Death Valley Mine: Cultural Landscape Inventory, Mojave National Preserve

Regions 8, 9, 10, and 12 Park Cultural Landscapes Program and Northwind Resource Consulting, LLC. 2020. Death Valley Mine: Cultural Landscape Inventory, Mojave National Preserve. Cultural Landscapes Inventory Report. 725140. National Park Service. NPS Pacific West Office, San Francisco, California / CRIS-CL Database

Death Valley Mine is located within Mojave National Preserve in San Bernardino County, California. It is significant for its association with the development of the mining industry in the east Mojave Desert, and its contribution to the economic growth of the region between the years 1906, when horse-drawn wagons hauled the first shipments of ore from the mining property to the railroad at Cima where it was shipped to the smelter in Needles, California, and 1976, when exploratory operations ceased on the original Dolly Varden claims. In particular, the mining camp associated with the Death Valley Mine property exemplifies the type of early mining community that formed as a result of sustained mining activity in the area. The Death Valley Mine Historic District may also contain potential information regarding mining in the Mojave Desert and the lives of the miners who lived and worked at the property.

Type
Published Report
Authors
Regions 8, 9, 10, and 12 Park Cultural Landscapes Program; Northwind Resource Consulting, LLC
Date of Issue
2020-07-24
Publisher
National Park Service
Units
MOJA , PWR
Keywords
building ruins, Clark Mountain, economics, extraction, extractive facility, grave, industry, mine shaft, mining camp, outhouse, pack trail, prospect pit, stone forge, stone wall, technology, tunnel
Subjects
CRIS-CL: 725140: Death Valley Mine
License
Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International

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