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Miners of the Great Eastern Quicksilver Mine, northeast of Guerneville, California, 1880s

Title

Miners of the Great Eastern Quicksilver Mine, northeast of Guerneville, California, 1880s

Creation Date (Original)

1800s

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Description

Unidentified miners standing by a tram car at the entrance to the Great Eastern Quicksilver Mine.

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Local History and Culture Theme

["Logging and Mining"]

Subject (Topical)

["Mercury mines and mining"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Great Eastern Quicksilver Mine (Calif.)"]

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_039365

Item Details
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Item Details

Title

Miners of the Great Eastern Quicksilver Mine, northeast of Guerneville, California, 1880s

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Description

Unidentified miners standing by a tram car at the entrance to the Great Eastern Quicksilver Mine.

Biographical or Historical Note

The Great Eastern Quicksilver Mine was located on Sweetwater Springs Road, approximately 4 miles north of Guerneville.

Creation Date (Original)

1800s

Reprinting Date (Original)

May 18, 2010

Item Type

["Still image"]

Item Format or Genre

["black-and-white photographs"]

Number of Parts or Pages

1 photographic print

Other Physical Details

Black-and-white

Item Physical Dimensions

17 x 25 cm; with border, 20 x 25 cm

Local History and Culture Theme

["Logging and Mining"]

Subject (Corporate Body)

["Great Eastern Quicksilver Mine (Calif.)"]

Subject (Time Period)

1850-1899

Subject (Topical)

["Mercury mines and mining"]

Country

["United States"]

State or Province

["California"]

California County

["Sonoma"]

District

["Guerneville"]

Geographic Feature

["Sweetwater Springs Road"]

Street Address

19805 Sweetwater Springs Road, Guerneville, California

Latitude

38.5443573

Longitude

-122.9854268

Geocoding Status

["Exact geocoding"]

Source of Title and Description Note

Title supplied by cataloger.

Reproduction Details (Physical Items)

Reproduced from an illustration published in John Schubert's book, "Guerneville early days" (ANNEX R 979.418 SCHUBERT; reprinted by The Lab, 400 Tesconi Circle, Santa Rosa, Calif., May 18, 2010.

Related Publication (Book)

Shubert, John. Guerneville early days.

Original Collection Name

["Guerneville Days collection"]

Credit line

Courtesy, Sonoma County Library

Local System Identifier

1419702

Digital Collections Identifier

cstr_pho_039365

Digital Collection Name(s)

["Sonoma County Library Photograph Collection"]

Digital Collections Area Group(s)

["Local History & Culture"]

Physical Item Barcode(s)

37565006072754 (ANNEX PHOTO 39365);37565024700956 ANNEX PHOTO NEGATIVE 39365;37565024998253 (ARCHIVES PHOTO 39365)

Item Call Number(s)

ANNEX PHOTO 39365;ANNEX PHOTO NEGATIVE 39365;ARCHIVES PHOTO 39365

Shelving Location of Physical Item(s)

Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library

Location of Originals

Negative (in Negative file): Sonoma County History & Genealogy Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library

Copyright Statement

The Sonoma County Library makes no assertions as to ownership of any original copyrights to digitized images and can claim only physical ownership of the image(s) described in this records. However, these images are intended for Personal or Research use only. Any other kind of use, including, but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication in any medium or format, public exhibition, or use online or in a web site, may be subject to additional restrictions including but not limited to the copyrights held by parties other than the Library. USERS ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE for determining the existence of such rights and for obtaining any permissions and/or paying associated fees necessary for the proposed use. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and reuse information at https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library/order-photo

Project Affiliation

Sonoma County Tourism Grant (2011-2012)

Contributing Organizations

Grant provided to the Sonoma County Library through the Sonoma County Advertising Program.

Fiscal Sponsor

Sonoma County Library, 211 E Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 (http://www.sonomalibrary.org)

Date Digitized

2013

Digitizing Agency

Luna Imaging, Inc. 2702 Media Center Drive Los Angeles, CA 90065-1733 (http://www.lunaimaging.com)

Archival File Data Quality

["High resolution master file image (400 ppi)"]

Acquisition Type

["Gift"]

Date of Acquisition

Date of donation not determined

Filename

cstr_pho_039365.jp2

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