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Brownstone Pictographs

Brownstone Pictographs

This is one of the most amazing pictograph sites around. They are set on Navajo and Aztec sandstone inside the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area. I have wanted to go up there for a while, and one day in 2008, I had the chance to go with fellow explorer

Park Canyon Mill

Park Canyon Mill

In 1867, the La Plata Company moved a ten-stamp mill from the mining camp of Yankee Blade to Park Canyon and built an extensive mill from native stone. The mill ran ore from a few different mines, including the Giant mine, but mainly the silver ore from the Buckeye mine

Mountain View Mill and Arrastra

Mountain View Mill and Arrastra

The history of Mountain View seems to be lost to history. It is spread out into a couple of different sections. A camp with a few wooden cabins, the mill, and mine with its own little camp and the arrastra. Judging from the large mill foundations and careful masonry, it

Willow Witch Petroglyphs

Willow Witch Petroglyphs

We visited a small petroglyph and pictograph site out in the middle of a lonely Nevada valley. The petroglyphs are primarily around a rain-filled tinaja in a basalt lava flow. The tinaja is the only source of water for some distance. This would have been an important stop while traveling,

Delamar Mine

Delamar Mine

The mines at Delamar are extensive. Most of the claims were once separate mines, but Captain De Lamar bought all of them and connected them. I’ve been here a few times over the years and it’s still a great mine. There are huge stope rooms, square set timbering,

Delamar Ghost Town

Delamar Ghost Town

The mining camp of Delamar started out as a small tent camp similar to Helene, just a few miles to the north and only a few months later. It was centered around the April Fool, Monitor, Gold Cup, Hog Pen, and a few other small mines. Captain Joseph De Lamar

Magnolia Mine (Helene)

Magnolia Mine (Helene)

The Magnolia Mine is an old one; it was discovered in 1891 and developed in 1892 mainly for silver. It is one of the first mines of the Ferguson (later Delamar) district. It was worked just before the larger Delamar Mine a few miles to the south. Over the next