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Fay, Little Buck, and Horseshoe Mines

Fay, Little Buck, and Horseshoe Mines

On this trip, we were out exploring the Nevada-Utah state line. This beautiful open country of rolling hills and pinyon-juniper woodland is delightful to spend some time in. Thunderstorms chased us around on this trip, but they moved on quickly. The old ghost town of Fay popped up

Duke's Camp

Duke's Camp

This was an amazing place. There used to be lot to see here, and it took us two trips in 2009 and 2010 to see it all. Sadly, it has been vandalized quite a bit. There are a few other scattered cabins in the area, but Duke’s Camp takes

Endowment Mine

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. The mine has four levels (not including the adit level) and a few thousand feet

Columbia #2 Mine

Columbia #2 Mine

These are various photos from our trips over the years to the Columbia #2 mine in the Mojave Desert. It is part of the War Eagle complex of mines and is well-traveled. Much of the remaining mining equipment has been stolen since my photos were taken. A May 25th,

North Star and Gold Coin Mines

North Star and Gold Coin Mines

Dan and I visited these mines in the autumn of 2008. I couldn’t find much history on either of these two small mines. They both look to have minor production and are seldom visited. We found an oven or furnace at the end of our trip. Its origins and

Mohawk Mine

Mohawk Mine

This medium-sized, multi-level mine had a fairly prolonged period of activity dating back to the 1920s. It is a more modern mine than we usually go check out, but we heard that a mining company was examining it to be mined as an open pit. We wanted to

Old Crump Flat

Old Crump Flat

Dan and I had been wanting to go out here for some time. The site is not difficult to reach; we could just never seem to find the time to get out to this part of Death Valley. The rock shelter at Old Crump Flat turned out to be somewhat