Ghost Town Explorers

 

Updated on February 21, 2008

 

Ashford Mine & Mill Come to Death Valley for the Mine's, stay for the flowers!
Baby Gauge Railroad Hike a historic borax railroad.
Ballarat Located in beautiful downtown Panamint Valley.
BB Mine & Mining Camp It's a butt kicker of a hike to this mining camp.
Big Four Mine When visiting this site, beware of the Panamint Desert Bear!
Birthday Canyon Petroglyphs   Where the Big Horn Sheep once roamed

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Cecil R Mine A little known Mine out in Panamint Valley.
Cerro Gordo Throw the tranny in low, we're going to Cerro Gordo!
Charlie's Long Lost Mine Another lost desert mine found. 
Cheap Beer Mine This mine was named after a fine American Cheap Beer. 
Chloride City Perhaps the earliest Death Valley mining site.
Corona Mine Yo Bud's, a BEER MINE!
Crater No smoking allowed here!
New Crosscut Mine This mine is just plain gross !
Darwin The Rodney Dangerfield of Ghost Towns, this place just doesn't get any respect!

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Updated Death Valley National Park My favorite little desert.
Death Valley Army Camp Lost Death Valley Army Camp found.
Death Valley Railroad A great historic Mountain Biking trail. 
Desert Cabins Just a few of the many desert cabins we have found.
Desert Mine Adit Mine Exploring in a historically significant mine tunnel.
Gold Hill Mill An odd desert gold mill.
New Hellcat F6F-5 Aircraft Crash This WWII crash site wasn't found till 12 years later.
Ibex Mining Camp It's gold mine, no it's a talc mine, no it's two taste treats in one!
Inyo Mining Camp This ol' Death Valley Mine is worth a visit.
Indian Mine A neat little mining site in a scenic but forgotten canyon.
Leadfield Said to be a scam put forth by a mining promoter, but was it really?

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Lookout City, the  Minnietta Mine, Modoc Mines Slip the transfer case into 4WD, (it's the lever on the right marked 4WD) cause we're heading up the Nadeau "Shotgun" Road to a mining camp situated on top of Lookout Mountain.
Lookout City to Darwin Road Hiking the old lost road from Darwin to Lookout City.
Lost Burro Mine This eerie little  Death Valley Mining Camp is cursed.
Lost Death Valley Mine After years of searching by many, we finally found it!
Lost Desert Gold Mine Let's hike to a desert mine that's been lost in time.
Lotus Mine Mine exploring at a modern desert mining camp.
Morning After Mine A scenic hike to a interesting mining camp.
Panamint City This place was so bad that Wells Fargo refused to serve it!
Panamint Pomegranate Mine Forget gold, forget silver, forget the 401K, there's pomegranate's in them thar hills! 
Panamint Valley Onyx Mine Gone, but not forgotten!

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Panamint Whiskey Mine Where the Indians played their tubas, and the White Man drank his whiskey.
Perseverance Silver Mine This remote mine dates back to the 1860's.
Queen of Sheba Mine A remote Death Valley Mine.
Reilly Possibly the first planned community in Inyo County.
Reward Mine This ghost features its own airport.
New Saddle Rock Mine A early Skidoo find.
Saline Valley Lost This place gave me the creeps! You know the feeling, kinda like having to sit through a chick-flic.
Scallywag Mine Another remote Death Valley Mining Camp found!
Secret Mining Camp #1 A Top Secret neat old mining camp.
Seldom Seen Slim's Peak Named after a Panamint Valley Prospector.
Skidoo Where the bad guys are hung.
Spur of the Moment Mine Forget the best laid plans and throw caution to the wind! Leave the spare tire at home and head out on the Spur of the Moment. 
South Park Mining District The mines in Pleasant Canyon and South Park Canyon include the Ratcliff (Clair Camp), World Beater, and many others, but beware, not all 4x4's make it out alive.
Snow Canyon Mining District This Argus Mountain Mining District makes for some interesting exploring.
Tarantula & Morning Glory Mining Camps There's Tungsten in them thar hills....yea....so....
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Waucoba Mining District Check out this Saline Valley Mining District where the miners discovered hot springs and babes are better than mining.
Wildrose Charcoal Kilns Before there was Kingsford, Wildrose provided the charcoal needed for the barbeques of Inyo County!

 

New 1-2-3, Contact (Mine) Neat little mine site.
Anza Borrego Slot Canyon A fun little mud canyon.
Bird Mines These desert mines are for the birds!
Butterfield Stage Station A cool stage stop we spotted out in in a cow pasture.
Calico Ghost Town By popular demand.
Carlyle Mine We discovered that this mine was actually worked by MINORS!
Frank's Mine & Jake's Cabin A rarely visited desert mining district.

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Mojave Desert Mine Exploring, Part 1 Exploring historic Mojave Desert Mines.
Mojave Desert Mine Exploring, Part 2 More historic Mojave Mining Camps.
Mojave Road Let's head west in our 4x4 Wagons down the Old Government Road

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Pisgah Lava Tubes Ouch! that lava is sharp!
Providence Saddle up Hoss, we're gonna check out the "Bonanza" King!
Rosalie An easy to get to ghost town.
Salt Springs Mining District Interpretive signs added to this historic site by the BLM really help to teach modern desert explorers about this interesting historic area.
Tin Camp A secluded little ghost town.
Wall Street Mill There's more to Joshua Tree than just rock climbing.