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Morning Glory Mine (Alleghany)

Morning Glory Mine (Alleghany)

The Morning Glory mine was a small mine and overshadowed by larger neighbors. The vein had been discovered by at least 1900 but little work was done. Mining seems to have always been intermittent. There was a rich strike in 1910. It was active in 1917 for a few months

Yellow Plug Petroglyphs

Yellow Plug Petroglyphs

This is a small and interesting site, not all that far from Las Vegas, and in an area I wouldn’t have guessed would have many petroglyphs. The name originates from a land outcrop of yellow sandstone that the petroglyphs are on. My photos are from 2008 and 2023. No

Greenwater Canyon Pictographs

Greenwater Canyon Pictographs

Dan, Niki, and Jamie (of Dzrtgrls fame), Alysia, my dad, and I went on a long and blistering hike in late April of 2006 to try to find a set of pictographs in Greenwater Canyon. They are not easy to find and require some searching across a few canyons by

Lone Grapevine Petroglyphs

Lone Grapevine Petroglyphs

When I heard about this site, I was eager to see it. The petroglyphs possibly show a historical event or at least contact with white man. Some of them look recent, though, so it is hard to tell just how old they are. After a short hike, we had to

Mouse's Tank Petroglyphs

Mouse's Tank Petroglyphs

This is a neat site inside the Valley of Fire State Park. It is my favorite petroglyph spot in the park. The story of how the tank (a tinaja) was named is interesting, although I’m not sure how accurate it is. I won’t recount it here. The petroglyphs

Atlatl Rock Petroglyphs

Atlatl Rock Petroglyphs

Not exactly a remote site, but Atlatl Rock is worth a stop. The site is inside the Valley of Fire State Park and is easy to find. The petroglyphs here are most likely the work of the Virgin River Anasazi (Ancestral Puebloans) and are pretty interesting. There are multiple sites

Brownstone Pictographs

Brownstone Pictographs

This is one of the most amazing pictograph sites around. They are set on Navajo and Aztec sandstone inside the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. I have wanted to go up there for a while, and one day in 2008, I had the chance to go with fellow explorer