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Coso Petroglyphs

Coso Petroglyphs

Also known as Renegade Canyon or Little Petroglyph Canyon, the Coso Petroglyph Site is the largest concentration of petroglyphs in North America. The canyon has more than 20,000 pecked petroglyphs in a 1- 1/2 mile section. Possibly even more amazing is about half of them are of bighorn

Belmont Mill

Belmont Mill

When I first started exploring, the Belmont Mill (or Nevada Belmont Mill) had always been high on my list of places to see. It didn’t disappoint. It is a very pretty area, and few tramways remain in Nevada. The mill was built in 1925 by the Tonopah Belmont Development

Surprise Tank Petroglyphs

Surprise Tank Petroglyphs

We first visited the Surprise Tank Petroglyphs out in the Mojave Desert in 1998. We’ve stopped by a few times since then but didn’t really photograph the site again until 2009. We re-visited the site in 2013, 2018, and 2020. I wanted to get a few more

Beveridge

Beveridge

Beveridge is a legendary place. The mining camp is one of the most inaccessible gold-mining sites in California. It is a place few people ever see. The standard approach today starts on the crest of the Inyo Mountains at nearly 10,000 foot elevation at the New York Butte