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Miners Weighing Their Gold [upper], The Dream of a Prospecting Miner [lower]



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  • Dividing the Pile. [upper] Hard Road to Travel. [lower]

    Dividing the Pile. [upper] Hard Road to Travel. [lower]

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    Upper image is of four men at a table in a cabin. One man stands at the left and is weighing gold dust over a gold pan while the other three men are seated. Lower image is of miners on a mountain trail with packed mules. There are hills in the background. "Lith. & Pub. by Britton & Rey, Cor Mont & Comml. Sts."--text, below image. The number 7 is in the upper right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.

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  • Celestial Empire in California. Miners [upper] Gamblers [lower]

    Celestial Empire in California. Miners [upper] Gamblers [lower]

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    Upper image is of Chinese miners at their camp beside a river with tents and work going on in the background. To the left are men eating rice with chopsticks, and to the right are men having their hair cut and their queues plaited. Lower image is of many Chinese gambling around a table and there are other tables in the background. "Lith. & Published by Britton & Rey. Cornr. Monty. & Cal. Sts. San Francisco."--text, below image. The number 14 is above the upper image in the right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: gray.

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  • The Miners

    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.

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  • Miners at Work With Long Toms

    Miners at Work With Long Toms

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    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.

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  • View of the Agua Fria Valley

    View of the Agua Fria Valley

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    Image is of three log cabins, a tent, men at the foot of a mountain, oxen and a wagon, and men mining in a stream. "C. Riehn del. Lith & Published by Quirot & Co. corner Montgomery & California Sts. S.F."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.

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  • Sunday Morning [upper] Log Cabin [lower]

    Sunday Morning [upper] Log Cabin [lower]

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    Upper image is one miner in a tent drinking soup while another miner is lying on the grass reading a book or a letter. Lower image is of two men standing in front of a log cabin with enormous logs at the bottom right and left. There are hills and trees in the background. "Lith. & Published by Britton & Rey San Francisco Cal."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.

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