Subject (Topic): Gold mines and mining - Yale University Library Search Results

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1.
Hydraulic mining on the Georgetown Divide, El Dorado County, California

Creator:: Bien, Julius, 1826-1909, lithographer, artist
Published / Created:: [1880]
Call Number:: BrSides Zc72 880bi
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Lithograph shows hydraulic gold mining operation on the Georgetown divide in El Dorado County, California. Jets of pressurized water hit the bare cliffs
Description:: BEIN Broadsides4to Zc72 880bi: On sheet 22.7 x 24.5 cm. and Title from caption below image.
Publisher:: California Water and Mining Company and David H. Gildersleeve
Subject (Geographic):: California and El Dorado County (Calif.)
Subject (Topic):: Gold mines and mining and Hydraulic mining
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hydraulic mining on the Georgetown Divide, El Dorado County, California

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Three years in California / by J.D. Borthwick ; with eight illustrations by the author.

Creator:: Borthwick, John David
Published / Created:: MDCCCLVII [1857]
Call Number:: Zc72 857bo
Image Count:: 1
Description:: Not by John Douglas Borthwick of Montreal, Can., Published in 1917 under title: Gold hunters., Publisher's advertisements: 16 p. at end., The three years referred to in the title are 1851-1854., and Tinted lithographs (one tint) signed: J.D. Borthwick del.; M. & N. Hanhart Lith.
Publisher:: William Blackwood and Sons,
Subject (Geographic):: California--Gold discoveries and California--Social life and customs
Subject (Name):: Borthwick, John David, ill, M. & N. Hanhart Chromo Lith., lithographer, and W. Blackwood and Sons Publisher
Subject (Topic):: Gold mines and mining and hron. 1857
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Three years in California / by J.D. Borthwick ; with eight illustrations by the author.

3.
J.C. Tracy and myself "prospecting"

Creator:: Cooper, George Victor, 1810-1878, artist
Published / Created:: [1853]
Call Number:: WA Prints 438
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from caption below image.
Publisher:: R.T. Young
Subject (Geographic):: California
Subject (Name):: Letts, J. M. (John M.) and Tracy, J. C.
Subject (Topic):: Prospecting, Gold miners, Gold mines and mining, Gold discoveries, Goldmining, Gold rushes, and Frontier & pioneer life
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > J.C. Tracy and myself "prospecting"

4.
The independent gold hunter on his way to California : I neither borrow nor lend

Creator:: Currier, Nathaniel, 1813-1888 artist
Published / Created:: [between 1849 and 1852]
Call Number:: WA Prints +190
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Print reproduces an original satirical lithograph done by Nathaniel Currier; shows a walking man carrying all manner of implements for gold hunting; to left of center, directional sign: to St. Louis 350 miles, to California, 1700 Ms.
Alternative Title:: I neither borrow nor lend
Description:: At foot of sheet: 370.
Publisher:: Kelloggs & Comstock 150 Fulton Street, N.Y. & 136 Main Street, Hartford and Ensign & Thayer 12 Exchange Street, Buffalo
Subject (Geographic):: California
Subject (Topic):: Gold miners, Gold mines and mining, and Gold discoveries
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The independent gold hunter on his way to California : I neither borrow nor lend

5.
Banking-house, Denver City, Colorado--miners bringing in gold dust

Creator:: Davis, Theodore R., artist
Published / Created:: [1866]
Call Number:: BrSide4o Zc49 866da
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image and text
Abstract:: Hand colored woodcut illustrating miners bringing gold dust into the C.A. Cook and Company bank in Denver, Colorado; interior view shows signs for C.A Cook & Company, Butterfield Overland Dispatch Company Express Office; miners, tellers, scales
Description:: BEIN BrSide4o Zc49 866da: On sheet 19.0 x 29.3 cm. and Title from caption below image.
Publisher:: Harper & Brothers
Subject (Geographic):: United States and Colorado
Subject (Name):: C. A. Cook and Company (Denver, Colorado)
Subject (Topic):: Gold mines and mining and Banks and banking
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Banking-house, Denver City, Colorado--miners bringing in gold dust

6.
The invalid digger [graphic].

Creator:: Gill, Samuel Thomas, 1818-1880, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1853]
Call Number:: Print00525
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title from item., Below image: Sketched on the Spot., Published in Sketches of the Victoria Gold Diggings and Diggers, Pt. 1, H.H. Collins & Co.,1853., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:: H.H. Collins & Co.
Subject (Geographic):: Australia.
Subject (Topic):: Invalids, Foot, Diseases, Gold mines and mining, Gold miners, and Dogs
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The invalid digger [graphic].

