M.L. Sims, in hat, torn shirt and pants, and glasses, standing with wheelbarrow, shovel, and one other tool, on rocky hillside with mountains in background
A similar photograph appears with the article “Gold Gleaners Ply Trade in San Gabriel Canyon, Cream Skimmed in Early Days, but Ancient Diggings Still Yield Pittance to Patient Toil.” Los Angeles Times, 25 Sept. 1932: A1, with caption: Pan and Rocker Again in Use on Southland Streams. Gold Rush Days Recalled in San Gabriel Canyon. An itinerant gold buyer pays $16 an ounce for dust and tiny nuggets: Left to right, buyer, Frank Robison, Fire Warden Marshall, Charles T. Brown and M.L. Sims.
This photograph, cropped, appears with the article “Gold Gleaners Ply Trade in San Gabriel Canyon, Cream Skimmed in Early Days, but Ancient Diggings Still Yield Pittance to Patient Toil.” Los Angeles Times, 25 Sept. 1932: A1.
