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- Tue Jan 11, 2022 4:38 pm
- Forum: Desert Activities & Travel
- Topic: King Midas Mine Tour by 91 year old Jim Harris, gold miner of Death Valley
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King Midas Mine Tour by 91 year old Jim Harris, gold miner of Death Valley
Jim Harris, age 91 is the last known surviving gold miner of Death Valley. Take his personal tour of the King Midas Mine which Jim and his father, Mike Harris worked 1949 to 1954. Part of the tour is live via cell phone from the mine to his home in Maryland - December 2021. https://youtu.be/Uf5vz1U_...
- Sat Dec 25, 2021 4:39 pm
- Forum: Desert Activities & Travel
- Topic: Death Valley Winter Storm Highlights - December 2021
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Death Valley Winter Storm Highlights - December 2021
The predicted weather event did not disappoint as captured from a Farabee Yellow Jeep rental driving in Warm Spring Canyon, Butte Valley, Badwater Basin, and Death Valley generally on December 14,15, 2021.
https://youtu.be/d9vW2u5BEt8
https://youtu.be/d9vW2u5BEt8
- Thu Aug 19, 2021 2:35 pm
- Forum: Desert Activities & Travel
- Topic: WildRose Station - Death Valley - Vintage Visit
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WildRose Station - Death Valley - Vintage Visit
I find Death Valley vintage sights fascinating and only wish I had visited The Wildrose Station in my younger years while it was still active. I'm starting to show my age because I was alive while Death Valley Scotty and Albert Einstein were both living. LOL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBe0kS78C...
- Mon Sep 07, 2020 11:45 am
- Forum: General Desert Information
- Topic: Death Valley's Last Surviving Gold Miner Turns 90 - Diamond Jim
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Death Valley's Last Surviving Gold Miner Turns 90 - Diamond Jim
James Edgar Harris "Diamond Jim" is the last surviving Death Valley gold miner who assisted his father, Michael Harris in establishing the Keane Extension, "Diamond Jim Mine", AKA, The King Midas Mine in the Funeral Mountains of Death Valley in the early 1950s. This is his story ...
- Mon Apr 20, 2020 2:58 pm
- Forum: Desert Activities & Travel
- Topic: Titus Canyon Lightning Vortex
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Titus Canyon Lightning Vortex
Exiting Death Valley National Park's Titus Canyon into a thunder and lightning storm backlit by an orange sunset September 5, 2018. The lightning strikes are edited down to slow motion for better effect. The song is "Saw Lightning" by Beck.
- Sat Apr 18, 2020 6:07 pm
- Forum: Desert Activities & Travel
- Topic: Homesick For Death Valley - Here's your medicine.
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Homesick For Death Valley - Here's your medicine.
Enjoy the next best thing to being in Death Valley National Park by touring with me to view the park's road system from unusual perspectives. Over the past seven years, I've attempted to capture images of the road as well as from the road. I hope you enjoy the mix!
- Wed Mar 25, 2020 4:22 am
- Forum: Desert Environmental and Land Uses
- Topic: Captivating Similarities Between Jupiter, Death Valley and The Mojave
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Captivating Similarities Between Jupiter, Death Valley and The Mojave
I got a "big charge" out of this significant video explaining how Death Valley and The Mojave's geology was formed by the same forces that drive the raging storms on Jupiter. One reason I love Death Valley is that my footprints explore "the bootprints' created long ago by giant electr...
- Tue Mar 03, 2020 8:55 am
- Forum: Desert Activities & Travel
- Topic: Telescope Sneak Peak From I-15 Near Baker, CA
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Telescope Sneak Peak From I-15 Near Baker, CA
On the I-15 Freeway about two miles east of Baker, CA looking north into the V-shape dip on the horizon one can detect the tip of Telescope Peak inside Death Valley National Park. Drive back to Baker, then turn north onto Highway 127 and enjoy more views of Telescope Peak as it looms larger on the h...
- Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:22 am
- Forum: Desert Activities & Travel
- Topic: Death Valley Trip Summary Feb 5-10, 2020 Video List
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Death Valley Trip Summary Feb 5-10, 2020 Video List
FYI - here's a video list of various activities the week I was in the park recently. I had a great time in my favorite national park. https://youtu.be/driEqTtMTp0 https://youtu.be/ieS-7iHLTs8 https://youtu.be/UUFEaSf3B4g https://youtu.be/R0RmVWi5MGA https://youtu.be/zJXbYWRXpVU https://youtu.be/deGv...
- Mon Oct 21, 2019 5:15 am
- Forum: Desert Activities & Travel
- Topic: Ballarat, CA - Gold Mining
- Replies: 2
- Views: 38681
Re: Ballarat, CA - Gold Mining
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