El Paso Mountains Mining History
April 2000 by Frank Lorey IIIThe El Paso Mountains of California are located in the extreme northwestern portion of the Mojave Desert, between Highways 14 and 395, about twenty miles southwest of China Lake. The area is rich in mining history, not far from the great Randsburg district gold mines that are still producing today.
We are sad to say that one our most beloved writers, Ron Wendt, passed away on November 10, 2007.
PLP cannot understate the importance of this legal decision in our present battles with the political powers of the California swamp.
This past four weeks saw a major shift in the scope of financial headlines. Where recent months have focused almost entirely on the “subprime” crisis and resultant credit problems, the US Dollar itself became the center of attention last month as it entered a period of severe decline against the Euro, Australian Dollar, British Pound, Swiss Franc and Canadian Dollar.
The extraordinary rebound in gold prices is claiming some unlikely victims—a few of the gold mining companies themselves.
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