Echo is a former settlement in

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. It was located on the crest of the

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above

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, halfway between

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and Schwaub. Echo never had any buildings, only tents which workers of the Inyo Gold Mining Company would set up and disassemble, although a telephone line between Lee and Schwuab cut through the town. Echo was not to last as more profitable prospects could not be found in the area. A few items remain of the town, including a pair of former tent sites and can dumps as well as some shattered glass. The site of Echo is within

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