5/22/1997
Landmark information
- Location:
On Hwy 395 (PM 34.1), at Fall Rd, 0.6 mi S of Olancha - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
5/22/1997 - Date Most Recently Visited:
5/22/1997 - GPS Coordinates:
N 36 16.497, W 118 0.173
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Farley's Olancha Mill
M.H. Farley, working for the Silver Mountain Mining Company in the Coso Mountains, conceived the idea in 1860 of building a processing mill on a creek flowing into Owens Lake. He explored and named Olancha Pass that year, and completed the first mill and furnace in the Owens River Valley by December of 1862. It was located on Olancha Creek about one mile west of this marker.