File:Gold seeking river operations California.jpg

Middle Fork of the American River; Mining operation with prospectors working the bed of the Middle Fork of the American River. Coloma, California, 1848.

Description: Gold seeking river operations California

Artists: KSmith, Thomas H., artist. Ayres, artist. (copy after)

Date: 1854 dated using advertisements published on Aug. 7, 1854.

Source: Harper's Weekly magazine; http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gold_seeking_river_operations_California.jpg

Permission: Public domain. This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired. This applies to the United States, Canada, the European Union and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 70 years.