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The Trailhead
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The Desert Outlaw and Suzanne chatting with JDSmiling ...
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White poles are scattered through out the area as some ...
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A man made road barrier, or a poor excuse for a gate.
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A more significant barrier. Someone used a Bulldozer to...
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The Desert Outlaw checking out an alternative route.
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There were trailducks marking the alternative route
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A Private Property Sign located next to the road.
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We stopped at a dirt birm that a bulldozer had blocked ...
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Standing above the Iron Chief Mine.
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Walking down towards the top of the mine
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Another view
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A corner post of one of the structures above the mine.
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I am not sure what this is. At first I thought it was p...
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There were two ridge line mounds that had wooden post s...
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The lid of a large tank. The bottom can be seen to the ...
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A wooden beam, that once supported something. Now lays ...
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The Desert Outlaw on top of the birm that now blocks th...
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Desert Outlaw loading his puppy back into his Rubicon T...
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Heading back out
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There are a couple tippy spots on this route
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But all in all the route is pretty easy
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Heading back to the Trailhead to pick up the Old Dale R...
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As we were driving down the Old Dale Road I saw somethi...
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Hey, it is a Tarantula
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First stop the Mission Mill which was built in 1934.
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The foundations of buildings that once were.
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The foundation of an old building and a metal drum cut ...
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Album Description:
The Desert Outlaw led JDSmiling and I to Joshua Tree's Dale Mining Region. A land of dreams won and lost. Dangerous work, and a hard life. References and place identification are from Peter Massy and Jeanne Wilson's Backcountry Adventures, Desert Outlaw
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Thanks for sharing your photos. All of the sodium cyanide tailings you saw were 100% safe, so safe in fact that you could eat the tailings without any ill effects - other then the effects caused by eating dirt. A few corrections: In the photo you have listed as 'Standing above the Black Eagle Mine' you are actually standing above the Iron Chief Mine. The 'Superstructure' you saw is the Vail Mine, and the red tunnel entrance you have listed as the Rose Mine is nothing more then an explosives bunker for the Vail Mine. Hope that helps some, thanks again for sharing the photos... ~Dezdan info@DesertMines.com http://www.DesertMines.com http://www.Death-Valley.us
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dezdan 2004.10.27 at 06:42:28 PDT
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