The gold diggin's

Description

Title: The gold diggin's
Abstract: "The thirst for gold and the labor of acquisition, overruled all else, and totally absorbed every faculty. Complete silence reigned among the miners; they addressed not a word to each other, and seemed averse to all conversation."
Description: Associated with p. 406.
Extent: 1 plate
25 cm.
color illustration
Language: English

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Zc20 852ho
Collection Title: Historical collections of the Great West: containing narratives of the most important and interesting events in Western history ... to which is appended historical and descriptive sketches of Oregon, New Mexico, Texas, Minnesota, Utah, and California. By
Collection / Other Creator: Howe, Henry, 1816-1893
Collection Created: Cincinnati, H. Howe, 1851

Format: still image
Genre: Frontispieces (Illustrations)
Hand coloring
Intaglio prints
Subject (Geographic): America --Discovery and exploration
Mississippi River Valley --History
West (U.S.) --History
Subject (Topic): Frontier and pioneer life --West (U.S.)
Indians of North America

Access: Public
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