Gallery — The Gwin Mine, Paloma, California

Gwin Mine: North Shaft, Spring 1894 — North Shaft, Spring 1894

Gwin Mine: North Shaft Under Construction, 1894 — North Shaft Under Construction, 1894

Gwin Mine: Sinking the North Shaft, 1895 — Sinking the North Shaft, 1895

Gwin Mine: North Shaft Looking North, 1895 — North Shaft Looking North, 1895

Gwin Mine: Mill Foundation and Water Line, 1896 — Mill Foundation & Water Line, 1896

Gwin Mine: Wood Headframe and Small Mill, 1896-1897 — Wood Headframe & Small Mill, 1896–1897

Gwin Mine: Wood Headframe and Big Mill, 1897-1900 — Wood Headframe & Big Mill, 1897–1900

Gwin Mine: Lower Rich Gulch, 1897-1900 — Lower Rich Gulch, 1897–1900

Gwin Mine: 100-Stamp Mill Looking South — 100-Stamp Mill Looking South

Gwin Mine: 100-Stamp Mill by the Road, Looking North — 100-Stamp Mill by the Road, Looking North

Gwin Mine: Inside the Stamp Mill — Inside the Stamp Mill

Gwin Mine: Stamp Mill Interior — Stamp Mill Interior

Gwin Mine: Mill and Workers — Mill & Workers

Gwin Mine: Gwin Night Shift, 1900 — Gwin Night Shift, 1900

Gwin Mine: The Crew at the Shaft — The Crew at the Shaft

Gwin Mine: Gwin Mine Full Crew — Gwin Mine Full Crew

Gwin Mine: Gwin Miners Digging Quartz — Gwin Miners Digging Quartz

Gwin Mine: Cabins and Families at the Gwin Mine — Cabins & Families at the Gwin Mine

Gwin Mine: American Bridge Company blueprint for the steel headframe — Blueprint for the Steel Headframe, American Bridge Company (with later notes for its move to Tonopah)

Gwin Mine: Mill with the New Steel Headframe, c. 1901 — Mill with the New Steel Headframe, c. 1901

Gwin Mine: View from the Mill to the Headframe — View from the Mill to the Headframe

Gwin Mine: New Headframe Looking Northeast — New Headframe Looking Northeast

Gwin Mine: steel headframe and crew, with workers in the cages at top and bottom — Headframe & Crew (note the workers in the cages at top and bottom)

Gwin Mine: Captain Messenger's traction engine — Captain Messenger's Traction Engine at the Gwin

Gwin Mine: trestle in Lower Rich Gulch carrying water and compressed-air pipes — Trestle in Lower Rich Gulch Carrying Water & Compressed-Air Pipes

Gwin Mine: The Mine, Looking North — The Mine, Looking North

Gwin Mine: Lower Rich Gulch, c. 1906 — Lower Rich Gulch, c. 1906

Gwin Mine: The Headframe, 1968 — The Headframe, 1968

Gwin Mine: Native Gold Specimen — Native Gold Specimen

Gwin Mine: Native Gold in Quartz — Native Gold in Quartz

These are genuine historical images from the Gwin Mine archives. Edit captions and dates in gallery.html. The 1906 Lower Rich Gulch view has been colorized from the original photograph. Native gold specimens from the Gwin Mine, Paloma Mining District, Calaveras County, California, courtesy of Eugene & Sharon Cisneros.