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Eugene Davis, gold prospector, operating "rocker". Rocks and sticks remain in the screened box at the top when water is sluiced over them and the contraption is rocked by the handle. Loose dirt and any mineral content washes below, the dirt gradually washing through and the heavy gold and minerals settling to the bottom and behind the ridges. Pinos Altos, New Mexico

Eugene Davis, gold prospector, operating "rocker". Rocks and sticks re...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Eugene Davis, gold prospector, operating "rocker". Rocks and sticks remain in the screened box at the top when water is sluiced over them and the contraption is rocked by the handle. Loose dirt and any mineral content washes below, the dirt gradually washing through and the heavy gold and minerals settling to the bottom and behind the ridges. Pinos Altos, New Mexico

Eugene Davis, gold prospector, operating "rocker". Rocks and sticks re...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a quarry, mine, excavation, or mining site, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a train track, possibly related to: Eugene Davis, gold prospector, operating "rocker". Rocks and sticks remain in the screened box at the top when water is sluiced over them and the contraption is rocked by the handle. Loose dirt and any mineral content washes below, the dirt gradually washing through and the heavy gold and minerals settling to the bottom and behind the ridges. Pinos Altos, New Mexico

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a train track, possibly re...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a man working in a quarry. Great Depression Era, New Mexico

A black and white photo of a man working in a quarry. Great Depression...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a worker, labor, factory, plant, manufacture, industrial facility, 1930s, mid-20th-century industrial photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a man working in a quarry, possibly related to: Eugene Davis, gold prospector, operating "rocker". Rocks and sticks remain in the screened box at the top when water is sluiced over them and the contraption is rocked by the handle. Loose dirt and any mineral content washes below, the dirt gradually washing through and the heavy gold and minerals settling to the bottom and behind the ridges. Pinos Altos, New Mexico

A black and white photo of a man working in a quarry, possibly related...

Title and other information from a possibly related negative. Image came to Library of Congress untitled. (There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist.) Appears to be related to negative LC-USF... More

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a train track. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a man sitting on a train track. Great Depre...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mine, mining, free to use, no copyright restrictions.