Lesson 7 Document 29
TITLE: Mining on the Comstock / drawn by T.L. Dawes ;
engraved and printed by Le Count Bro's., San Francisco.
CALL NUMBER: PGA - Le Count--Mining on the Comstock (D size)
[P&P]
REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC4-2343 (color film copy
transparency)
LC-USZ62-1320 (b&w film copy neg.)
SUMMARY: Cutaway of hillside showing tunnels and supports,
shaft, and miners engaged in various activities. Also shows tools used in the
mines, as well as exterior views of several mining companies working the
Comstock Lode.
MEDIUM: 1 print : lithograph.
CREATED/PUBLISHED: Gold Hill, Nev. : published by J.B.
Marshall, 1876, c1877 (San Francisco : engraved and printed by Le Count Bro's.)
NOTES: Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United
States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical
commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997.
SUBJECTS:
Silver mining--Nevada--Comstock Lode--1870-1880.
Prospecting equipment & supplies--1870-1880.
FORMAT:
Lithographs 1870-1880.
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGITAL ID: (original) ppmsc 01032
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsc.01032
(color film copy transparency) cph 3g02343 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g02343
(b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a05145 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3a05145
VIDEO FRAME ID: LCPP003A-05145 (from b&w film copy neg.)
CARD #: 93506798
