![[How the Natives collect gold in the streams]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE1OTEvMDEvMDEvaG93LXRoZS1uYXRpdmVzLWNvbGxlY3QtZ29sZC1pbi10aGUtc3RyZWFtcy02NDAuanBn/40/29/webp "[How the Natives collect gold in the streams]")
[How the Natives collect gold in the streams]
Native men using hollow rods which they drive into the sandy bottom of streams to collect gold and other metals. Illus. in: Brevis narratio eorvm qvæ in Florida Americæ provi̇cia Gallis acciderunt, : secunda in... More
Sado, Andō Hiroshige - Public domain image related to music prformance...
Print shows gold mines in cliffs on Sado Island, with miners carrying gold out of the mines. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the ... More
Virginia & Truckee ore train Crown Point trestle ; Virginia & Truckee ...
Photographs show trains, train depot, and trestle bridge; also earlier photograph of men looking for gold; at the Comstock Lode, Nevada. Illus. in: Souvenir of the Comstock. Embracing the principal views of Vi... More
Zolotonosnai︠a︡ ri︠e︡chka Berezovka na Berezovskom prīiski︠e︡
Public domain photograph - historical image of Russian Empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gastineau Gold Crushing Mill, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
Mountain streams in Ouray County, Colorado run yellow because of the t...
Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gold prospector blowing away dirt to find the gold in his pan while a ...
Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Empire Mill, Southern Edge of Salt Spring Valley, Copperopolis, Calave...
Survey number: HAER CA-76-B Building/structure dates: 1896 Initial Construction
Sainsevain Property, 14804 Summit Avenue, Fontana, San Bernardino Coun...
Significance: The 1874 residence and ancillary structures a smokehouse and reservoir, are eligible for listing on the National Register according to Criteria A, B, C, (and D). The Sainsevain Complex is signif... More
Bullfrog Mine, Rhyolite, Nye County, NV
Significance: Associated with the strikes that set off one of the last major gold mining booms in the Southwest. These strikes had a major impact upon the regional settlement patterns and economic activities o... More
Bullfrog Mine, Rhyolite, Nye County, NV
Significance: Associated with the strikes that set off one of the last major gold mining booms in the Southwest. These strikes had a major impact upon the regional settlement patterns and economic activities o... More
The miners pioneer ten commandments of 1849--Scenes when crossing the ...
14 scenes of lives of pioneer gold miners, including camp life, attacks by Indians and bears, mining, crossing the plains, etc., with text of "miners pioneers ten commandments."
Gregory Tailings (Ruins), State Highways 269 & 119, Black Hawk, Gilpin...
Significance: Remnants of the first gold lode vein discovered in Colorado. The wood cribbing retaining the tailings is laminated in some places, a previously unused cribbing construction unique at the time to t... More
J. S. Cain House, Green & Park Streets, Bodie, Mono County, CA
Significance: The Ghost Town of Bodie is a Registered Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark #341. Placer gold was first discovered here in July 1859 and a quartz vein was located in August, 1859... More
D. V. Cain House, Green & Fuller Streets, Bodie, Mono County, CA
Significance: The Ghost Town of Bodie is a Registered Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark #341. Placer gold was first discovered here in July, 1859 and a quartz vein was located in August, 185... More
D. V. Cain House, Green & Fuller Streets, Bodie, Mono County, CA
Significance: The Ghost Town of Bodie is a Registered Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark #341. Placer gold was first discovered here in July, 1859 and a quartz vein was located in August, 185... More
Wilbur-Womble Mill, Southern Edge Of Salt Spring Valley, Copperopolis,...
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Jack Wade Dredge, Milepost 86, Taylor Highway, Chicken, Southeast Fair...
Significance: One of the first bucketline dredges in the Fortymile mining district, this dredge worked longer than any other. The remains sit on what is considered by many as the richest creek in the district.... More
Jack Wade Dredge, Milepost 86, Taylor Highway, Chicken, Southeast Fair...
Significance: One of the first bucketline dredges in the Fortymile mining district, this dredge worked longer than any other. The remains sit on what is considered by many as the richest creek in the district.... More
Jack Wade Dredge, Milepost 86, Taylor Highway, Chicken, Southeast Fair...
