Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Group Creator Name:
- Barber & Baker (active ca. 1855), publisher
Title:
California Mining Illustrated
Date:
c1855
Materials:
print on paper: engraving
Dimensions:
27.1 x 23.5 cm., image on sheet 27.1 x 46.9 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0004--B
Subject:
- Equipment
- Gold rushes
- Miners
- Mining
- Engravings
- Pictorial lettersheets
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Three views of mining operations including dry diggings: showing use of hydraulic equipment; wet diggings: showing use of sluices and waterwheels; and quartz mill: showing use of waterwheel and millstones. Text in center describes modes of working gold mines.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Printed title (UC). Printed (UC, below title): Barber & Baker, publishers, cor[ner] J & 3[r]d st[reet]s, Sacramento; (LC): Entered... 1855 by Barber & Baker... California. Printed captions. Handwritten letter on recto and verso.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf0b69n9t r

California Mining Illustrated