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2.
- 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
3.
- Creator:
- Custer, George A. (George Armstrong), 1839-1876
- Call Number:
- WA MSS 128
- Image Count:
- 49
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Reports to the Assistant Adj. Gen., Dept. of Dakota and orders signed by 1st Lt. James Calhoun
- Description:
- The Black Hills Expedition, the 7th United States Cavalry commanded by Gen. Custer, under the authority of Gen. Terry, was to reconnoiter a route to the Black Hills and explore their interior. It left from Fort Hall July 2, 1874 and returned in August. and Available on microfilm.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
- Subject (Name):
- Custer, George A. 1839-1876. (George Armstrong), and United States. Army. Cavalry, 7th.
- Subject (Topic):
- Exploring expeditions and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Black Hills Expedition order and dispatch book, 1874
4.
- Creator:
- Holtzmann, F., artist, publlisher
- Published / Created:
- [between 1857 and 1860?]
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Six vignettes show the flumes (and their surrounding landscape) constructed by the Columbia and Stanislaus River Water Company to deliver water to miners and other customers
- Alternative Title:
- Views of the new ditch, of the Columbia and Stanislaus River Water Co.
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- Published by F. Holtzmann, L. Nagel, print, and Kuchel & Dresel's Lith. 176 Clay St. S.F.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, Columbia, and Columbia (Calif.)
- Subject (Name):
- Columbia and Stanislaus River Water Company.
- Subject (Topic):
- Flumes and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Views of the new ditch, of the Columbia & Stanislaus River Water Co.
5.
- 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 listing mining locations
- Alternative Title:
- Methods of mining
- Description:
- Title from caption at top of sheet., Some images are signed C. Nahl; some are signed T.C. Boyd., and "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by Jas M. Hutchings, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California."
- 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
6.
- Creator:
- Kelloggs & Comstock, lithographer
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Print shows miners, Caucasians, Native American men, one African-American man, and one woman; panning and digging for gold along the Sacramento River in California. Some figures at left are seen holding gold nuggets in their hands; others at right are fighting; miners using various tools including baskets, gold pans, shovels, picks and cradles; mining camp and rolling hills in distance
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints +205: On sheet 29 x 37 cm. and At foot of print: 370.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California, Sacramento River (Calif.), and Sacramento River.
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold miners, Gold panning, African Americans, Indians of North America, and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > California gold diggers. Mining operations on the western shore of the Sacramento River. [graphic]
7.
- 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 miners," shows a group of ten men prospecting at a makeshift sluice beside a small body of water in a denuded landscape. The cartouche image at top, which has caption title "Sutter's fort," shows the fort established by John Sutter; the cartouche image on left, which is untitled, shows two miners outside a tent; the cartouche image on right, which is untitled, shows three men with backpacks and pickaxes pausing in their trek; and the cartouche image at bottom, with caption title "Mokelumne Hill," shows a hilly, grassy landscape with only a few trees and a small town or encampment at its center
- Alternative Title:
- Miners (no. 4)
- Description:
- Title from caption below primary image., The firm of Quirot & Co. was succeeded by Britton & Rey in 1852. See Last, J. The color explosion, 2005, page 198., and "No. 4"--Lower right corner.
- 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
8.
- Creator:
- Sachse, E. (Edward), artist
- Published / Created:
- [1866]
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- Print depicts the Gold Dirt mining camp near Rollingsville in Gilpin County, Colorado; in foreground, left, two saddled horses; foreground center, two men standing near two others; middle ground, center, mill and other buildings; background, mountains and sky
- Description:
- Title from caption below image.
- Publisher:
- E. Sachse Co.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Colorado and Gilpin County (Colo.)
- Subject (Name):
- Rollins, John Q. A., 1816-1894. (John Quincy Adams), and Gold Dirt Mine
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold, Milling, Gilpin County, Gold mines and mining, and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hope Gold Cos. mill & buildings : Gold Dirt Lode, Gilpin Count., Colorado, 1866
9.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1848 and 1850?]
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Print shows miners, Caucasians, Native American men, one African-American man, and one woman; panning and digging for gold along the Sacramento River in California. Some figures at left are seen holding gold nuggets in their hands; others at right are fighting; miners using various tools including baskets, gold pans, shovels, picks and cradles; mining camp and rolling hills in distance
- Description:
- BEIN WA Prints +204: On sheet 29 x 37 cm. and At foot of print: 370.
