Gladstone Mines
I had the chance to get out on a cold winter day in 2008, so I decided to hunt down some mines I had wanted to check out for some time.
I haven’t been able to find any information on the first mine I went to, and the second
Mormon Mine
Dan wanted to find a mine he had heard a rumor about in the wilds of the Death Valley backcountry, so off we went. It was a long hike across the scorching desert – typical for the Death Valley area. We didn’t return to our trucks until after dark, but
Death Valley Sleeping Circles
I met up with Dan, and we went for a short drive to see if we could find a native trail and a large sleeping circle site. Once out in the area, we hiked across a featureless alluvial to a native trail. It was fairly well-worn in places from years
Panamint Valley Geoglyph #2
I was out in Panamint Valley and wanted to hunt for a geoglyph site and Native American Indian trail. I found the trail first. I walked portions of it and came across the geoglyph site. It isn’t on the trail but offset close by.
The geoglyphs are complex and
Panamint Valley Geoglyph #1
Out in Panamint Valley, near an old camp, My buddy Dan took me to a geoglyph site on the desert pavement. The geoglyphs here are primarily linear, with a few spurs. It is a small site, but I have a feeling there are more in the area. I am planning
Striped Butte Fallout Shelter
Was this old mining adit made into a fallout shelter? Maybe it is one of Charles Manson’s secret hideouts? Or the Ballarat Bandit? Perhaps a local resident and miner set it up as an apocalypse bug-out shelter? Maybe it is one of many in the area? Perhaps I know
Panamint Treasure Mine
Finding this great little gem of a mine is a bit of a hike. The mine was worked as early as the 1890s and again in the 1930s. The miners walked away from the mine in 1941 when World War II broke out, and a presidential order closed many “non-essential”