598
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15118
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-1598.jpg
Subject
Industry--Borax (salt)
Mining
Borax & Salt Industry
Salt industry and trade
Borax mines and mining
Mine sites
Time Period
circa 1890/1900
Place
California
Harmony
Borate
Inyo
San Bernardino
USA
historical sites: Deah Valley
Source
1-104-6 [Microfiche number]
1598 [Accession number]
CHS-1598 [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
chs-m265

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