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
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Randsburg Church
Courtesy Dolores Steele


Randsburg
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Randsburg Mine Area
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Randsburg
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Randsburg
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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
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Randsburg
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Randsburg
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Randsburg
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Randsburg
Courtesy Joe Kidd


Randsburg Jail
Courtesy Joe Kidd


Randsburg
Courtesy Joe Kidd


Looking East in Randsburg
Courtesy Johnnie Church

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