Photographs, Chino Copper Company mining of Santa Rita and Hurley, New Mexico

Content Description

Approximately 400 photographs and film negatives of the Chino Copper Company mining operations in Santa Rita and Hurley, New Mexico. Materials include 5 x 7 in. and 8 x 10 in. copy prints, negatives, documents, and a film, ca. 1911. According to donor paperwork, "Most of the material is dated and identified and there are some multiple copies of various photos, but not of the negatives. The majority of the material is pre-1920 and just a small handful of later items. The topics range from engineering and structural to photos of an assay shop, town views, ball teams, railroad, and more. No underground photos were present."

Acquisition Type

Purchase

Provenance

Yolanda Retter

Restrictions Apply

No

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