Miner's pack animals in front of mining supply stores, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1900 

Lithograph from Norton's "Story of California" showing California miners at work, ca.1913 

Lithograph depicting Sacremento's central business district along J Street between Fifth Street and Sixth Street, 1853 

Three miners, wearing prospector outfits, standing next to a burro cart loaded with camp supplies, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1900-1905 

A miner using hydraulic mining techniques and tools to mine, Nevada City, California, ca.1900-1930 

Portrait of miners in the 2,200 level of the Empire Mine, Grass Valley, prior to 1906 

Interior view of mine and miners in the Mohawk Mine, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1900-1905 

Miner navigating rocks, [s.d.] 

Miners about to descend into the Empire Gold Mine, Grass Valley, California, ca.1900-1930 

Exterior view of a Chinese store typical of the businesses during the mining days of 1849-1852, [s.d.] 

Miner standing next to a pack mule in the desert looking toward Superstition Mountain from the south, ca.1910 

Man in miner's clothes huddled against rocks, [s.d.] 

Drawing by George Baker depicting the San Francisco bay, June 1849 

Lithograph of Stage Driver's Retreat in Columbia, ca.1930 

Monument and bronze tablet marking the pioneer emigrant trail of 1849, Truckee, ca.1930 

Old mill used by miners at the Ten Stamps Mine, ca.1900 

A miner's cabin built from bottles, Goldfield, Nevada, ca.1900-1930 

Long strip of smoothed rock left over from hydraulic mining in the American River, ca.1930 

View of the Stockton Channel, San Joaquin County, [s.d.] 

Hitching post resembling a horse's head, Folsom, ca.1936