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The Miner’s Ten Commandments

Description: 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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Call number: 48052:086

The Miner's Ten Commandments

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Image of eleven vignettes depicting The Miners' Ten Commandments and an elephant pointing with its trunk to a sign for Ten Commandment [sic] on a cabin. The commandments deal with mining practices, moral issues, and family matters. The vignettes surround the text at the center of the image which describes the commandments. "H. Eastman del."--text, below the first vignette. "Eastman. [Anthony & Baker]."--text, below tenth vignette. "Sun Print, San Francisco. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by James M. Hutchings, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Orders, pre paid, addressed "[Box H Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal."]."--text, below image. Part of the right side of the image has been torn away on the right side. Paper color: blue.

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The Miners’ Ten Commandmens

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The Miners’ Lamentations

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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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Image of a giant redwood tree in the center, a large redwood stump with several people standing on it, a large rock and a cabin to the right, and other smaller trees in the background. The text in German around the image describes Mammoth Tree Grove of Calaveras County. "Anthony & Baker SC. Published by Hutchings & Rosenfield, San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.

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The Miners’ Lamentations

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Illustration is of a cabin inscribed with "Lucky Miners House But No Wife" above the door. To the right of the cabin is a man seeping in a lean-to, and to the left of the cabin is another man doing laundry in a lean-to. Beneath the illustration is text describing the laments of miners who miss their ladies. "Anthony & Baker del. sc. Published by H.R. Stiles, Nevada Book Store."--text, below illustration. "Nevada Democrat - Print."--text, below image. There is handwriting to the right of the illustration. Paper color: gray.

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