Mogollon, NM
Artist
Russell Lee
(American, 1903 - 1986)
Date1940
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/4 × 9 1/2 in. (15.9 × 24.1 cm)
Support: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Mat: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm)
Support: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Mat: 14 × 17 in. (35.6 × 43.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineNew Mexico Farm Security Administration Collection, Museum purchase with funds from the Pinewood Foundation with additional support from Barbara Erdman, 1990
Object number1990.70.87
DescriptionLarge tanks used for mixing powdered gold ore with the cynanidesolution to extract gold and silver at the gold mines. Interior w/ 2 or 3 large vats from center foreground to back, cat-walk frombottom left corner to back center.On View
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