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Title
Zinc tanks of the Echo Mining Company, Mojave Mining District, ca.1907
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1907
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 zinc tanks of the Echo Mining Company, Mojave Mining District. Two men stand near one of 6 large rectangular tanks located inside a wooden building with a corrugated metal roof. A door is visible behind them at left. At right, behind them is a large vat labeled "poison". Some of the tanks are similarly labeled. A network of pipes interconnects the vat and tanks. Elevated wooden walkways run between the tanks.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m15534
USC-1-1-1-14115 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-2410
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m15534
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-2410.jpg
Subject
Deserts
Mines and mineral resources
Mining machinery
Mining--Mojave Desert mines
Mine sites
Time Period
circa 1907
Place
California
USA
deserts: Mojave Desert
Source
1-111-48 [Microfiche number]
2410 [Accession number]
CHS-2410 [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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