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[Description from original printed listing in portfolio:] Top of Dam, showing iron framing for support of shutters. At the commencement of winter these shutters are taken out and the iron framing dropped into recess shown on top of Dam. [Dated November 19, 1891.] This image not duplicated in The Bancroft Library's Hearst Mining Collection. It may be unique to this portfolio. Golden Feather / Golden Gate Mining Claims Title from printed label on mount, with number handwritten on blank underscore printed for the purpose.
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