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"Montgomery and Schroeder" Mine

"Montgomery and Schroeder" Mine

This mine was a great surprise! It isn’t the biggest mine we’ve ever explored, but it has a few things remaining inside. Please let it stay that way. If you come across it, do not remove anything. I left out the history and above-ground photos on purpose

Lemoigne's Wagon

Lemoigne's Wagon

This site took some searching and a few hints from a friend. At first, I thought this wagon was related to traffic on the old Skidoo to Keeler trail. But now, based on my research, I’m inclined to believe it was Lemoigne’s. What puzzled me was its location

Black Dragon Pictographs

Black Dragon Pictographs

This site is set a little ways back inside of an impressively deep canyon. The site got its name because one of the main pictograph designs resembles a dragon or pterodactyl. Researchers have discovered, however, that the group of pictographs is a collection of five separate images overlapping with each

Coyote Gulch Petroglyphs (Mojave)

Coyote Gulch Petroglyphs (Mojave)

This is a small petroglyph site out in the Mojave desert near the larger and more well-known Black Canyon and Inscription Canyon petroglyph sites. The site is at a choke point where a wash comes through a gap in the hills.

Copper Globe Mine

Copper Globe Mine

The Copper Globe Mine never really had much production, but it is an interesting destination in some remote country. The mine was worked for copper from 1906 through WWII. The wind has blown sand in most of the mine entrances.

Thompson Canyon Pictographs

Thompson Canyon Pictographs

Butler Wash Ruins

Butler Wash Ruins