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SmugMug <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Remains of Mill, Masonic Ghost Town.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#416748983_wU3WX" title="Remains of Mill, Masonic Ghost Town."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Masonic10b/416748983_wU3WX-Th.jpg" width="133" height="150" alt="Remains of Mill, Masonic Ghost Town." title="Remains of Mill, Masonic Ghost Town." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-12-12T19:10:16Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Masonic10b/416748983_wU3WX-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Cabin, Masonic Ghost Town.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#411409124_XsWu4" title="Cabin, Masonic Ghost Town."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Masonic03b/411409124_XsWu4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Cabin, Masonic Ghost Town." title="Cabin, Masonic Ghost Town." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-12-12T19:10:16Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Masonic03b/411409124_XsWu4-Th.jpg 2008-10-20 14:18:06 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Cabin and Mill, Masonic Ghost Town.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#411408993_RgzEV" title="Cabin and Mill, Masonic Ghost Town."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Masonic04b/411408993_RgzEV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Cabin and Mill, Masonic Ghost Town." title="Cabin and Mill, Masonic Ghost Town." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-12-12T19:10:16Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Masonic04b/411408993_RgzEV-Th.jpg 2008-10-20 14:23:52 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Chemung Mine.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#411412222_W7v6a" title="Chemung Mine."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/ChemungMine64502b/411412222_W7v6a-Th.jpg" width="150" height="101" alt="Chemung Mine." title="Chemung Mine." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-12-12T19:10:16Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/ChemungMine64502b/411412222_W7v6a-Th.jpg 2008-10-17 14:58:12 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Chemung Mine.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#411411776_Sa8Wq" title="Chemung Mine."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/ChemungMine64505d/411411776_Sa8Wq-Th.jpg" width="150" height="103" alt="Chemung Mine." title="Chemung Mine." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-12-12T19:10:16Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/ChemungMine64505d/411411776_Sa8Wq-Th.jpg 2008-10-17 14:32:21 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Chemung Mine.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#411411541_Uqg7s" title="Chemung Mine."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/ChemungMine64506c/411411541_Uqg7s-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chemung Mine." title="Chemung Mine." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-12-12T19:10:16Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/ChemungMine64506c/411411541_Uqg7s-Th.jpg 2008-10-17 14:13:12 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Chemung Mine.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#416749419_W6UQN" title="Chemung Mine."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/ChemungMine64503b/416749419_W6UQN-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Chemung Mine." title="Chemung Mine." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-12-12T19:10:16Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/ChemungMine64503b/416749419_W6UQN-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Chemung Mine.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#411411959_TWAiA" title="Chemung Mine."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/ChemungMine64504b/411411959_TWAiA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Chemung Mine." title="Chemung Mine." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-12-12T19:10:16Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/ChemungMine64504b/411411959_TWAiA-Th.jpg 2008-10-17 14:33:41 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />The Chemung Mine is supposedly haunted by a Poltergeist that will chase you away if it finds you there on a Saturday night. I shot at the mine on Sunday and Monday nights and although it was ...</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#411412305_gQF98" title="The Chemung Mine is supposedly haunted by a Poltergeist that will chase you away if it finds you there on a Saturday night. I shot at the mine on Sunday and Monday nights and although it was ..."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/ChemungMine02d/411412305_gQF98-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The Chemung Mine is supposedly haunted by a Poltergeist that will chase you away if it finds you there on a Saturday night. I shot at the mine on Sunday and Monday nights and although it was ..." title="The Chemung Mine is supposedly haunted by a Poltergeist that will chase you away if it finds you there on a Saturday night. I shot at the mine on Sunday and Monday nights and although it was ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-12-12T19:10:16Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/ChemungMine02d/411412305_gQF98-Th.jpg 2008-10-20 18:27:44 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Star Trails and Chemung Mine.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#416749668_cLPhV" title="Star Trails and Chemung Mine."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/ChemungMine01/416749668_cLPhV-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Star Trails and Chemung Mine." title="Star Trails and Chemung Mine." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-12-12T19:10:16Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/ChemungMine01/416749668_cLPhV-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Bennetville Ghost Town</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#199620602_8bSgG" title="Bennetville Ghost Town"><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/bennetville04/199620602_8bSgG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Bennetville Ghost Town" title="Bennetville Ghost Town" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-08T21:00:29Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/bennetville04/199620602_8bSgG-Th.jpg 2007-09-01 15:09:30 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Bennettville Ghost Town, near Tioga Pass.