Ballarat

Ballarat (HMY9C)

Location: Indio, CA 92201 Inyo County
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Country: United States of America
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N 36° 1.991', W 117° 16.907'

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3 1/2 miles east of this point lies Ballarat. Established in 1897 as a mining camp and supply center for the gold and silver mines located on the western slope of the Panamint Mountains. It was named after a well-known gold producing area in Australia. Boasting a population of nearly 500, it had a Wells Fargo Station, post office, school, jail, morgue, 3 hotels and 7 saloons. When the Ratcliff Mine suspended operations in 1905, Ballarat began to rapidly decline. After the post office closed in September of 1917 Ballarat became a ghost town.
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HM NumberHMY9C
Series This marker is part of the E Clampus Vitus series
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Marker Number102
Year Placed2001
Placed ByDeath Valley 49ers, Inc. and Slim Princess Chapter No. 395 and Billy Holcomb Chapter No. 1069, E Clampus Vitus
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Saturday, September 27th, 2014 at 8:47pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11S E 474614 N 3987665
Decimal Degrees36.03318333, -117.28178333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 36° 1.991', W 117° 16.907'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds36° 1' 59.46" N, 117° 16' 54.42" W
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Area Code(s)760
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 62450 Trona Wildrose Rd, Indio CA 92201, US
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