keywords: united states, california, death valley, ghost towns, abandoned mines, mule train, indian charcoal kilns
Synopsis: Travelogue of Death Valley, California is a land of extremes. With summer temperatures averaging well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit as well as being the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere at 282 feet below sea level and the driest place in North America... (read more)
Scenes include:
Panorama of Death Valley and the ghost towns of Rhyolite, Panamint and Leadfield as well as the abandoned Keane's Wonder Mine and the Old Eagle Borax Mine.
A bottle house in Rhyolite, wrecked and abandoned mining machinery, Indian charcoal kilns, Death Valley Junction, echino cactus, the Furnace Creek Inn, Pacific Valley Borax Company wagons and equipment. as well as tourists diving and lounging on the edge of a swimming pool.
20 mule team pulling a wagon of the Pacific Coast Borax Company through the sands of Death Valley as well as a close-up of the wagon driver mounted on a mule.