Title:
California Mining Illustrated
Creator/Contributor:
Barber & Baker (active ca. 1855), publisher (publisher)
Date:
c1855
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0004--B
Format:
print on paper: engraving
27.1 x 23.5 cm., image on sheet 27.1 x 46.9 cm.
Content/Description:
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.
Notes/Inscriptions:
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.
Subjects:
Equipment;
Gold rushes;
Miners;
Mining
Genre/Format:
Engravings;
Pictorial lettersheets