Amargosa Valley in Nye County, Nevada — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Amargosa Valley's Clay Industry
Photographed By Queho Posse Chapter 1919 E Clampus Vitus, October 19, 2008
1. Amargosa Valley's Clay Industry Marker
Inscription.
Amargosa Valley's Clay Industry. . Near here is the site of the Bradford Siding on the Death Valley Railroad spur of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad. This siding was used by the extensive clay quarries active in the Amargosa Valley from the 1920's until 1940. The first clay claim was staked by 'Dad' Fairbanks in 1916. In 1917 mining engineer S. Frank Brock located six square miles of clay claims. By the late 1920's 30,000 pounds of clay was shipped every year for filtering oil from booming Southern California oilfields. With the closure of the T and T the quarries closed in 1940, not to reopen until the 1970's.
Near here is the site of the Bradford Siding on the Death Valley Railroad spur of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad. This siding was used by the extensive clay quarries active in the Amargosa Valley from the 1920's until 1940. The first clay claim was staked by 'Dad' Fairbanks in 1916. In 1917 mining engineer S. Frank Brock located six square miles of clay claims. By the late 1920's 30,000 pounds of clay was shipped every year for filtering oil from booming Southern California oilfields. With the closure of the T & T the quarries closed in 1940, not to reopen until the 1970's.
Erected 2008 by Queho Posse Chapter 1919 of the Ancient and Honorable Order of E Clampus Vitus, and Jim Marsh.
Location. 36° 24.788′ N, 116° 25.409′ W. Marker is in Amargosa Valley, Nevada, in Nye County. Marker is on State Road 373, 7˝ miles north of Death Valley Junction, on the left when traveling north. Located outside the Longstreet Casino, on the right side of the main entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 8570 S Nevada Highway 373, Amargosa Valley NV 89020, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 23, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 15, 2017, by Frank Gunshow Sanchez of Hollister, California. This page has been viewed 315 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos:1. submitted on August 15, 2017. 2. submitted on October 23, 2021, by Craig Baker of Sylmar, California. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
