Rhyolite is tucked away in the mountains of the nevada desert, just off highway 374 and only a few miles east of death valley national park. Keane wonder mine, california founded in 1903, the keane wonder mine was one of the most successful gold mines in death valley. Books such as death valley ghost towns, by stanley paher, and explorers guide to death valley national park by betty tucker ryan and t. Native nevadan and author, stanley paher has written 19 books on nevada, arizona and death valley. Nude dancing burros is a claim to fame for ballarat, fantastic excess wiped out for rhyolite, and wild claims that suckered people in for leadflied. Smith had found much larger and more extensive borax deposits in the death valley, california area, and. A narrow, twisting canyon that would have been avoided by road builders any other time, but the reports of potential riches were too appealing. Columbus was a borax mining boom town in esmeralda county. Leadfields legacy is the road through titus canyon. Apocryphal stories tell of dozens and even hundreds of animals and emigrant men and women dying in the valley. Nevada publications old west, ghost towns, and mining books stanley paher complete the order for at the bottom of this page to order any of the following books. It was established in 1905 as a mining town, and by 1908 it was the thirdlargest city in nevada. Nevada has over 600 ghost towns and mining camps, many of which little remains but a few concrete slabs and crumbling rock walls.
As the ore veins played out, and because of the scarcity of wood, many of the mining camps and town sites were dismantled and moved to the next. Many years later, in the 1920s, a prospector named white claimed he had fallen through the floor of an abandoned mine, at wingate pass in the southwest corner of death valley, into an underground tunnel. Death valley ghost towns nevada publications 1981 stapled. This excellent book of maps is an addendum volume to stanley pahers superb nevada ghost towns and mining camps, one of the best and best selling books on the state. One of the lowest, most arid places on earth, death valley has more ghost towns than actual ones. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Marietta, nevada, was a town in mineral county, nevada. It covers the northern part of the state a second volume deals with southern nevada and death valley. It is located in titus canyon in the grapevine mountains, east of death valley in death valley national park. Part ii of death valley ghost towns giving history and lots of photos. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Stanley w paher is the author of books such as nevada ghost towns mining.
Leadfield lies at an elevation of 4,058 ft 1,237 m. Paher, 1973, nevada publications edition, in english. Paher paperback, 104 pages, published 2009 by nevada pubns isbn. Buy a cheap copy of death valley ghost towns book by stanley w. This sale is for a hardback book with torn dust jacket entitled nevada ghost towns and mining camps by stanley w. Nevada ghost towns mining camps by paher stanley abebooks. The hidden city of death valley page 2 legends of america. When you drive down the old unpaved main street, youre surrounded by rubble and scrap metal the vestiges of abandoned homes. Book our special day of the dead package from oct 30 november 2, and we will help you plan the ultimate ghost town adventure, complete with an itinerary, map and special souvenir. Paher, including nevada ghost towns and mining camps historical and old west, and western arizona ghost towns, and more on. Paher and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Many had the amenities of larger cities, and some thrived before being deserted and melting back into the desert.
Book housed in its original giltstamped brown cloth slipcase. Ghost towns of death valley the oasis at death valley. Death valleys scottys castle destination lake tahoe early mining days. A few are still inhabited and classified as living ghost towns. Paher 1999 the nevada ghost towns and mining camps. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. My photos of nevada ghost towns and desert scenery. California ghost town books ghost towns and history of. Published located in las vegas, nevada as per volume 2. William caruthers, in his loafing along death valley trails ontario. This is the original hardcover edition of death valley ghost towns. Paher has been exploring the nevada death valley back country, both in 4wd vehicles and backpacking and hiking. Mining in the area continued on a sporadic basis up until recent times.
I checked it out from the library to read and thumb thru first. Rhyolite, the queen city, was the largest town in the death valley area with a population of 5,00010,000 people. The paperback of the death valley ghost towns volume i by stanley w. Death valley ghost towns death valley national park u.
The most famous and accessible death valley ghost town is probably rhyolite, even though its not actually in the park or even in california. Discover the eerie ghost towns of death valley the oasis. Nevada publications old west, ghost towns, and mining. It is a second printing from july 1970 and has 492 pages including the index.
This compiled version is no longer in print and was replace by two seperate volumes. The main mine was the radcliffe which produced 15,000 tons of gold ore between the years 18981903. Jan 07, 2018 nude dancing burros is a claim to fame for ballarat, fantastic excess wiped out for rhyolite, and wild claims that suckered people in for leadflied. Death valley ghost towns mining camps mining books. At the height of its existence, rhyolite was home to 50 saloons, 2 churches, 19 lodging houses, 18 stores, 2 undertakers, 8 doctors.
Next came northwestern arizona ghost towns embodied in the present book which was followed by las vegas, as it began, as it grew, a definitive history of the formation of las vegas. During its height from 1905 to 1911, its population swelled to almost 10,000 people. Paher is the author of several books about the southwest. How to get to rhyolite, the death valley ghost town. Going deeper into the labyrinth, he came to a group of rooms where he found hundreds of leatherclad human mummies that were surrounded by gold bars and other treasures. Its just off of nearby border town beatty, nevada, and from 1905 to 1911 it was known as the queen city. Paher has been exploring the nevadadeath valley back country, both in 4wd vehicles and backpacking and hiking.
We were able to acquire a few of these originals brand new. Sometime in the early 1970s, i heard about a great nevada ghost town book by stanley paher called ghost towns and mining camps of nevada. From death valley ghost towns volume i by stanley w. Leadfield was an unincorporated community, and historic mining town in inyo county, california. It does not have any writing in it and no torn or missing pages but the dust jacket has been torn and taped. He has probably pursued more jeep trails to historic sites than anyone else. I have spent the past couple of springs and winters exploring death valley national park. Stanley w paher books biography and list of works author of.
Paher writes vividly of the creation of these towns of yesteryear. Death valley national park death valley ghost towns ballarat 1897 marks the year that ballarat came into being. Paher 2003, paperback at the best online prices at ebay. The story behind the scenery this book is written by stanley paher. An attractive, oversized guide to the ghost towns of death valley. Rhyolite was the biggest mining town in the death valley area. Nevada publications old west, ghost towns, and mining books. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.
It gives the historical story of scottys castle, and pictures of the current decor, which is the same as it has been for many years. Ballarat choride city day of the dead ghost towns of death valley gold point panamint city. Scott ryan and this one are good starter books for the uninitiated. At the height of its existence, rhyolite was home to 50 saloons, 2 churches, 19 lodging houses, 18 stores, 2 undertakers, 8 doctors, 2 dentists, an opera, and a stock exchange. Stan paher, stanley paher, stanely w paher, stanley w. Nevada publications quality books on nevada and the old west. The ruins of old panamint city were added to death valley national park in october of 1994. It wasnt long before i bought a copy and read it cover to cover. Its initial major operations occurred from 19081916 and a post office was established and by 1907. Death valley ghost towns 1973 edition open library. May 19, 2019 open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published.
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