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Rio Pinto Arrastras

Rio Pinto Arrastras

We didn't know its history when we found this triple arrastra site. I had guessed that it was built by early Mexican prospectors around the 1860s or 1870s. Since then, I’ve done some research, come across a few old references, and pieced together some history.

Secret Panamint Tunnel

Secret Panamint Tunnel

Day Break Camp

Day Break Camp

I met up with Dan in 2006, and we headed out into the great Mojave Desert to try and find an old, little-known camp called Day Break.

Black Eagle Mine

Black Eagle Mine

Outside Joshua Tree National Park and deep within the stark Eagle Mountains, the crumbling Black Eagle Mine, surrounded by its massive neighbor, the Eagle Mountain Mine, is slowly fading into the desert. Its ruins are barely recognizable as the bustling operation they once were. History In 1898, a prospector named

Dana Ghost Camp

Dana Ghost Camp

I did a little solo hike up to the old townsite of Dana, which is high up on Tioga Hill in Yosemite National Park. It was a great short hike along the crest of the Sierras. The views were fantastic, even if the mosquitoes were thick. Dana was the first

Crystal Stanislaus Cave

Crystal Stanislaus Cave

Hite Cove

Hite Cove

Alysia and I went for a hike up to Hite Cove in 2005. We wanted to get out and possibly see some wildflowers and scenery. We weren’t disappointed. We hiked in from where the South Fork of the Merced joins the Merced River at Savage’s Trading Post. The