Load of Asphaltum from Devil's Canyon Mine

Image

Load of Asphaltum from Devil's Canon Mine

Title

Load of Asphaltum from Devil's Canyon Mine

Identifier

824

Description

A wagon is hitched to four horses and parked in front of a mine in Devil's Canyon. There are two men standing on a platform at the mouth of the mine shaft. There is a man in the driver's seat of the wagon. Library records indicate the driver as W. A. Wilde and also indicate C.J. Crothers and Bruce Mine Supt. Taken in the summer of 1890.

Creator

Unknown

Date

1890

Format

Sepia photograph
21.75 x 13.5 cm

Subject

Mining

Coverage

California
Ventura County (Calif.)

Publisher

Museum of Ventura County

Rights

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Type

Image

Language

English

Collection

Citation

Unknown, “Load of Asphaltum from Devil's Canyon Mine,” Research Library at The Museum of Ventura County, accessed March 29, 2024, https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/5869.