Alexander Zachariah BordenAlexander Zachariah Borden, affectionately known as "Shorty," was a quintessential Death Valley prospector whose life embodied the rugged spirit of the American West's mining era.… |
 Asa Merton Russell “Panamint Russ”Asa Merton Russell “Panamint Russ” (1895–1970) was a California prospector, small-scale miner, desert homesteader, and occasional writer whose four-decade presence in the Butte Valley district… |
 Carl Mengel – Panamint Valley MinerCarl Mengel (1868–1944) was a German-born American prospector and small-scale miner whose decades of solitary toil in the rugged Panamint Mountains of California’s Death Valley… |
 Charles Ferge “Seldom Seen Slim” – A Ballarat ProspectorCharles Ferge "Seldom Seen Slim" Charles Ferge “Seldom Seen Slim” (c. 1881–1968) was one of the last of the classic “desert rats”—solitary prospectors who embodied… |
 Edward Lawrence SchieffelinEdward Lawrence Schieffelin, a rugged and determined prospector, carved his name in the annals of American history as the man who discovered silver and founded… |
 Francis Marion Smith – “Borax Smith”Francis Marion "Borax" Smith Francis Marion Smith, also known as "Borax" Smith was a miner and business man who made a fortune in the hostile… |
 Frank “Shorty” HarrisFrank “Shorty” Harris (1857–1934) was one of the most colorful and enduring figures of the American desert West—a short-statured, hard-drinking, single-blanket jackass prospector whose 1904… |
 Jack KeaneJack Keane was an Irish immigrant and prospector best known for his discovery of the Keane Wonder Mine (often called Keane's Wonder Mine) in the… |
 Pete Aguereberry – A Panamint Valley MinerJean Pierre “Pete” Aguereberry (1874–1945), universally known as Pete Aguereberry, was a Basque-born prospector and miner whose four-decade solitary vigil at the Eureka Mine in… |
 Walter Edward Perry Scott – “Death Valley Scotty”Walter Edward Perry Scott (September 20, 1872 – January 5, 1954), also known as "Death Valley Scotty", was a miner, prospector and conman who operated… |