COLLECTION NAME:
Edson Smith Photo Collection
Record
Title:
Carpinteria Asphaltum Mine
Description:
"Carpinteria Valley News reported a grain field is rapidly transforming into a well developed mine located on the bluffs at Higgins Ranch. One car a day, or fifty tons, is now being shipped to the Goleta road district where asphalt is being used in the construction of the public highway. The strata where the crew is now working is over twenty feet thick and is of the purest material nature produces." Edson Smith Photo Collection no. 583
Date:
ca. 1910
Where:
Carpinteria (Calif.)
Identifier:
583
Creator:
McLean, George Gilbert
Format:
1 photograph : black and white ; 4.5 x 6.5 in.
Type:
still image
Institution:
Santa Barbara Public Library
Language:
eng
Copyright Statement:
Copyright status unknown. Some materials in these collections may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Copyright Holder:
Unknown
Filename:
BA-edson-18_583.jpg
Carpinteria Asphaltum Mine