- Publisher:
- Kelloggs and Comstock and Ensign and Thayer
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and Sacramento River (Calif.)
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold miners, Gold panning, Indians of North America, African Americans, and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > California gold diggers : mining operations on the western shore of the Sacramento River
10.
- Published / Created:
- [1854]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 398
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image and text
- Abstract:
- John Sutter's account of James W. Marshall's discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill is accompanied by two large illustrations: a profile portrait of Marshall titled "Portait of Mr. Marshal, taken from nature at the time when he made the discovery of gold in California" (with "portrait" misspelled "portait" and Marshall's name missing the final "l"), and an image of Sutter's Mill titled "View of Sutter's Mill or place where the first gold has been discovered."
- Alternative Title:
- Captain Sutter's account of the first discovery of gold
- Description:
- Title from caption in upper left. and "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1854."
- Publisher:
- Lith. & pub. by Britton & Rey
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and Coloma
- Subject (Name):
- Marshall, James Wilson, 1810-1885,
- Subject (Topic):
- Sawmills and Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Capt. Sutter's account of the first discovery of gold
11.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1850 and 1855?]
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- stilll image and text
- Abstract:
- A satirical look at the characters in Gold Rush California, including miners, gamblers, charlatans, and other get-rich-quick schemers. Includes scenes of a miner carrying/wearing all his worldy goods, an exorbitant restaurant bill at Delmonico, an ersatz Jenny Lind in performance, and a central group of both men and women jostling their way into a mine
- Alternative Title:
- Departure for Eldorado
- Description:
- Title from sign above mine entrance at center of image.
- Publisher:
- Lith. by Quirot
- Subject (Geographic):
- California
- Subject (Topic):
- Miners, Internal migrants, Gold discoveries, and Wealth
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Departure for El Dorado
12.
- 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 trail and beside an enormous tree
- Description:
- Title from captions at bottom of each image. and "7"--Upper right corner.
- 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
13.
- Published / Created:
- 1849]
- Call Number:
- BrSides Zc72 849of
- Image Count:
- 2
- Description:
- BEIN: Imperfect: slightly mutilated.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California
- Subject (Name):
- Massasoit (Steamship) and South America (Ship)
- Subject (Topic):
- Gold discoveries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Off for California. The steamer Massasoit, Capt. Samuel Allen, by arrangement, is to tow the ship South America to sea, Saturday morning, Sept. 8th ...
14.
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1854-1858]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 392
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Printed area measures 25.0 x 18.6 cm. and Vertical print shows six vignettes of a miner's life: A night in the log cabin; Going to work; New diggings struck; Camping out; Hole gives out; Next day.
- Publisher:
- Lith. & Pub. by Britton & Rey cor. Montg. & Comm. Sts. S.F.
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and California.
- Subject (Topic):
- Miners, Gold discoveries, Mineral industries, Labor, and Gold mines and mining
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Scenes in a miners life
15.
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1852]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 405
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Horizontal print has four vignettes of camp life during the Gold Rush. At upper left: "A Sunday's Amusements" (two men doing laundry). At upper right: "A Daily Pleasure" (two men cooking a meal). At lower left: "Occupation for Rainy Days" (two men mending their clothes and boots). At lower right: "A Pleasant Surprise" (two men discover a Grizzly Bear in their tent, warming by their fire).
- Description:
- Title from caption at top of image. and Printed area measures 19.7 x 24.8 cm.
- Publisher:
- Lith. & published by Britton & Rey Cornr. Montgomery & California Sts. S.-Francisco
- Subject (Geographic):
- California and California.
- Subject (Topic):
- Miners, Social conditions, Gold mines and mining, Gold discoveries, and Mineral industries
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sundry amusements in the mines
16.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1852 and 1860?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 428
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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., BEIN WA Prints 429: State B, with no number in corner., Title from caption above image., and Known to exist in two different states. State A has "9" printed in the upper right corner. State B has no such printed number.
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The mining business in four pictures
17.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1852 and 1860?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 429
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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., BEIN WA Prints 429: State B, with no number in corner., Title from caption above image., and Known to exist in two different states. State A has "9" printed in the upper right corner. State B has no such printed number.
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The mining business in four pictures
18.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1850 and 1852?]
- Call Number:
- WA Prints 430
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The mining business in four pictures