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'Cap' Harmon's Gold Mining Sluice
Placerita Canyon
"Cap" Harmon and his gold mining sluice in Placerita Canyon, 1890s-1900s. According to George Starbuck, Harmon is buried in Placerita Canyon with a large boulder as his headstone. Starbuck writes (July 22, 2005): "Cap was a ship's captain at one time and jumped ship out of San Pedro to join the gold rush in Placerita. He's buried up behind the old home site. I know exactly where but I'm reluctant to point it out. ... I have the old pitchfork he's holding, still in good shape."Image from a glass-plate negative by Frank Evans.
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