Photograph of two men seated in a wooden structure amidst various equipment and tools including a barrel, anvil, and smaller metal instruments. Caption beneath image reads, "#1 Vaporizing the quick silver from the amalgam or gold in retort, ready for shipment to mint at San Francisco. Sawyer, Oregon. / May. 89." -- Photograph of an excavated area with pipes visible. Caption beneath image reads, "No. 2. Rye Valley Placer Mines Oregon." Caption on image verso reads, "Pipe conveying water to giant[?] & showing excavations." -- Together, 2 boudoir cards featuring Oregon mining scenes.