November 30, 2011
Two photographs taken by H. C. Gordon.
Esmeralda Mine, viewed from the southern end of the ledge, looking northwest. Photo by H. C. Gordon.
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Esmeralda Mine, Mesa Grande - Tunnel looking east. Photo by H. C. Gordon.
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The photo directly above was taken from G. F. Kunz’s “Gems, Jewelers’ Materials and Ornamental Stones of California,” issued by the California State Mining Bureau, Lewis E. Aubury, State Mineralogist, San Francisco, June 30, 1905.