Title:
Big Bar, Middle Fork [California]
Creator/Contributor:
Glover, Edwin S. (active ca. 1876-ca. 1877), artist and publisher (artist and publisher)
Justh, Quirot & Co. (active ca. 1851-ca. 1852), lithographer (lithographer)
Date:
[1851]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0220--B
Format:
print on paper: lithograph
31 x 40.1 cm.
Content/Description:
Hydraulic mining operation in steep ravine along river; numerous buildings of mining camp, water wheels, and sluices. Miners
working with picks along excavated hillside.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Drawn & pub. by Edvin Glover; (LR): Lith. by Justh, Quirot & Co. Calif[orni]a, corn[er]
Montg[omer]y St[reet] S[an] Francisco.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Environmental degradation;
Equipment;
Miners;
Mining;
Settlements
Genre/Format:
Landscapes;
Lithographs