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1.
Photographs of the Yukon and Klondike, Alaska [graphic] .

Creator:
Winter and Pond Collection
Published / Created:
1897.
Call Number:
WA Photos 131
Image Count:
18
Abstract:
Photographs of Alaska, including Tlingit Indian children, Tlingit Indians gambling, loggers, and scenes of miners outfitting and in a mine tunnel. There are also views of the towns of Juneau, Sitka, and Skaguay
Description:
Advertisements on mounts. and Manuscript or letterpress captions on mounts.
Publisher:
Winter & Pond, Photo
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska., Alaska, Klondike River Valley (Yukon), Sitka (Alaska), Juneau (Alaska), and Skagway (Alaska)
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Tlingit Indians, Gambling, Miners, Gold mines and mining, Lumber trade, and Gold discoveries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of the Yukon and Klondike, Alaska [graphic] .

2.
Hope Gold Cos. mill & buildings : Gold Dirt Lode, Gilpin Count., Colorado, 1866

Creator:
Sachse, E. (Edward), artist
Published / Created:
[1866]
Call Number:
WA Prints +209
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

3.
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 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

4.
California gold diggers. Mining operations on the western shore of the Sacramento River. [graphic]

Creator:
Kelloggs & Comstock, lithographer
Call Number:
WA Prints +205
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]

5.
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 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.
Views of the new ditch, of the Columbia & Stanislaus River Water Co.

Creator:
Holtzmann, F., artist, publlisher
Published / Created:
[between 1857 and 1860?]
Call Number:
WA Prints +110
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.

7.
Photographs of hunting, mining and scenery in Yukon and Alaska [graphic].

Creator:
Goetzman, M. W.
Published / Created:
1894-1905.
Call Number:
WA Photos 120
Container / Volume:
Box 3 (shelved in Wa Photos Folio)
Image Count:
2
Abstract:
Photographs documenting the Klondike gold rush, including views of miners and mining towns and transportation to the mines via railway, steamer, and dog sled. Views en route to the gold fields feature the Klondike, Yukon, Pelly and Stewart rivers, Lake Le Barge, the White Horse and Five Finger Rapids, the Five Fingers islands, Miles Canyon, and Chilkoot Pass. There are also photographs of hunting expeditions and of caribou and moose, City views feature many images of Dawson City, where the Goetzmans were based, as well as views of Minto, Mayo City, Eagle City, Sitka, Gold Bottom, Gold Run, Forty Mile Town, Fort Wrangel, Bonanza Creek and Chechaco Hill. Posts and personnel of the Northwest Mounted Police posts are well documented, and there are also group portraits of Alaskan athletic teams, miners, prominent citizens, and the Dawson Rifle Club, and Several photographs show the Goetzman's dog sled, decorated with advertisements for photographic supplies and services. There are also four studio portraits of Mrs. Goetzman, one of which includes her cat
Description:
Accompanied by a box list. and Included with the photographs are a watercolor of the Five Fingers, a metal stamp with Mrs. H. J. Goetzman's signature in relief, and a letter written on a "Klondike mail card" made of birch bark, from Mrs. H. J. Goetzman to her daughter Miss Edith Goetzman, January 22, 1904.
Subject (Geographic):
Yukon Territory., Yukon, Yukon Territory, Klondike River Valley (Alaska), Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska), and Dawson (Yukon)
Subject (Name):
Goetzman, H. J., Mrs. and Goetzman, Edith.
Subject (Topic):
Photographers, Mining, Pictorial works, Railroads, Steamers, and Gold discoveries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of hunting, mining and scenery in Yukon and Alaska [graphic].

8.
Photographs of hunting, mining and scenery in Yukon and Alaska [graphic].

Creator:
Goetzman, M. W.
Published / Created:
1894-1905.
Call Number:
WA Photos 120
Container / Volume:
Box 2
Image Count:
81
Abstract:
Photographs documenting the Klondike gold rush, including views of miners and mining towns and transportation to the mines via railway, steamer, and dog sled. Views en route to the gold fields feature the Klondike, Yukon, Pelly and Stewart rivers, Lake Le Barge, the White Horse and Five Finger Rapids, the Five Fingers islands, Miles Canyon, and Chilkoot Pass. There are also photographs of hunting expeditions and of caribou and moose, City views feature many images of Dawson City, where the Goetzmans were based, as well as views of Minto, Mayo City, Eagle City, Sitka, Gold Bottom, Gold Run, Forty Mile Town, Fort Wrangel, Bonanza Creek and Chechaco Hill. Posts and personnel of the Northwest Mounted Police posts are well documented, and there are also group portraits of Alaskan athletic teams, miners, prominent citizens, and the Dawson Rifle Club, and Several photographs show the Goetzman's dog sled, decorated with advertisements for photographic supplies and services. There are also four studio portraits of Mrs. Goetzman, one of which includes her cat
Description:
Accompanied by a box list. and Included with the photographs are a watercolor of the Five Fingers, a metal stamp with Mrs. H. J. Goetzman's signature in relief, and a letter written on a "Klondike mail card" made of birch bark, from Mrs. H. J. Goetzman to her daughter Miss Edith Goetzman, January 22, 1904.
Subject (Geographic):
Yukon Territory., Yukon, Yukon Territory, Klondike River Valley (Alaska), Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska), and Dawson (Yukon)
Subject (Name):
Goetzman, H. J., Mrs. and Goetzman, Edith.
Subject (Topic):
Photographers, Mining, Pictorial works, Railroads, Steamers, and Gold discoveries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of hunting, mining and scenery in Yukon and Alaska [graphic].

