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1912 Map of Randsburg

Name: 1912 Topographic Map of Randsburg
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1912
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1912

About this map

Yellow Aster Mine serves as the industrial anchor of this desert landscape, situated high in the Rand Mountains above the mining camps. The survey captures a period of intense activity in the Stringer District, where the local economy was driven by the extraction of gold and tungsten. The twin settlements of Randsburg and Johannesburg are shown in detail, connected by the Randsburg Branch of the Santa Fe railroad as it terminates in this arid mineral belt.

Water is a precious commodity across the Mohave Desert, evidenced by the carefully marked City Well, Old Wells, and the notably labeled Blackhawk Well (Poor water). The topography is defined by the steep rises of Red Mountain and the Lava Mountains, while smaller operations like Summit Diggings and Teagle are scattered along the canyons of Hardcash Gulch and Fiddler Gulch. This map illustrates the intersection of early 20th-century transportation and geology in the Kern and San Bernardino county borderlands.