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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.
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Image contains four vignettes. The top vignette depicts men marching through a forest to the mines with mules. The center left vignette depicts miners plodding up a hill. The center right vignette depicts one man being lowered into a vertical shaft with a windlass while two other men stand nearby. The bottom vignette depicts men sitting around a campfire at night in the forest. "Lith. & Pub. by Britton & Rey, San Francisco."--text, below image. The number 24 is in the upper right corner indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.
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Image contains seventeen vignettes depicting various aspects of a miner's experiences in California. These include vignettes of arriving in California, engaging in various processes of mining, getting into trouble, finding some gold, and leaving California. "Lith. & Published by Britton & Rey Cor. Comm. & Montgy. Sts. S. Francisco."--text, below image. The number 8 is in the upper right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.
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Image contains text of Capt. Sutter's account of discovering gold at the left, a portrait of the profile of Marshall in the upper center, and an illustration of Sutter's Mill below the text of the account. "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1854 by Britton & Rey in the Clercks [sic] office of the District Court of the Northern Dt. of California. Lith. & Pub. by Britton & Rey San Francisco, Cal."--text, below image. The number 13 is in the upper right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.
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Image contains eight vignettes depicting Jones and Brown, two men who arrive in California to work. The vignettes show Brown becoming successful because he works hard and doesn't gamble, while Jones ends up in ruin because he doesn't like to work hard and gambles away his money. "Lith. & Pubd. by Britton & Rey Cor. Montgomery & Commercial Sts. S. Fco."--text, below image. The number 3 is in the upper right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.
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![Dividing the Pile. [upper] Hard Road to Travel. [lower]](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Frail.huntington.org%2FIIIF3%2FImage%2F22APN4KX0E9P%2Ffull%2F%5E360%2C%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&w=750&q=75)
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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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