Print, Photographic

Name/Title

Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

A553.24

Description

Mounted photo of a mining operation. There is a large water wheel, a couple of buildings, and several people standing around. On the left side there are two people (man and woman) in a horse drawn buggy. Written in blue ink on reverse: No. 25. Comitti's [Commetti] home site on Birch Creek. Old arastra [arrasta] was there and he used it in washing ore from the mine one one of the hills in the background. He also had various fruits and a vegetable [garden] along the creek. An old interpretative label says that this mine was situated in the Fish Springs Mining District six miles south of Big Pine.

Collection

Olive Jones Reynolds Collection