Park rangers battle Australians seeking rare earth minerals in old Mojave gold mine
The National Park Service and an Australian company are at odds over an old Mojave Desert gold mine, where the company is ...
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In the Mojave Desert, a gold rush sparks a mini real-estate boom for old mines
It's a brisk day in Johannesburg, a tiny mining town tucked among the Rand Mountains in the Mojave Desert. The landscape is vast and rugged, a mish-mash of rock, dirt and creosote bushes ...
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Protect Mojave from the Soda Mountain Solar Project
Developers have proposed building the Soda Mountain Solar Project, an industrial-scale renewable energy facility, less than one mile from the boundary of Mojave National Preserve. It would be the ...
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The American West: Jedediah Smith Mountain Man Trailblazer
One of Jedediah Smith’s goals was to "be the first to view a country on which the eyes of a white man had never gazed and to ...
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High wind watch for Mojave Desert Slopes from Wednesday to Friday, according to the NWS
On Tuesday at 9:37 a.m. a high wind watch was issued by the NWS Hanford CA valid from Wednesday 10 a.m. until Friday 10 a.m. for Mojave Desert Slopes. The NWS states, "West winds 30 to 40 mph with ...
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Light showers early Monday, wind hangs on into afternoon
The latest storm system wraps up today, but scattered showers are still likely early Monday morning. High winds continue in the desert and mountains through the evening.