
The high desert terrain of San Bernardino County is revealed in this late 1940s survey, defined by the stark peaks of the Paradise Range and the Calico Mountains. Remote mining activity is concentrated in the northern ridges, where operations like the Gold Divide Mine, Montana Mine, and Big Honda Mine mark the era's persistent search for mineral wealth. Life in this arid landscape relied entirely on scarce water sources such as Paradise Spr and Williams Well, scattered along the rugged transit corridors of the Randsburg Barstow Road.
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1915 · Searles Lake
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1932 · Barstow
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1933 · Avawatz Mountains
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1934 · Barstow
USGS Topo · 1:125,000
1947 · Trona
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1948 · Trona
USGS Topo · 1:250,000
1948 · Alvord Mountain
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1948 · Lane Mountain
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1948 · Goldstone Lake
USGS Topo · 1:62,500
1948 · Tiefort Mountains
USGS Topo · 1:62,500