Beveridge is an

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. It lies at an elevation of 5587 feet (1703 m). Beveridge began as a mining town. The name honors John Beveridge. Beveridge Canyon California gold mine Inyo County 1908

Beveridge

gold mining Gold mining is the extraction of gold resources by mining. Historically, mining gold from alluvial deposits used manual separation processes, such as gold panning. However, with the expansion of gold mining to ores that are not on the surface, ...

camp, which existed between the 1880s and the 1910s, and had a post office from 1881 to 1882, was within Beveridge Canyon at the eastern side of the

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. Now considered a

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, the nearest settlement is Lone Pine in

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, southwest on Route 395. The

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is to the east. There are remnants of cabins, mining equipment, and rock-built structures. Access is from the west along the Beverage Canyon Trail, suitable only for hiking. The mine is listed in the U.S. Geological Survey ''Mineral Resources Data System'' (MRDS) as "Beveridge Canyon Mn No. 12"."Beveridge Canyon Mn No. 12 Mine"
Western Mining History. Retrieved 10 March 2022

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