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Location DB > United States > California > Independence > Reward Mine  Name Reward Mine  Viewing Options Log in to activate viewing options  Database Info created by blueblocker on 11/19/2007 4:40 AM last modified by fr00tCake on 5/10/2021 8:29 PM  Viewability Publically Viewable This location has been labeled by its creator as Public, and therefore can be viewed by anyone.  Overview  Description Reward is about five miles East of highway 395 in the Owens Valley inbetween Independence and Lone Pine. The site includes Several large and small mines and mining structures such as building foundations, several large ore bins, air tramway towers and cables, and lots of equipment. The best feature is an enormous mineshift that goes close to a mile underground.  Basic Information Type: Tunnel Status: Abandoned Accessibility: Moderate Recommendation: worth the trip  Physical Information Address Independence, California United States Owner: Los Angeles Department of Water and Power/Inyo National Forrest See a map of this location  Hazards rust unsafe flooring air quality  Interesting Features The huge central mine tunnel is large enough to drive a truck into and has dozens of large tunnels that go deep underground.  Security Measures barbed wire wooden boarding  Historical Dates Built: 1890 Closed: 1970  Required Equipment flashlight head protection  Recommended Equipment Off-road vehicle  History Reward was one of many mining camps that began throughout the Inyo Mountains in the late 1800s. Reward was a very profitable mine and extracted significant gold and particularly lead ore. Mining continued at Reward until the 1970s.  Media Coverage Some pretty cool pics on Google Maps associated with the GPS coordinates in this post - check them out!  Future Plans  Stories Add your own story  Photo Galleries Main Tunnel Mon, Nov 19th, 2007 posted by blueblocker 21 pictures 1st Visit Wed, Nov 21st, 2007 posted by blueblocker 13 pictures 2nd Visit Thu, Nov 22nd, 2007 posted by blueblocker 25 pictures   Add your own photos Mark all galleries as Seen  Web Links  Contribute Edit this Location  Moderator Rating The moderator rating is a neutral rating of the content quality, photography, and coolness of this location. This location has not yet been rated by a moderator.  Validation This location's validation is current. It was last validated by Emperor Wang on 5/11/2021 1:53 PM.  Latest Changes on May 11 21 at 13:53, Emperor Wang validated this location on May 10 21 at 20:29, fr00tCake changed the following: Latitude, Media Coverage on May 10 21 at 20:27, fr00tCake changed the following: Latitude, Longitude on Nov 23 07 at 0:43, Emperor Wang validated this location on Nov 22 07 at 23:35, blueblocker changed the following: Hazards on Nov 22 07 at 23:33, blueblocker made this location public on Nov 22 07 at 6:58, blueblocker made this location available on Nov 22 07 at 6:58, blueblocker changed the following: Latitude, Longitude, History, Hazards, Interesting Features on Nov 22 07 at 6:50, blueblocker deleted 3 pictures from gallery 2nd Visit on Nov 22 07 at 6:49, blueblocker added some pictures to a gallery  Forum Threads about this Location  Who's been looking? Click here to see who'se been looking.  Report Problems Is this location inappropriate / broken / missing key info? If it's something you can fix, please scroll up and click the EDIT button. If this location was only posted a few days ago, give the creator time to work on it. Please try sending a message directly to the creator of the location. You'll find that info at the top of this page. Otherwise, ONLY if you've already tried to contact the original creator,: Click here to notify an administrator. All content and images copyright © 2002-2024 UER.CA and respective creators. Graphical Design by Crossfire. To contact webmaster, or click to email with problems or other questions about this site: UER CONTACT View Terms of Service | View Privacy Policy | Server colocation provided by Beanfield This page was generated for you in 93 milliseconds. Since June 23, 2002, a total of 738529711 pages have been generated.