Scarce early original vintage mounted photograph shows a group of sixteen Grass Valley California miners.

Back has pencil notation ”GRASS VALLEY (CA) MINERS c.1890”.

This is a vintage photograph and not a copy or reproduction.

Grass Valley's claim to historic fame is embedded in the vast amounts of gold discovered and extracted from its rich underground mines. In more than 100 years of mining, the mines of Grass Valley made it the richest of all California gold mining towns.

The Empire, Northstar, Pennsylvania, Idaho-Maryland and Brunswick mines became known around the world, attracting hardworking miners and would be millionaires. As the underground mines grew, skilled hard-rock miners from Cornwall and Ireland arrived. They settled into their new hometown of Grass Valley while mine owners and managers lived in nearby Nevada City. Over the next 100 years the mines extracted more than $400 million in gold, making Grass Valley California's most prosperous mining town.

Photograph measures 6 x 8 inches and mounted on a 10 x 12 inch decorated matte board. The image is in excellent condition with no bends, tears, or creases and is very sharp although faded over time.

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