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Gold mining, California, USA, c1868.
Gold mining, California, USA, c1868. Miners using a hydraulic method invented in California, washing down gold-bearing ore with a jet of water. The discovery of gold in 1848 led to mass immigration into California, with over half a million people from all over the world pouring into the state in search of riches. From Mines and Miners by L Simonin. (London, c1868).
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AR920965
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3443px × 5079px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
AMERICA
American
Ann Ronan Pictures
B&W
B/W
Black & White
Black and white
CALIFORNIA
coal miner
country
geographical feature
Geography
gold mining
Gold Rush
Health
HOSE
Hygiene
Industry
LOCATION
Male
Man
Men
Mine (Mining)
Miner
Monochrome
mountain
MOUNTAINS
NINETEENTH CENTURY
Ore
People
pressurised
Print Collector1
Rock
ROCKS
Shovel
TGN
UNITED STATES
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
usa
WASHING
Water
Wood Engraving