Dreaming Cima

Dreaming Cima And The Abandoned Mind

Official Sources And Further Reading

Research and reference material for Dreaming Cima and the Abandoned Mind by René Ray.

101 sources in 13 categories. Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition. Links last checked October 22, 2026.

Personal

  1. Ray, Robin. Love and Legacy—The Miner and the Beauty. 2020. https://www.amazon.com/Love-Legacy-Beauty-Robin-Ray/dp/179485357X.
  2. Ray, Robin. The Bold Adventures of a Family’s Quest for Success. 2022. https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Bold_Adventures_of_a_Family_s_Quest.html?id=aTIbzwEACAAJ.
  3. Ray, Emerson. Diaries and Notes, 1920–1985. Ray family archive.
  4. Ray, Robin, producer. History of Fay Ray. Home video. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ig9EbnDers.
  5. Domingo, Dominick, producer. Ray Family Legacy. Home video. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVAys6Udciw.
  6. Ray, Robin. “Trapped in Bureaucratic Purgatory.” In Preservation of American Prosperity: How MSLF Is Protecting Your Rights from Sea to Shining Sea. Mountain States Legal Foundation, 2023. https://mslegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/NR-Ebook.pdf.
  7. “Mohawk Mine—Lead, Copper, and Silver Production.” Desert Fever series, MojaveDesert.net. https://mojavedesert.net/desert-fever/mohawk-mine.html.

Reports and Documents

  1. Desert Tortoise Council. “Cima Cinder–Mojave NP Suit.” Desert Tortoise Council Newsletter, Fall 1999, 5–6. https://deserttortoise.org/newsletter/1999fall.pdf.
  2. U.S. Bureau of Land Management. Mineral Resources of the Cinder Cones Wilderness Study Area, San Bernardino County, California. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1712-B, 1987. https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1712b/report.pdf.
  3. Olson, J. C., D. R. Shawe, L. C. Pray, W. N. Sharp, and D. F. Hewett. “History of the Discovery at Mountain Pass.” In Rare-Earth Mineral Deposits of the Mountain Pass District, San Bernardino County, California. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 261, 1954. https://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/0261/report.pdf.
  4. Garfinkel, Alan. A Cultural Resource Management Plan for the Fossil Falls/Little Lake Locality. U.S. Bureau of Land Management, August 1976. https://ia800607.us.archive.org/28/items/culturalresource00garf/culturalresource00garf.pdf.
  5. “A Once-Shuttered California Mine Is Trying to Transform the Rare-Earth Industry.” Grist, June 15, 2023. https://grist.org/energy/a-once-shuttered-california-mine-is-trying-to-transform-the-rare-earth-industry/.
  6. “Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine.” NASA Earth Observatory, December 25, 2022. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/151085/mountain-pass-rare-earth-mine.
  7. Green, Jeffery A. “The Collapse of American Rare Earth Mining and Lessons Learned.” Defense News, November 12, 2019. https://www.defensenews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/11/12/the-collapse-of-american-rare-earth-mining-and-lessons-learned/.
  8. “Mountain Pass Rare Earth Mine.” Wikipedia. Accessed October 3, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Pass_Rare_Earth_Mine.
  9. Swope, Karen K., and Carrie J. Gregory. Mining in the Southern California Deserts: A Historic Context Statement and Research Design. Technical Report 17-42. Redlands, CA: Statistical Research, Inc., for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 2017. https://www.blm.gov/sites/default/files/documents/files/Desert_Mining_Final-508-small.pdf.
  10. Nystrom, Eric Charles. From Neglected Space to Protected Place: An Administrative History of Mojave National Preserve. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, March 2003. https://www.npshistory.com/publications/moja/adhi/index.htm.
  11. “Geology and Mining History of the Cinder Cone–Lava Beds District, San Bernardino County, California.” I2M Consultants. https://i2mconsultants.com/downloads/corp/Cinder_Cone_Lava_Beds_District_Summary_o.pdf.

Desert Tortoise

  1. Center for Biological Diversity. “California Desert Conservation Area.” n.d. https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/public_lands/deserts/california_desert_conservation_area/index.html.
  2. Thomas, Eric. “The Case of the Missing Tortoise.” 21st Century Science & Technology. https://21sci-tech.com/Articles_2011/The%20Case%20of%20the%20Missing%20Tortoise.pdf.
  3. Evans, Michael. Letter to the Desert Tortoise Council re: Reward Mining Project Draft EA. U.S. Bureau of Land Management, July 14, 2020. https://deserttortoise.org/wp-content/uploads/Reward-Mining-Project-Draft-EA.7-14-2020.pdf.
  4. “Desert Tortoise.” National Park Service, Joshua Tree National Park. Last updated September 23, 2024. https://www.nps.gov/jotr/learn/nature/tortoise.htm.

