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Title: Wooden shaft at Bernal Marl Fertilizer Company quarry
Creator: Unknown
Contributor: James Delgado (researcher
collector)
Date Created and/or Issued: Undated
Contributing Institution: San José Public Library, California Room
Collection: Bernal Family Collection
Rights Information: The San Jose Public Library California Room can only claim physical ownership of the collection. Users are responsible for satisfying any claims of the copyright holder. Permission to copy or publish any portion of San Jose Public Library California Room collection must be given by the San Jose Public Library California Room. For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact the California Room: http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/ca/contacts_index.htm
Description: A wooden mine shaft entrance surrounded by brush at the Bernal Mine. The mine was opened at the Rancho Santa Teresa by Pedro Alcantar Bernal in a failed attempt to mine quicksilver. No ore body was found and the mine was eventually closed up.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg2000
Scanned with Epson Perfection V500 Photo as a 1200 dpi TIFF image in 16-bit Grayscale. Compressed 8-bit, JPEG format. Auto Level image adjustment applied using Photoshop CS2.
Extent: 3.5 x 5 in.
Identifier: http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm/ref/collection/sjplbernal/id/26
Language: English
Subject: Mining
Quarrying
Rancho Santa Teresa
Place: San Jose
California
Source: Bernal Family Collection

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