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Panamint City is a ghost town in the Panamint Range, near Death Valley, in Inyo County, California, US. It is also known by the official Board of Geographic Names as Panamint. [2] Panamint was a boom town founded after silver and copper were found there in 1872. [3] By 1874, the town had a population of about 2,000. [3]
Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map. [ 1 ] There are 18 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 2 National Historic Landmarks .
The Panamint Mining District is on the western side of the Panamint Range. [7] Panamint City (est. 1873) was a mining town in the district, formerly in the central section of the range. [7] The historic mining community of Ballarat (est. 1890s), also in the district, is now a ghost town. [7]
Rogers Peak is the fourth-highest mountain of the Panamint Range, [3] and it is set within Death Valley National Park and the Mojave Desert.Precipitation runoff from this mountain's east slope drains to Death Valley via Hanaupah Canyon, whereas the west slope drains to Panamint Valley via Wildrose and Tuber canyons.
The range lies just to the northwest of the Panamint Mountains at the top of Death Valley, and run in a north–south direction. Tin Mountain, at the northern end of the range, reaches an elevation of 2,729 meters. At the southern end of the range is Towne Pass, at 1,511 meters. The Last Chance Range is to the east.
Sentinel Peak is a 9,634-foot-elevation (2,936-meter) summit in Inyo County, California, United States.It is located near Panamint City, California.Sentinel Peak is the sixth-highest mountain of the Panamint Range, [1] and it is set within Death Valley National Park and the Mojave Desert.
The ghost town of Ballarat is located in the Panamint Valley about three miles east of Trona Road, near Happy Canyon. [1] The Panamint Springs Resort, on Highway 190 west of Panamint Valley Road near Rainbow Canyon, provides the only lodging, dining, and gas in the area. [2] The former Epsom Salts Monorail crossed the valley on a wooden trestle.
The racial makeup of the county was 80.1% White, 0.2% Black or African American, 10.0% Native American, 0.9% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 4.6% from other races, and 4.2% from two or more races. 12.6% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 16.4% were of German, 12.2% English, 10.6% Irish and 5.0% American ancestry according to ...