GOLD HILL MILL HAER CA-292 Death Valley National Park ca-292 ‘Warm Spring Canyon Road Death Valley Junction Inyo County California PHOTOGRAPHS PAPER COPIES OF COLOR TRANSPARENCIES WRITTEN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA REDUCED COPIES OF MEASURED DRAWINGS FIELD RECORDS HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD National Park Service U.S, Department of the Interior 1849 C Street NW ‘Washington, DC 20240-0001HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD Location: Date of Construction: Present Owner: Present Use: Significance: Historian: Project Information: GOLD HILL MILL. HAER No. C. 292, The Gold Hill Mill is located on the west side of the Panamint Range in the southern portion of Death Valley. Inyo County, California 1934 Department of the Interior, National park Service Non-interpreted site in Death Valley National Park: The Gold Hill Mill is associated with the operations of Louise Grantham, a mining entrepreneur and owner-operator of the highly successful Warm Springs Tale Mine. In addition to being a well- preserved example of Depression-era gold processing technology, the Gold Hill Mill and neighboring gold claims were involved in a 12-year long dispute between Grantham and a Western Shoshone man over the rights to water springs. In addition to symbolizing what had first brought Grantham to the area, the mill’ history points to the role of the gold-mining industry in continuing the dispossession of Native American lands in the twentieth century. Paul J. White ‘The Gold Hill Mill was recorded as part of an initiative by the Historie American Engineering Record (HAER) to document North America’s hard-rock mining heritage. HABR recorded the mill structure during the summers of 2000 and 2001, with funding, provided by Death Valley National Park (DEVA) and HAER. The recording team consisted of architects Arin Streeter, Cristy Fletcher, Nancy Hung, and Johnny Yu, with large-format photography conducted by Gianfrance Archimede. Richard ‘O'Connor, Senior Historian at HAER, supervised the project.HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD Location: Date of Construction: Present Owner: Present Use: Significance: Historian: Project Information: GOLD HILL MILL. HAER No. C. 292, The Gold Hill Mill is located on the west side of the Panamint Range in the southern portion of Death Valley. Inyo County, California 1934 Department of the Interior, National park Service Non-interpreted site in Death Valley National Park: The Gold Hill Mill is associated with the operations of Louise Grantham, a mining entrepreneur and owner-operator of the highly successful Warm Springs Tale Mine. In addition to being a well- preserved example of Depression-era gold processing technology, the Gold Hill Mill and neighboring gold claims were involved in a 12-year long dispute between Grantham and a Western Shoshone man over the rights to water springs. In addition to symbolizing what had first brought Grantham to the area, the mill’ history points to the role of the gold-mining industry in continuing the dispossession of Native American lands in the twentieth century. Paul J. White ‘The Gold Hill Mill was recorded as part of an initiative by the Historie American Engineering Record (HAER) to document North America’s hard-rock mining heritage. HABR recorded the mill structure during the summers of 2000 and 2001, with funding, provided by Death Valley National Park (DEVA) and HAER. The recording team consisted of architects Arin Streeter, Cristy Fletcher, Nancy Hung, and Johnny Yu, with large-format photography conducted by Gianfrance Archimede. Richard ‘O'Connor, Senior Historian at HAER, supervised the project.