Skidoo - Death Valley Explorer Episode 4

The history of Death Valley is intimately connected with the California gold rush and dreams of striking it big. Today, the National Park Service protects many of these early mining sites allowing us to catch a glimpse of a bygone era.

Watch our fourth episode of Death Valley Explorer and discover how miners extracted gold at the Skidoo stamp mill, the largest water powered stamp mill in the Mojave Desert.

Death Valley Explorer is a video podcast series that highlights the rich environmental and heritage landscapes of Death Valley National Park. Produced by the National Park Service in association with Bristlecone Media and Death Valley Natural History Association, the official nonprofit partner of Death Valley National Park. This video was funded by a donation from Rio Tinto Borates.

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