Randsburg - California Ghost Town

RANDSBURG

NAME: Randsburg
COUNTY: Kern
ROADS: 2WD
GRID #(see map): 3
CLIMATE: Warm winter, hot summer
BEST TIME TO VISIT: Anytime but summer.

COMMENTS: On Highway 395 just south of Ridgecrest, Semi-ghost. Great article on Randsburg.
REMAINS: A few remanants, and a few residents.

No mine in recent history has been plagued by more legal problems than the Rand mine. First discovered in 1895 by three prospectors who had spent time in the Mojave and Death Valley area with little to show for it, the find created a rush to the area despite the merciless heat and the absence of available water. The mine's legal problems started with two of the original owners agreeing to sell a half interest to an investor as a means of raising cash to construct a mill. The third original owner did not agree and set off a round of legal problems that lasted well into the 1920s. However, the original three owners had by 1897 received some $250,000 for two years work. Eventually, revenues would amount to over $25 million from the Randsburg mines. Submitted by Henry Chenowith. Barbar shop at Randsburg Copyright: The Aurora Gallery/Wes Shrader Photography Mill at Randsburg Copyright: The Aurora Gallery/Wes Shrader Photography Randsburg Courtesy Dolores Steele Randsburg Jail Courtesy Dolores Steele Randsburg Courtesy Dolores Steele Randsburg Church Courtesy Dolores Steele Randsburg Courtesy Dolores Steele Randsburg Mine Area Courtesy Dolores Steele Randsburg Courtesy Dolores Steele Randsburg Courtesy Dolores Steele Randsburg Post Office Courtesy Joe Kidd Randsburg Church Courtesy Kathy Calaway	Head frame and covering of the main shaft of the "Consolidated Mine" in Randsburg, located across the street from the Catholic Church Rich Rayls Houses and shacks at East end of Randsburg Courtesy Dolores Steele Randsburg Church Rich Rayls Randsburg Courtesy Dolores Steele Randsburg Post Office Courtesy Dolores Steele Randsburg General Store Courtesy Dolores Steele Randsburg Mercantile Courtesy Dolores Steele Randsburg Courtesy Dolores Steele Randsburg Courtesy Dolores Steele Randsburg Courtesy Dolores Steele Randsburg Courtesy Dolores Steele Randsburg Courtesy Joe Kidd Randsburg Jail Courtesy Joe Kidd Randsburg Courtesy Joe Kidd Looking East in Randsburg Courtesy Johnnie Church

No mine in recent history has been plagued by more legal problems than the Rand mine. First discovered in 1895 by three prospectors who had spent time in the Mojave and Death Valley area with little to show for it, the find created a rush to the area despite the merciless heat and the absence of available water. The mine's legal problems started with two of the original owners agreeing to sell a half interest to an investor as a means of raising cash to construct a mill. The third original owner did not agree and set off a round of legal problems that lasted well into the 1920s. However, the original three owners had by 1897 received some $250,000 for two years work. Eventually, revenues would amount to over $25 million from the Randsburg mines. Submitted by Henry Chenowith.