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#411415584_XQVJ4" title="Bennettville Ghost Town, near Tioga Pass."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Bennettville203/411415584_XQVJ4-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Bennettville Ghost Town, near Tioga Pass." title="Bennettville Ghost Town, near Tioga Pass." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2008-12-12T19:10:16Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Bennettville203/411415584_XQVJ4-Th.jpg 2008-10-19 11:35:51 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Kelso Depot, Kelso, Mojave National Preserve.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#280623731_g7EbJ" title="Kelso Depot, Kelso, Mojave National Preserve."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Kelsodepot02BWb/280623731_g7EbJ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Kelso Depot, Kelso, Mojave National Preserve." title="Kelso Depot, Kelso, Mojave National Preserve." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-04T14:09:54Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Kelsodepot02BWb/280623731_g7EbJ-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Garlock in 2005. It was founded in the 1890's and was a supply center for gold mining operations in Goler Gulch. When Gold was discovered in the Rand district to the east in 1895, the ore wa ...</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#457356825_ZZzte" title="Garlock in 2005. It was founded in the 1890's and was a supply center for gold mining operations in Goler Gulch. When Gold was discovered in the Rand district to the east in 1895, the ore wa ..."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Garlock01b/457356825_ZZzte-Th.jpg" width="150" height="144" alt="Garlock in 2005. It was founded in the 1890's and was a supply center for gold mining operations in Goler Gulch. When Gold was discovered in the Rand district to the east in 1895, the ore wa ..." title="Garlock in 2005. It was founded in the 1890's and was a supply center for gold mining operations in Goler Gulch. When Gold was discovered in the Rand district to the east in 1895, the ore wa ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-18T11:53:42Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Garlock01b/457356825_ZZzte-Th.jpg 2005-03-16 18:47:13 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Burro Schmidt Camp, El Paso mountains. Schmidt is known for spending 32 years digging a nearly half-mile long tunnel through the mountain behind his cabin.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#280619850_DpC6o" title="Burro Schmidt Camp, El Paso mountains. Schmidt is known for spending 32 years digging a nearly half-mile long tunnel through the mountain behind his cabin."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/BurroSchmidtcabin03/280619850_DpC6o-Th.jpg" width="150" height="84" alt="Burro Schmidt Camp, El Paso mountains. Schmidt is known for spending 32 years digging a nearly half-mile long tunnel through the mountain behind his cabin." title="Burro Schmidt Camp, El Paso mountains. Schmidt is known for spending 32 years digging a nearly half-mile long tunnel through the mountain behind his cabin." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-18T11:53:42Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/BurroSchmidtcabin03/280619850_DpC6o-Th.jpg 2008-03-23 11:08:17 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Burro Schmidt Cabin interior. Schmidt plastered the walls of his cabin with magazines and newspapers during the years he lived there. Some date back to the late 1920's.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#280619939_2hUU5" title="Burro Schmidt Cabin interior. Schmidt plastered the walls of his cabin with magazines and newspapers during the years he lived there. Some date back to the late 1920's."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/BurroSchmidtcabin01/280619939_2hUU5-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Burro Schmidt Cabin interior. Schmidt plastered the walls of his cabin with magazines and newspapers during the years he lived there. Some date back to the late 1920's." title="Burro Schmidt Cabin interior. Schmidt plastered the walls of his cabin with magazines and newspapers during the years he lived there. Some date back to the late 1920's." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-18T11:53:42Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/BurroSchmidtcabin01/280619939_2hUU5-Th.jpg 2008-03-23 10:45:28 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Burro Schmidt's tunnel. Located in the El Paso mountains, it is the area's claim to fame. William Henry Schmidt arrived in Kern County in 1894 and staked numerous mining claims. Schmidt bega ...</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#97774941_k6XM3" title="Burro Schmidt's tunnel. Located in the El Paso mountains, it is the area's claim to fame. William Henry Schmidt arrived in Kern County in 1894 and staked numerous mining claims. Schmidt bega ..."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/SchmidtsTunnel01/97774941_k6XM3-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Burro Schmidt's tunnel. Located in the El Paso mountains, it is the area's claim to fame. William Henry Schmidt arrived in Kern County in 1894 and staked numerous mining claims. Schmidt bega ..." title="Burro Schmidt's tunnel. Located in the El Paso mountains, it is the area's claim to fame. William Henry Schmidt arrived in Kern County in 1894 and staked numerous mining claims. Schmidt bega ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-15T00:31:21Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/SchmidtsTunnel01/97774941_k6XM3-Th.jpg 2005-03-16 09:20:00 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Randsburg's church of Santa Barbara, built in 1904.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#372104904_CTzYz" title="Randsburg's church of Santa Barbara, built in 1904."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Randsburg02c/372104904_CTzYz-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Randsburg's church of Santa Barbara, built in 1904." title="Randsburg's church of Santa Barbara, built in 1904." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-18T11:53:42Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Randsburg02c/372104904_CTzYz-Th.jpg 2005-03-16 12:20:38 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Adobe ruin, Ballarat Ghost town. Next to it is all that remains of Shorty Harris's house; one small corner of a mud hut. Harris was responsible for many gold strikes, including the strike th ...