Garlock is a ghost town that was known as El Paso City or Cow Wells interchangeably. The little town provided water for cattlemen and freighters wishi
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Garlock, Kern County, CaliforniaMore information:
Garlock is a ghost town that was known as El Paso City or Cow Wells interchangeably. The little town provided water for cattlemen and freighters wishing to avoid the potentially treacherous washes in Red Rock Canyon. Some gold had been found in the canyons of the El Paso Mountains, enough to warrant an arrastra being built in 1887. In 1893 a nugget was brought in worth $1, 900 from Goler Heights and so the rush began. In 1894 Eugene Garlock of Tehachapi moved in an eight stamp mill at Garlock for the crushing of gold ore from the Yellow Aster Mine on Rand Mountain, known originally as Cow Wells by prospectors and freighters during the 1880’s and early 1890’s. Miners would talk of going down to "the Garlock mill, " "down to the Garlock, " and finally just "Garlock." The town of Garlock continued to thrive until water was piped from Garlock to Randsburg in 1898, and the Kramer-Randsburg rail line was completed the same year. Garlock (formerly, Eugeneville) is an unincorporated community in Kern County, California. It is located 6.25 miles (10 km) east-southeast of Saltdale, at an elevation of 2169 feet (661 m). A post office operated at Garlock from 1896 to 1904 and from 1923 to 1926. The site is now registered as California Historical Landmark #671.