Title:
How the California mines are worked
Creator/Contributor:
Anthony & Baker (active 1850s), engraver (engraver)
Wide West Office (active ca. 1852-ca. 1856), publisher (publisher)
Date:
[18--]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0052 (variant 2)--A
Format:
print on paper: wood engraving
12.4 x 18.7 cm., image on sheet 26.6 x 20.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Mining operation including miners at work with gold pans, picks and shovels, sluices, cradles, elevated waterways, and in
mine shafts.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Published at the Wide West Office, 184 Clay Street, San Francisco; (LR): Anthony
& Baker, sc. Blind stamp (UL): [illegible].
Subjects:
Equipment;
Gold rushes;
Miners;
Mining
Genre/Format:
Engravings;
Pictorial lettersheets