RINCONADA MINE HIKE: CENTRAL COAST, CA
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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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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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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 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 MoreGHOST CAMP[ING] IN THE MOJAVE DESERT: A PHOTO ESSAY
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Camping in an old abandoned mining camp out in the Mojave Desert.
Read MoreVERTICAL MINE SHAFT EXPLORATION: RANDSBURG, CA
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On a recent camping and mine exploration trip out in the Mojave Desert, I explored my first vertical shaft which plunged 15 stories deep into the earth.
Read MoreRETURN TO OLD DUTCH
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- Category: Mines/Ghost Towns, Sacred/Spiritual
There’s something about the Old Dutch Cleanser Mine that keeps me coming back for more.
Read MoreTITUS CANYON: DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK
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Death Valley National Park’s most popular back-country road travels along 27 miles of high mountain peaks and a deep narrow gorge cut into the steep face of the Grapevine Mountains.
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