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 Gallery Pictograph Site
Finding this incredible pictograph site took some time and a long hike. The site had been on our list for a long time, and after some searching, we finally found it. And what a site it is! It is reportedly a Ghost Dance site.
Secret Panamint Tunnel
Bob and Ward’s Cabin
Also known as the Salt Basin Cabin, Bob and Ward’s cabin is a little wooden cabin that is all that remains of a 1920s mining camp in this isolated valley.
These days, the cabin is available as a first-come, first-served camping spot and receives many visitors each month. The
Gold Spur Mine
I’ve been to this old gold mine in the Panamint mountains a few times over the years and have watched it slowly be destroyed by vandalism and looting. Someone has pushed the ore car off the tracks and down into the canyon.
Bald Peak Mine
In 2010, I decided to return to this small mine I had first visited in 2000. It is still a pleasant and quiet hike to this little remote valley. I had come out here before to see a small and seldom visited miner’s cabin. Now, I wanted to see
Skidoo Stamp Mill
Much about the history of Skidoo has already been written in various books and online, so I will only give a brief summary here:
The fifteen stamp mill was quickly built in 1908 by mine developer Bob Montgomery (of Bullfrog mining and Rhyolite fame) to develop the gold ores of