Ballarat

Ballarat (HMY9C)

Location: Indio, CA 92201 Inyo County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 1.991', W 117° 16.907'

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3 1/2 miles east of this point lies Ballarat. Established in 1897 as a mining camp and supply center for the gold and silver mines located on the western slope of the Panamint Mountains. It was named after a well-known gold producing area in Australia. Boasting a population of nearly 500, it had a Wells Fargo Station, post office, school, jail, morgue, 3 hotels and 7 saloons. When the Ratcliff Mine suspended operations in 1905, Ballarat began to rapidly decline. After the post office closed in September of 1917 Ballarat became a ghost town.

Details

HM Number	HMY9C
Series	This marker is part of the E Clampus Vitus series
Tags	Industry and Commerce, Places, Settlements and Settlers
Marker Number	102
Year Placed	2001
Placed By	Death Valley 49ers, Inc. and Slim Princess Chapter No. 395 and Billy Holcomb Chapter No. 1069, E Clampus Vitus
Marker Condition	No reports yet
Date Added	Saturday, September 27th, 2014 at 8:47pm PDT -07:00

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UTM (WGS84 Datum)	11S E 474614 N 3987665
Decimal Degrees	36.03318333, -117.28178333
Degrees and Decimal Minutes	N 36° 1.991', W 117° 16.907'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds	36° 1' 59.46" N, 117° 16' 54.42" W
Driving Directions	Google Maps
Area Code(s)	760
Closest Postal Address	At or near 62450 Trona Wildrose Rd, Indio CA 92201, US
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