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Subject Gold mining Material Type Photographs

1. 10470.i.3(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
10470.i.3(2)
Title:
View of the British Guiana Gold Company's diggings on the Cuyuni. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography View looking across the river towards the mining settlement on the far bank, with forest beyond. Bound out of sequence facing p. 32.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1866
Extent:
1 item

2. 10470.i.3(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
10470.i.3(43)
Title:
View of the quartz rock at the British Guiana Gold Company's diggings on the Rio Cuyuni. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Industrial Photography Bound out of sequence before p. 33. View of the rock formations, with cleared forest in the background.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1866
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 63135(42)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 63135(42)
Title:
Hauling up the earth from the mines. Note the size of the mine mouth [Thok Dalung]. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Showing a miner hauling on a rope let down into a small hole in the ground, with another miner and a child watching.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
28-30 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 63135(43)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 63135(43)
Title:
Women workers, Thok Dalung. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
View of two women in front of miner's tent at Thok Dalung.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
28-30 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 63135(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 63135(44)
Title:
Beating the clods of earth with yaks' horns preparatory to washing [Thok Dalung] Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
View looking towards a group of gold-diggers at work.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
28-30 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 63135(45)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 63135(45)
Title:
Washing for gold [Thok Dalung]. The actual washer is the middle man of these three. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
View of miners at work, digging near the river. With a further pencilled note refering to the pile of earth on the right: 'This heap is the winter collection — when no washing is possible.'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
28-30 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 63135(46)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 63135(46)
Title:
Old lady washing for gold. She is sinking her bowl in the water [Thok Dalung]. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
Showing an aged Tibetan woman squatting beside a stream.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
28-30 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 63135(47)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 63135(47)
Title:
Washing for gold [Thok Dalung]. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
View of miner at work between two channels of water (marked in pencil, 'branch channel' and 'main channel'). With an explanatory pencilled note: 'A small channel with a good drop is lined with cloth and then with stones, the earth is slowly raked into this.'
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
28-30 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item

9. Godwin Photo 10/1(96)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 10/1(96)
Title:
Dolaucothi gold mine. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '2565-7' [copyright print]. Genre: Landscape Photography A large tree trunk with a mine entrance between the tree roots and soil; there are several fallen leaves in the hollow. The protective cover shows the crop lines and reproduction measurements. Published o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1976
Extent:
1 item

10. Godwin Photo 10/1(97)

Reference (shelfmark):
Godwin Photo 10/1(97)
Title:
Dolaucothi gold mine. Photographer: Godwin, Fay
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed on verso: '2573-10' [copyright print]. Genre: Landscape Photography Taken from inside the mouth of the cave looking towards the outside; there is a basic storage area made from slate to the left. The protective cover shows the crop lines and reproduction measurements. Pu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1976
Extent:
1 item