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Paydirt rolls down into the crusher to be ground for further refining into pure gold.

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Paydirt rolls down into the crusher to be ground for further refining into pure gold.

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Title:: Paydirt rolls down into the crusher to be ground for further refining into pure gold.
Description:: [Information from item housing] Gold: Includes Mining
Date:: [ca. December 1939]
Format:: Photographs
Genre:: Photographic prints
Location:: Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):: Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue
Subjects:: Gold
Gold mining
Extent:: 1 photograph : print ; sheet 230 x 180 mm
Permalink:: https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/j3863718t
Terms of Use:: Rights status not evaluated.
This work is licensed for use under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License (CC BY-NC-ND).

Language:: English
Notes:: Title(s) from item.
[Additional information from item] Gold mining Alhambre Mine Kelsey, Cal.
Preferred Citation:: Boston Herald-Traveler Photo Morgue, Boston Public Library
Notes (acquisition):: Gift; Boston University, College of Communication, 1977/1978.
Notes (date):: Date from item.
Identifier:: 22_10_001228_0012
Barcode:: 39999088103237

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