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Cabins

Cabins. You might sleep in them, or maybe not. Have you visited them all?

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Gold Springs and the Jennie Mine

Gold Springs and the Jennie Mine

We met up with a few friends in 2006 to do some cabin and mine exploring around Gold Springs on the western edge of Utah. We traveled miles of open roads through the pinyon and juniper woodland, with the occasional ruin. We were there in July, and that is thunderstorm

Sheep Creek Springs Cabin

Sheep Creek Springs Cabin

The historic Sheep Creek Springs Cabin (Sheep Creek Cabin) was removed by the Barstow Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in late October 2011. The BLM paid contractors $3,495 to remove the cabin. A mining camp sprang up here in 1906. Miners prospected for gold and silver in the hills

Mule Tack Mine Cabin

Mule Tack Mine Cabin

We knew this was going to be a challenging place to reach, mainly due to the long hike and canyon crossing. Knowing that we were in for it, we decided to backpack in. It was a good choice. "Mule Tack" is not the actual name of this mine,

Wyler Spring Cabin

Wyler Spring Cabin

In February 2011, my friend Ed and I did a long walk out to the Wyler Spring Cabin. The cabin is in a lesser-visited corner of Eureka Valley in the BLM’s Piper Mountain Wilderness. The area had a minor amount of mining, and I suspect the cabin was built

Fields Gollab Cabin

Fields Gollab Cabin

I met up with Dan, Bill, and a few friends to see if we could find an old cabin and do some mine exploration just outside of Death Valley in a seldom-visited area. The mines around here are small, and I couldn't find much information on their history.

Waucoba Line Cabin

Waucoba Line Cabin

In May of 2012, Micah and I took some time to go hiking and try and find a suspected cabin site high in the mountains. I wasn’t sure what we were going to find up there. I thought the only remains we would find of the old cabin site

Old Yard Cabin

Old Yard Cabin