Surprise Canyon Hikes (including Panamint City)

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Surprise Canyon is one of the more well-known canyons in the Panamint Mountains because of its infamous past.  Silver was discovered in Surprise Canyon in late 1872 and it created the first big mining boom to the Death Valley area.  When the word got out that two United States senators from Nevada had purchased almost every mining claim in the canyon, the rush to Panamint was on!  And so was the scam engineered by the senators!

June 2005 Version
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