Keane Wonder Mine - California Ghost Town

ASHFORD MILLS

NAME: Ashford Mills
COUNTY: Inyo
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 3
CLIMATE: Cool winter, Hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime

COMMENTS: Death Valley.
REMAINS: The mine and remnants.

Ashford Mills dates to a mining rush during WWI. A fifty ton mill was built after claims were located and sold a few times but the big strike never came. The walls still stand because they were built so thick. This was not by plan, but because one more cement truck came than was ordered and they didnt want to send it back. Ashford Mills Courtesy Dolores Steele	Ashford Mills Courtesy Dolores Steele Ashford Mills Courtesy Dolores Steele Ashford Mills Courtesy Dolores Steele

Ashford Mills dates to a mining rush during WWI. A fifty ton mill was built after claims were located and sold a few times but the big strike never came. The walls still stand because they were built so thick. This was not by plan, but because one more cement truck came than was ordered and they didnt want to send it back.

Ashford Mills
Courtesy Dolores Steele

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