General Cima

  1. “Rare Earth Largest in the World.” San Bernardino Daily Sun, October 6, 1951. California Digital Newspaper Collection. https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SBS19511006.1.10.
  2. “Cima Volcanic Field.” Wikipedia. Accessed October 3, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cima_volcanic_field.
  3. Digonnet, Michael. Hiking the Mojave Desert. Wilderness Press, 2013. https://www.mountain-n-air.com/Hiking-the-Mojave-Desert-p/9780965917841.htm.Archived copy (Wayback Machine)
  4. “Cima Road—Mojave National Preserve.” Photograph. Wikipedia, 2012. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cima_Road-Mojave_National_Preserve.JPG.
  5. Saga of Inyo County. Shoshone, CA: Taylor Publishing, 1977. https://www.amazon.com/Saga-Inyo-County-AARP-Southern/dp/B000UXZ2H8.
  6. Sharp, Robert P. “The Nature of Cima Dome.” In Geology of Southern California, edited by Richard H. Jahns. California Division of Mines Bulletin 170, 1954. CaltechAUTHORS. https://authors.library.caltech.edu/records/28e8d-p3n76.
  7. “Cima Cinders Mine, Button Mountain, Cima Volcanic Field, San Bernardino County, California, USA.” Mindat.org. Accessed October 22, 2026. https://www.mindat.org/loc-88305.html.
  8. “Cima Volcanic Field, San Bernardino County, California, USA.” Mindat.org. Accessed October 22, 2026. https://www.mindat.org/loc-274560.html.
  9. “Mining History in the Mojave Preserve.” Digital-Desert. https://digital-desert.com/mojave-preserve/mining-history.html.

The Mojave Phone Booth

  1. Daniels, Godfrey “Doc.” Adventures with the Mojave Phone Booth. Deuce of Clubs, 2018. https://books.google.com/books/about/Adventures_with_the_Mojave_Phone_Booth.html?id=gujbwQEACAAJ.
  2. Cleverley, Kaarina. Mojave Mirage Teacher’s Guide. M.A. thesis, University of Southern California, December 2001. UMI No. 1411023. Reference: https://desertfog.org/projects/in-search-of-the-next-mojave-phone-booth/mojave-phone-booth-articles-information/.
  3. Deuce of Clubs. “Hello? A Pointless Exercise in Telephony.” https://www.deuceofclubs.com/moj/mojave1.htm.
  4. “The Mojave Phone Booth.” NPR, hosted by Glynn Washington, 2014. https://www.npr.org/2014/08/22/342430204/the-mojave-phone-booth.
  5. “List of Mojave Phone Booth Articles, 1944–2020.” Desert Fog. https://desertfog.org/projects/in-search-of-the-next-mojave-phone-booth/mojave-phone-booth-articles-information/.
  6. The Mojave Mirage. Directed by Derek Roberto and Kaarina Cleverley Roberto, 2003. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0838183/.
  7. Smith, Richard. “Index to the Bell Telephone Magazine Volume XXIII,” 241. 1944. Internet Archive. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bell_telephone_magazine_(IA_belltelephonemag23amerrich).pdf.
  8. Glionna, John M. “The Loneliest Phonebooth in the World.” Los Angeles Times, September 18, 1999. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/la-timeless/lonely-phone-booth-mojave-desert.
  9. Chalakoski, Martin. “The Lonely Mojave Phone Booth: The Only Phone Booth That Has Its Own Tombstone.” Abandoned Spaces, May 23, 2017. https://www.abandonedspaces.com/uncategorized/priority-mojave-lonely-phone-booth-phone-booth-got-tombstone-copy.html.
  10. O’Connell, Pamela Licalzi. “If a Pay Phone Rings, Who Will Answer?” New York Times, May 14, 1998. https://www.nytimes.com/1998/05/14/technology/if-a-pay-phone-rings-who-will-answer.html.Archived copy (Wayback Machine)
  11. Kahney, Leander. “If a Phone Rings in the Desert.” Wired, May 24, 2000. https://www.wired.com/2000/05/if-a-phone-rings-in-the-desert/.
  12. Rogers, Don. “Lonesome Phone Has the Ring of a Desert Landmark.” Orange County Register, Accent Section, February 23, 1996. Transcript via Desert Fog, https://desertfog.org/projects/in-search-of-the-next-mojave-phone-booth/lanfair-1/; scan via MediaFire, https://www.mediafire.com/file/xnr8uqryadrdt3b/19960223_OC_Register_Lonesome_Phone_has_the_ring_of_a_Desert_Landmark.pdf/file.
  13. “The Mojave Phone Booth.” h2g2, August 16, 2006. https://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A13200201.Archived copy (Wayback Machine)
  14. Tawaa, Renee. “Requiem for a Phone Booth.” Los Angeles Times, May 30, 2000. Via The Guzzler. https://theguzzler.blogspot.com/2000/05/requiem-for-telephone-booth.html.
  15. Shultz, Don. “Long Arm of the NPS.” Los Angeles Times, June 15, 2000. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jun-15-cl-40983-story.html.
  16. Morris, Elliot J. “Call of the Desert: Mojave Phone Booth.” Things I Find Interesting (blog), January 30, 2014. https://elliotjmorris.blogspot.com/2014/01/call-of-desert-mojave-phone-booth.html.
  17. Styles, Seth. “The Mojave Phone Booth: The Remote Desert Payphone That Rang for No One and Everyone.” JohnHart Real Estate (blog), June 12, 2024. https://blog.johnhartrealestate.com/2024/06/mojave-phone-booth-payphone-that-rang-for-no-one-and-everyone/.Archived copy (Wayback Machine)
  18. “Mojave Phone Booth.” Atlas Obscura. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mojave-phone-booth.
  19. Atlas Obscura. “The Story of the Mojave Phone Booth.” Slate, May 4, 2016. https://slate.com/human-interest/2016/05/mojave-phone-booth-in-the-middle-of-the-mojave-desert-sat-an-anomalous-pay-phone.html.
  20. Rosenberg, Joe. “Mojave Phone Booth.” 99% Invisible, March 1, 2016. https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/mojave-phone-booth/.
  21. “Mojave Phone Booth.” Wikipedia. Accessed October 22, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojave_phone_booth.
  22. Mojave Phone Booth. Directed by John Putch, 2006. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470864/.
  23. “Mojave Phone Booth” review. Variety, 2007. https://variety.com/2007/film/reviews/mojave-phone-booth-1200510139/.
  24. Deuce of Clubs. “Mojave Mail Archive.” Hello? The Mojave Phone Booth Site. http://www.deuceofclubs.com/moj/mojmail.htm.

