Death Valley to Yosemite: Frontier Mining Camps & Ghost Towns--The Men, The Women, Their Mines and Stories Paperback – December 31, 2000

After reading this book from the local library, I decided I needed a copy since I love to explore all along US 395.

This book puts together two of the most comprehensive writings on southern California ghost towns under one cover. Both L. Burr Belden and Mary DeDecker retell the stories that many of which were told to them by first hand citizens of mining towns of the late 19th century and early 20th century. The book is historically informative and holds the interest of this reader. I highly recommend the work, but due to its early publication,(both authors originally released their books in the 60's.) I do not recommend it as a guide to the modern day ghost town visitor. Nonetheless a great and interesting read.

I bought a second copy for family members.

A very brief choppy account of mining towns from the late 1800s to early 1900s. Felt very incomplete, the accounts were so short and rough. The second half of the book was better than the first. Not really worth reading though.

I enjoyed the book

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Please make sure that you are sitting down while reading this one lest you may fall faint from the beauty that is enclosed within the confines of this book... be prepared. Has a brief history of mines and directions on how to get there. Enjoy.