miner

c. 1852

A group of ten men roughly dressed miners posed on the porch of their barracks. On the side wall of the structure are two objects which may possibly be framed groups of daguerreotypes. Somewhere...

(Note that man by back of cart and one man by trough are African-American)

1942

Photographs, 1 set, "Placer Gold". Progressive study prints. (1-20)

(Joellen Lippett, 3/4/97) The label on the back of the photo states: "The first tool used by the placer miners was the...

5-Jan-34

From front of photo: "A-3917. Mayor Rossi, Mr. Byington & mine at holing thru bet. Mitchell & Mocho 1-5-34"

From back of photo: Longest tunnel in the world all in ala Co. May...

c.1854

APPROXIMATE DATE: 1853 NOTES: Private collector and others believe that this is the only scene of the gold rush miner and cart in a gold rush scene of land, and not river mining.

c. 1851
1862

from accession sheet: "The 48-page article we have "Voyage en Californie" by L. Simonin, appears to be one part of one semiannual issue of the periodical which Bancroft library has one year of (...

1862

from accession sheet: "The 48-page article we have "Voyage en Californie" by L. Simonin, appears to be one part of one semiannual issue of the periodical which Bancroft library has one year of (...

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