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| Sunday - Death Valley Oct 2009 / Phew! We made it to Mengel Pass, which stands at 4,800ft. A veteran prospector Carl Mengel, lived on a little ranch just over the pass in Goler Wash. Mengel settled at the spring in 1912, rebuilding an old preexisting cabin left by Mormon prospectors in 1869. He discovered a lode of high-grade ore that is said to have assayed as high as $35k per ton! Unfortunately, the deposit was small. Carl died penniless of tuberculosis in 1944. His cremated ashes lie within this monument at the summit. |
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