Drennen's Mill on the Colorado River, 1900-1950 (CHS-3444)

Drennen's Mill on the Colorado River, 1900-1950
Photograph of Drennen's Mill on the Colorado River, California ,1900-1950.
Located in Whipple Wash of the Whipple Mountains (built 1912). [1]
The gold mining operation sits near the water's edge on a rocky embankment. A wooden watertank sits at the top of the embankment. Steam pours from a pipe near the base. A series of pulleys and belts transfer power from a generator (not visible) within the wooden structure.
The opposite bank is steep and rocky across the broad river (Arizona).



Call number: CHS-3444
Photographer: James, George Wharton
Filename: CHS-3444
Coverage date: 1900/1950
Part of collection: California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Type: images
Part of subcollection: Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
Repository name: USC Libraries Special Collections
Format: glass plate negatives
Microfiche number: 1-61-; 1-111-33
Archival file: chs_Volume95/CHS-3444.tiff
Repository address: Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Geographic subject (country): USA
Format (aacr2): 3 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprints, b&w ; 17 x 22 cm.
Rights: Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
Subject (adlf): mine sites
Project: USC
Accession number: 3444
Repository email: [email protected]
Contributing entity: California Historical Society
Date created: 1900/1950
Publisher (of the digital version): University of Southern California. Libraries
Format (aat): photographic prints; photographs
Legacy record ID: chs-m16063; USC-1-1-1-14306; USC-1-1-1-14110
Geographic subject: rivers: Colorado River
Access conditions: Send requests to address or e-mail given. Phone (213) 821-2366; fax (213) 740-2343.
Subject (file heading): Natural features -- Rivers -- Colorado River; Mining -- Colorado River mines -- Southern California
Subject (lcsh): Rivers; Mines and mineral resources