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Mojave Car Wash

Mojave Car Wash

This is an interesting little corner of the Mojave. I was surprised to see so many old junked cars out here. It is pretty unusual to see so many in one place, but why are they here? They all seem to be missing their engines and drive-trains. One engine could

Silver Lake and Iowa Mines

Silver Lake and Iowa Mines

This was a really fun place to visit for me and one I’ve been trying to get to for some time. Weather makes it hard to get to most of the year, and you have to climb up to the mining camp at 12,200 ft elevation. A few

Big Eye Mine

Big Eye Mine

Winter is a great time to be in the southern deserts of Arizona, and this time, we had our sights set on the Big Eye Mine down at the south end of the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge and the Castle Dome Mountains. A. K. Ketcherside of Yuma discovered the Big

Spoked Wheel Geoglyph

Spoked Wheel Geoglyph

At the end of a long day exploring pictographs around the badlands of Anza Borrego, we made one last stop – the Spoked Wheel Geoglyph. This ceremonial site is a twenty-foot diameter rock alignment consisting of two circles with spokes connecting them. A native trail runs nearby. The spirit of the

Victory Mine

Victory Mine

In 2017, Boxy and I revisited this interesting little tungsten mine out in central Nevada. I first visited this mine in 2002. It was originally discovered in 1945 by W. L. Sovy, Jack Southerland, and Albert Brown. In 1949, it was purchased by J. S. Dougan and associates, who formed

Atlas Gold Bar Mill

Atlas Gold Bar Mill

We found this huge abandoned gold mill out in Nevada a few years back. It is similar in size and scope to the Atlanta Mill that we visited some time ago. This mill was abandoned in the 90s and has sat idle since. Vandals have ransacked some of the place,

Eureka Croesus Mine

Eureka Croesus Mine

Not far from the Diamond Tunnel is the Eureka Croesus Mine, also known as the California Tunnel. Set up in the 1870s (in the early days of the mining district), it was never a large operation but is interesting today because of the equipment left behind. A double drum hoist