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Porcupine Wash and Ruby Lee Millsite
Down in the southern reaches of Joshua Tree National Park are Porcupine Wash and the Ruby Lee Millsite.
History
The Park Service says the mill dates back to the 1870s. They probably know something I don't. I could only find evidence that the mill site dates from the
Hackberry Springs Pictographs
Quartz Butte Pictographs
Back in early 2022, I met up with a fellow rock art enthusiast to do a little scouting expedition in the backcountry of Joshua Tree National Park. There is a small pictograph and petroglyph site there that he knew about, and we wanted to see if there were any more
September 2022 News
Here are the news and updates since July. It's been a busy couple of months for me personally. I've been busy with home stuff and haven't gotten out like I would have wanted to but that is coming to an end and I'
El Dorado Mine
James “Chuckwalla Jim” Wilson discovered a rich gold-bearing outcrop of rock in this canyon of the Hexie Mountains in 1901. He called it the "El Dorado" (also spelled Eldorado) and transported small batches of ore on burros to the mill at Pinyon Well or all the way to
Silver Bell and Golden Bell Mines
Unlike many of Joshua Tree's more remote mining sites, the Silver Bell and Golden Bell Mines can be reached via a relatively easy 2-mile loop hike. This makes them ideal for visitors who want to see mining sites with limited time or who prefer shorter trails.