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Slide shows a sign for the ghost town of Leadfield. The sign reads: "Leadfield. This was a mining boom town founded on wild and distorted advertising. 300 hopeful people swarmed here and a post office was established in August, 1926. In February 1927, the post office closed and the town died." "Copper and lead claims had been filed in the Leadfield area as early as 1905 but it wasn’t until 1926 that the area was heavily mined. In February of that year, Charles C. Julian, a flamboyant California promoter, became president of the town’s leading mining company, the Western Lead Mines. Julian’s promotions were responsible for bringing great numbers of people into the area and in April, 1926 the town was laid out with 1749 lots. ... The town is located on the Titus Canyon road." From: "Death Valley Ghost Towns - Death Valley National Park," http://www.nps.gov/deva/historyculture/death-valley-ghost-towns.htm (accessed 4/24/12). Scanned with Epson Perfection V700 Photo as 3200 dpi TIFF image in 24 bit RGB color.
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