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DESCRIPTION: 7-foot high cast bronze statue of a miner panning for gold, mounted on a granite boulder (originally also with a fountain stream with rocks and boulders)
This historic 1925 sculpture/statue, locally known as Dan the Miner, was stolen in 2008, then recovered from a salvage yard days after the theft and re-installed on a granite boulder pedestal.
The original 1925 installation included a fountain stream with rocks and boulders, which had been inoperative for decades. After the theft, the remnants of the fountain stream were fully removed. The original water service for the fountain can be seen on the turf in front of the sculpture.
This historic 1925 sculpture/statue, locally known as Dan the Miner, was stolen in 2008, then recovered from a salvage yard days after the theft and re-installed on a granite boulder pedestal.
The original 1925 installation included a fountain stream with rocks and boulders, which had been inoperative for decades. After the theft, the remnants of the fountain stream were fully removed. The original water service for the fountain can be seen on the turf in front of the sculpture.
LOCATION: Carthay Circle, corner of San Vicente Blvd. and McCarthy Vista, Los Angeles, California, USA
HISTORY:
1925 INSTALLATION CEREMONY:
(photo credit: Los Angeles Times)
2008 THEFT:
(photo credit: Los Angeles Times)
THEFT AND DISCOVERY AT SALVAGE YARD (2008):
(photo credit: Los Angeles Times)
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