Cabin Bar Cafe in Cartag0 - 2016
(photo courtesy Ray DeLea)

Sherman Stevens charcoal kilns on the shores of Owens Lake - 2016
(photo courtesy Ray DeLea)

Sherman Stevens charcoal kilns on the shores of Owens Lake - 2016
(photo courtesy Ray DeLea)

Sherman Stevens charcoal kilns on the shores of Owens Lake
The kilns were used to make charcoal that was ferried over to the mines of Cerro Gordo
by the Bessie Brady and Molly Stevens.
(photo courtesy Rich McCutchan Archives)

Sherman Stevens charcoal kilns on the shores of Owens Lake
(photo courtesy Rich McCutchan Archives)

Soda Works at Cartago

Soda Works at Cartago

Soda Works at Cartago

Soda Works at Cartago

Sherman Stevens Charcoal Kilns at Cartago

Sherman Stevens Charcoal Kilns at Cartago

Sherman Stevens Charcoal Kilns at Cartago

Sherman Stevens Charcoal Kilns at Cartago

Sherman Stevens Charcoal Kilns at Cartago

Cartago California Alkali Company token

Sherman Stevens Charcoal Kilns at Cartago

Cartago, CA. school - 1922
Marjorie Chance, 7 years old - 3rd from left in the front row.

California Alkali Company, Cartago ~1929 on the shore of Owens Lake (Patsiata). Today some of the homes and the school are still there. The plant is gone leaving the large white pile of calcium oxide (benign). Much of the acreage is now the CDFW Cartago Springs Wildlife Area.

California Alkali Company, Cartago ~1929 on the shore of Owens Lake (Patsiata). Today some of the homes and the school are still there. The plant is gone leaving the large white pile of calcium oxide (benign). Much of the acreage is now the CDFW Cartago Springs Wildlife Area.

Sherman Stevens charcoal kilns on the shore of Owens Lake.
The kilns provided much needed charcoal to the mines of Cerro Gordo

California Alkali Company / Inyo Chemical Company ruins on the shores of
Owens Lake north of the town of Cartago

California Alkali Company / Inyo Chemical Company ruins on the shores of
Owens Lake north of the town of Cartago

California Alkali Company / Inyo Chemical Company ruins on the shores of
Owens Lake north of the town of Cartago