Four vignettes illustrate two men's experience with gold prospecting, from the promise of the early trek, to the excitement of a pan of gold, to the doldrums of a worthless pit, to the final bedraggled return to civilization
Description:
Title from caption above image.
Publisher:
Lith. & published by Quirot & Co. corner of Montgomery & California Sts
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Gold miners, Miners, Gold mines and mining, and Gold discoveries
Four vignettes illustrate two men's experience with gold prospecting, from the promise of the early trek, to the excitement of a pan of gold, to the doldrums of a worthless pit, to the final bedraggled return to civilization
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 428: State A, with "9" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, corner of Montgomery & Commercial Sts
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Gold miners, Miners, Gold mines and mining, and Gold discoveries
Four vignettes illustrate two men's experience with gold prospecting, from the promise of the early trek, to the excitement of a pan of gold, to the doldrums of a worthless pit, to the final bedraggled return to civilization
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 428: State A, with "9" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Lith. & published by Britton & Rey, corner of Montgomery & Commercial Sts
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Gold miners, Miners, Gold mines and mining, and Gold discoveries
Image contains four illustrations. The upper left illustration depicts two miners in a store. The upper right illustration depicts two miners trudging through heavy snow toward a cabin. The lower left illustration depicts a town scene with horses and ...
Alternative Title:
Winter of 1852 and 3 and Winter of 1852 and 1853
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 404: Manuscript annotation at top of sheet: "Views of our rainy season & destitution of the miners, which are very good." Manuscript annotation at bottom of upper left image: "Store in the mines." Manuscript annotation at bottom of uppe...
Photograph album of views of Goldfield, Nevada, including interiors and exteriors of mines, miners and their dwellings, and the fire department building, ca. 1905
Seventy letters from William C. Ellis to his wife describe the trip to California by way of Panama and experiences in the gold fields. Accompanied by six other family letters, including five letters by or to Anne Ellis, wife of the Welsh poet, Robert ...
Description:
The six additional family letters are available on microfilm as part of the Beinecke Library's Frontier Women II microfilm set.
Subject (Geographic):
California. and California
Subject (Name):
Ellis, Anne., Ellis, Cornelia., Ellis, Robert, 1810-1875., and Ellis, William C.
Subject (Topic):
Frontier and pioneer life, Gold mines and mining, Voyages to the Pacific coast, and Gold discoveries
A sheet with four untitled vignettes. In the upper left, one miner pans for gold while another watches; in the upper right, two miners operate a primitive hoist over a mine shaft; in the lower left, three miners interact during prospecting; in the low...
Description:
Title from Baird.
Publisher:
Lith. of Britton & Rey, California St. corn. Montgomer St. S-Francisco
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Miners, Mines and mineral resources, and Gold mines and mining
A sheet with four untitled vignettes. In the upper left, one miner pans for gold while another watches; in the upper right, two miners operate a primitive hoist over a mine shaft; in the lower left, three miners interact during prospecting; in the low...
Description:
Title from Baird.
Publisher:
Lith. of Quirot & Co. California St. corn. Montgomery St.
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Miners, Mines and mineral resources, and Gold mines and mining
A salted paper photographic print that documents placer gold mining operations on river bars on the American River, Middle Fork, between Placer County and Eldorado County, California in February 1858. From an elevated position, the view shows mining o...
Description:
Charles L. Weed (1824-1903), also known as Charles Leander Weed, was an American photographer and engraver.
Subject (Geographic):
California, American River Region, American River, Middle Fork, American River Valley, American River, Middle Fork (Calif.), El Dorado County (Calif.), and Placer County (Calif.)
Subject (Name):
Weed, Charles L.
Subject (Topic):
Chaparral, Diversion structures (Hydraulic engineering), Gold mines and mining, Mines and mineral resources, Mining districts, Placer mining, and Water-wheels
