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The Cerro Gordo Mines are a collection of abandoned mines located in Cerro Gordo in the Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, near Lone Pine, California. Mining operations spanned 1866 to 1957, producing high grade silver , lead , and zinc ore; and, more rarely, gold ore and copper ore . [ 1 ]
In 1866, local businessman Victor Beaudry had opened a store, as well as acquiring several mining claims, including partial interest to the lucrative Union Mine. By 1869, Cerro Gordo was the largest producer of silver and lead in the nation; teams of mules would travel between Cerro Gordo and Los Angeles, California.
In 2024, Penguin Random House published Underwood’s book, Ghost Town Living: Mining for Purpose and Chasing Dreams at the Edge of Death Valley, about his time living at Cerro Gordo. [38] The audiobook version of the book was recorded 900 feet underground in Cerro Gordo’s Union Mine. [39] The book debuted on the New York Times bestseller ...
The tram was built for the Saline Valley Salt Company (SVSC) by the Trenton Iron Company, but the costs of its construction and operation were ruinously expensive for the SVSC. The salt mining operation and tram were leased in 1915 to the Owens Valley Salt Company until it went bankrupt in 1918. In 1920, the tram was taken over by the Trenton ...
The Inyo rock daisy only grows in the crevices of cliff walls in the southern Inyo Mountains near Death Valley National Park. It's a fight to the finish for a rare daisy and a gold mine near Death ...
Cerro Gordo Mine 36.537630883074755, -117.7919741219899 Keeler Brent Underwood, Jon Bier 1866–1920 Silver. Waterloo mine; References This page ...
Since the U.S. government shut down, Alliance Resource Partners , CONSOL Energy , and Berkshire Hathaway's MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company have all experienced fatalities at their coal facilities.
GRAFTON, W.Va. (WBOY) — A 34-year-old miner from Preston County died after a hook and strap assembly broke at the Leer Mine in Taylor County in September, according to a new report.