Gold Mining Collection (page 2)

Gold Dust Placer mining at Rockerville, Dak Old timers, Spriggs, Lamb and Dillon at work, 1889. Creator: John C. H
Gold Dust Placer mining at Rockerville, Dak Old timers, Spriggs, Lamb and Dillon at work, 1889. Three men placer mining with shovels, picks and pan

Gold washing machine on Askold Island, 1865-1871. Creator: VV Lanin
Gold washing machine on Askold Island, 1865-1871. This album contains 154 photographs taken in the second half of the 1860s and 1870s by a local photographer from the Far East, V. V. Lanin

A Golden work Hydroulic [sic] mining at Rockdrville [ie Rockerville], Dak, 1889. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
A Golden work Hydroulic [sic] mining at Rockdrville [ie Rockerville], Dak, 1889. Three men overseeing hydraulic equipment

Gold-Mining Worker. A Spirtonos, or Alcohol Smuggler, Imprisioned for Selling Alcohol... 1904
Gold-Mining Worker. A Spirtonos, or Alcohol Smuggler, Imprisioned for Selling Alcohol at the Mines, 1904. Boris Vasilievich Smirnov (1881-1954)

Karta I?A?kutskoi? oblasti chasti Olekminskago okruga i Irkutskoi? guberni¯i? Kirenskogo... 1853. Creator: Unknown
Karta I?A?kutskoi? oblasti chasti Olekminskago okruga i Irkutskoi? guberni¯i? Kirenskogo [sic] chast okrugas pokazani¯em zolotosoderzhashchikh pri¯i?skov razrabatyvaemyi?a? : gg

Topographical sketch of the gold & quicksilver district of California, 1848. Creator: Edward Ord
Topographical sketch of the gold & quicksilver district of California, 1848. Published in July 1848 after the first gold strikes at Sutter's Mill on the American River in northern California

Millroy's map of Alaska and the Klondyke gold fields, 1897. Creator: J. J. Millroy
Millroy's map of Alaska and the Klondyke gold fields, 1897. The Klondike Gold Rush of 1898 began in earnest within 18 months of a major gold strike on Bonanza Creek

Map of the Alaskan gold fields, 1897. Creator: T. S. Lee
Map of the Alaskan gold fields, 1897. Beginning in the mid-19th century, gold was discovered in a succession of strikes along the western coast of the United States in an ascending arc

Going to Klondyke, 1897. Creator: May Bloom
Going to Klondyke, 1897. The Klondike Gold Rush of 1898 was one of the largest gold frenzies in history. Tens of thousands of prospectors from around the world streamed north to Alaska

Map of the United States, the British provinces, Mexico &c. 1849. Creator: John M. Atwood
Map of the United States, the British provinces, Mexico &c. 1849. Shows California's gold region and western trails. Includes illustration of "Pyramid Lake

The Moorabool Viaduct on the Melbourne and Ballarat Railway, Australia, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Moorabool Viaduct on the Melbourne and Ballarat Railway, Australia, 1862. In 1851, gold was discovered near Ballarat, sparking the Victorian gold rush

The Tuapeka Goldfields, Otago, New Zealand, 1862. Creator: W Thomas
The Tuapeka Goldfields, Otago, New Zealand, 1862. The province received a great impetus in June, last year, by the discovery of goldfields situated on a stream called the Tuapeka...The immediate

Secret gold panning. "Predators", 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown. Secret gold panning
Secret gold panning. "Predators", 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Washing gold in trays, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Washing gold in trays, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

The Vigra Gold Mines, North Wales: the Crushing Mill, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Vigra Gold Mines, North Wales: the Crushing Mill, 1862. The Vigra gold mines are situated in a most picturesque and mountainous range in the parish of Llanabar

Star of the East Gold Mine, Ballarat, 1901. Creator: Unknown
Star of the East Gold Mine, Ballarat, 1901. Ballarat on the Yarrowee River in the Central Highlands of Victoria, was transformed during the Victorian gold rush. From " Federated Australia"

