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Title
Randsburg Mining district, October 1926
Creator
Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946
Date Created and/or Issued
1926-10
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 Randsburg Mining district, October 1926. In the foreground is a plain looking building with two tanks that hook into the building through pipes. A bridge nearby stands adjacent to the building. In the background are other buildings and mining structures. Picture file card reads: "This mine is owned by the California Rand Co., but it is better known as the Kelley Mine. Named after its discoverer Ed Kelley. Although it is barely 2 miles southeast of Randsburg, a small settlement has sprung up around the mine, called Hampton".
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m18764
USC-1-1-1-14149 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-8317
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18764
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-8317.jpg
Subject
Mines and mineral resources
Mining--Kern County--Randsburg
Mine sites
Time Period
1926-10
Place
California
Kern
Randsburg
USA
Source
1-111-90 [Microfiche number]
8317 [Accession number]
CHS-8317 [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
USC
chs-m265

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