"Blackwater" Mine
In the late summer of 2018, we made a visit to a remote mine in Idaho. The ruined inclined tramway was my main interest, but the mine is more extensive than it looks. I've been asked not to disclose this mine's name or location.
U2 Joshua Tree
I found what I was looking for... The famous U2 Joshua Tree. It fell over many years ago and now is a shrine to the band and the album. It is surprisingly easy to reach and not in Joshua Tree National Park.
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Green Scorpion Mine
This is a small prospect I’ve wanted to check out for over a decade. I finally decided to track it down. I didn’t have an exact location, but I had a good idea of where it was. So I went out scouting the hills.
I first became interested
Senator Mine
High on top of a mountain in central Nevada is the Senator Mine. The history of this quicksilver mine is a little hard to follow as the property changed hands a few times and recorded owners and production are missing, but from what I can tell, the mine was first
Owl Panel (Nine Mile Canyon)
Hidden away in a short side canyon of Nine Mile Canyon is this fantastic little petroglyph panel of owls. How often do you see owl petroglyphs? For me, it isn’t very often. They are pretty amazing. There is even more than one owl here! Spectacular!
If you visit this
Wooden Ore Car Mine
In 2007, I read a book on Nevada mining history with a photo of a wooden ore car sitting out front of a mine. “Wow!” I thought to myself. “That would be an incredible sight to see.” Of course, I immediately set out to find it. I scoured my notes,
Agai Pah Pictographs
Agai Pah is the Northern Paiute name for Trout Lake or Walker Lake as we know it today. This is an intriguing pictograph site. Located on an isolated boulder, red pictographs appear on a single side of the boulder. Different people have taken different meanings from the symbols.
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