The Los Angeles Aqueduct

  1. Milton, Mawhyah. “Flood in the Desert—When California’s Water Wars Turned Violent.” American Experience, PBS, 2022. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/flood-desert-california-water-wars-violent/.
  2. Kahrl, William L. “The Politics of California Water: Owens Valley and the Los Angeles Aqueduct.” Hastings Environmental Law Journal, 2000. https://repository.uclawsf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1412&context=hastings_environmental_law_journal.Archived copy (Wayback Machine)
  3. “The Aqueduct Is Seized; Los Angeles Water Turned into River.” New York Times, November 17, 1924. https://www.nytimes.com/1924/11/17/archives/aqueduct-is-seized-los-angeles-water-turned-into-river-sixty-owens.html.
  4. “A Century after Owens Valley Aqueduct Protest, Event Marks Tense Time in L.A. Water History.” Los Angeles Times, November 15, 2024. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-11-15/event-marks-owens-valley-aqueduct-protest-100-years-ago.
  5. “An Aqueduct Patrolman/Reservoir Keeper’s Life.” Interview with Dick Nelson. Water and Power Associates, 1991. https://waterandpower.org/sitebuildercontent/DWP%20Oral%20Histories%20-%20LA%20Aqueduct/AN%20AQUEDUCT%20PATROLMAN%20RESERVOIR%20KEEPER'S%20LIFE%20-%20Dick%20Nelson%20(1991).pdf.
  6. “In California, a Native People Fight to Recover Their Stolen Waters.” Food & Environment Reporting Network, 2024. https://thefern.org/2024/05/in-california-a-native-people-fight-to-recover-their-stolen-waters/.
  7. Reisner, Marc. Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water. New York: Viking, 1986. Revised edition, Penguin Books, 1993. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/323685/cadillac-desert-by-marc-reisner/.
  8. Kahrl, William L. Water and Power: The Conflict over Los Angeles’ Water Supply in the Owens Valley. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1982. https://books.google.com/books/about/Water_and_Power.html?id=so5-dixbhWMC.

