Farmers near Rhyolite Ridge have their own opinions on the lithium-boron mine project. It will eventually double Esmeralda County’s tax revenue, but right now the concerns are about changes ...

This land is your land — until a foreign mining company wants it,” writes the owner and caretaker of a historic 19th-century ...

The ranges unfold in the distance from Dantes View.Credit: iStock Death Valley is in Eastern ... Here, museum-like exhibits tell the tales of borax-mining operations and the roasting hot summers.

Mining also played a major role in Death Valley. Prospectors began extracting silver and gold from the area in the 1850s and then borax became the major focus in the 1880s. Signs of the borax ...

And then, used for farming. Borax Mining – In the late 1800s borax was discovered in Death Valley, Calif. William Tell Coleman’s company utilized the famous mule teams to haul the product to the rail ...

The vintage newsreel features a variety of segments showcasing exciting current events, including a swimming team's victory, the challenges faced by a mule team in Death Valley, and a 96-year-old ...

It was there that Ella was given a couple of rich ore samples that Scotty later used to convince his first con victim that he had a gold mine in Death Valley and needed a grubstake partner to ...

Scotty ran away from home as a boy, taking on early work as a cowhand and other jobs, including a reported short stint as a “swamper” for the twenty-mule teams of Harmony Borax Works ... that he had a ...

Favorite in-park stargazing spots include Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes, Harmony Borax Works, Badwater Basin, and Ubehebe Crater. Death Valley National Park also hosts night sky programs at Furnace ...

Searles Lake is located in the Searles Valley of the Mojave Desert, near Death Valley National Park ... On the western shore of Searles Lake, there is a mining community of Trona. The Argus and Slate ...