Watkins, Carleton E. (1829-1916)

Coldstream, eastern slope of western summit.

Coldstream, eastern slope of western summit.

Donner Lake, Tunnels no. 7 and 8, from Summit Tunnel, eastern summit in distance.

Donner Lake, Tunnels no. 7 and 8, from Summit Tunnel, eastern summit in distance.

Summits of Sierras, 8,000 to 10,000 feet altitude.

Summits of Sierras, 8,000 to 10,000 feet altitude.

Echo Point and Rattlesnake Mountains.

American River, from Green Bluffs.

Cape Horn, from ravine below.

Donner Lake, with pass in distance, altitude above lake, 1,126 feet.

View on Donner Lake. Altitude 5,964 feet.

View on Donner Lake. Altitude 5,964 feet.

Donner Lake, with Crested Peak and Mt. Lincoln in distance.

Donner Lake from summit, Lakeview Bluff, on the right.

Grant's Peak and Palisade Rocks, from the western summit.

Castle Peak and Yuba River, from Summit Valley. 102 miles from Sacramento.

View at China Ranch, 75 miles from Sacramento.

Black Butte, from the north.

Green Valley and Giant's Gap, American River, 1,500 feet below railroad.

Secret Town Bridge, 1,100 feet long. 62 miles from Sacramento.

Cut above Alta.

Forest view, near Dutch Flat, Placer County.

Hydraulic mining, at Gold Run, Placer County.

Bear River Valley, near Gold Run, You Bet and mines in the distance.

Secret Town, trestle from the west, length 1,100 feet.

Am. [American] River and Cañon from Cape Horn, river below railroad 1,400 feet. 57 miles from Sacramento.

Road and trestle, near Lovell's Ranch.

Road east of station at Auburn.

Bloomer Cut, 63 feet high, looking west.

View in Dutch Ravine, 22 miles from Sacramento.