Joshua Tree 26 May 2008 - 27 May 2008

During return from San Diego we splitted 500 mile long way and stopped for night and day in Joshua Tree National Park. Night just below stairy sky and moving trees was cold, but unforgettable, then we made few trips in the park.

Lost Horse Mine

The following text and schematic was on the label at mine's fence.

Operated intermittently between 1893 and 1936, the mine produced over 9000 ounces of gold for its operators. Dutch Frank Diebold is credited with the original discovery of the claim, which he sold for $1000 to Johnny Lang. Johnny reportedly first came upon Dutch's claim while looking for a lost horse, hence the current name.

The mine workings consisted of a 500-foot shaft, an early 80-foot adit, several stopes where the vein was followed, and, at least, six working levels. The shaft was sunk next to the quartz vein from which the ore-bearing portions, or shoots, were mined.

	1 Mill location, shaft lift 2 Shaft and horizontal adits 3 Ore location 4 Early adits and winze 5 Filled area

Remnant mill features include the large, crushed ore storage bin, the ten-battery stamp mill, two rock walled water storage tanks, and portions of engines and compressors. This reasonably well preserved example of small-scale western mining technology has been nominated to the National Register of Historic Sites to help preserve it for the enjoyment of future generations.

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Links

Joshua Tree on wikipedia
Joshua Tree National Park
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