Well Good Evening All Xx
I see that quake was in what was a lake....
was it ever a caldera I am wonderings ?
Quoting: MsMc Interesting information about how Mulholland drained Owens lake and diverted all of the water from the Owens valley to Los Angeles starting in the late 1890 to the present. A small amount of the water is being used for dust mitigation now for the 66 people living in mobile homes in Keeler, Ca. in 2010. In the middle of the desert, lots of strong winds and bad ground water for drinking.
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Cerro Gordo Mines [
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Western Mining HistoryCerro Gordo, California [
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By 1872, Cerro Gordo was a well-established camp with eleven active mines in the district. Regular shipments of lead-silver bullion were being shipped to San Francisco by way of Los Angeles and San Pedro (Merriam, 1963). This early trade with the settlement of Los Angeles was largely responsible for its survival and growth. Production was so prolific that the wagon trains could not keep up with the smelter output. In 1872, to shorten the trip, a small steamboat, the "Bessie Brady" was put to work hauling the bullion bars across Owns Lake from Keeler.
Cerro Gordo's mines produced in excess of 35,000 short tons of lead, 4.4 million ounces of silver, and 11,800 short tons of zinc worth over $17 million
Los Angeles Aqueduct [
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Mulholland and Eaton planned to route the aqueduct from the Owens River straight into the San Fernando Valley, an arid region of land nearby the city. A syndicate of Los Angeles businessmen (including Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of The Los Angeles Times, and railroad magnates Moses Sherman, E.H. Harriman and Henry Huntington) had been buying up acres of land in the San Fernando Valley, and stood to gain tremendously once the aqueduct provided water for the arid region.
The Big Pine (Aberdeen) volcanic field in the Owens Valley contains more than 40 vents over a 1000 km2 region of the Owens Valley. The basaltic field consists of cinder cones that produced lava flows up to 9 km long and a single rhyolitic lava dome.
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