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Stateline Mill

Stateline Mill

Late in 2011, we went on a trip around the Utah borderlands. One of the places we stopped at was the Stateline Mill on the Utah and Nevada border. It was a place I had wanted to check out for years, and we almost didn’t make it this time

Pictograph Boulder at Queen Mountain

Pictograph Boulder at Queen Mountain

Back in 2012, I decided to go out to Joshua Tree National Park and see if I could find a small pictograph site hidden in a boulder field in the backcountry. I had a good idea of where it was, but you never know for sure, and I would still

Mineral County Single Stamp Mill

Mineral County Single Stamp Mill

Waucoba Line Cabin

Waucoba Line Cabin

In May of 2012, Micah and I took some time to go hiking and try and find a suspected cabin site high in the mountains. I wasn’t sure what we were going to find up there. I thought the only remains we would find of the old cabin site

1900s Blacksmith Cabin

1900s Blacksmith Cabin

John’s Wash Arborglyphs

John’s Wash Arborglyphs

Most of the historical relics I find on my hikes are from the booming mining industries of the early 1900s, which dominated the Nevada landscape, but other activities were going on at the time. Ranching was just as important as mining to the early settlers, and sheepherding was a part

Mule Canyon Cave Tower Ruins

Mule Canyon Cave Tower Ruins