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The Miners

Description: Center image is of miners pumping water into a flume and panning gold at the river's edge. The smaller images above and below the central image are of Sutter's Fort and Mokelumne Hill. There are two vignettes to the left and right of the central image that depict two miners in front of a tent by a fire and miners resting by a tree. "Lith. & Published by Britton & Rey corner Commercial & Montgomery Sts. S. Francisco. No. 4."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.
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Call number: 48052:015a
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The Miners

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Center image is of miners pumping water into a flume and panning gold at the river's edge. The smaller images above and below the central image are of Sutter's Fort and Moke[lumne] Hill. There are two vignettes to the left and right of the central image that depict two miners in front of a tent by a fire and miners resting by a tree. "[Lith. & Published] by Quirot & Co. corner [California & Montgomery Sts. S. Francisco]. No. 4."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.

48052:015

[Untitled. Baird title: Miners’ Life]

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Image contains four vignettes. The upper left vignette depicts miners panning for gold. The upper right vignette depicts one miner being lowered into a mine shaft by another. The lower left vignette depicts three miners working. The lower right vignette depicts two miners outside a tent cooking over their fire. A monogram is in one of the lower corners of each vignette. "Lith. of Britton & Rey California St. corn. Montgomery St. S-Francisco."--text, below image. The number 20 is in the upper right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.

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The Miners’ Ten Commandments

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Image depicts miners engaged in various types of mining: panning for gold, using a long tom, sluicing, using a well, and wheeling an ore cart out of a mine entrance. Baird notes that this image is related to "River Mining" in its format and execution. "Published at the Wide West Office, 184 Clay Street. Anthony & Baker SC."--text, below image. "[Noi]sy Carriers, [S]an Francisco."--stamped text, upper left corner of the image. There are two handwritten uppercase letters beneath the title of the image. Paper color: gray.

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The Miner’s Ten Commandments

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Upper illustration is of an elephant lifting its trunk to point at a paper on a tree that says: "Miners [sic] Ten Commandment [sic]. A miner is also looking at the sign. Baird notes that this illustration is related to the top central vignette of "Hutchings Miners' Ten Commandments." The text printed below the illustration outlines the ten commandments. Baird notes that the text is also related to "Hutchings Miners' Ten Commandments," but Commandment VI is abbreviated and Commandment X is rephrased and abbreviated. "Published at "Noisy Carrier's," 77 Long Wharf, San Francisco, Cal."--text, below image title. "Potter. HE. Anthony."--block letters within image. "O'Meara & Painter, printers, San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.

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Life Among the Miners

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Image contains thirteen vignettes with a poetic description below each. The vignettes depict different aspects of mining life including where and how miners live, what miners do for entertainment, what miners dream about, troubles that befall miners, and good fortunes that befall miners. "Published by Hutchings & Rosenfield, 146 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. Printed by S.H. Wade, Era Builidng, 151 Clay Street."--text, below image. 'No.2"--text, upper right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. There is some handwriting on the verso of this sheet. Paper color: blue.

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The Miners

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Image is of miners working windlasses with buckets into vertical openings in the ground while other miners are standing about. Rocky terrain and low hills are in the background. "Lith. & Published by Britton & Rey."--text, below image. "No. 3"--text, lower right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: gray.

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