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Sudbury (inhabited place)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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Prospecting for gold, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3177
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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: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Sudbury, 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/24
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A limp-bound book, number 36 of a numbered edition of 100, containing photogravure plates and coloured illustrations by various artists. Each page is preceded by a sheet containing the title and description; in most cases only the title is given in the typescript catalogue. Unless otherwise stated, the illustrations are full-page sepia photogravure, approximately 225 x 175 mm; the half-page coloured illustrations are c.125 x 85 mm.The title page reads 'His Royal Highness the Prince...
Dates: 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).