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Ghost town at Inyo Mine

Janice Death Valley, Mines & ghost towns February 28, 2019July 6, 2019ghost mine camp, ghost town, gold mine 0 Comment

Ghost towns from the booms and busts of gold, silver, and assorted mineral mines are scattered all through Death Valley National Park. Lonely ruins from the promise of gold are at the Inyo Mine, deep within Echo Canyon, lying in the Funeral Mountains between Amargosa and Furnace Creek. The Echo

Jail Canyon – 4×4 to miner’s cabin and gold mine in Death Valley

Janice Death Valley, Favorite campsites, Mines & ghost towns March 17, 2018July 6, 2019abandoned mine, desert mines, ghost towns, gold mine, old mining equipment 0 Comment

Jail Canyon is a worthy day trip as well as an interesting place to camp. The ghost town of Ballarat lies within easy driving distance with a small store and curator. An old miner’s cabin lies at the end of the rough route to Jail Canyon near a ravine with

Explore the Minnietta cabin’s mining history

Janice Death Valley, Favorite campsites, Mines & ghost towns October 1, 2017July 7, 2019abandoned mine, adopted cabin, ghost towns, gold mine, mining cabin, mining equipment, Minnietta Mine 4 Comments

The desert mountain ranges going into Death Valley contain many canyons where old mine shafts, cabins, mill sites and various ghost towns of past mining operations lay silent to be discovered by the exploring traveler. One such place of interest is the Minnietta cabin and mine in the Argus range.

Shadows of the past at the Manson hideout

Janice Campfire talk, Death Valley, Mines & ghost towns September 16, 2017August 20, 2019Barker Ranch, Charles Manson, Death Valley, desert hide-out, Goler Wash, Shadowlands 1 Comment

Tucked into a remote corner of the Goler Wash in Death Valley, is the Barker Ranch, infamous for once being a hideout for the notorious Manson gang in 1969. A favorite “short cut” into Death Valley from the west side of the Panamint Range, is to go across Goler Wash.

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