9.
Photographs of hunting, mining and scenery in Yukon and Alaska [graphic].

Creator:
Goetzman, M. W.
Published / Created:
1894-1905.
Call Number:
WA Photos 120
Container / Volume:
Box 1
Image Count:
73
Abstract:
Photographs documenting the Klondike gold rush, including views of miners and mining towns and transportation to the mines via railway, steamer, and dog sled. Views en route to the gold fields feature the Klondike, Yukon, Pelly and Stewart rivers, Lake Le Barge, the White Horse and Five Finger Rapids, the Five Fingers islands, Miles Canyon, and Chilkoot Pass. There are also photographs of hunting expeditions and of caribou and moose, City views feature many images of Dawson City, where the Goetzmans were based, as well as views of Minto, Mayo City, Eagle City, Sitka, Gold Bottom, Gold Run, Forty Mile Town, Fort Wrangel, Bonanza Creek and Chechaco Hill. Posts and personnel of the Northwest Mounted Police posts are well documented, and there are also group portraits of Alaskan athletic teams, miners, prominent citizens, and the Dawson Rifle Club, and Several photographs show the Goetzman's dog sled, decorated with advertisements for photographic supplies and services. There are also four studio portraits of Mrs. Goetzman, one of which includes her cat
Description:
Accompanied by a box list. and Included with the photographs are a watercolor of the Five Fingers, a metal stamp with Mrs. H. J. Goetzman's signature in relief, and a letter written on a "Klondike mail card" made of birch bark, from Mrs. H. J. Goetzman to her daughter Miss Edith Goetzman, January 22, 1904.
Subject (Geographic):
Yukon Territory., Yukon, Yukon Territory, Klondike River Valley (Alaska), Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska), and Dawson (Yukon)
Subject (Name):
Goetzman, H. J., Mrs. and Goetzman, Edith.
Subject (Topic):
Photographers, Mining, Pictorial works, Railroads, Steamers, and Gold discoveries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of hunting, mining and scenery in Yukon and Alaska [graphic].

10.
Black Hills Expedition order and dispatch book, 1874

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

11.
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

12.
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"

13.
California gold diggers : mining operations on the western shore of the Sacramento River

Published / Created:
[between 1848 and 1850?]
Call Number:
WA Prints +204
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

14.
Capt. Sutter's account of the first discovery of gold

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

15.
Departure for El Dorado

Published / Created:
[between 1850 and 1855?]
Call Number:
WA Prints 377
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

16.
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 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

17.
Off for California. The steamer Massasoit, Capt. Samuel Allen, by arrangement, is to tow the ship

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 ...

18.
Photographs of the Yukon and Alaska gold rush [graphic].

Published / Created:
ca. 1898.
Call Number:
WA Photos 174
Image Count:
4
Abstract:
Photographs of gold mining operations in the Yukon, including views of hydraulic mining, dredging, and the use of steam to thaw the ground. The journey to the Yukon used both steamer and rail travel, and there are views from aboard boat of the shorelines of St. Michaels, Forts Seward and Williams, and the Holy Cross Mission on the lower Yukon River, as well as scenes along the White Pass railroad, including the international boundary at White Pass. There are also several views of Dawson City
Description:
Manuscript captions on versos.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska, Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska), and Dawson (Yukon)
Subject (Name):
White Pass & Yukon Route (Firm)
Subject (Topic):
Fortification, Gold mines and mining, Hydraulic mining, Missions, and Gold discoveries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Photographs of the Yukon and Alaska gold rush [graphic].

19.
Scenes in a miners life

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

20.
Sundry amusements in the mines

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

21.
The mining business in four pictures

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

22.
The mining business in four pictures

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

23.
The mining business in four pictures

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

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