Anonymous ID: e88282 Feb. 1, 2025, 10:01 a.m. No.22485610   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

>>22485546

>Owens valley from a massive lake into a desert

Cerro Gordo was, in its heyday, the โ€œComstock Lodeโ€ of California's eastern

Sierra. Its great silver, lead, and zinc deposits were found on the western

slopes of Cerro Gordo and Buena Vista Peaks, at the southern end of the

Inyo Mountains. The story of its productive years, when silver-lead ingots

were stacked around camp like firewood, and of its colorful residents who

were then vying for the lucrative business of supplying the mines on the

hill, is a fascinating chapter of early mining history in the western

states.