American Historical Ephemera & Photography

Golden [sic] Cliff Mine, Angel's Camp. [Calaveras Co., CA]: N.p., [between 1899-1920]. 9 1/4 x 7 1/8 in. albumen photo on cardstock mount (appears to have a secondary mounting paper/cardstock, possibly taken from an album; mount toned). Pencil inscription to verso. Includes modern 14 x 11 in. enlargement. -- Atolia. Atolia, CA: N.p., n.d., n.d. 7 x 5 in. photograph on cardstock mount. Title in negative, modern ink inscription to verso. Atolia, located in the Mojave Desert, was home to a Tungsten mine that began operation in 1905. -- Scene at Pipe Shop at Mine Below Supply Camp. [attributed Happy Camp, CA]: N.p., n.d. 7 3/4 x 5 9/16 in. silver gelatin photograph on cardstock mount. Ink inscription to verso. -- Eight outdoor images of dredges and gold mining in California. N.p.: N.p., n.d. Each 4 7/8 x 4 in. silver gelatin photographs. -- And 8 others. Together 19 photographs.

[With:] Mining Resources of Calaveras County California. [Calaveras County, CA]: Calaveras County Exhibit, 1898. 8vo. Photographic illustrations, 15 pages of mining-related advertisements at rear. (Minor toning at edges.) Original publisher's illustrated yellow wrappers (loss to upper corner, separated from text block, tape repairs). "Jubilee Editon," presumed FIRST EDITION of a booklet printed for the "Mining Fair on Calaveras County Day, February 21, 1898." Includes several articles in which an unknown hand has inscribed author attributions. RARE: OCLC locates only 6 copies. --  STORMS, W.H. The Mother Lode Region of California. Sacramento: A.J. Johnston, 1900. 8vo. 4 photographic plates, maps, and line illustrations. (Light crease to lower corner.) Lacking wraps. -- To the Travelling Public. Visit Head Quarters, for Your Outfits! Boston: N.p., 22 February 1849. 2 1/2 x 20 in. clipping. -- California-Nevada Ballarat Quadrangle. [Washington DC]: Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, 1933. Approx. 32 1/4 x 20 3/4 in. map mounted to linen (map in 6 sections, small stains; some stains to linen). Shows several mines with notations and inscriptions of other mine locations. -- Report of the Secretary of War, In Further Compliance with The Resolution of the Senate calling for copies of reports on the geography and topography of California. [Washington DC]: [Government Printing Office], 1850. 31st Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 47. 8vo. Tables, no maps present. (Spotting.) Disbound. Howes T-455.