7.
Hutchings' California scenes : methods of mining

Creator:: Hutchings, J. M. (James Mason), 1820-1902, author
Published / Created:: [1855]
Call Number:: WA Prints 415
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image and text
Abstract:: A sheet with 12 images of various elements of Gold Rush mining operations, each with title and letterpress explanation of the activity depicted. The image for "Rocking the cradle" includes a Chinese worker. On the sheet's right side is a column listing mining locations
Alternative Title:: Methods of mining
Description:: Title from caption at top of sheet., Some images are signed C. Nahl; some are signed T.C. Boyd., and "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, by Jas M. Hutchings, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California."
Publisher:: Published by J.M. Hutchings
Subject (Geographic):: California and California.
Subject (Topic):: Gold mines and mining, Mining engineering, Gold miners, Miners, Gold discoveries, and Chinese
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hutchings' California scenes : methods of mining

8.
Dismounting on summit of Funeral Range : looking down Death Valley, Cal

Creator:: Larss, P. E. (Per Edward), photographer, artist
Published / Created:: [1908]
Call Number:: BrSide4o Zc72 908Laz 01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image and text
Abstract:: Postcard from a photograph by P.E. Larson depicts four dismounted men and four burros at a summit in the Funeral Mountains; looking out over Death Valley below
Description:: Title from caption in lower right of image., Imprint from recto, lower left., and Recto, lower left: No. 4129.
Publisher:: Palm Studio
Subject (Geographic):: Nevada, Goldfield, Funeral Mountains (Calif.), and Death Valley (Calif. and Nev.)
Subject (Topic):: Gold mines and mining
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dismounting on summit of Funeral Range : looking down Death Valley, Cal

9.
The miners

Creator:: Quirot & Co., lithographer
Published / Created:: [between 1850 and 1852?]
Call Number:: WA Prints 412
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A central image of a group of miners is surrounded by an elaborate frame of leaves and sticks with four additional, smaller images enclosed in cartouches along the four sides of the main image. The central image, which has the caption title "The miners," shows a group of ten men prospecting at a makeshift sluice beside a small body of water in a denuded landscape. The cartouche image at top, which has caption title "Sutter's fort," shows the fort established by John Sutter; the cartouche image on left, which is untitled, shows two miners outside a tent; the cartouche image on right, which is untitled, shows three men with backpacks and pickaxes pausing in their trek; and the cartouche image at bottom, with caption title "Mokelumne Hill," shows a hilly, grassy landscape with only a few trees and a small town or encampment at its center
Alternative Title:: Miners (no. 4)
Description:: Title from caption below primary image., The firm of Quirot & Co. was succeeded by Britton & Rey in 1852. See Last, J. The color explosion, 2005, page 198., and "No. 4"--Lower right corner.
Publisher:: Lith. & published by Quirot & Co., corn'r Calif'a & Montg'y Sts., S. Francisco
Subject (Geographic):: California, Sutter’s Fort (Sacramento, Calif.), and Mokelumne Hill (Calif.)
Subject (Topic):: Gold miners, Miners, Gold mines and mining, Gold panning, and Gold discoveries
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The miners

10.
Hope Gold Cos. mill & buildings : Gold Dirt Lode, Gilpin Count., Colorado, 1866

Creator:: Sachse, E. (Edward), artist
Published / Created:: [1866]
Call Number:: WA Prints +209
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image and text
Abstract:: Print depicts the Gold Dirt mining camp near Rollingsville in Gilpin County, Colorado; in foreground, left, two saddled horses; foreground center, two men standing near two others; middle ground, center, mill and other buildings; background, mountains and sky
Description:: Title from caption below image.
Publisher:: E. Sachse Co.
Subject (Geographic):: Colorado and Gilpin County (Colo.)
Subject (Name):: Rollins, John Q. A., 1816-1894. (John Quincy Adams), and Gold Dirt Mine
Subject (Topic):: Gold, Milling, Gilpin County, Gold mines and mining, and Gold discoveries
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Hope Gold Cos. mill & buildings : Gold Dirt Lode, Gilpin Count., Colorado, 1866