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Silver Divide Mine

Silver Divide Mine

I couldn’t find any information about this little mine, and I was surprised by what was left when I hiked up to it. It is an interesting little spot in Western Nevada. The place consists of a ruined workshop-cabin combination next to a short adit. I need to make

New Years Mine

New Years Mine

The mine was a minor producer of zinc, lead, silver, and gold. It was first located in 1913 but wasn’t worked until 1915. It was active only for a few short years and idle by 1918. The mine workings here are fairly small, but the mill near the top

Halloran Arrastra

Halloran Arrastra

In the summer of 2014, I was out in the Eastern Mojave exploring around (which is pretty normal for me). This time, however, I was looking for an old mining site with an arrastra. There aren’t too many arrastras left out in the wild, so finding one is always

Diamond Tunnel Camp

Diamond Tunnel Camp

After visiting the Victorine Mine on a trip to Nevada years ago, our next big stop was the old camp of Prospect and the Diamond Tunnel. Like other mines in the Eureka district, this mine was discovered in the 1860s, but the camp wasn’t settled until around 1885. It

Keystone Silver Mine

Keystone Silver Mine

After a few days of long drives in Nevada, we ended up at a remote mine that doesn’t see many visitors – my favorite kind of mine. We visited a few of the mines out there, but most of them didn’t have much to offer outside of long cross-cuts

Honolulu Mine

Honolulu Mine

The old Honolulu mine lies on a ridge high in the Panamint Mountains of Death Valley National Park. The mine was first discovered in 1907 by John Thorndike (sometimes misspelled Thorndyke), who worked for silver, lead, and zinc. On a warm April day in 2013, Dan and I hiked up

Owens Valley Three Stamp Mill

Owens Valley Three Stamp Mill

In 2013, I stopped by a forgotten and overlooked three-stamp mill in the backcountry of Owens Valley. It seems like even the locals don’t know it exists. Besides being off the beaten path, the stamp mill is unusual in that it had only three stamps instead of the typical