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The Miner's Ten Commandments. Wood engraving, 1853.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-8113
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Representation of the dream of a prospecting miner. Wood engraving
in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, Jan.
29, 1853.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-864
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California gold diggers. A scene from actual life in the mines.
Wood engraving in Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, May 3, 1856.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-740
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Faro. Wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, Oct. 3, 1857.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-5357
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Housekeeping. Wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, Oct. 3, 1857.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-5359
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"Lady's Chain." (Miners' Dance). Wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, Oct. 3, 1857.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-719
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Camping on the plains. Wood engraving in Parker & Huyett, The
illustrated miners' handbook and guide to Pike's Peak, with a new
and reliable map, 1859.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-5347
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Gregory gold diggings, Colorado, May, 1859. Wood engraving in Albert
D. Richardson, Beyond the Mississippi, 1867.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-2099
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How we get gold in California: 1. Flutter-wheel on the Tuolumne.
2. Helvetia quartz mill, Grass Valley. 3. Cradle rocking, on the
Stanislaus. 4. Quicksilver machine, in Mormon Gulch. (4 individual
scenes). Wood engr's. in Harper's New Monthly Magazine,
April, 1860.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-723
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Gulch mining, Colorado Gulch. Spanish Arastra, on Clear Creek.
The stamp process, Mr. Sensenderfer's mill. Shaft or lode mining,
interior of No. 1, of the Gregory, the Black Hawk Co's mine. (4
separate views). Lithograph by Julius Bien in Alfred E. Mathews, Pencil
sketches of Colorado, 1866.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-5348
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The Keith process. Hope Gold Company's Works. [1] The ore breaking
room - Blake's ore breaker. [2] The furnace. [3] The ore pit, or
drying room. [4] Amalgamating room. (4 scenes). Lithograph by J. Bien
in Alfred E. Mathews, Pencil sketches of Colorado,
1866.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-5497
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The smelting process. James F. Lyon & Co's, smelting works. [1]
Ore dressing room - the buddle and jiggs. [2] Reverberatory furnace.
[3] Cupel furnace. [4] Scotch hearths. (4 scenes). Lithograph by J. Bien
in Alfred E. Mathews, Pencil sketches of Colorado,
1866.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-5498
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Placer mining. Panning out. Photograph by Lawrence & Houseworth, 1866.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-5440
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Gold mining in California. Lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1871.
Reproduction number: LC-USZC2-1755 (color film copy slide)
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Mining on the Comstock. Lithograph by Le Count Brothers, 1877.
Reproduction number: LC-USZC4-2343 (color film copy transparency)
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Washing and panning gold. Rockerville, Dak. Photograph by Grabill, 1889.
Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-7120
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