On the Way to New Diggings - Halt in a Rough Pass of the Rocky Mountains.

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• PUBLISHER: Published for Harper's Weekly, New York.

• MEDIUM: Wood engraving with modern handcoloring,

  DATE: 1875.

• EDITION SIZE: Image 13 9/16 x 20 1/4" (346 x 513 mm) plus title and margins.

• DESCRIPTION: This engraving depicts gold miners heading to new claims. It is not noted where they are traveling to or from, but the associated article states, "Our double-page engraving represents a party of Western miners on their way, with a long train of mules and wagons, to some new part of the country where gold and silver diggings have been discovered. They have come to a very steep and rough portion of the mountain gorge, though which they slowly wind their way, and the train halts for a few moments to give the team a breathing spell before commencing the harder ascent. Our artist traveled for several days with such a party, and the picture we give is an accurate transcript of an actual scene, both as regards the picturesque and romantic pass where the halt has taken place and the figures and costume of the miners."<br><br> One of the most recent gold discoveries at this time had been in the southern part of the Black Hills, just east of the Rocky Mountains, in modern-day Custer, South Dakota. An even larger gold discovery would be found in the northern section of the Black Hills, in Deadwood Gulch, just a few months after this engraving was published. It is possible the men were moving towards one of these claims.

• ADDITIONAL INFO: A colorful assortment of miners allowing their mule teams a rest. The 1870's saw a rush on Colorado's new discoveries of silver.

• CONDITION: Good condition and color.

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• CATEGORIES: 18th-19th Century Subjects , Western & Indian , Other