Death Valley Incinerator

In 1886, Albert G. Rhodes and his partner located a promising silver prospect in the remote southeast end of the Black Mountains (Also, see the nearby Rhodes Spring Cabin). After hauling a single 1200-lb. load of ore to Daggett, Rhodes and a group of prospective investors vanished in the desert

In 1886, Albert G. Rhodes and his partner discovered a promising silver deposit in the hills behind the spring that would come to bear his name. They extracted and transported 1,200 pounds of ore, worth approximately $800, before meeting a tragic fate on a return trip to the mine.

The Salsberry Prospect was a small mining operation on the shoulder of Salsberry Peak, which can be traced back to the Greenwater Valley copper boom of the early 1900s. Little is known today about the history of the mine, but it appears to have been owned by Jack Salsberry, a