History of Mojave Desert Mining

Desert Fever Vredenburgh, Shumway, Hartill - 1981
An overview of mining in the California Desert Conservation Area

An Overview of Mining in the California Desert 2005

My Wikipedia Entries

Historic Photos

Geographically enabled photos of the Mojave Desert on the Panoramio website.

San Bernardino County - East Mojave Desert

• The Historical Mining Towns of the Eastern Mojave Desert Alan Hensher - 2005
• A brief summary of East Mojave Desert Mining History 1995
• Early Mines of Southern Clark Mountain, Northern Mescal Range and Ivanpah Mountains, San Bernardino County. 1996
• Later Mines of Southern Clark Mountain, Northern Mescal Range and Ivanpah Mountains, San Bernardino County. 1996
• Mining History of the Silurian Hills, Shadow Mountains, and Halloran Springs Area 1996
• Mining Claims in the East Mojave (Download zipped MS Access database - transcribed by Ted Weasma)
• Mining Claims in the Standard Mining District (transcribed by Ted Weasma)
• Mining Claims held by Riley Bembry-East Mojave Desert (transcribed by Ted Weasma)

San Bernardino County

• Palm Borate Mine Calico, 2010
• Chubbuck 1981, revised 1996
• Goldstone, Mining History 1998
• Fort Irwin Mining History 1994
• Mining in the Vicinity of Oro Grande, San Bernardino County 1992

Kern, Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino Counties

• Mining History of the Western Mojave Desert and Southern Sierra
• Stauffer, Ventura County James R. Evans, Larry M. Vredenburgh - 1982

Saltdale, Redrock Canyon, Gypsite, Garlock

• Saltdale, Kern County Alan Hensher, Gregg Wilkerson, Larry M. Vredenburgh - 1998
• The History of Saltdale Alan Hensher
• Garlock: The History of a Milling Town Alan Hensher
• Gypsite: A Humble Product from a Humble Camp Alan Hensher
• The History of Early Mining in the El Paso Mountains Alan Hensher
• Redrock Canyon Newspaper Clippings
• United States v. Long Beach Salt Comany, 1975. Interior Board of Land Appeals Decision
• Documents from the case file - United States v. Long Beach Salt Company

Inyo County

• Reilly 1987
• Resting Springs 1997

Biographies

• James H. Crossman - Biography 1979
• James H. Crossman - Contemporary account of death and funeral
• Thomas McFarlane

Source Material

• Scanned Scrapbooks of California Historical Mining Articles
• Links to other on-line sources

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