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Trona, California
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Ballarat was founded in 1896 or 1897 as a supply town for the gold mines of the Panamint Range, and was named by an Australian settler for Ballarat, Victoria. At its height it had saloons, hotels, a jail and a morgue but no church, and the post office closed in 1917. Adobe and wood ruins, a cemetery and a small general store remain at the edge of Panamint Valley.
Dirt road in the Panamint Valley, with no services nearby; carry water and fuel.
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