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History: Mining History in the Mojave Desert An Overview of Mining in the California DesertLarry Vredenburgh : Old OresPlacer GoldPlacer gold, eroded from its host rock and deposited as nuggets or flakes in stream-bed gravel, provided the first non-native American mineral production in California. ...Scattered SurvivorsShortly after the scattered survivors of the “short cut” arrived in the gold country, a man named Turner ...Another TryFueled by the Lost Gunsight Mine story, prospectors began to scour the Death Valley region. ...Deserted and HostileAs mining capital dried up in the mid-1860s, most of the mines within the California desert region were deserted. An outbreak of Indian hostilities at ...Silver as KingThe significant output of silver during this time was influenced by events that were transpiring far away in Washington D.C. Silver was a relatively scarce commodity prior to ...Bodie, an ExceptionBodie, one of the premier gold mines in the region, was an exception to predominance of silver mining during the 1870s and 1880s. Rich gold was discovered in the ...The Southern PacificThe Southern Pacific began construction at Mojave in February 1882 of a new line to Needles, on the Colorado River. The destination was reached April 19, 1883. At the same time ...Just a Year EarlierJust a year earlier, in 1913, John Suckow, drilling for water on his homestead claim, at a depth of 40 feet discovered the largest borax deposit in the world, scarcely three miles north of the ...At about the same TimeAt about the same time, the widespread copper-stained volcanic rocks of the Greenwater Range, east of Death Valley, convinced many that a literal mountain of copper ...Pittman Silver ActIn April, 1918 Congress passed the Pittman Silver Act. Under provisions of this law the United States purchased about $260 million dollars worth of silver at ...Bibliography |
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