Six miners work with a placer mining apparatus
Six miners work with a placer mining apparatus in California in the 1850s. In the background are several tents, likely the miners temporary tent community. The daguerreotype photo is by eminent California photographer, Carleton Watkins
Picture No
13125907
Media ID
45376448
Size
2700px x 1909px
(874KB)
Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
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