</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#265248617_ayDrL" title="Adobe ruin, Ballarat Ghost town. Next to it is all that remains of Shorty Harris's house; one small corner of a mud hut. Harris was responsible for many gold strikes, including the strike th ..."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Ballarat0606BWblarge/265248617_ayDrL-Th.jpg" width="150" height="102" alt="Adobe ruin, Ballarat Ghost town. Next to it is all that remains of Shorty Harris's house; one small corner of a mud hut. Harris was responsible for many gold strikes, including the strike th ..." title="Adobe ruin, Ballarat Ghost town. Next to it is all that remains of Shorty Harris's house; one small corner of a mud hut. Harris was responsible for many gold strikes, including the strike th ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-18T11:53:42Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Ballarat0606BWblarge/265248617_ayDrL-Th.jpg 2006-03-19 09:59:38 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />The home of William Crapo (left) and the historic American Inn (right) built in 1871. The interior of the inn is largely intact and original.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#369663012_amqGj" title="The home of William Crapo (left) and the historic American Inn (right) built in 1871. The interior of the inn is largely intact and original."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/CerroGordo02b/369663012_amqGj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The home of William Crapo (left) and the historic American Inn (right) built in 1871. The interior of the inn is largely intact and original." title="The home of William Crapo (left) and the historic American Inn (right) built in 1871. The interior of the inn is largely intact and original." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-18T11:53:42Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/CerroGordo02b/369663012_amqGj-Th.jpg 2008-08-29 19:02:59 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Cerro Gordo is currently privately owned and permission is required to photograph it. The town was established in 1865 when silver deposits were discovered. Located at an elevation of around ...</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#369663288_BZY5m" title="Cerro Gordo is currently privately owned and permission is required to photograph it. The town was established in 1865 when silver deposits were discovered. Located at an elevation of around ..."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/CerroGordo05/369663288_BZY5m-Th.jpg" width="150" height="112" alt="Cerro Gordo is currently privately owned and permission is required to photograph it. The town was established in 1865 when silver deposits were discovered. Located at an elevation of around ..." title="Cerro Gordo is currently privately owned and permission is required to photograph it. The town was established in 1865 when silver deposits were discovered. Located at an elevation of around ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-18T11:53:42Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/CerroGordo05/369663288_BZY5m-Th.jpg 2008-08-29 17:42:10 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />The town site of Cerro Gordo seen from the remains of the Victor Beaudry smelter.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#369663396_y4WzQ" title="The town site of Cerro Gordo seen from the remains of the Victor Beaudry smelter."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/CerroGordo06/369663396_y4WzQ-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="The town site of Cerro Gordo seen from the remains of the Victor Beaudry smelter." title="The town site of Cerro Gordo seen from the remains of the Victor Beaudry smelter." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-18T11:53:42Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/CerroGordo06/369663396_y4WzQ-Th.jpg 2008-08-29 17:24:51 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Cerro Gordo town site, Inyo Mountains.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#369663136_43siu" title="Cerro Gordo town site, Inyo Mountains."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/CerroGordo04b/369663136_43siu-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Cerro Gordo town site, Inyo Mountains." title="Cerro Gordo town site, Inyo Mountains." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-18T11:53:42Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/CerroGordo04b/369663136_43siu-Th.jpg 2008-08-29 17:48:07 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Ore cart and William Crapo house, Cerro Gordo.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#369663066_TWWHa" title="Ore cart and William Crapo house, Cerro Gordo."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/CerroGordo03/369663066_TWWHa-Th.jpg" width="113" height="150" alt="Ore cart and William Crapo house, Cerro Gordo." title="Ore cart and William Crapo house, Cerro Gordo." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-18T11:53:42Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/CerroGordo03/369663066_TWWHa-Th.jpg 2008-08-29 18:58:15 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Founded in 1870, Swansea was on the shore of Owns Lake before the aqueduct was built and the lake dried up. It once had a population of 2,200 and was the site of two smelters which processed ...</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#369662914_7Eig5" title="Founded in 1870, Swansea was on the shore of Owns Lake before the aqueduct was built and the lake dried up. It once had a population of 2,200 and was the site of two smelters which processed ..."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Swansea02/369662914_7Eig5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Founded in 1870, Swansea was on the shore of Owns Lake before the aqueduct was built and the lake dried up. It once had a population of 2,200 and was the site of two smelters which processed ..." title="Founded in 1870, Swansea was on the shore of Owns Lake before the aqueduct was built and the lake dried up. It once had a population of 2,200 and was the site of two smelters which processed ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-01-18T11:53:42Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Swansea02/369662914_7Eig5-Th.jpg 2008-08-30 16:51:05 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Swansea Ghost Town</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#490454392_bc2dC" title="Swansea Ghost Town"><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Swansea08c/490454392_bc2dC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Swansea Ghost Town" title="Swansea Ghost Town" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-03-12T18:56:35Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Swansea08c/490454392_bc2dC-Th.jpg 2009-02-20 10:40:05 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Valient Hotel & Saloon, Calico ghost town.