Welcome to the second part of College of DuPage at the Salton Sea, Mud Volcanoes and Slab City trip. Mud volcanoes and mud pots are produced when water and CO2 are forced upward through clay and mud soils. Openings in the earths crust reach down to a magma body near the surface. The line up of volcanoes and pots indicate a fault. The San Andreas Fault is responsible for these features.
Slab City and Salvation Mountain are located in Niland, CA. Slab City began as a marine base in the early 40's. It was decommissioned in the 50's. A chemical company hired 20 Mexican workers to gather Creosote in the area. They lived on the slabs. In the early 60's several squatters from Painted Canyon near Mecca were forced to move. They came to Slab City. Now snowbirds, pensioner's and folks wanting to off the grid live there. Leonard Knight came to the area in 1985 and began constructing Salvation Mountain, using straw, local clay and donated paint. Leonard is now in a retirement home and friends have continued to construct the mountain.
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