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Miners’ Decree: Or A New Verse-ion of the Ten Commandments. By Cadez Orion



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  • The Miner’s Ten Commandments

    The Miner’s Ten Commandments

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    Upper illustration is of an elephant lifting its trunk to point at a paper on a tree that says: "Miners [sic] Ten Commandment [sic]. A miner is also looking at the sign. Baird notes that this illustration is related to the top central vignette of "Hutchings Miners' Ten Commandments." The text printed below the illustration outlines the ten commandments. Baird notes that the text is also related to "Hutchings Miners' Ten Commandments," but Commandment VI is abbreviated and Commandment X is rephrased and abbreviated. "Published at "Noisy Carrier's," 77 Long Wharf, San Francisco, Cal."--text, below image title. "Potter. HE. Anthony."--block letters within image. "O'Meara & Painter, printers, San Francisco."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.

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  • The Miners’ Ten Commandments

    The Miners’ Ten Commandments

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    Image depicts miners engaged in various types of mining: panning for gold, using a long tom, sluicing, using a well, and wheeling an ore cart out of a mine entrance. Baird notes that this image is related to "River Mining" in its format and execution. "Published at the Wide West Office, 184 Clay Street. Anthony & Baker SC."--text, below image. "[Noi]sy Carriers, [S]an Francisco."--stamped text, upper left corner of the image. There are two handwritten uppercase letters beneath the title of the image. Paper color: gray.

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  • The Miner's Ten Commandments

    The Miner's Ten Commandments

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    Image of eleven vignettes depicting The Miners' Ten Commandments and an elephant pointing with its trunk to a sign for Ten Commandment [sic] on a cabin. The commandments deal with mining practices, moral issues, and family matters. The vignettes surround the text at the center of the image which describes the commandments. "H. Eastman del."--text, below the first vignette. "Eastman. [Anthony & Baker]."--text, below tenth vignette. "Sun Print, San Francisco. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by James M. Hutchings, in the Clerk's Office of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Orders, pre paid, addressed "[Box H Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal."]."--text, below image. Part of the right side of the image has been torn away on the right side. Paper color: blue.

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  • Miners at Work With Long Toms

    Miners at Work With Long Toms

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    Image at the top is of miners shoveling earth and gravel into long toms with houses and trees in the background. Lower left images are of a miner with a shovel, axe, and pan, and a Native American chief sitting down. "Copied from a Daguerreotyp [sic] sketch, by Quirot Lithographers."--text, below image. Paper color: gray.

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  • The Miners’ Ten Commandmens

    The Miners’ Ten Commandmens

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    Image of eleven vignettes depicting The Miners' Ten Commandments and an elephant pointing with its trunk to a sign for Ten Commandment [sic] on a cabin. The commandments deal with mining practices, moral issues, and family matters. The vignettes surround text at the center of the image describing the commandments. "H. Eastman del."--text, below the first vignette. "Anthony & Baker."--text, below eight vignette. "Eastman. Anthony & Baker."--text, below tenth vignette. Paper color: blue.

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  • The Miners

    The Miners

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    Center image is of miners pumping water into a flume and panning gold at the river's edge. The smaller images above and below the central image are of Sutter's Fort and Mokelumne Hill. There are two vignettes to the left and right of the central image that depict two miners in front of a tent by a fire and miners resting by a tree. "Lith. & Published by Britton & Rey corner Commercial & Montgomery Sts. S. Francisco. No. 4."--text, below image. Paper color: blue.

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