“Val Nolan, died August, 1931. Buried here November 6, 1931. A Victim of the Elements”. From findagrave: “Val Nolan was a miner who was last seen in Beatty, Nevada shortly before he died. He died in the intense summer heat of Death Valley and was found by a movie crew three months later, who buried him where they found him. His grave is off the dirt road going to the sand dunes near Stovepipe Wells.” Why he felt the need to cross Death Valley in August is a mystery. Being a local, he should’ve known the dangers of the desert heat. Also, sad is that he fell just a few hundred yards away from the Stovepipe Wells, where he could have found water and maybe beaten the elements. #valnolan #stovepipewells #deathvalley #latergram (at Stovepipe Wells, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtHiJZTHe7V/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=caayxrqflq2q