Skip to main content

Image / [Riverbed mining, Grizzly Flats, El Dorado Co., showing mining apparatus.]

Have a question about this item?

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

Title
[Riverbed mining, Grizzly Flats, El Dorado Co., showing mining apparatus.]
Creator
Johnson, G. H. (George Howard), b. 1823, photographer
Contributor
Johnson, G. H. (George Howard), b. 1823, photographer
Date Created and/or Issued
[ca. 1851-1852.]
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
See bio. in Mautz. EHI gives George H., only Mautz provides "Howard".
Two men are visible next to large water wheels in a man made channel diverting the river. Possibly the mining operation of Jacob Phillips. (See notes for other Grizzly Flats views.)
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; quarter plate, visible image 6.8 x 9.2 cm.
Form/Genre
Daguerreotypes
Landscapes
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/28722/bk0000x9f8n
BANC PIC 1905.16242:049--CASE
brk00040034_8a.tif
Subject
Men
Miners
Gold mines and mining
Buildings
Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering)
Water-wheels
Mining districts--California--El Dorado County--Grizzly Flat--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: