Skip to main content

Image / [Mines at Forest City, in gully below main street, with miners pausing …

Have a question about this item?

Item information. View source record on the Online Archive of California.

Title
[Mines at Forest City, in gully below main street, with miners pausing near trestles, and ore carts.]
Date Created and/or Issued
[ca. 1855-1860]
Publication Information
The Bancroft Library;;, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, Phone: (510) 642-6481, Fax: (510) 642-7589, Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu;;, URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections
Rights Information
Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of University of California gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley 94720-6000. See: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/reference/permissions.html
Description
Presever and mat possibly not original to image.
Wrong-reading view looking from gully uphill towards buildings above. Miners and men of town stand on wooden trestles near ore carts.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : ambrotype ; half plate, visible image 8.3 x 11.5 cm.
Form/Genre
Ambrotypes
Landscapes
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/28722/bk0000x966x
BANC PIC 1986.017:003--CASE
brk00040299_8a.tif
Subject
Miners
Gold mines and mining
Cities and towns
Mining districts--California--Sierra County--Forest--Photographs

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.

Explore related content on Calisphere: