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Title
A group of miners assembled on inclined tram ready to descend to 2300-ft level of gold mine, Grass Valley, California, before 1906
Date Created and/or Issued
before 1906
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 a group of miners assembled on inclined tram ready to descend to 2300-ft level of gold mine, Grass Valley, California, before 1906. The miners are sitting very closely to each other with their legs spread apart, almost wrapping around the person in front of them. A wheel for the contraption they are riding on is visible (foreground). Beams and walls of the mining facility is visible in the background.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w
21 x 26 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m2758
USC-1-1-1-2825 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-8500
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m2758
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-8500.jpg
Subject
Mines and mineral resources
Miners
Gold mines and mining
Mining--Miners
Mine sites
Place
California
Grass Valley
USA
before 1906
Source
1-112-25 [Microfiche number]
8500 [Accession number]
CHS-8500 [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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