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Wall Street Mill

Wall Street Mill

The Wall Street Mill is Joshua Tree National Park’s most intact remaining historic gold stamp mill. Finding a stamp mill like this is rare these days. I’m grateful the NPS has preserved it for future generations to enjoy. History Once owned and operated by renowned prospector and rancher
Guy Starbuck Aug 4, 2018
21 Goats Petroglyphs

21 Goats Petroglyphs

Alysia and I had some time to get out, so we went in search of this very interesting panel of petroglyphs. The weather wasn’t cooperating with us on this day in 2011, and we had to wait for a small but very windy snowstorm to pass. We even heard
Guy Starbuck Aug 4, 2018
Jumbled Rock Gulch Petroglyphs

Jumbled Rock Gulch Petroglyphs

Guy Starbuck Aug 4, 2018
Dancing Man Petroglyphs

Dancing Man Petroglyphs

Guy Starbuck Aug 4, 2018
Bennettville Ghost Camp

Bennettville Ghost Camp

Bennettville (once called Tioga) was a small mine camp in the high Sierra with that typical ghost town story of boom and bust of a big strike that never panned out. History Part of the Tioga Mining District, Bennettville was built to support one mine, the Great Sierra, and its
Guy Starbuck Aug 4, 2018
Golden Crown Mine

Golden Crown Mine

The Golden Crown mine is up at 10,640 ft along the Sierra crest in Yosemite National Park. The hike to get up there is a nice 3.7 mile and 950 ft hike to the mine right at Mono Pass. The views of Mono Lake from this high vantage
Guy Starbuck Aug 4, 2018
Santa Fe Mine

Santa Fe Mine

Guy Starbuck Aug 3, 2018

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