Cima Dome and the Dome Fire

  1. Clark, Chris. “What the Fire Took.” National Parks Conservation Association, 2020. https://www.npca.org/articles/2640-what-the-fire-took.
  2. “Into the Dome Fire.” Adventure Taco (blog), 2020. https://adventuretaco.com/into-the-dome-fire-mojave-3/.
  3. Boxall, Bettina. “Mojave Desert Fire in August Destroys the Heart of a Beloved Joshua Tree Forest.” Los Angeles Times, September 6, 2020. https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2020-09-06/mojave-desert-fire-destroys-the-heart-of-a-beloved-joshua-tree-forest.
  4. Nolan, Ruth. “After the Dome Fire.” Boom California, October 20, 2020. https://boomcalifornia.org/2020/10/20/cima-dome-east-mojave-national-preserve/.
  5. “Dome Fire.” National Park Service, Mojave National Preserve. https://www.nps.gov/moja/learn/nature/dome-fire.htm.
  6. “Cima Dome Joshua Tree Forest Restoration.” National Park Service, Mojave National Preserve. https://www.nps.gov/moja/getinvolved/cima-dome-joshua-tree-forest-restoration.htm.
  7. “Why Fungi Could Speed Joshua Tree Recovery after Dome Fire.” Desert Sun, June 2, 2026. https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/wildfires/2026/06/02/mojave-fungi-survival-helps-joshua-tree-recovery/90373452007/.
  8. “Dome Fire (2020).” Wikipedia. Accessed October 22, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dome_Fire_(2020).

Little Lake

  1. Forstenzer, Martin. “An Empty Spot in the Road.” Los Angeles Times, September 14, 1992. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-09-14-mn-588-story.html.
  2. Robertson, Dorothy. “Little Lake’s Big Fun.” Desert Magazine, June 1965. Excerpt via Digital-Desert. https://digital-desert.com/little-lake/.
  3. “Little Lake.” Owens Valley History. http://www.owensvalleyhistory.com/little_lake/page95.html.
  4. “Little Lake, Inyo County, California.” Wikipedia. Accessed October 22, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Lake,_Inyo_County,_California.
  5. “Hotel Little Lake, Little Lake, Calif.” Photograph. Calisphere, University of California. https://calisphere.org/item/e7fff8e3e6ddd113821c3842765c50a6/.

Atom Bomb

  1. Harrison, Scott. “From the Archives: Journalists Witness Nevada A-bomb Tests.” Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2017. Original report by Gene Sherman, March 17, 1953. https://www.latimes.com/visuals/photography/la-me-fw-archives-journalists-witness-nevada-abomb-tests-20170525-story.html.
  2. Sauvageau, Carly. “Complicated Legacy of Nuclear Testing in Nevada Lives on in Bodies, Politics.” Nevada Independent, September 17, 2023. https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/complicated-legacy-of-nuclear-testing-in-nevada-lives-on-in-bodies-politics.
  3. “Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA).” U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division. https://www.justice.gov/civil/common/reca.

Fossil Falls

  1. “Little Lake Petroglyphs, Inyo County.” Weekend Wanderluster (blog), April 27, 2019. https://weekendwanderluster.blogspot.com/2019/04/little-lake-petroglyphs-inyo-county.html.
  2. “Fossil Falls Campground.” U.S. Bureau of Land Management. https://www.blm.gov/visit/fossil-falls-campground.

Joshua Trees

  1. “Joshua Trees Tutorial.” Galen R. Frysinger. http://www.galenfrysinger.com/california_joshua_tree.htm.
  2. Sok, Emily. “Organism Profile: Joshua Tree.” Prezi. https://prezi.com/wjmsdhplvcr_/organism-profile-joshua-tree/.
  3. Rosario, Isabella. “Joshua Trees Are Officially Protected in California.” Outside, June 28, 2023. https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/environment/joshua-tree-threatened-species-california/.
  4. “Western Joshua Tree Conservation.” California Department of Fish and Wildlife. https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Environmental-Review/WJT.
  5. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Petition Finding for Joshua Trees (Yucca brevifolia and Y. jaegeriana).” Federal Register 88, no. 47 (March 9, 2023). https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/09/2023-04680/endangered-and-threatened-wildlife-and-plants-petition-finding-for-joshua-trees-yucca-brevifolia-and.
  6. “Species Profile for Western Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia).” U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ECOS. https://ecos.fws.gov/ecp/species/10407.

Motifs

  1. Asakura, K., R. Konishi, T. Nakatani, T. Nakano, and M. Kamata. “Turing Pattern Formation by the CIMA Reaction in a Chemical System Consisting of Quaternary Alkyl Ammonium Cationic Groups.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B 115, no. 14 (2011): 3959–3963. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp111584u.
  2. “Peripeteia.” Wikipedia. Accessed September 2, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripeteia.
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