Hike Lonesome Miner Trail (Inyo Mountains), California

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The Lonesome Miner Trail is a historic mining trail which is approximately 40.0 miles long. This trail is an amazing historic legacy left by small groups of miners who built trails in the Inyo Mountains starting in the 1860's, and continued intermittently through the depression of the 1930's. Several sites are along the trail: Beveridge is a ghost town in Inyo County, California. It lies at an elevation of 5587 feet (1703 m). Beveridge began as a mining town around 1860. The name honors John Beveridge. Beveridge gold mining camp, which existed between the 1880s and the 1910s, and had a post office from 1881 to 1882, was within Beveridge Canyon at the eastern side of the Inyo Mountains. Today, the nearest settlement is Lone Pine in Owens Valley, 11 miles (18 km) southwest on Route 395. The Saline Valley is 4 miles (6 km) to the east. There are remnants of cabins, mining equipment, and rock-built structures. Access is from the west along the Beverage Canyon Trail, suitable only for hiking. The mine is listed in the U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) as "Beveridge Canyon Mn No. 12" Frenchy's cabin (also known as Frenchie's or Green Bear Mine cabin) at the 6,000 foot level of Beveridge. A volunteer-maintained cabin on the Lonesome Miner Trail. Water from the spring was piped down to Beveridge camp via wooden pipe. If you plan to sleep inside, beware of the Hantavirus. There is plenty of area out front to erect tents to camp.

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