Corkill Family

Name/Title

Corkill Family

Entry/Object ID

BGF032

Description

Frederick Corkill is pictured with his daughters Louise (center) and Mabel (right) and a niece. Frederick was born in 1856 on the Isle of Man. He immigrated to the United States in 1874, and became a naturalized citizen in 1882. He was a mining engineer for F. M. (Borax) Smith in Death Valley, home of "20-Mule Team Borax." Later he became the superintendent of Smith's West End Silver Mine in Tonapah, NV. BGF032

Collection

Bergtold Family Collection

Dimensions

Height

14.61 cm

Width

8.7 cm

Location

* Untyped Location

Charles Bergtold Collection

Copyright

Notes

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