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Franklin Stamp Mill
Lucky S Mine Camp
We first visited this mining camp in 2002, not knowing what we would find there. A mining camp full of cabins was a great surprise. There are more than a half dozen buildings here.
Champion Spark Plug Mine
The Champion Spark Plug mine is quite a place. The deposit was initially found in 1916 by Dr. Joseph Jeffery, a dentist who was looking for better minerals from which to build dentures. However, the minerals he found were actually more valuable as insulators for spark plugs. The Champion Spark
Up and Down Mine Cabin
In 2005, I took a quick trip out to some of the more remote reaches of the northern Death Valley National Park wilderness to check out an old mercury mining site and look for a possible cabin. Not too many people get out in these hills. It was a nice
Echo Canyon Petroglyphs
In 2009, I had a nice hike up this sandy canyon to check out some algae fossils and petroglyphs on limestone bedrock. Not much out here in these lonely hills of eastern Death Valley National Park.
