Holbrook Prospect
I stumbled across this remote mining prospect and cabin site in the wilds of Death Valley. I’ve looked through my research books but couldn’t find any information on this place. Judging by the debris, the cabin dates from the 1950s or earlier, but I’m only guessing. Someone
MacClatchie Power Mine
A long hike into the Death Valley region led us to this small mining operation. Judging from the artifacts found at the site, the mine was probably worked during the 1930s Depression and WWII eras. Inside the mine is an ore car, which is always an amazing find. Seeing a
Jayhawker Spring Petroglyphs
In 1936, two young men from a Civilian Conservation Corps camp, Rockey Cochran and Farland Wells, followed a local Indian named Tom Wilson up a nameless side canyon in the Panamint Mountains. Wilson led them to a cluster of dark lava boulders near a seep on the canyon's
Scallywag Mine
The mine is really called the Jubilee Lead Mine but everyone calls it the Scallywag Mine because of a road sign mounted on the ore bin with that name at the mine. One wonders where that sign came from.
Lee Hilton Cabin
Also known as Macey’s Cabin and the Nelson Cabin, it was built for the Cerrussite Mine, which it sits next to. It is a cozy little spot we’ve been visiting since 1999.
Alice Hunt Pictograph Shelter
A few years ago, a few friends and I went out to search for some rock art sites in a canyon in Death Valley. It was still pretty early in the season, so it wasn’t hot yet.
We were hunting for some petroglyph and pictograph sites in the canyon.