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1911 Map of Randsburg

Name: 1911 Topographic Map of Randsburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1960
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1960

About this map

Randsburg and Johannesburg serve as the central hubs of this early 20th-century mining landscape, situated at the boundary of Kern and San Bernardino counties. The map documents a period of intense extraction, anchored by the massive Yellow Aster Mine and the sprawling Sunshine District. Transportation and logistics are defined by the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Randsburg Branch and the Southern Pacific Railroad, which facilitated the movement of ore from high-altitude sites like Summit Diggings to regional markets.

Water management in the arid Mojave Desert is meticulously recorded through a network of vital infrastructure, including Squaw Spring Well Reservoir, Mountain Wells, and the notably labeled Blackhawk Well. Beyond the industrial centers, the terrain transitions into the Lava Mountains and Rand Mountains, where peaks like Government Peak and Sidney Peak look over isolated outposts such as Browns Ranch and the settlement of Atolia.