Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Boot, J. (active ca. 1853), artist
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
California miners working an arrastra
Date:
1853
Materials:
painting on paper: watercolor
Dimensions:
24.2 x 34.4 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0999--B
Subject:
- Animals
- California, Northern
- Equipment
- Gold rushes
- Horses
- Miners
- Mining
- Vehicles
- Paintings
- Watercolors
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Mining operation using two arrastra, both being turned by horses. Horses and carts bringing ore to arrastre; men check sluice boxes fed by arrastre as ore is ground. Arrastre were developed by Spanish Americans and used to grind gold-bearing quartz (J.D. Hart, A Companion to California).
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Handwritten title (LC, attached). Signature and date (LR): J. Boot/1853.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf5290090 1

California miners working an arrastra