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
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
