How to get there
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This area can be reached from either Highway 395 north
from Victorville or from Mojave via the Randsburg-Johanannesburg Road. We
prefer to go in from Mojave and the directions given here refer to the
latter route. (See map for route from Victorville)
From Mojave, take Highway 14 north for 11 miles to Randsburg-Johannesburg
cutoff. Turn right. Follow this paved road 20.1 miles east to Randsburg,
the famed gold mining town of old. Many of the original buildings are
still in use and you may wish to stop awhile to visit some of the bottle
shops. At junction with main street of Randsburg, turn right through town
and proceed 1.6 miles to paved Sunshine Mine Road. Turn right and go 1
mile. Here the pavement turns left but you should continue straight ahead
onto good dirt road for 1 more mile. Turn left onto lesser traveled dirt
road and go .1 mile. Make a sharp left turn and continue .4 mile to narrow
part of road. From here it is .3 mile to fair dirt road on right. If you
use EXTREME caution, you may wish to take this road the .1 mile to the
rhodonite vein. Otherwise, you can park your car at the bottom and walk up
the road to the diggings. The black rocks must be chipped to expose the
pink rhodonite. The better material seems to come out of the vein, but
this is hard work and good pieces can be found among the rocks scattered on
the dumps. Don't get discouraged if you don't find a good pice right away
as it usually takes a lot of chipping before you come across a
good-patterned chunk.
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