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Wyler Spring Cabin

Wyler Spring Cabin

In February 2011, my friend Ed and I did a long walk out to the Wyler Spring Cabin. The cabin is in a lesser-visited corner of Eureka Valley in the BLM’s Piper Mountain Wilderness. The area had a minor amount of mining, and I suspect the cabin was

Eden Creek Ranch

Eden Creek Ranch

Eden Creek Ranch was a small family ranch and the center of the community for the mines up in the hills above it. According to Helen Fallini, Giovanni Fallini employed Abe Arigoni to build a stone ranch house at Eden Creek around 1910. The Fallini family lived there and supplied

Fields Gollab Cabin

Fields Gollab Cabin

I met up with Dan, Bill, and a few friends to see if we could find an old cabin and do some mine exploration just outside of Death Valley in a seldom-visited area. The mines around here are small, and I couldn't find much information on their

South Gold Mill

South Gold Mill

Clyde Terrell started the South Gold Mining Company, which bought the South Gold mine around 1926 from Frank McMullen. The mine was developed along a 1,000 ft adit (which is now caved), a 500 ft adit, and a 300 ft one. The mill itself was hand-built by millwright

Emigrant Canyon Petroglyphs

Emigrant Canyon Petroglyphs

What is truly amazing about this small petroglyph site in Death Valley is that it is in plain view, and people pass by it every day. I didn’t notice it until it was pointed out to me; it is so well hidden in plain sight. It is just off

Gunmetal Mine

Gunmetal Mine

I first visited this mine on a trip in 2002 with a few friends, and although I’ve been in the area many times over the years, it wasn’t until 2010 that Dan and I happened to stop by again to take a few more photos. I should also

Sylvania Mill

Sylvania Mill

This mine was discovered in the early 1870s and was worked first by Mexicans. In 1909, the Clair family bought the claims and worked for a long time after. The mill has been heavily vandalized over the years. It doesn’t look like this anymore, as many of the artifacts