Title from item., Below image: Sketched on the Spot., Published in Sketches of the Victoria Gold Diggings and Diggers, Pt. 1, H.H. Collins & Co.,1853., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
H.H. Collins & Co.
Subject (Geographic):
Australia.
Subject (Topic):
Invalids, Foot, Diseases, Gold mines and mining, Gold miners, and Dogs
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
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
Not by John Douglas Borthwick of Montreal, Can., Published in 1917 under title: Gold hunters., Publisher's advertisements: 16 p. at end., The three years referred to in the title are 1851-1854., and Tinted lithographs (one tint) signed: J.D. Borthwick del.; M. & N. Hanhart Lith.
Publisher:
William Blackwood and Sons,
Subject (Geographic):
California--Gold discoveries and California--Social life and customs
Subject (Name):
Borthwick, John David, ill, M. & N. Hanhart Chromo Lith., lithographer, and W. Blackwood and Sons Publisher
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 operations on a wide riverbed running through hills of chaparral. The photograph depicts a viaduct, wooden structures, and water diversion structures, such as sluices, sluice gates, and waterwheels. The image includes mining camps and operations on the Kennebec, Wildcat, Willow, and Hoosier bars
Description:
Charles L. Weed (1824-1903), also known as Charles Leander Weed, was an American photographer and engraver. and Title devised by cataloger.
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
