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Panamint supply town

Old dump ground Inferred from historyPermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: desert meds, hole-in-cap cans.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

1897-1917

Ghost town extensively documented; a century of picking; remaining dump lenses are inference.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Remote desert
summer heat kills

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