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Title
California Mining Illustrated. Dry Diggings, Wet Diggings & Quartz Mill
Creator
Barber & Baker, publisher
Date Created and/or Issued
1850
1851
1852
1853
1854
1855
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Prints and Ephemera
Rights Information
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Description
Image of dry diggings on a hill to the left, wet diggings on a river to the right, and a smaller vignette of a quartz mill in the lower center. The left and right vignettes are labeled with letters and numbers which correspond to descriptions of mining processes explained in the printed text in the center of the sheet. "Barber & Baker, Publishers, cor. J & 3d sts., Sacramento."--text below title of image. "Entered according to Act of Congress, A.D. 1855, by Barber & Baker, in the Clerk's office of the District Court, for the Northern District of California."--text, below image. Paper color: buff.
Type
image
Format
High resolution
Extent
1 wood engraving : uncolored ; 27 x 21.7 cm (10 3/4 x 8 5/8 in.)
Identifier
48052:002
14120
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p9539coll1/id/23384
Language
English
Subject
California--Gold discoveries
California--Pictorial works
Gold mines and mining--California
Wood engravings. (aat)
Source
California letter sheets.
Prints and Ephemera, Huntington Digital Library

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