In early 2009, we went off in search of a few seldom visited mines on a cold and overcast winter day. It was some nice hiking in this remote and isolated corner of Death Valley National Park. The mines are small and more modern. I couldn’t find any information on them
"White Rambler" Mine
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Boxcar Dan hikes passed an old frig.
Boxcar looks around.
Some strange junk out here.
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The Rambler and misc debris. Must of had a good time getting the car up here.
The engine has been removed from the Rambler.
An old rock stacked road leads to the mine.
Mine dump and rock stacked wall.
Mine adit.
We found this in the wash. A ladder?
Piece of broken window glass high up in the wash. Signs there was a structure here of some sort.
Higher up the wash, we find a hidden tunnel.
Entrance.
Looking down the canyon.
Hiking along the wash.
Coming back down to the first mine, I spot an old shoe.
Back at "Rambler Camp".
The Rambler isn't in too bad of shape, really.
What is this?
Possibly a go-cart of some kind?
Stove.
Off to another mine in the same canyon.
3 frigs stand guard at the entrance to this former gold and mercury mine.
Cable and wooden poles down below suggest a primitive tram.
We call this the "Three Refrigerators mine".
Inside the mine, we find an air compressor tank nearly buried in loose rock.
Interesting ore body.
None of these mines are huge though.
Simple tram poles.
Wheelbarrow and tank.
Tin can dump. The cans aren't that old.
Final view of the mine as we hike back to our trucks.
Last Updated on August 4, 2020 by Guy Starbuck
