The following books were used for trip planning, site location, background research, and to prepare these web pages.

California

Broman, Mickey and Russ Leadabrand. California Ghost Town Trails. Baldwin Park: Gem Guides Book Co, 1985.

Digonnet, Michel. Hiking Death Valley. Palo Alto: Michel Digonnet, 1999.

Hoover, Mildred Brooke with Hero Eugene Rensch, Ethel Grace Rensch, and Willian N. Abeloe. Historic Spots in California. Revised by Douglas E. Kyle. Stanford University Press, 1990.

Johnson, Robert Neil. California-Nevada Ghost Town Atlas. Susanville: Cy Johnson & Son, 1967.

Nadeau, Remi. Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of California: A History & Guide. Santa Barbara: Crest Publilshers, 1999.

Varney, Philip. Ghost Towns of Northern California. Stillwater: Voyageur Press, 2001.

Nevada

Paher, Stanley. Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps Atlas. Las Vegas: Nevada Publications, 2001. Vol 2, Southern Nevada - Death Valley.

Ontario

Brown, Rob. Ghost Towns of Ontario: A Field Guide. Toronto: Polar Bear Press, 1997.

———. Ghost Towns of Ontario Volume 2. Toronto: Polar Bear Press, 1999.

———. Ontario's Vanished Villages. Toronto: Polar Bear Press, 1999.

Quebec

Laframboise, Yves. Circuits pittoresques du Quebec: paysage, architecture, histoire. Les Editions de L'Homme, 2000.