Death Valley Mine Explore - Carbonate Silver Mine⛏️💰
Channel: Abandoned Mine Exploring with Tom and Julie
Date: 2024-03-15

The Carbonate Mine was located by Chester Pray and Frank Stockton in 1908 and was the earlier of the two discoveries on this site. The other mine on this site is the Queen of Sheba. The mine was named for the ore found here, which was lead carbonate with silver. 
One of the major problems of developing this mine site was lack of transportation to a railhead. The nearest railroad station was 40 miles away at Zabriskie. Jack Salsberry built a wagon road from nearby Salt Well over the Black Mountains to the Tonopah and Tidewater railroad at Zabriskie. Freight teams hauled the ore across Death Valley to the Amargosa range, where a gas-powered tractor hauled it the last 16 miles to town. There were 150 head of stock used to pull the wagons. The ore was sent to Salt Lake City for smelting. We hope you enjoy the video of this historic mine. 

Here is the link to our Queen Of Sheba Mine:
https://youtu.be/dIWPWP7ho1w

There is much more history available here:
https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/deva/section3a12.htm