View of Hobson Mine in Placer County, California, Hobson Mine, Placer County, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Monitor playing five hundred miner's inches under head of three hundred and sixty feet. It will be seen that the bottom gravel is much coarser than, the gravel higher in the bank.', c. 1885 - in or before 1890, North America, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 111 mm x width 183 mm, mine, A sepia-toned photograph shows a rocky hillside with steep exposed soil and vertical streaks on the cliff face, loose rubble and piles of gravel scattered across the slope, a large arcing spray of water originating from a pipe or nozzle near the lower left and extending toward the upper right where mist obscures part of the terrain, several men standing and working among the rocks near the bottom edge, and scattered larger rocks and boulders among finer debris.
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View of Hobson Mine in Placer County, California, Hobson Mine, Placer County, page, photomechanical print, inscription: 'Monitor playing five hundred miner's inches under head of three hundred and sixty feet. It will be seen that the bottom gravel is much coarser than, the gravel higher in the bank.', c. 1885 - in or before 1890, North America, paper, collotype, photoprint, height 111 mm x width 183 mm, mine, A sepia-toned photograph shows a rocky hillside with steep exposed soil and vertical streaks on the cliff face, loose rubble and piles of gravel scattered across the slope, a large arcing spray of water originating from a pipe or nozzle near the lower left and extending toward the upper right where mist obscures part of the terrain, several men standing and working among the rocks near the bottom edge, and scattered larger rocks and boulders among finer debris.

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View Hobson Mine Placer County California page photomechanical print inscription Monitor playing five hundred miner's inches under head three hundred sixty feet will bottom gravel coarser gravel higher bank c 1885 - 1890 North America paper collotype photoprint height 111 mm x width 183 mm mine sepia-toned photograph rocky hillside steep exposed soil vertical streaks cliff face loose rubble piles gravel scattered across slope large arcing spray water originating pipe nozzle near lower left extending upper right mist obscures part terrain several men standing working rocks near bottom edge scattered larger rocks boulders finer debris

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