Mule Tack Mine Cabin
We knew this was going to be a challenging place to reach, mainly due to the long hike and canyon crossing. Knowing that we were in for it, we decided to backpack in. It was a good choice.
Panamint Wickiup #2
This site had been in the back of my mind for years and years, but it wasn’t until recently that we finally decided to track it down. What a quiet and neat place. It took a couple of trips and a few hours of hiking, but we finally found
Freiberg Smelter
Back in 2012, we went on a trip through central Nevada and spent a night in the old mining camp of Freiberg.
Illinois Mine
Lead-silver and gold ores were first discovered here in 1874, and the little camp of Lodi was formed. The town had at least 100 residents by 1878. By 1880, the boom was over, and the mine had produced over $400,000. Things were quiet until the mine came to
Wyler Spring Cabin
In February 2011, my friend Ed and I did a long walk out to the Wyler Spring Cabin. The cabin is in a lesser-visited corner of Eureka Valley in the BLM’s Piper Mountain Wilderness.
Eden Creek Ranch
Eden Creek Ranch was a small family ranch and the center of the community for the mines up in the hills above it. According to Helen Fallini, Giovanni Fallini employed Abe Arigoni to build a stone ranch house at Eden Creek around 1910. The Fallini family lived there and supplied
