Digital-Desert : Mojave Desert
Intro:: Nature:: Geography & Maps:: Parks & Preserves:: Points of Interest:: Ghosts & Gold:: Communities:: Roads & Trails:: People & History::
Ghost Towns:
El Paso Mountains

Goler Gulch

photo of ghost town site of Goler Gulch in eastern El Paso Mountains

John Goler was one of the Lost '49ers who had seen gold in one of the canyons on his way out of Death Valley. He returned and spent years looking, but never found the lost gold deposits. In 1893, Ramsey Cox found a nugget worth $1,900 and several smaller ones. Overnight the canyon filled up with prospectors and their families and the boom was on.

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Map of the El Paso Mountains in the Mojave Desert including location of Garlock fault

El Paso Mining District History

Randsburg

Garlock

Last Chance Canyon

Koehn Dry lake/Saltdale

Garlock Fault
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