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Photograph ‘Miners at the head of Auburn Ravine’
Miners arrived at Auburn Ravine in Spring 1848 en route to the Colombo gold fields. On finding gold in the ravine some stayed on and the area became important for placer mining which involves extracting ores from placer deposits by washing or…
Log Cabin during the Gold Rush
This image shows a number of miners standing within a small settlement, with a dog sledge ready to pull someone away. As well as showing the living conditions, this image also provides an example of the types of transport used. Dogsledding could be…
Rossland’s Gold Rush
This source is a watercolour image set in Rossland, a mining town, in 1891. It shows a miner holding a pick axe on his shoulder, showing to the viewer of the image what can be assumed as a golden nugget. In the background is a row of wooden…
A First Nations Family with Sluice boxes and rockers; Looking for gold on the Fraser River
This image shows a group of 7 First Nation people searching for gold in the Fraser River. Both men and women are active in the search for gold on the river beds. The Author is described as the British Columbia Provincial secretary, suggesting that…
Hot Springs News, Apr 20, 1892
This newspaper shows the adverts of two different businesses, who’s main product is mining supplies. Both ‘Green Bros’ and H. Giegerich’ both supply products such as clothing, mining materials, food and dry goods. With the large influx of miners from…
Despatch to London: Douglas to Stanley
This report describes a number of different aspects all related to the Fraser River. Douglas first acknowledges that a large amount of people are coming to the area from San Francisco, in order to mine for gold. Towards the end of the document,…
Chinese Weighing Scales
This is a set of Chinese weighing scales, which were used to measure the weight and worth of gold found in British Columbia. The gold found would be placed on one side of the scales, and one of the weights would be placed on the other, when both are…
Memoirs of a Professional Lady nurse
The memoirs have been typed and documented then published in a book in order to preserve methods of Nursing during the 19th century. The book also features diagrams and pictures illustrated by hand which offers further primary evidence which have…
The Cariboo sentinel, article on new mining laws to avoid Indian graves
This is a small article in the Cariboo sentinel discussing how the town has not received a copy of the new laws regarding mining on Indian gravesites. This article was written at a time of gold rush in the area and concerns the implementation of new…
Barbary Coast Women
A landscape black and white photograph by Martin Behrman shot in the Barbary Coast in 1890 showing eleven women sitting together. Nine dressed in white, which could potentially be due to their profession in Barberry coast and depicted as ‘soiled…