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#97778219_qRaxN" title="Valient Hotel & Saloon, Calico ghost town."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Calico12/97778219_qRaxN-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Valient Hotel & Saloon, Calico ghost town." title="Valient Hotel & Saloon, Calico ghost town." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-10T22:13:23Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Calico12/97778219_qRaxN-Th.jpg 2005-08-13 11:48:42 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Adobe Charcoal kilns built in 1876-77 by the Inyo Lumber and Coal company. They're located just north of Cottonwood Creek by Owens Lake, off Hwy 395.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#280315475_ZVPUr" title="Adobe Charcoal kilns built in 1876-77 by the Inyo Lumber and Coal company. They're located just north of Cottonwood Creek by Owens Lake, off Hwy 395."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/AdobeKilns01small/280315475_ZVPUr-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Adobe Charcoal kilns built in 1876-77 by the Inyo Lumber and Coal company. They're located just north of Cottonwood Creek by Owens Lake, off Hwy 395." title="Adobe Charcoal kilns built in 1876-77 by the Inyo Lumber and Coal company. They're located just north of Cottonwood Creek by Owens Lake, off Hwy 395." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-03-12T18:56:35Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/AdobeKilns01small/280315475_ZVPUr-Th.jpg 2000-01-01 00:02:40 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Darwin Ghost Town.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#280313670_e6fEq" title="Darwin Ghost Town."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Darwin04/280313670_e6fEq-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Darwin Ghost Town." title="Darwin Ghost Town." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-03-12T18:56:35Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Darwin04/280313670_e6fEq-Th.jpg 2008-03-22 14:20:21 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Remains of the Skidoo stamp mill, the only building still standing.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#280298104_eGwCs" title="Remains of the Skidoo stamp mill, the only building still standing."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/SkidooMill02/280298104_eGwCs-Th.jpg" width="150" height="113" alt="Remains of the Skidoo stamp mill, the only building still standing." title="Remains of the Skidoo stamp mill, the only building still standing." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-03-12T18:56:35Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/SkidooMill02/280298104_eGwCs-Th.jpg 2008-03-17 16:08:45 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Remains of the Skidoo Stamp mill, Death Valley.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#97782975_X5YDL" title="Remains of the Skidoo Stamp mill, Death Valley."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Skidoomill03/97782975_X5YDL-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Remains of the Skidoo Stamp mill, Death Valley." title="Remains of the Skidoo Stamp mill, Death Valley." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-10T22:24:38Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Skidoomill03/97782975_X5YDL-Th.jpg 2000-01-01 00:00:21 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />Remains of the Skidoo Stamp mill, Death Valley.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#97783186_Rq6sz" title="Remains of the Skidoo Stamp mill, Death Valley."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Skidoomill01/97783186_Rq6sz-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Remains of the Skidoo Stamp mill, Death Valley." title="Remains of the Skidoo Stamp mill, Death Valley." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-10T21:52:03Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/Skidoomill01/97783186_Rq6sz-Th.jpg 2000-01-01 00:02:41 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />This isn't a mine opening, but actually a house. Miners used to build shelters like this because they stayed cooler in the summers and warmer in the winters than wood/tin buildings.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#97782108_VUGsG" title="This isn't a mine opening, but actually a house. Miners used to build shelters like this because they stayed cooler in the summers and warmer in the winters than wood/tin buildings."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/ChlorideCity06/97782108_VUGsG-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="This isn't a mine opening, but actually a house. Miners used to build shelters like this because they stayed cooler in the summers and warmer in the winters than wood/tin buildings." title="This isn't a mine opening, but actually a house. Miners used to build shelters like this because they stayed cooler in the summers and warmer in the winters than wood/tin buildings." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-15T00:31:42Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/ChlorideCity06/97782108_VUGsG-Th.jpg 2006-03-18 16:03:13 <p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com">jlsphotography</a><br />The airy interior of one of the remaining structures of Chloride City.</p><p><a href="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/6550290_rDuzz#97781716_2QXzT" title="The airy interior of one of the remaining structures of Chloride City."><img src="http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/ChlorideCity03/97781716_2QXzT-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The airy interior of one of the remaining structures of Chloride City." title="The airy interior of one of the remaining structures of Chloride City." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-10T22:12:05Z jlsphotography http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com http://jlsphotography.smugmug.com/History/Ghost-Towns-of-California/ChlorideCity03/97781716_2QXzT-Th.jpg 2006-03-18 15:19:02