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The Miners
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Day & Night of a Miner’s Life
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Image contains four vignettes. The top vignette depicts men marching through a forest to the mines with mules. The center left vignette depicts miners plodding up a hill. The center right vignette depicts one man being lowered into a vertical shaft with a windlass while two other men stand nearby. The bottom vignette depicts men sitting around a campfire at night in the forest. "Lith. & Pub. by Britton & Rey, San Francisco."--text, below image. The number 24 is in the upper right corner indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.
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Scenes In A Miners Life
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Image contains six vignettes depicting different aspects of life as a miner. The top two vignettes show how miners live, and the bottom four show various moments in the mining process. "Lith. & Pub. by Britton & Rey. Cor. Montg. & Comml. Sts. S. Fo."--text, below image. The number 23 is in the upper right corner of the sheet, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.
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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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Celestial Empire in California. Miners [upper] Gamblers [lower]
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Upper image is of Chinese miners at their camp beside a river with tents and work going on in the background. To the left are men eating rice with chopsticks, and to the right are men having their hair cut and their queues plaited. Lower image is of many Chinese gambling around a table and there are other tables in the background. "Lith. & Published by Britton & Rey. Cornr. Monty. & Cal. Sts. San Francisco."--text, below image. The number 14 is above the upper image in the right corner, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: gray.
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Gambling in the Mines. Monte [upper] Faro [lower]
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Upper image is of miners at a table with a crowd in the background. Lower image is of two top-hatted men at a table with some miners and a similar crowed in the background. "Lith. & Published by Britton & Rey. San Francisco California."--text, below image. The number 4 is in the upper right corner, indicating that the image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.
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Flume [upper] Elevating Water Wheel [lower]
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Upper image is of miners operating hydraulic water wheels in a large flume. Lower image is of a wheel in a river pumping water into a sluice and tom, near which two miners are working. "Lith. & Published by Britton & Rey. San Francisco Cal."--text, below image. The number 16 is in the upper right corner of the sheet, indicating that this image may be part of a series. Paper color: buff.
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