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Ballarat was born in eighteen ninety seven following the discovery of the Radcliff Mine in Pleasant Canyon.
It's namesake was the famous gold city in Victoria Australia.
It was never a very large town.
It served Panamint Valley and Death Valley as a miners supply and recreation center.
Ballarats colorful life ebbed with the closing of the post office in 1917.
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Location:
 • Latitude: N 036° 02' 35.07"   • Longitude: W 117° 13' 15.63"   • Altitude: 320.24m 
Date: 4/3/08 1:05:04 PM
W x H: 2625 x 1968
Albums: Death Valley 1, Day 6 photos, Ballarat, Ballarat Web