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Prospecting for gold, 1909

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3177

Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). (Plaza mining). Panning gold at Copper Cliff near Sudbury, Ontario. A demonstration to the members of the Canadian Mining Institute. Plaza Mining is getting gold from the sand and not from the rock. The man with his hands in the water is holding a small pan of gold sand and washing it in the lake until the colour shows.

Dates

  • Creation: 1909

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Negative purchased of Paul Seligman at Cobalt.

General

PJ.

Originator(s)

Seligman, Paul, fl 1909 (?)

Finding aid date

2002-09-12 14:55:51+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

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