Mines of the High Desert

After the first bloom of the Gold Rush of the Mother Lode, the miners spread out over the rest of the state, looking for other untouched lodes. By 1873 claims were filed near the Oasis of Twentynine Palms. Soon a boom was in full swing at the Palms Mining District. A decade later the larger deposits of the Dale District were discovered some twenty miles to the east. Here were born, lived and died the three camps, 'Old Dale', 'New Dale' and 'Virginia Dale'.

Author Ron Miller lived in this area and knew both the countryside of the High Desert and the men who were responsible for the location and the development of the Mines of the High Desert. Mines Of The High Desert tells stories that have never before been given to the lovers of desert lore. Included are many early as well as contemporary photographs of these early mines. The author has enlarged and supplemented his justly popular first edition. Here are also the mines of the Space Age, the ores needed to alloy steel, as well as the 'rare-earths' that supply the brilliant tints and hues of color television.