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Mojave Desert History -
Pioneer of the Mojave
Part-time Prospector
Part-time Prospector
The Captain first came to California with the dream of striking it rich, a dream he thought he had to abandon ...
Gold Discovered in San Bernardino County
Gold originally was discovered in the San Bernardino County area just a few months after ...
Providence Mountains Miners Run Off by Indians
For the period of the 1850s the records of mining activities on the Mojave Desert are ...
Peace Treaty Helps Ivanpah Mines
There were some minor successes on the Mojave throughout the 1860s, but with the ...
Ore Discovered in Ord Mountains
With the success of the Ivanpah mines, prospectors began to look elsewhere in the ...
Ord Mountain Mining District
On January 23, 1871, an organizational meeting was held at Camp Cady for the purpose of ...
Lane and Grant File Claims at Ord Mountain
Lane's first three claims in the Ord Mountain District were filed in February 1871, ...
Patenting a Mine and a Lot of Red Tape
It is often difficult to trace mining claims because they changed hands frequently ...
Lane's Snow Storm Mine
Lane's ninth claim, the Snow Storm, caused some excitement. The claim was ...
Partnership with "Uncle Billy" Rubottom
Lane continued to file claims in the Ord Mountain District, according to the records ...
Captain Lane Appointed Judge of the Plains
This partnership with Rubottom points up the fact that the Captain had some ...
Mining Districts Boundary Conflict
On April 25, 1872, the McKenzie Mining District was formed, whose boundaries conflicted ...
Lane's Silver Mountain Mining District
Exciting news came in January of 1873 when precious metals were discovered ...
The Captain and Borax Mining
At the same time Lane was involved in the discovery of gold and silver, ...
Sells the Silver Mountain Claim
In December of 1873 Lane entered into an agreement to sell an option to one of his claims ...
Road to the Panamint Mines
It was during this time that a fabulously rich strike of silver ore was found in ...
Silver Mountain becomes Oro Grande
Following the completion of his duties as road overseer, the Captain returned to ...
Land and Water Rights Along the Mojave River
This was a major enterprise by men of capital, with a lot of money being spent ...
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