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Winner Mine (Atlanta ID)

Winner Mine (Atlanta ID)

The Winner Mine was one of the countless small gold operations in the area of Atlanta, Idaho. Atlanta was famous for fabulously rich silver and gold mines such as the Monarch and Buffalo. Their ore was so great it was worth packing by mule and wagon hundreds of miles to

Mammoth Consolidated Mine

Mammoth Consolidated Mine

Mammoth Lakes is one of the Eastern Sierra's most popular recreation destinations, prized for its excellent skiing in the winter, ample hiking opportunities in the summer, and world-class scenery. Few visitors today realize that the town's roots trace back to a late-1800s gold mining

Mexican-American Labor Camp, Death Valley Railroad

Mexican-American Labor Camp, Death Valley Railroad

I came upon this site in a rather odd way: a video from an ultralight pilot flying over DV that came up on my YouTube feed last year. He passed over some odd looking ruins somewhere in the eastern part of the park that I glimpsed on the background. After

September 2025 News

September 2025 News

Normally, I wouldn't send out another newsletter so soon since it has only been a month since the last one, but we've been busy, so... My trips this last month have been up north again. I will let you guess where. Don't worry, I

Mother Wood's Saloon, Death Valley

Mother Wood's Saloon, Death Valley

One of the things that I love most about a place like Death Valley is that you never know what you might discover literally anywhere. From the (at least) 12,000 year history of known & unknown Native American tribes that have called this place home to the ephemeral boom-

Old Hundred Boarding House

Old Hundred Boarding House

Observant travelers heading east out of Silverton on the Alpine Loop might spot a large wooden building high on the west slope of Galena Mountain, as they approach the old mill site of Howardsville. It is an astonishing sight— the structure appears to impossibly cling to a sheer and inaccessible

August 2025 News

August 2025 News

Summer is almost over. My travels have taken me to some amazing places—Yellowstone, Northern Michigan, and the Central California Coast, among others. While I've posted a few photos on Instagram, I wanted to share some here too. Click on any photo to enlarge. Also, we did some