HIKING GOLD COUNTRY’S UNIQUE MALAKOFF DIGGINS STATE HISTORIC PARK
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Finding hiking gold in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada in what was once the largest and richest hydraulic gold mine in the world.
Read MoreTHE VICTORIAN HILLSIDE CEMETERIES WHERE VIRGINIA CITY’S DEAD REST IN PEACE
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The Silver Terrace Cemeteries memorialize the diverse laborers who worked the Comstock and made Virginia City a boom town.
Read MoreA VIKING RISES IN THE DESERT: A PHOTO ESSAY
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A Viking is once again rising at this former talc mine and ghost camp in Death Valley California.
Read MoreTALC CITY HILLS: A DVNP ADJACENT OFF ROAD ADVENTURE
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Take an off road adventure through the white chalky hills that once produced nearly all the steatite grade talc in the United States.
Read MoreCERRO GORDO GHOST TOWN: THE MINE THAT BUILT LA
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The “Fat Hill” in the Inyo Mountains that helped build Los Angeles.
Read MoreGOLD TO GHOST: RANDSBURG, CA
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You’ll find lots of history and charm in this Mojave Desert living ghost town.
Read MoreUNDERGROUND 2016
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This annual 3-day event allows explorers of all skill levels access to miles of underground mines that were once some of the most profitable in the Death Valley region.
Read MoreBORAX VISITORS CENTER: BORON, CA
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The Borax Visitor Center in Boron, CA overlooks California’s largest open-pit mine and the largest borax mine in the world.
Read MoreTHOMPSON SMELTER RUINS: MASON VALLEY, NEVADA
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Constructed in 1910 to process the copper ore from nearby mines, the ruins of this million dollar smelter and former townsite spread out over 1300 acres of high desert near Yerington, Nevada.
Read MoreA DRIVING TOUR OF MAZOURKA CANYON: HIGHWAY 395
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Located east of Independence, Mazourka Canyon Road crosses the Owens River Valley before cutting into the western side of the Inyo Mountains.
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