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| | Epsom Salts Monorail Rail Road Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | This monorail line ran between Searles Valley (south of Trona, CA) east across the Slate Range, the southern end of Panamint Valley, up Wingate Wash and over Wingate Pass, then turning south to the east side of Brown Mt. A bed of Epsom salts was found on desert by Thomas Wright, a Los Angeles florist. |
 | | The slowly decreasing stream of ore was not enough to keep it running at capacity, plus the ore ran up to 50% sand, debris and other salts. |
 | | However, with the creation of Death Valley National Park, the epsom salts mine is now in park property and can be reached via an easement through the Fort Irwin Army Base from the Tecopa area. |
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