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(CALIFORNIA LETTER SHEETS.)
Miners Weighing their Gold / Dream
of a Prospecting Miner.
Lithographed letter sheet, 10
3
/
4
x 8
1
/
4
inches plus attached blank
leaf; minor foxing, minor edge wear, inked number in upper right corner.
San Francisco: Quirot & Co., [1851-52]
[800/1,200]
At the top, two well-armed miners look at the assayer with anticipation. The bottom image
shows a miner asleep in the open air by a campfire, clutching a rifle, and dreaming of himself at
the dock, directing laborers carrying sacks of his gold onto a ship. Peters, California in Stone,
page 76 and plate 33 (showing a later printing by Britton & Rey).
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View of Agua Fria Valley * View of
Agua Fria Town.
Pair of lithographed letter sheets, each 8
1
/
4
x 10
3
/
4
inches plus attached
blank leaf; minimal foxing, minor edge wear, inked numbers in upper right corners.
San Francisco: Quirot & Co., [1851-52]
[1,200/1,800]
Agua Fria was a bustling mining town in Maricopa County; these views show numerous
buildings and a crude hotel, with miners camping or building log cabins in the valley. Agua
Fria is now a ghost town. The first view gives “C. Riehn” as the artist; no other works credited
to this artist are known. Peters, California on Stone, page 138.
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