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SC0011.70 Ocaña Mine. No. 5 – Map 867. Same as previous. (Landscape close up of open pit, in center foreground two ore cars, man bent over into rock face at Lev. 2, above on Lev. 3 are three men and four wheeled cars, inked notes: Tun. 260, Tun. 211, above the two tunnels is Lev 4, Lev. 5, Lev. 6, Lev 7 at level with a grove of palm trees. Brown stain in center).

 Item — Box: Photo 0011.01, Item: 070

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

This collection covers at least a two year period beginning with the title date of the album January 1, 1913 to August 1914 as noted on notations on some of the photographs. The collection is composed of 130 black and white or sepia photographs. Shown in the photos are many aspects of an iron ore mining operation and the landscape of the mining district in the Sierra Maestre Mountains in eastern Cuba. There is one personal postcard mailed from Panama addressed to Mrs. A. W. Gaumer, Firmeza, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba c/o Juragua Iron Co. dated May 6, 1912.

Dates

  • Creation: 1912-1914

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Extent

From the Collection: 0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Repository Details

Part of the Lehigh University Special Collections Repository

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