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41. Add MS 63135(47)

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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

42. Add MS 63135(20)

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Title:
Village of Gargunsa, 9-8-06. Thakur Jai Chand spent last winter in one of these houses! Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of low stone village houses, seemingly in largely ruinous condition, with mountains beyond. Here Calvert discussed with the Senior Darpon from Gartok, a possible site for a trade agency building. At nothing suitable could be found in or near the village, he...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
9 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item

43. Add MS 63135(44)

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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

44. Add MS 63135(42)

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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

45. Add MS 63135(29)

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Title:
Crest of Giugti La, 19625 ft (19111), 21-8-06. Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography View of Calvert's party, with ponies and baggage yaks, at the crest of the pass.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
21 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item

46. Add MS 63135(32)

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Title:
Yaks on march at 1700 ft, 26-8-06. [Kung Chung La.] Photographer: Calvert, Hubert
Scope & Content:
Showing a group of loaded baggage yaks moving up the pass.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
26 Aug 1906
Extent:
1 item

47. Add MS 63135(45)

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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

48. Add MS 63135(46)

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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