Terese Petroglyphs
Deep in the El Paso Mountains, at the site of a fossil spring, is an extensive Coso Native American village site. We found rock circles, grinding slicks, mortars, manos with metates, and petroglyphs spread out across a wide area.
Panamint Treasure Mine
Alkali Flat Native Site
Ryan Mining Camp
In 2013, I joined a Searles Valley Historical Society field trip to see the well-preserved borax mining camp of Ryan in Death Valley. Having never been in the mining camp before, I jumped at the chance to visit.
Francis Marion Smith founded the Pacific Coast Borax Company in 1890. He
Lakeview Mine
Over the summer of 2013, I took a trip to the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains and hiked up to the Lakeview Mine. Located at timberline, 10,650 feet up, the mine sits on a ridge overlooking a dramatic landscape of glacially carved cirques, granitic spires, and alpine lakes. It was
Black Rabbit Petroglyphs
Dan and I took a trip down to the Salton Sea region to look for a small set of petroglyphs I had heard about along a Cahuilla Indian trail. We were determined to find it.
Rebecca Prospect Cabin
I’d known about this cabin and mine for a while, but it took a couple of years to get out there to it. It was once a minor cinnabar operation with a small open pit, but the area has some older prospects, and I wanted to see if rumors