IMAGE
Miners in Blackwater Mine with drilling equipment
- Date
- [ca 1931-1933]
- Reference
- 1/2-233071-G
- Description
Photograph by Joseph Divis portraying Bill Houghton on left and Joseph Divis on right with mining drill for drilling holes in quartz reef of mine in Waiuta, circa 1931 to 1933.
Published in Nathan, Simon, 'Through the eyes of a miner: The photography of Joseph Divis', Greymouth: Friends of Waiuta, 2016, frontispiece, and detail page 106. Book caption: "Joseph Divis (right) and Bill Houghton deep in the Blackwater Mine, Waiuta. Divis is holding a Waugh hammer drill, used for drilling holes for blasting in the white quartz reef. This self portrait is typical of the many carefully posed images that Divis took, using a time-release mechanism to control the camera shutter."
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Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative.
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Dry plate negatives, Dry plate glass negative.
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