“The park has not done anything at that site” since it closed for the last time in 1941, said Jeremy Stoltzfus of Death Valley’s Abandoned Mine Lands Program. “We do preservation work on ...

One day, Blacker said Scott rode into L.A. with a bag of gold. "He said that he had found a mine out in Death Valley and that he was, you know, going to be rich," Blacker said. Blacker said Death ...

AMARGOSA VALLEY, Nev.— Hundreds of new mining claims have been staked within the community of Amargosa Valley, Nevada, on thousands of acres directly adjacent to Death Valley National Park. These new ...

The Bureau of Land Management is gathering community input on a potential 20-year mineral withdrawal for more than 300,000 acres of land.