Jail Canyon which is just north of Ballarat in Panamint Valley.
40 acres
40 acres
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Grow Site Found by Rangers in Death Valley NP
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Perhaps, but "they" saw "something" right there that nobody else did & went for it ~
"A," for tremendous effort
A+ for making it happen
Discuss .....
"A," for tremendous effort
A+ for making it happen
Discuss .....
100%. Tremendous effort to say the least. Gotta be cartel guys with nothing/too much to lose. Too much effort and struggle for anyone else, especially since it's legal to grow in CA and NV these days.
Maybe seasonal workers somewhere like Panamint Springs with employee housing close to the spot? Would be a pretty good setup and if it gets taken, you still got the resort job $ at the end of it. Other than that, even Lone Pine or Ridgecrest is a good 1-2 hr drive in.
A little history. Jail Canyon is area an old mining site called Corona Mine. There is still a miners cabin and quite a bit of stuff out there. The old miners used water from a natural spring in the canyon for their operation. its a rarely visited canyon by offroaders.
Corona Mine, Death Valley
The Corona Mine located in Jail Canyon near Death Valley is the most interesting mine in the park.
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F- for doing it in a national park and at a historic site.
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F- for doing it in a national park and at a historic site.
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I've encountered abandoned grow operatoins in places it was real easy for rangers to prevent. Marine diesel batteries and water tanks everywhere.
BINGO!!!There is also something else in the equation, that's a major player ~
The old miners used water from a natural spring in the canyon.
First thing in the photo that got my attention was the greenery on the left side of frame, curling around at the bottom of the photo and then off to the right. The greenery to me means moisture or water in the ground and the chosen area to grow ... right in the middle of the moisture flow.
I truly appreciate the growers tenacity, foresight and balls.
Love the desert and it's starkness and beauty.
Good on ya. I'll give you both points .... but from a growers view ....F- for doing it in a national park and at a historic site.
I had a grow site like that back in the late 70's out on private Irvine Ranch property around Big Peters Canyon lake. It wasn't nearly that large though. Only about 50 plants.
It got busted and they tore up all the plants and broke all the tools. But they never caught us because we were stealth. It would have been a good payola but wasn't meant to be.
It got busted and they tore up all the plants and broke all the tools. But they never caught us because we were stealth. It would have been a good payola but wasn't meant to be.
I put a trail cam out for a few weeks looking for wildlife and randomly got 2 guys going in late afternoon and out at night with their irrigation stuff. One thing is for sure, those 2 dum dums got completely covered in poison oak.
