Eugene Davis Gold Prospector Pinos Altos 1940

Eugene Davis works as a gold prospector in Pinos Altos, New Mexico, in a vintage image from May-June 1940. He earned about one dollar a day through placer mining, choosing this labor over a more lucrative wage in town. Placer mining involves extracting gold from riverbeds, a method used during gold rushes across the American West.

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