page_title: San Francisquito Canyon
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: San Francisquito Canyon / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Miners operate a hydraulic sluice in San Francisquito Canyon, Sierra Pelona Mountains, Los Angeles County, California between 1890 and 1900. The placer mine machine consists of adobe columns, pulleys, ropes, and wood boxes. Donkeys are loaded with ore bags.
context_page_description: San Francisquito Canyon is a canyon created through erosion of the Sierra Pelona Mountains by the San Francisquito Creek, in Los Angeles County, Southern California.
caption: Miners operating a hydraulic sluice at San Francisquito Canyon (c. 1890-1900).
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