Larry Brogan's Placer claim

Item — Cabinet: H-1-L-3

Identifier: .26

Staff Only

Content Description

From the Collection:

Copy negatives of the Granite Creek area. Granite City was the original settlement for the Gold Hill Mine, and was in existence from 1862-1882. The town was absorbed by Quartzburg. The pictures were taken ca 1905.

Dates

Creation: 1905

Biographical / Historical

The three girls to the left: McDevitt girl, Ellis girl, Ellis girl. The man in black holding a box: M. Leary. The last woman to the right: Mrs. R. M. Fairchild. The last man before the flume: Dr. R. M. Fairchild. The two men in the flume: John Manning, J. J. Brogan