The Copper Globe Mine never really had much production, but it is an interesting destination in some remote country.
The mine was worked for copper from 1906 through WWII. The wind has blown sand in most of the mine entrances.
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Lone Warrior Pictograph
The Lone Warrior Pictograph is all by himself in the San Rafael Swell country of the Utah desert near Swasey's Cabin. He is a Barrier Canyon style warrior figure and well worth a visit.
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Swasey’s Cabin
Swasey’s cabin was built in 1921 by the locally well-known Swasey brothers as a line cabin. They would stay out here to watch over their cattle. Out behind the cabin, in one of the canyons, they had an icebox setup where they would store meats and any other foodstuffs.
Red Hole Wash Pictographs
After a long hike across empty sand flats and through desolate canyons, we found a small alcove with a few Fremont figures and a six-color rainbow pictograph on the back wall. I’ve never seen anything like it.
The site is way out in the middle of nowhere with no