One of California’s biggest ghost towns has been sold to a mysterious buyer whose plans are unclear.
describes the next development in the property’s saga as taking place April 17, when Eagle Mountain Acquisitions sold what it called Kaiser Eagle Mountain to Ecology Mountain Holdings. The price: $22,580,000.
For now, the buyer’s motive remains a mystery. The listed agent for Ecology Mountain Holdings, a Cerritos-based limited liability company that incorporated in March, did not immediately respond to a request for comment., which coordinates movie and television shoots at the mine, said he has been in contact with the new buyer.
“We’re going to continue to operate as normal,” he said, offering no more information about the transaction. The land, once part of Joshua Tree National Monument, is almost surrounded by the national park. Conservationists have long argued that the land should have been returned to the park after mining stopped in 1983.
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