Gold Rush Of 1849 Pictures
I need pictures of the tools people took in their migration to California in 1848-1849 ( the gold rush)?
here is a list of some tools:
Rocker box
Rocker boxes (also called ‘rockers’, ‘hand rockers’, ‘dollies’, ‘pans’, ‘trays’ or ‘cradles’) were used in the Cariboo Gold Rush, the Klondike Gold Rush, the Fraser River Gold Rush, and the California Gold Rush.
The rocker box was one of the primary tools used to separate gold from paydirt. It was usually set near the bank of a creek or river. The paydirt is first scooped into a tray at the top, called a sieve. The sieve stops large gravel from passing through. Water is then scooped in, and the rocker box, rocked. After that, gold is collected at the canvas apron, or at the riffles at the bottom.
Rocker boxes were usually worked in pairs. They were usually set on rockers, which enabled them to be rocked, and enabled a person to wash up to 3 cubic yards (2 m³) of gold-bearing gravel. This technique was called ‘traying’ or ‘panning’; a continuous rocking of the box (a tray) to remove all sediment. Rocker boxes were usually small, measuring only 1 meter long and 30 centimetres wide, as they had to be carried around.
Smaller sluice box
Smaller sluice boxes (also called ‘smaller sluice box’, ‘smaller sluice’, or ‘smaller sluice’) were used in the Klondike Gold Rush.
The smaller sluice box was like a rocker, only longer and heavier. It separated gold from mud and muck. It has an upper tray, and a bottom part called a sluice. Materials are first shoveled into the upper tray. Water is then added to flush down everything. The materials slide down the upper tray along with the water, into the riffles, and the rocks gets removed in the process. After that, there is a clean-up, and the pay dirt gets removed. Next, the pay dirt is gold-panned. An optional addition to the sluice box was the ‘grizzly’. It was a triangular shaped wooden object with riffles in it and, was used to stop large objects from entering the sluice.
Bigger sluice box
Bigger sluice boxes (also called ‘bigger sluce box’, ‘bigger sluice’, or ‘bigger sluce’) were used in the Klondike Gold Rush, the Cariboo Gold Rush, the Fraser River Gold Rush, and the California Gold Rush.
The bigger sluice box was a big version of the smaller sluice box. It was a series of wooden troughs that fitted together. Each one was about 2 metres long. The bottom had matting, which was held on by wooden riffles. Water carries the materials down, whence the heavy gold is trapped by the riffles. The riffles were removed once a day, and the matting, lifted out and washed.
Gold pan
Gold mining pans were used in the Klondike Gold Rush, the Cariboo Gold Rush, the Fraser River Gold Rush, and the California Gold Rush. The best places to pan are in bed rocks, crevices, old tailings, clay-cemented gravels, and missed deposits of paydirt. The best time to pan is in early spring and late fall. Gold pans usually measured 10 to 18 inches (25 to 46 cm) in diameter and 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 cm) deep. They were usually made of sheet iron, but sometimes of copper. The possible presence of grease in the pan necessitated heating it. After cleaning the grease, the pan is filled with gravels, and then immersed into water, where the gravels are mixed. Clay clumps are broken up in the process, and the pebbles and rock are discarded. Next, the pan is slightly tilted, rotated, and immersed in water again. This process is repeated until only small rocks, pebbles, gravel, gold grains and small nuggets are left in the pan. Washing continues as the volume of materials decrease. Now the person has to be more careful as the gold may get washed out or get slip off the side of the pan. The gold is then pick out either by hand or with tweezers, leaving only very small amounts of gold within the black-sand in the pan. The black-sand, which contains magnetite, is then put in a canvas bag, and removed using a magnet.
Long Tom
Long Toms were used in the Cariboo Gold Rush and the California Gold Rush.
The long tom looks like a sluice box, but bigger. Measuring 12 to 15 feet long, it was mainly made of wood, with a metal bottom, and with a ripple box and sieve at the end. It is put up on a slight incline. Six to eight men have to work a long tom to fully utilise it. One man shovels dirt and makes sure that the water is running. Another man mixes water and dirt and takes out the big stones. At the end of the day, the dirt is taken out and washed in a pan.
The average miner had a standard gold pan, a miner’s pick, a shovel, and tweezers. These tools were bought at tent stores. Here is a list of some of the tools and equipment:
Axe
Description: Used for many kinds of jobs.
Breaking bar
Description: Used for breaking up bedrocks.
Broad hatchet
Description: A short-handled hatchet, with a broad blade.
Butcher knife
Description: A heavy-duty knife with a broad sharp blade, used for cutting meat.
Chisel
Description: Used for carving and cutting hard materials, such as wood/
Clean-up pan
Description: A gold pan, used for cleaning-up.
Drawknife
Description: A knife with a handle at each end of the blade.
Drift pick
File
Description: A steel tool for forming, smoothing, and reducing metallic surfaces.
Galvanized pail
Description: A metal pail that was made of rust-resistant steel.
Gold Scales
Description: Used for weighing gold, and included weights.
Hammer
Description: Used for testing whether gold was ‘genuine gold’ or ‘fool’s gold’ (Note: Real gold splatters, but fool’s gold breaks.)
Hand saw
Description: A small saw operated with one hand.
Heavy canvas bag
Description: Used for carrying black-sand and samples
Magnet
Description: Used for removing black-sand from gold.
Mercury
Description: Used to separate gold from dirt.
Miner’s pick
Description: Smaller than a regular pick, with a sharper head.
Shovel
Description: It had a round-nosed shape, used for shovelling gravel.
Spoon
Description: Used for digging
Standard gold Pan
Description: Used for washing and panning gold, synonymous with traying.
Steel pry dar
Description: Used for prying bedrocks and cracks
Tweezers
Description: Used for picking out the gold from black-sand.
Whipsaw
Description: A long, thin saw used by two people at the same time
Whisk
Description: Made of stiff bristles, it was used for cleaning bedrock.
PS: I couldnt find pictures 
