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Miners at Work With Long Toms

Description: Image at the top is of miners shoveling earth and gravel into long toms with houses and trees in the background. Lower left images are of a miner with a shovel, axe, and pan, and a Native American chief sitting down. "Copied from a Daguerreotyp [sic] sketch, by Quirot Lithographers."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Date: Issued before July 30, 1852
Call number: 48052:034
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Miners Weighing Their Gold [upper], The Dream of a Prospecting Miner [lower]

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Upper image is of three miners seated around a crude table. One miner is weighing his gold while the other watch. The lower image is of a miner sleeping by a fire with his weapons nearby. Three vignettes above him depict his dreams. "Lith. & Published by Quirot & Co. corner Montgomery & California Sts. S. Francisco." Paper color: gray.

48052:044

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.

48052:086

River Mining

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Image of miners within a wooden enclosure digging a trench, shoveling gravel into a sluice box, and lifting a large bolder with a pulley. The river and a cabin on a hill are in the background. "Anthony & Baker SC. Published at the Wide West Office, 184 Clay Street, San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.

48052:026

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

Articles in a Miner’s Creed

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Image of a list of articles that comprise various beliefs of a miner. It is signed "Forty-Nine" and is surrounded by a border with flowers in each corner. "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855, by James M. Hutchings, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Northern District of Cal."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.

48052:010

Scenes In A Miners Life

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Image contains six vignettes depicting different aspects of life as a miner. The top two vignettes show how miners live, and the bottom four show various moments in the mining process. "Lith. & Pub. by Britton & Rey. Cor. Montg. & Comml. Sts. S. Fo."--text, below image. The number 23 is in the upper right corner of the sheet, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.

48052:075

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