Death valley Tourists

Reminds me I need to order up a DVD of 'The Flight of the Phoenix.'

Seen my share of the desert and its heat. Fort Irwin, California, Death Valley. Before it became U.S. Army National Training Center (aka NTC). Thank you very much, I'll pass. People that put themselves at unnecessary danger risk the consequences. Hopefully, they all get out of it with nothing more than radiation burns.

It's all fun and games until it becomes real. And it is becoming real. Real fast. Before long, people won't even have to leave home to experience the heat of the desert.
 

Years back, the Marines did some training exercises in Death Valley. While the men were going through the drills, another Marine and I were kind of looking for the gold. It must really be deep because we didn't see anything that sparkled. We heard rumors and thought we would check it out.

Is there gold in the desert? I have no idea.
 
Been There said:
Years back, the Marines did some training exercises in Death Valley. While the men were going through the drills, another Marine and I were kind of looking for the gold. It must really be deep because we didn't see anything that sparkled. We heard rumors and thought we would check it out.

Is there gold in the desert? I have no idea.
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Death Valley is a National Monument and Park, so no gold mining by private prospectors is allowed. Also, if the local Native Americans learn of any prospecting, private or not, they do their best to shut it down.

The Billie Mine was an underground borate mine along the road to Dante’s View. For about a decade in the 1990s it was the only active mine in the park. When it closed in 2005, it was the last of Death Valley’s mines.

So other materials and ores were mined there, and tourists can visit the old mine and mill ruins. Borax was one of the first, and the Keane Mine is a popular one with tourists.
 
It can get pretty hot here in the Sacramento Valley. It's supposed to get to 107 F (41.6 C) here on Friday. It was 111 (43.8 C) just a few days ago.

The hottest I've seen in Sacramento County was 124 F (51.1 C) about 30 or so years ago in a small town called Citrus Heights. I lived there at the time.

Downtown Sacramento's hottest day in recorded history (up til now) was 116 F (46.6 C).

So, not as hot as Death Valley, but hella hot.
 
Been There said:
Years back, the Marines did some training exercises in Death Valley. While the men were going through the drills, another Marine and I were kind of looking for the gold. It must really be deep because we didn't see anything that sparkled. We heard rumors and thought we would check it out.

Is there gold in the desert? I have no idea.
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Not there, but, if you head over to Imperial valley, you'll come across the "Mesquite Gold Mine".
They don't like it, but, there was a time when... after a heavy rain, one could sneak into some of the dry washes and find gold. You had to be mighty stealthy but it was doable.

https://www.equinoxgold.com/our-mines/mesquite-gold-mine/
 
um, called DEATH VALLEY for a reason?

I believe the Manson gang hung out there for a while at an old Hollywood movie set(which I thought burnt down)

DEATH valley
 
Not only is it madness, it may put others in danger. When they suffer from heat stroke or die from it...someone has to go out there and treat them or recover their bodies. I saw that the high reached 130 degrees. I can't even fathom being out in that! The other morning, the real feel was 92 by the time I got back from the store. There was no breeze at all. I couldn't wait to get into the house.
 

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