Beneath the desert sands sit valuable mineral treasures. Beyond the promises of gold, other substances grant products that helped to move industries forward. The Eagle Mountain Mine was one of ...

Nestled in Riverside County outside Joshua Tree National Park, “Eagle Mountain” was founded as a company town for Kaiser Steel Mine in 1948, CBS Moneywatch reported. The entire property and ...

Formerly a company town for Kaiser Steel, Eagle Mountain provided a palm tree-studded oasis for some 4,000 residents. Most were employed by the mine. Workers drilled, blasted and shoveled the ...

For decades, the mine and company town around it have been ... Bettina Boxall in the Los Angeles Times After World War II, Kaiser Steel began mining operations in Eagle Mountain and created ...

To supply his steel mill during the war, Kaiser bought the Eagle Mountain iron mine in the Mojave Desert, between Indio and Blythe. Once one of the country’s 10 largest open-pit mining ...