East Fork Part IV
East Fork Part iV A tall Chaparral Yucca in San Gabriel Canyon, 1937. Credit: LAPL Mining activity in the East […]
Mining
East Fork Part III
East Fork Part iII Like other Wild West towns, the upper San Gabriel Canyon once teemed with colorful characters who
East Fork Part II
East Fork Part iI Although the boom days on the East Fork were over with the demise of Eldoradoville, mining
East Fork Part I
East Fork Part i The history of the East Fork begins with the Indigenous whose livelihood depended on the San
Kelsey Silver Mine
Kelsey Mine In the 19th century when silver was discovered in the main canyon of the San Gabriel, two prominent
Buell’s Mining Folly
Buell’s Tunnel Henry C. Roberts and William Ferguson dominated the large scale hydraulic mining scene in the 1870s as the
Miner Finds Silver, Dies Drunk
Miner Finds Silver, Dies Drunk Today, motorists fly by on Highway 39, unaware of a canyon with a very dark
Puritan Mine
Puritan Mine In plain sight from the 14 freeway, an inoperative 5-stamp mill stands as a relic of a very old operation.