History of Mojave Desert Mining
Desert Fever Vredenburgh, Shumway, Hartill - 1981
An overview of mining in the California Desert Conservation Area
Historic Photos
Geographically enabled photos of the Mojave Desert on the Panoramio website.
San Bernardino County - East Mojave Desert
The Historical Mining Towns of the Eastern Mojave Desert Alan Hensher - 2005
A brief summary of East Mojave Desert Mining History 1995
Early Mines of Southern Clark Mountain, Northern Mescal Range and Ivanpah Mountains, San Bernardino County. 1996
Later Mines of Southern Clark Mountain, Northern Mescal Range and Ivanpah Mountains, San Bernardino County. 1996Mining History of the Silurian Hills, Shadow Mountains, and Halloran Springs Area 1996
San Bernardino County
Mining in the Vicinity of Oro Grande, San Bernardino County 1992
Chubbuck 1981, revised 1996
Goldstone, Mining History 1998
Fort Irwin Mining History 1994Mining Claims in the East Mojave (Download zipped MS Access database - transcribed by Ted Weasma)
Mining Claims in the Standard Mining District (transcribed by Ted Weasma)
Mining Claims held by Riley Bembry (transcribed by Ted Weasma)
Kern, Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino Counties
Mining History of the Western Mojave Desert and Southern Sierra
Saltdale, Kern County Alan Hensher, Gregg Wilkerson, Larry M. Vredenburgh - 1998Stauffer, Ventura County James R. Evans, Larry M. Vredenburgh - 1982
Inyo County
Reilly 1987
Resting Springs 1997
Biographies
James H. Crossman - Biography 1979
James H. Crossman - Contemporary account of death and funeral
Thomas McFarlane
Source Material
The Barstow Printer 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915-1917 (Transcribed by Ted Weasma)
The Mining and Metallurgical Journal 1897 - 1900 (pdf) (Transcribed by Alan Hensher)
The Mining Reporter (Selected East Mojave articles 1899 - 1907) Transcribed by Ted Weasma.
The Calico Print (East Mojave only - transcribed by Ted Weasma)
The Salt Lake Mining ReviewFact or Fiction? The Mint at the Mescal Mine (Los Angeles Times, December 8, 1895) contains just enough factual details to make you wonder!