His silent partners / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon
Print shows a prospector with a pick working next to a stream and a sluice-box labeled "Klondike Placer" surrounded by vultures labeled "Gin Mill Keeper, Card Sharp, Dance House Keeper, Gambling Den, Dive Keepe... More
Gold mine, 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.
General view of the Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Nevada
H85504 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; P. E. Larson; November 21, 1906. On front: "The greateset gold mine known. First sixty days operation, $6,000,000.00 production. No. 4200. P. E. Larson photos, Go... 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
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
York Bridge, Federal Aid Secondary Route 280, Helena, Lewis and Clark ...
Significance: As a pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss structure, the bridge is not particularly significant for structural or engineering reasons. It is however, historically associated with the Helena Po... More
York Bridge, Federal Aid Secondary Route 280, Helena, Lewis and Clark ...
Significance: As a pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss structure, the bridge is not particularly significant for structural or engineering reasons. It is however, historically associated with the Helena Po... More
Liberty Historic District, Route 2,Cle Elum, Liberty, Kittitas County,...
Significance: The "Walla Wall Union," October 18, 1873, reported a gold strike in the mountains north of the Kittitas Valley. "The Union" continued to report the progress of the 40 or more men wintering at the... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
Rock Creek Mining District, Upper, Lower & Waterman Ditches, Near inte...
Significance: The hydraulicking ditches of the Rock Creek Mining District are early representatives of a hydraulic mining process invented in California in 1852. The ditches preserve an early localized impleme... More
Rock Creek Mining District, Upper, Lower & Waterman Ditches, Near inte...
Significance: The hydraulicking ditches of the Rock Creek Mining District are early representatives of a hydraulic mining process invented in California in 1852. The ditches preserve an early localized impleme... More
Gold Dust Mine, Mill & Camp Complex, Wards Gulch, Salmon, Lemhi County...
Significance: The Gold Dust Mine, Mill, and Camp are locally significant as a representative example of the small lode mines which operated in the Leesburg Basin during the late nineteenth and early twentieth c... More
Gold Dust Mine, Mill & Camp Complex, Wards Gulch, Salmon, Lemhi County...
Significance: The Gold Dust Mine, Mill, and Camp are locally significant as a representative example of the small lode mines which operated in the Leesburg Basin during the late nineteenth and early twentieth c... More
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
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
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
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
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 - historical image of Alaska, United States, 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
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
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
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 - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Stampede Gold Mine, Kantishna, Denali Borough, AK
Survey number: HAER AK-31 Public domain photograph of excavation, bulldozer, land management, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Stampede Gold Mine, Kantishna, Denali Borough, AK
Survey number: HAER AK-31 Public domain photograph of a tractor, bulldozer, construction vehicle, 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...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a factory, warehouse, commercial or industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Wall Street Gold Mill, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, CA
Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Wall Street Gold Mill, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, CA
Public domain photograph of wooden church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wall Street Gold Mill, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, CA
Public domain photograph of rural landscape, California, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wall Street Gold Mill, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, CA
Public domain photograph of mountain view, valley, mountain range, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
The Monitor / H. Sandham.. 19th century, Library of Congress collectio...
Hydraulic mining for gold in California. Illustration by Henry Sandham. Illus. in: The Century illustrated monthly magazine; 1883 Jan., p. 325. Reference copy also available in LOT 4397-H.
Tunnel at Juneau Mine - 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.
Lindeberg panning gold in a shovel at Pioneer Mine - Frank G. Carpente...
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
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Staratelʹskīi︠a︡ raboty na r. Berezovki︠e︡. [Berezovski]
Public domain photograph - historical image of Russian Empire, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![Mill at the Camp Bird Mine, Ouray [County], Colorado](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzkvMDEvMDEvbWlsbC1hdC10aGUtY2FtcC1iaXJkLW1pbmUtb3VyYXktY291bnR5LWNvbG9yYWRvLTEwMjQuanBn/40/28/webp "Mill at the Camp Bird Mine, Ouray [County], Colorado")
Mill at the Camp Bird Mine, Ouray [County], Colorado
Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Mill at the Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado
11671-18. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Add... More
Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy: Promyvka starateli︠a︡mi zolotonosnago peska. ...
In album: Views in the Ural Mountains, survey of industrial area, Russian Empire, LOT 10335-A, no. 192. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.... 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
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
Methodist Church, 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 located in August, 1859; bu... More
Bodie, General View, Bodie State Historic Park, Bodie, Mono County, CA
Significance: Bodie is a Registered National Historic Landmark, and California Historical Landmark #341. Placer gold was first discovered here in July, 1859 and a quartz vein was discovered in August, 1859; bu... More
Bodie, General View, Bodie State Historic Park, Bodie, Mono County, CA
Significance: Bodie is a Registered National Historic Landmark, and California Historical Landmark #341. Placer gold was first discovered here in July, 1859 and a quartz vein was discovered in August, 1859; bu... More
Liberty Historic District, Route 2,Cle Elum, Liberty, Kittitas County,...
Significance: The "Walla Wall Union," October 18, 1873, reported a gold strike in the mountains north of the Kittitas Valley. "The Union" continued to report the progress of the 40 or more men wintering at the... More
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
Gold in pan, Alaska. 19th century, Library of Congress collection
Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description