Significance: One of the first bucketline dredges in the Fortymile mining district, this dredge worked longer than any other. The remains sit on what is considered by many as the richest creek in the district.... More
Jack Wade Dredge, Milepost 86, Taylor Highway, Chicken, Southeast Fair...
Significance: One of the first bucketline dredges in the Fortymile mining district, this dredge worked longer than any other. The remains sit on what is considered by many as the richest creek in the district.... More
Skidoo Mine, Park Route 38 (Skidoo Road), Death Valley Junction, Inyo ...
Significance: The Skidoo Mine is associated with the operations of the Skidoo Mine Company, Death Valley's most successful gold mine. Although the mill shows structural deterioration, the mill is otherwise a we... More
Skidoo Mine, Park Route 38 (Skidoo Road), Death Valley Junction, Inyo ...
Significance: The Skidoo Mine is associated with the operations of the Skidoo Mine Company, Death Valley's most successful gold mine. Although the mill shows structural deterioration, the mill is otherwise a we... More
Skidoo Mine, Park Route 38 (Skidoo Road), Death Valley Junction, Inyo ...
Significance: The Skidoo Mine is associated with the operations of the Skidoo Mine Company, Death Valley's most successful gold mine. Although the mill shows structural deterioration, the mill is otherwise a we... More
Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin F...
Significance: The bridge was built by The Union Bridge Company of Portland, Oregon. It is a cantilever deck truss that rises 550 feet above the height of the River. At the time of construction it was reported... More
Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin F...
Significance: The bridge was built by The Union Bridge Company of Portland, Oregon. It is a cantilever deck truss that rises 550 feet above the height of the River. At the time of construction it was reported... More
Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin F...
Significance: The bridge was built by The Union Bridge Company of Portland, Oregon. It is a cantilever deck truss that rises 550 feet above the height of the River. At the time of construction it was reported... More
Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin F...
Significance: The bridge was built by The Union Bridge Company of Portland, Oregon. It is a cantilever deck truss that rises 550 feet above the height of the River. At the time of construction it was reported... More
Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin F...
Significance: The bridge was built by The Union Bridge Company of Portland, Oregon. It is a cantilever deck truss that rises 550 feet above the height of the River. At the time of construction it was reported... More
Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin F...
Significance: The bridge was built by The Union Bridge Company of Portland, Oregon. It is a cantilever deck truss that rises 550 feet above the height of the River. At the time of construction it was reported... More
Twin Falls-Jerome Bridge, U.S. Highway 93 Spanning Snake River, Twin F...
Significance: The bridge was built by The Union Bridge Company of Portland, Oregon. It is a cantilever deck truss that rises 550 feet above the height of the River. At the time of construction it was reported... More
Fort Logan, Blockhouse, White Sulphur Springs, Meagher County, MT
Significance: Built in 1869-1870 as part of a military post established to protect the gold mining camps in the vicinity and the Fort Benton trade route. Fort Benton was the head of navigation on the Missouri ... More
Fort Logan, Blockhouse, White Sulphur Springs, Meagher County, MT
Significance: Built in 1869-1870 as part of a military post established to protect the gold mining camps in the vicinity and the Fort Benton trade route. Fort Benton was the head of navigation on the Missouri ... More
Bodie Bank, Bodie State Historic Park, Bodie, Mono County, CA
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-165 Survey number: HABS CA-1926 Building/structure dates: HABS CA-1926
Sutter's Mill, American River (submerged), Coloma, El Dorado County, C...
Address of, Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park, not verifiable in documentation. Survey number: HABS CA-1301 Building/structure dates: 1847 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1848 Subsequ... More
Bidwell Mansion, 525 Esplanade Street, Chico, Butte County, CA
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Key...
Survey number: HAER WY-45-A Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction
Joker Mine, Shafthouse, Medicine Bow National Forest, Northwest of Key...
