Title:
California miners working an arrastra
Creator/Contributor:
Boot, J. (active ca. 1853), artist (artist)
Date:
1853
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0999--B
Format:
painting on paper: watercolor
24.2 x 34.4 cm.
Content/Description:
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).
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LC, attached). Signature and date (LR): J. Boot/1853.
Subjects:
Animals;
California, Northern;
Equipment;
Gold rushes;
Horses;
Miners;
Mining;
Vehicles
Genre/Format:
Paintings;
Watercolors