Visual Materials

Consolidated Gold Mine, Mojave, Kern County. 1912

Description: A panoramic view of the Consolidated Gold Mine at Mojave, in Kern County. The main mining building in the center is low, built along the side of a hill, with sheds and cylindrical structures built around it. There is also a mining structure on the far left, opening out of the ground, with a pulley system at the top. Two men, one seated and one standing, are on the side of a hill on the left, next to a pile of discarded rocks. A few dirt roads wind past the mine and into the hills in the distance. Writing in white in the bottom center reads "Photo no. 313 ; C.C. Pierce & Co ; 1572 W. Pico Blvd. ; Los Angeles, Calif." and "Consolidated Gold Mine ; Mojave, Calif."
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1912
Call number: photCL 470 (207)

Industrial - Golden Queen Mine - Mojave - gold tank

Visual Materials

Industrial - Golden Queen Mine - Mojave - gold tank.

photCL SCE 05 - 50673

Mojave Desert from Bagdad Mine

Visual Materials

A view across the Mojave desert with mining equipment and a house visible in the lower right and lower left.

photCL Pierce 06467

Image not available

Photographs of Los Angeles, Mojave mining, and Santa Catalina Island

Visual Materials

Consists of twelve photographs and postcards. photPF 350-353 depict the aftermath of the 1912 fire in Ocean Park, California. photPF 354 shows a couple in a vacation tent on a hill above Hotel Metropole in Avalon on Santa Catalina Island. photPF 355-356 shows mine buildings of the Mojave mining district in Kern County. And photPF 357-359 depicts areas of early downtown Los Angeles, including a view of the city from Brooklyn Heights by Francis Parker, Iglesia Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles, also known as La Placita Church or the Church of our Lady of Los Angeles on Olvera Street, and a view of Bunker Hill from 3rd and Hill Streets.

photPF 350-359

Image not available

Aerograph/C.C. Pierce, Consolidated Gold Mine, Mojave, Calif

Visual Materials

photCL 402, photCL 470, photCL Whitt

Image not available

Report on the general history and description of the Quinn Consolidated Mining Company's properties, Lyon County, State of Nevada

Manuscripts

This bound report gives a physical description and history of the Quinn Consolidated Mining Company's properties in Lyon County, Nevada. Included are transcripts from government reports related to the Quinn Mining Works and from several newspaper stories about the mine, primarily from 1880 (includes a description of a large explosion that destroyed much of the Quinn Works on September 1, 1880). Additional items include a stock share from the Quinn Mining Company, several topographical maps, a plan of the underground workings of the Quinn mine, and photographs of the Lyon County area near the Quinn mine.

mssHM 72368

Image not available

Aurora Consolidated Mines Company records

Manuscripts

The Aurora Consolidated Mines Company records, composed mostly of plans and blueprints for mine equipment, appear to be primarily from the mine's metal and repair shop. The collection is composed of one manuscript, a large number of plans and blueprints, one letter, a number of clerical documents, and two pieces of ephemera.

mssAurora mines records

Consolidated Gold Mine, Mojave, Kern County. 1912

Opening Hours

Admission Info and Tickets

You might also be interested in

Industrial - Golden Queen Mine - Mojave - gold tank

Mojave Desert from Bagdad Mine

Photographs of Los Angeles, Mojave mining, and Santa Catalina Island

Aerograph/C.C. Pierce, Consolidated Gold Mine, Mojave, Calif

Report on the general history and description of the Quinn Consolidated Mining Company's properties, Lyon County, State of Nevada

Aurora Consolidated Mines Company records