| Ghost/Gold Towns
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Location
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| Ashford Mills | South of Shoshone, west off the 127, from World War I. On private property. |
| Ballarat | Near the western edge of Death Valley, north of Trona, east off the 178 on private property. Named after Ballarat, Australia, where the largest nugget in the world was found. |
| Burton's Tropico Mine and Gold Camp | Rosamond, north of Palmdale and Lancaster on State Highway 14 |
| Calico Ghost Town
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I-15, 10 miles North of Barstow at Calico; 800-862-2542
A silver mining town during the late 1800's, now a tourist attraction, with shopping, gun fights, Boot Hill, and Maggie Mine. Named for the nearby mountains, which are many colors when struck by the sun.
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| Coolgardie | Go north on I-15, exit on the second 58 off-ramp. Turn right on Irwin Road. Irwin changes to dirt. Follow for 5-6 miles. Go left onto another dirt road about 1/10 mile. You should see a sign on the right side of the road warning of mining claims. Stay on the road for 5-7 miles and take another left at the rusted cans. WARNING: this site has shrubs to scratch your vehicle in course and many vertical shafts, which you can't necessarily see readily. Be extremely careful! Do not drive off the road!! |
| Ivanpah | west of US 15 near the State Line at Yates Well, then dirt roads and a walk. (Some maps show South Ivanpah wrongly as Ivanpah) |
| "New Dale" | 6 miles SE of "Old" Dale on a dirt road |
| "Old" Dale | 19 miles east of Twenty Nine Palms on continuation of State 62 |
| Providence | west of Needles, 25 mi NW of U.S. 66 at Essex in Mitchell Caverns State Park |
| Randsburg | NW of Barstow on U.S. 395 |
| Vanderbilt | Near the Nevada border, 4 miles east of South Ivanpah, by an old railroad bed in the New York Mountains |
| Wild Wash | North of Victorville, exit Wild Wash Road west or east? of I-15, 2 to 3 miles. Rock houses & mine shafts remain |