Survey number: HAER WY-45-A Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction
Hammon Consolidated Gold Fields, Nome, Nome Census Area, AK
Survey number: HAER AK-3 Building/structure dates: 1922 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1941 Subsequent Work
Johl House, Main Street, Bodie, Mono County, CA
Significance: The Ghost Town of Bodie is a Registered Historic Landmark and California Historical Landmark #341. Placer gold was first discovered here in July, 1859 and a quartz vein was located in August, 185... More
Knight Foundry, 13 Eureka Street, Sutter Creek, Amador County, CA
Significance: From the National Register of Historic Places nomination form: It was founded in 1873 by Samuel Newman Knight. The foundry and shops from their beginnings have been closely associated with the gol... More
Knight Foundry, 13 Eureka Street, Sutter Creek, Amador County, CA
Significance: From the National Register of Historic Places nomination form: It was founded in 1873 by Samuel Newman Knight. The foundry and shops from their beginnings have been closely associated with the gol... More
Knight Foundry, 13 Eureka Street, Sutter Creek, Amador County, CA
Significance: From the National Register of Historic Places nomination form: It was founded in 1873 by Samuel Newman Knight. The foundry and shops from their beginnings have been closely associated with the gol... More
![[View of the mine at Long Gulch]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDEvdmlldy1vZi10aGUtbWluZS1hdC1sb25nLWd1bGNoLWY1MjBlYi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "[View of the mine at Long Gulch]")
[View of the mine at Long Gulch]
Drawing shows the gold mine at Long Gulch, near Yreka, California, and a few cabins that dot the landscape near it. Daniel Jenks' cabin is lower right. He bought a mining claim at Long Gulch on December 24, 185... More
Gold Hill Mill, Warm Spring Canyon Road, Death Valley Junction, Inyo C...
Significance: The Gold Hill Mill is associated with the operations of Louise Grantham, a mining entrepreneur and owner-operator of the highly successful Warm Springs Talc Mine. In addition to being a well-pres... More
Solomon River Gold Dredge, Nome, Nome Census Area, AK
Survey number: HAER AK-2 Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Standard Gold Mill, East of Bodie Creek, Northeast of Bodie, Bodie, Mo...
Significance: The Standard mill is significant as an intact example of the "model California stamp mill" that developed from the flowering of nineteenth-century developments in mining and milling technologies i... More
Bald Mountain Gold Mill, Nevada Gulch at head of False Bottom Creek, L...
Significance: The technology used at Bald Mountain Gold Mill provides an excellent illustration of the development of the cyanide process of gold milling in the first half of the twentieth century. Historicall... More
Bald Mountain Gold Mill, Nevada Gulch at head of False Bottom Creek, L...
Significance: The technology used at Bald Mountain Gold Mill provides an excellent illustration of the development of the cyanide process of gold milling in the first half of the twentieth century. Historicall... More
Bald Mountain Gold Mill, Nevada Gulch at head of False Bottom Creek, L...
Significance: The technology used at Bald Mountain Gold Mill provides an excellent illustration of the development of the cyanide process of gold milling in the first half of the twentieth century. Historicall... More
Bald Mountain Gold Mill, Nevada Gulch at head of False Bottom Creek, L...
Significance: The technology used at Bald Mountain Gold Mill provides an excellent illustration of the development of the cyanide process of gold milling in the first half of the twentieth century. Historicall... More
Bald Mountain Gold Mill, Nevada Gulch at head of False Bottom Creek, L...
Significance: The technology used at Bald Mountain Gold Mill provides an excellent illustration of the development of the cyanide process of gold milling in the first half of the twentieth century. Historicall... More
Bald Mountain Gold Mill, Nevada Gulch at head of False Bottom Creek, L...
Significance: The technology used at Bald Mountain Gold Mill provides an excellent illustration of the development of the cyanide process of gold milling in the first half of the twentieth century. Historicall... More
Bald Mountain Gold Mill, Nevada Gulch at head of False Bottom Creek, L...
Significance: The technology used at Bald Mountain Gold Mill provides an excellent illustration of the development of the cyanide process of gold milling in the first half of the twentieth century. Historicall... More
Bald Mountain Gold Mill, Nevada Gulch at head of False Bottom Creek, L...
Significance: The technology used at Bald Mountain Gold Mill provides an excellent illustration of the development of the cyanide process of gold milling in the first half of the twentieth century. Historicall... More
Bald Mountain Gold Mill, Nevada Gulch at head of False Bottom Creek, L...
Significance: The technology used at Bald Mountain Gold Mill provides an excellent illustration of the development of the cyanide process of gold milling in the first half of the twentieth century. Historicall... More
Bald Mountain Gold Mill, Nevada Gulch at head of False Bottom Creek, L...
Significance: The technology used at Bald Mountain Gold Mill provides an excellent illustration of the development of the cyanide process of gold milling in the first half of the twentieth century. Historicall... More
Bald Mountain Gold Mill, Nevada Gulch at head of False Bottom Creek, L...
