Placer Mining--Columbia, Tuolumne County - Interior of the Dump-box – Vintage Print
![Placer Mining--Columbia, Tuolumne County - Interior of the Dump-box, [published 1866] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/9f/9fed0a6de80a-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Placer Mining--Columbia, Tuolumne County - Interior of the Dump-box. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Placer Mining--Columbia, Tuolumne County - Interior of the Dump-box
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Few mining views show the inside of a dump box, the wooden trough where gravel from a placer claim was washed and its gold caught behind riffles. This one comes from Columbia in Tuolumne County, a Sierra foothill town that boomed after gold was found in the region in 1850. The Library holds only one half of what was issued as a stereograph pair in the *Gems of California Scenery* series, and the caption card dates publication to 1866. Viewed through a stereoscope, such cards gave armchair visitors a sense of depth and place, and this one offers a close look at the equipment that drove the gold economy.
| Created / published | [published 1866] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : half stereograph, albumen. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1860-1870.Albumen prints 1860-1870. |
| Notes | The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1009. LOT subdivision subject: Placer Mining. This record contains unverified old data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,442 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-115899 |
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