Gold Hill Mill, Warm Spring Canyon Road, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA
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Significance: The Gold Hill Mill is associated with the operations of Louise Grantham, a mining entrepreneur and owner-operator of the highly successful Warm Springs Talc Mine. In addition to being a well-preserved example of Depression-era gold processing technology, the Gold Hill Mill and neighboring gold claims were involved in a 12-year long dispute between Grantham and a Western Shoshone man over the right to water springs. In addition to symbolizing what had first brought Grantham to the area, the mill's history points to the role of the gold-mining industry in continuing the dispossession of Native American lands in the twentieth century.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N996
Survey number: HAER CA-292
Building/structure dates: 1934 Initial Construction
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