The "Welcome" Nugget, 1858. Creator: Unknown. The "Welcome" Nugget, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The "Welcome" Nugget, 1858....this huge nugget, stated to be the largest piece of virgin gold ever discovered...Mr

On the way to the Transvaal Gold Fields; The Bank of Africa, Johannesburg; as it was... 1887, 1890. Creator: Unknown
On the way to the Transvaal Gold Fields; The Bank of Africa, Johannesburg; as it was in 1887, 1887. 1890

The Transvaal Gold Fields and how to reach them--Civilised and Uncivilised--An Illicit... 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Transvaal Gold Fields and how to reach them--Civilised and Uncivilised--An Illicit Diamond Buyer and his victims, 1890

The Transvaal Gold Fields and how to reach them--Ladies visit to the Jumpers Gold Mining... 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Transvaal Gold Fields and how to reach them--Ladies visit to the Jumpers Gold Mining Company--Going down in the cage, 1890

The Transvaal Gold Fields and how to reach them--Scene in the Open-Air Change, Johanne... 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Transvaal Gold Fields and how to reach them--Scene in the Open-Air Change, Johannesburg, 1890

The Transvaal Gold Fields and how to reach them--The Marabastad Post Arrives, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Transvaal Gold Fields and how to reach them--The Marabastad Post Arrives, 1890

Mountain streams in Ouray County, Colorado, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee
Mountain streams in Ouray County, Colorado run yellow because of the tailings from the gold mills

The Transvaal Gold Fields and how to reach them--The Kimberly Route, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Transvaal Gold Fields and how to reach them--The Kimberly Route, 1890

The Transvaal Goldfields and how to reach them--by Coach, Eight in Hand, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Transvaal Goldfields and how to reach them--by Coach, Eight in Hand, 1890

The Recent Discoveries of Gold in the Transvaal (engraving)
1050345 The Recent Discoveries of Gold in the Transvaal (engraving) by Durand, Godefroy (1832-1896); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Recent Discoveries of Gold in the Transvaal)

The Mining District of Beaconsfield, near Launceston, Tasmania (engraving)
1043988 The Mining District of Beaconsfield, near Launceston, Tasmania (engraving) by Durand, Godefroy (1832-1896); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Mining District of Beaconsfield)

Hydraulic Gold Mining, Near Dutch Flats, California, C. P. R. R. 1868 / 69
Hydraulic Gold Mining, Near Dutch Flats, California, C. P. R. R. 1868/69. Albumen print, pl. xxx from the album " Sun Pictures of Rocky Mountain Scenery" (1870)

The Coolgardie Goldfields (engraving)
1627810 The Coolgardie Goldfields (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Coolgardie Goldfields)

The Transvaal, or South African Gold-Fields (engraving)
1621175 The Transvaal, or South African Gold-Fields (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Transvaal, or South African Gold-Fields)

The Vigra Gold Mines, North Wales, the Crushing-Mill (engraving)
1620047 The Vigra Gold Mines, North Wales, the Crushing-Mill (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Vigra Gold Mines, North Wales, the Crushing-Mill)

The Recent Discoveries of Gold near Dolgelly, Wales (engraving)
1037864 The Recent Discoveries of Gold near Dolgelly, Wales (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Recent Discoveries of Gold near Dolgelly, Wales)

Gold-Mining in the Klerksdorp District of the Transvaal (b / w photo)
1050784 Gold-Mining in the Klerksdorp District of the Transvaal (b/w photo) by English photographer, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

On the Road to the New Transvaal Gold-Fields (engraving)
1050222 On the Road to the New Transvaal Gold-Fields (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: On the Road to the New Transvaal Gold-Fields)

Scenes in New Zealand, Town of Shortland, at the Thames Gold-Fields (engraving)
1104239 Scenes in New Zealand, Town of Shortland, at the Thames Gold-Fields (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Scenes in New Zealand, Town of Shortland)

The Chaudiere Gold-Fields, Canada (engraving)
1103078 The Chaudiere Gold-Fields, Canada (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Chaudiere Gold-Fields, Canada)