Significance: The technology used at Bald Mountain Gold Mill provides an excellent illustration of the development of the cyanide process of gold milling in the first half of the twentieth century. Historicall... More
Gold Placers Incorporated, Warehouse, Near Coal Creek & Yukon River, E...
Significance: Gold mining is an important theme in the history of the upper Yukon River region in Alaska and Canada. One of several mining camps in the area, the Coal Creek Mining Camp contains many important c... More
Butte City - Public domain scan / drawing
Drawing shows Butte City, California as it looked around 1854, an established mining community, when George Henry Burgess camped near there while seeking gold with his brother Charles. There are forty buildings... More
South Pass City, General View, South Pass City, Fremont County, WY
Significance: South Pass City was the focal point in the development in the Sweetwater Gold Mine Field, the largest gold rush area in Wyoming. In addition, it was the center of the first successful women's suf... More
Stampede Gold Mine, Kantishna, Denali Borough, AK
Survey number: HAER AK-31 Public domain photograph of attic, house frame, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Stampede Gold Mine, Kantishna, Denali Borough, AK
Survey number: HAER AK-31 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...
Public domain photo of a monument, historic place, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a mural painting, architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an office building, commercial building, 20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Butte Historic District, Bounded by Copper, Arizona, Mercury & Contine...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Pinto Wye Arrastra, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, CA
Significance: The arrastra is an important example of nineteenth- and twentieth-century milling technology. This specimen is unusual because it used a wooden wheel as the pivot mechanism; only two of this type... More
Wall Street Gold Mill, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, CA
Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wall Street Gold Mill, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, CA
Public domain scan of an old vintage map, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...
The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More
Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...
The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More
Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...
The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More
Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...
The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More
Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...
The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More
Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...
The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More
Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...
The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More
Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...
The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More
Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...
The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More
Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...
The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More
Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...
The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More
Shenandoah-Dives Mill, 135 County Road 2, Silverton, San Juan County, ...
The original caption for photograph #30 incorrectly identified the lake as Silver Lake. It has been corrected to Little Giant Basin. Significance: The Shenandoah-Dives Mill is an exceptional example of early t... More
Keane Wonder Mine, Park Route 4 (Daylight Pass Cutoff), Death Valley J...
Significance: After fifty years of tenacious but comparatively unprofitable gold mining activities in Death Valley, the Keane Wonder strike in 1904 became the heart of Death Valley's most prosperous two decades... More
Keane Wonder Mine, Park Route 4 (Daylight Pass Cutoff), Death Valley J...
Significance: After fifty years of tenacious but comparatively unprofitable gold mining activities in Death Valley, the Keane Wonder strike in 1904 became the heart of Death Valley's most prosperous two decades... More
Keane Wonder Mine, Park Route 4 (Daylight Pass Cutoff), Death Valley J...
Significance: After fifty years of tenacious but comparatively unprofitable gold mining activities in Death Valley, the Keane Wonder strike in 1904 became the heart of Death Valley's most prosperous two decades... More
Keane Wonder Mine, Park Route 4 (Daylight Pass Cutoff), Death Valley J...
Significance: After fifty years of tenacious but comparatively unprofitable gold mining activities in Death Valley, the Keane Wonder strike in 1904 became the heart of Death Valley's most prosperous two decades... More
Lost Horse Gold Mill, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, CA
Significance: The Lost Horse Gold Mine and Mill is a prime interpretive exhibit of efficient early western gold-mining practices and compactness of design, whereby the mine's ten-stamp mill was located directly... More
Lost Horse Gold Mill, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, CA
Significance: The Lost Horse Gold Mine and Mill is a prime interpretive exhibit of efficient early western gold-mining practices and compactness of design, whereby the mine's ten-stamp mill was located directly... More
Life in the gold mines, California ; / Lithographed from a photograph ...
Pictorial lettersheet shows operations at a mining camp. Baird, California pictorial letter sheets, no. 132. Accession box no. DLC/PP-2011:179.19
Hydraulic mining near French Corral, Nevada County
Gems of California scenery, no. 1404. The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. LOT subdivision subject: Hydraulic Mining.
General View of The Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Nev. looking easterly show...
H86457 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; P. E. Larson; December 18, 1906. Photographer's address: Esmeralda County, Nevada, U.S.A. No. 4205.