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1.
[Watercolor painting of gold mining on the Mokelumne River in California and a promissory note].

Creator:
Burgess, George Henry, 1931-1905, artist
Published / Created:
[1849, 1853]
Call Number:
WA MSS S-4520
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
6
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Watercolor painting with a title inscription in the lower center, "Mokelume River," which depicts a placer mining scene along the Mokelumne River in California with miners using sluice boxes and hoses for hydraulic mining as well as two Chinese Americ...
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
California, Mokelumne River, Mokelumne River (Calif.), and West (U.S.).
Subject (Name):
Burgess, George Henry, 1931-1905., Richardson, Edward., and Sprague, George H.
Subject (Topic):
Chinese Americans, Gold miners, Gold mines and mining, Hydraulic mining, Placer mining, and Women
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Watercolor painting of gold mining on the Mokelumne River in California and a promissory note].

2.
J.C. Tracy and myself "prospecting"

Creator:
Cooper, George Victor, 1810-1878, artist
Published / Created:
[1853]
Call Number:
WA Prints 438
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
R.T. Young
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Name):
Letts, J. M. (John M.) and Tracy, J. C.
Subject (Topic):
Prospecting, Gold miners, Gold mines and mining, Gold discoveries, Goldmining, Gold rushes, and Frontier & pioneer life
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > J.C. Tracy and myself "prospecting"

3.
The independent gold hunter on his way to California : I neither borrow nor lend

Creator:
Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888 artist
Published / Created:
[between 1849 and 1852]
Call Number:
WA Prints +190
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Print reproduces an original satirical lithograph done by Nathaniel Currier; shows a walking man carrying all manner of implements for gold hunting; to left of center, directional sign: to St. Louis 350 miles, to California, 1700 Ms.
Alternative Title:
I neither borrow nor lend
Description:
At foot of sheet: 370.
Publisher:
Kelloggs & Comstock 150 Fulton Street, N.Y. & 136 Main Street, Hartford and Ensign & Thayer 12 Exchange Street, Buffalo
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Gold miners, Gold mines and mining, and Gold discoveries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The independent gold hunter on his way to California : I neither borrow nor lend

4.
Hutchings' California scenes : methods of mining

Creator:
Hutchings, J. M. (James Mason), 1820-1902, author
Published / Created:
[1855]
Call Number:
WA Prints 415
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
A sheet with 12 images of various elements of Gold Rush mining operations, each with title and letterpress explanation of the activity depicted. The image for "Rocking the cradle" includes a Chinese worker. On the sheet's right side is a column listi...
Alternative Title:
Methods of mining
Description:
Title from caption at top of sheet.
Publisher:
Published by J.M. Hutchings
Subject (Geographic):
California and California.
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining, Mining engineering, Gold miners, Miners, Gold discoveries, and Chinese
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hutchings' California scenes : methods of mining

5.
The miners

Creator:
Quirot & Co., lithographer
Published / Created:
[between 1850 and 1852?]
Call Number:
WA Prints 412
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A central image of a group of miners is surrounded by an elaborate frame of leaves and sticks with four additional, smaller images enclosed in cartouches along the four sides of the main image. The central image, which has the caption title "The mine...
Alternative Title:
Miners (no. 4)
Description:
Title from caption below primary image.
Publisher:
Lith. & published by Quirot & Co., corn'r Calif'a & Montg'y Sts., S. Francisco
Subject (Geographic):
California, Sutter’s Fort (Sacramento, Calif.), and Mokelumne Hill (Calif.)
Subject (Topic):
Gold miners, Miners, Gold mines and mining, Gold panning, and Gold discoveries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The miners

6.
Celestial empire in California

Published / Created:
[185-]
Call Number:
WA Prints 400
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Unused pictorial letter sheet. Upper illustration entitled "Miners" shows Chinese doing daily chores and eating outside camp tents. Lower illustration entitled "Gamblers" shows Chinese gambling around a table. Miners is a mirror image of an 1857 litho...
Description:
Title from caption at top of images.
Publisher:
Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California and San Francisco.
Subject (Topic):
Chinese, Mines and mineral resources, Gold mines and mining, Miners, Gold miners, and Gambling
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Celestial empire in California

7.
Dividing the pile ; Hard road to travel

Published / Created:
[between 1850 and 1859?]
Call Number:
WA Prints 399
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two scenes of mining life. In the top scene, three miners, one of whom may be African-American, sit around a table in a cabin while a fourth miner weighs a small amount of gold. In the bottom scene, miners and their pack animals walk along a hilly tra...
Description:
Title from captions at bottom of each image.
Publisher:
Lith. & pub. by Britton & Rey, cor. Mont. & Comm'l. Sts
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Miners, Gold miners, African Americans, Gold mines and mining, and Gold discoveries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dividing the pile ; Hard road to travel

8.
Gambling in the mines

Published / Created:
[between 1850 and 1859?]
Call Number:
WA Prints 393 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two scenes of gambling at cards, arranged vertically. In the top scene, labeled "Monte," a group of miners sits around a table while one man deals to another, with many other miners milling in the background. In the bottom scene, labeled "Faro," two g...
Alternative Title:
Gambling in the mines : monte, faro
Description:
Title from caption at top of sheet.
Publisher:
Lith & published by Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Card games, Cardsharping, and Gold miners
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gambling in the mines

9.
Gambling in the mines

Published / Created:
[between 1850 and 1859?]
Call Number:
WA Prints 393 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two scenes of gambling at cards, arranged vertically. In the top scene, labeled "Monte," a group of miners sits around a table while one man deals to another, with many other miners milling in the background. In the bottom scene, labeled "Faro," two g...
Alternative Title:
Gambling in the mines : monte, faro
Description:
Title from caption at top of sheet.
Publisher:
Lith & published by Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Card games, Cardsharping, and Gold miners
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gambling in the mines

10.
Miners at work with long toms

Published / Created:
[between 1850 and 1859?]
Call Number:
WA Prints 409
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A sheet divided by a "frame" of trees into a top image, two lower side images, and a lower blank space for a written message. In the top image, a group of miners in a forest clearing work at two "long tom" sluices spanning a stream, with a few small b...
Description:
Title from caption below top image.
Publisher:
Justh, Quirot & Co.
Subject (Geographic):
California
Subject (Topic):
Gold mines and mining, Miners, Gold miners, Gold panning, and Indians of North America
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miners at work with long toms