Placerville miners, 1881

Photograph

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El Dorado County Historical Museum

The image shows six miners standing in a rocky area, holding shovels, pitchforks, and 8-pronged pitchforks. Print on photos reads: Placer mining 1881 Placerville Cal. 7332.

The image shows six miners standing in a rocky area, holding shovels, pitchforks, and 8-pronged pitchforks. Print on photos reads: Placer mining 1881 Placerville Cal. 7332.

Name/Title

Placerville miners, 1881

Entry/Object ID

PH02376

Description

A group of men are working in a Placerville, California placer mining site in 1881.

Photograph Details

Subject

Mining

Subject Place

City

Placerville

County

El Dorado County

State/Province

California

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Miners, Placer mining, Groups of people

Search Terms

Miners, Placer mining, Groups of people