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Up and Down Mine Cabin
In 2005, I took a quick trip out to some of the more remote reaches of the northern Death Valley National Park wilderness to check out an old mercury mining site and look for a possible cabin. Not too many people get out in these hills. It was a nice
Echo Canyon Petroglyphs
In 2009, I had a nice hike up this sandy canyon to check out some algae fossils and petroglyphs on limestone bedrock. Not much out here in these lonely hills of eastern Death Valley National Park.
Furnace Mine
Fay, Little Buck and Horseshoe Mines
Duke's Camp
Endowment Mine
This fairly remote and old silver, lead, and zinc (with some traces of gold and copper) mine is a pretty neat site. The old camp dates from the 1870s and was reworked in the 1920s.