UNDERGROUND 2016
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- Category: Mines/Ghost Towns
This annual 3-day event allows explorers of all skill levels access to miles of underground mines that were once some of the most profitable in the Death Valley region.
Read MoreSTRAYNGER RANGER: ONE YEAR, NO FEAR
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- Category: Abandoned, Mines/Ghost Towns
What a long stRAyNGE trip it’s been. A look back at Straynger Ranger’s first year and what to expect in the future.
Read MoreRINCONADA MINE HIKE: CENTRAL COAST, CA
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- Category: Mines/Ghost Towns, Nature/Hikes
Opening in 1872 and worked over the next 90 years, the Rinconada Mine was once one of the largest producers of mercury in San Luis Obispo County.
Read MoreBORAX VISITORS CENTER: BORON, CA
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- Category: Factories/Industry, Mines/Ghost Towns
The Borax Visitor Center in Boron, CA overlooks California’s largest open-pit mine and the largest borax mine in the world.
Read MoreTHOMPSON SMELTER RUINS: MASON VALLEY, NEVADA
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- Category: Abandoned, Mines/Ghost Towns
Constructed in 1910 to process the copper ore from nearby mines, the ruins of this million dollar smelter and former townsite spread out over 1300 acres of high desert near Yerington, Nevada.
Read MoreFOSSIL FALLS/RED HILL CAMP & TRAMP: HIGHWAY 395
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- Category: Mines/Ghost Towns, Nature/Hikes
In the southernmost section of Owens Valley, in the shadow of a young cinder cone volcano, sits one of California’s most unique campgrounds.
Read MoreA DRIVING TOUR OF MAZOURKA CANYON: HIGHWAY 395
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Located east of Independence, Mazourka Canyon Road crosses the Owens River Valley before cutting into the western side of the Inyo Mountains.
Read MoreABANDONED MOJAVE MILL: A PHOTO ESSAY
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Exploring a former hard rock precious metals processing and extraction facility that’s slowly decaying in Mojave NP. ]
Read MoreCACTUS FLATS RD: HIGHWAY 395
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Traveling along Cactus Flats Rd off of Highway 395 is like driving through a smaller more isolated version of Joshua Tree National Park.
Read MoreCOALDALE, NEVADA [ABANDONED]
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- Category: Abandoned, Mines/Ghost Towns
This abandoned highway roadside ghost town in Esmeralda County, Nevada was built on coal and destroyed by gas.
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