(PHOTOGRAPHY) Photograph of an African American mining crew

Sale 2471 - Lot 319

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Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900

(PHOTOGRAPHY.) Photograph of an African-American mining crew. Albumen photograph, 5 x 8 inches, on original plain mount; considerable foxing and fading to the image, faint surface cracking, mount apparently cropped; very faint pencil inscription on verso, "Geo. Hearst." Np, circa 1890?

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This photograph depicts 23 African-American miners and a pair of slightly better-dressed white men in the back, presumably foremen. They are posed with a variety of mining implements in front of the shed housing the mine's hoist. A few of the miners appear to be quite young. The name of mining magnate George Hearst (1820-1891) appears on verso. Hearst owned an interest in several mines, most notably the Ontario Silver mine near Park City, UT. The photograph was found at an estate in Idaho.