[WESTERN AMERICANA - MINING]. A group of 3 photographs of gold miners at work.

View of at least 11 gold miners, including one possible female, posed near a long wooden sluice for an unknown photographer. 7 3/8 x 4 3/8 in. photograph on cardstock mount, penciled identification on verso, "Nevada Co., CA, 1880, mining" (toning and fading to print; toning, soiling, edge and corner wear to mount). -- View of 4 miners posed with their equipment near a wooden sluice. Uncredited. 7 3/4 x 4 1/2 in. photograph on cardstock mount (light toning to print; light toning, edge and corner wear to mount). -- Washing Gold, Vancouver, British Columbia. The Philadelphia Museums. 9 1/8 x 7 in. photograph on cardstock mount with description printed on verso (edge and corner wear to mount, including chipping and some loss).

Together, 3 photographs.

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[WESTERN AMERICANA - MINING]. A group of 3 photographs of gold miners at work.

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