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Moser Mine

Moser Mine

In 2004, We met up with our friends Dan, Annie, and Micah to explore this old mine in the southern part of Joshua Tree. We spent most of the day hiking to this old mine camp. We were surprised to find a few old cabins, the mill remains, and an

Coyote Hole Canyon Petroglyphs

Coyote Hole Canyon Petroglyphs

A seep called Coyote Hole Spring is tucked away in a small canyon near the town of Joshua Tree. Cattle ranchers developed the spring in the early 1900s. Today, it usually only has water after significant rain. Most of the petroglyphs here are of Desert Archaic or Serrano origin. GPS

Alister's Cave Pictographs

Alister's Cave Pictographs

Alister’s Cave is a well-known pictograph site in the Wonderland of Rock area of Joshua Tree. The cave (really a rock shelter) is full of pictographs, but they have faded over the years, primarily due to the exfoliation of the granite. They are increasingly hard to see, so I

Hollow Rock Pictographs

Hollow Rock Pictographs

While exploring the Wonderland of Rocks, not far from Barker Dam, we came across an unassuming large granite boulder. There is no shortage of granite boulders in Joshua Tree, and there wasn’t anything immediately particularly interesting about this one either. But we did notice a hidden, hollowed-out opening underneath

Hornsilver Giant Mine

Hornsilver Giant Mine

The Hornsilver is a fairly remote silver mine and camp. It was a good producer early on and had its ore hauled to a local mill, but like most mines, it was worked only intermittently. The original road to the camp is long overgrown and washed away. We tried heading

Moho Mine

Moho Mine

This is a mine we went to at the end of a four-day trip to western Nevada a few years ago. It was a great trip, and we met up with Lewis, Bill, Cat, and ghost town author Shawn Hall along the way. We covered some remote territory and hardly

Star of the West Mill

Star of the West Mill

We met up with Dan and drove out to explore a forgotten corner of Nevada’s mining history. We weren’t sure if we would find anything, as is often the case. We ended up driving over one hundred miles (one way) on dirt roads. After battling a steep, rough