Gold mines of the Rand, Transvaal (chromolitho)
2782606 Gold mines of the Rand, Transvaal (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gold mines of the Rand, Transvaal)

The Californian Gold District, Kanaha Bar, on a Tributary of the Sacramento, where Gold was first found
1607277 The Californian Gold District, Kanaha Bar, on a Tributary of the Sacramento, where Gold was first found, Miners working the Bed of the American River (engraving) by English School

The Gold Fever in California and Australia (engraving)
1607470 The Gold Fever in California and Australia (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Gold Fever in California and Australia)

The Debatable Land in British Guiana, a Gold-Prospecting Party (litho)
1604973 The Debatable Land in British Guiana, a Gold-Prospecting Party (litho) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Debatable Land in British Guiana)

The Tuapeka Goldfields, Otago, New Zealand (engraving)
1587777 The Tuapeka Goldfields, Otago, New Zealand (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tuapeka Goldfields, Otago, New Zealand)

Pelorus Sound and Goldfields of Mahakipawa, Marlborough, New Zealand (engraving)
1591678 Pelorus Sound and Goldfields of Mahakipawa, Marlborough, New Zealand (engraving) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

De Kaap Gold Fields, in the Transvaal, South Africa (engraving)
1594861 De Kaap Gold Fields, in the Transvaal, South Africa (engraving) by Forestier, Amedee (1854-1930) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: De Kaap Gold Fields, in the Transvaal, South Africa)

California Gold Mining Town, c. 1852 (half-plate daguerreotype, embossed leather case)
991557 California Gold Mining Town, c.1852 (half-plate daguerreotype, embossed leather case) by American School, (19th century); 8.89x12.06 cm; Private Collection; (add.info)

Ashcroft, Colorado, 1941 (b / w photo)
PNP340139 Ashcroft, Colorado, 1941 (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

A gold-mining gulch at Clear Creek Canyon in Colorado (engraving)
736171 A gold-mining gulch at Clear Creek Canyon in Colorado (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Travelling to the gold mines of the Transvaal (chromolitho)
2782605 Travelling to the gold mines of the Transvaal (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Travelling to the gold mines of the Transvaal)

Sketches of South Africa (litho)
1605217 Sketches of South Africa (litho) by Prior, Melton (1845-1910) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sketches of South Africa. Illustration for The Illustrated London News, 4 April 1896)

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"Unearthing the Glittering Past: A Journey into Gold Mining" Step back in time and explore the remnants of a bygone era at the Gold Mining Ghost Town of Bodie. This once-thriving settlement now stands frozen in time, offering a fascinating glimpse into the hardships and triumphs of gold miners. Embark on an enchanting ride aboard The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, winding through the picturesque Animas River in San Juan National Forest. As you marvel at nature's beauty, imagine the determination that drove miners to brave treacherous terrains for their golden dreams. Witness history etched into landscapes with a visit to Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Open cut deep pit gold mining sites from 1990 stand as testaments to human perseverance and ingenuity amidst vast stretches of rugged wilderness. Immerse yourself in Sovereign Hill, Ballarat's historical gold mining village. Stroll down its main street and be transported back to a time when prospectors flocked here seeking fortune beneath their feet. Experience firsthand what life was like during this glittering epoch. Delve deeper into Ballarat's golden legacy with Star of the East Gold Mine from 1901. Though its creator remains unknown, this captivating image captures both the allure and challenges faced by those who sought riches within these hallowed grounds. Travel across continents to Johannesburg's Bank of Africa circa 1887-1890—a testament to South Africa's Transvaal Gold Fields' immense wealth. Marvel at how civilization thrived amidst untamed lands as depicted by unknown artists who captured scenes ranging from illicit activities to ladies visiting Jumpers Gold Mining site. Experience life on-the-go with scenes from The Transvaal Gold Fields—scenes depicting open-air exchanges, post arrivals in Marabastad, and even ladies venturing into male-dominated territories—all immortalized by anonymous visionaries keen on documenting this extraordinary chapter in history.