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Images from 'Harper's Weekly 1857'
'Harper's Weekly' is a New York based publication. Published from 1857 to 1916, the original Harper's Weekly (“Journal of Civilization”), reported on the most facinating news of the day. It distinguished itself by criticizing New York's corrupt Tammany Hall (via the cartoons of Thomas Nast) and by publishing numerous lithographs that documented the progress of the Civil War .
Today 'Harper's Magazine' is known as the nation's oldest continuously published monthly magazine.
The following are lithographs published after their journey to Gold Hill, NC in 1857. Images courtsey 'Harper's Weekly/ Harper's Magazine'
Matthew Moyle and Nicky Trevethan pose for the Artist Two miners in the Randolph Shaft drilling holes for dynamite
Descending the Ladder Shaft was a treacherous route. The Bucket Shaft wasn't much safer.
William (Bill) Jenkins Overview of the Gold Hill Mines
Miners are working the Log Rockers. Illustrator, Porte Crayon, has drawn himself into the scene in the forground.
Sarah Jackson is also shown working the rockers