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Desert Queen and Eagle Cliff Mines

Desert Queen and Eagle Cliff Mines

This old trail takes you to the Desert Queen and Eagle Cliff Mines, offering a perfect blend of rugged desert hiking and rich mining history. The hike showcases some of the park's largest mine ruins and ends at a hidden rock cabin at Eagle Cliff. It is a

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