Most of this valley is controlled by the Bureau of Land Management land - no one wants it, nor is anyone ever likely to want it - The results of a hundred and twenty years of mining too visable, and there is almost no water. Many ghost towns look like they haven't aged much - even iron doesn't rust much here.
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| The northern end of the Panamint Valley. |
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| Cottonwood charcoal kilns. The charcoal was used to fire the ore smelters. |
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| Ore cart tracks at the Eureka mine. This mine was worked up until 1945. |
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| One of the several shafts of the Eureka mine. It's filled with bats now. |
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| A vertical mineshaft at Eureka leading to almost certain death. |
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| From the top of Eurkea, looking north-west. |