Bristol Silver Tramway

Hidden deep within the Big Rock Wilderness of eastern Nevada's Pahroc Range lies an extraordinary archaeological treasure: the Pahroc Big Rock petroglyphs. This remarkable site, a single boulder featuring Archaic period rock art, was discovered by chance when rock climbers stumbled upon it many years ago. One face

Back in 2017, I had a fun time poking around this old cabin and mine out in Nevada’s Great Basin. The Culverwell was also called “History Repeats.” It shipped some gold and silver ore in 1933. The cabin appears to have been lived in as recently as the 1980s

This is a small but interesting modern mine camp with some equipment still left on-site. The mine was probably last worked in the 1980s, but most of the work was done during the Depression era. The compressors and engines are neat to see still in place. The hoist indicators are