Gila Bend Mountains – Kingsnake's Home Den

Looking out the window of Poison Well tank, towards Woolsey Peak.

Buckeye Copper Mine 2

2019-02-28 Mine Exploring, Off Roading 0

I was thinking of heading back out to the Dripping Spring Mountains, on the undefined border of Gila County & Pinal County, for some more […]

Main shaft in the ghost town barred barred due to the kill joys at MineGates.com.

Buckeye Copper Mine

2017-03-24 Ghost Town, Mine Exploring, Off Roading 0

The last time I was in the Gila Bend Mountains was only four months ago when I explored the Sunset Limited derailment. But I was looking […]

Hargan Mine

2017-03-24 Mine Exploring 0

In 1942, thieves stole all of Hargan Mine’s gear, and burned the concentrator table and wooden pulleys. Eventually all but $350 of the gear was […]

Amtrak's Sunset Limited derailed in Quail Spring Wash on October 9, 1995. This photo is looking east, the direction the train came from.

Amtrak Sunset Limited / Agua Caliente Rd.

2016-11-28 Hiking, Off Roading 1

Today was another expedition I’ve had gestating for awhile. (Almost two years, since Stoic and I visited the rock art at the Sundad ghost town.) I […]

One of several times "Sundad" is spelled out.

Sundad Ghost Town

2015-03-30 Ghost Town, Mine Exploring 0

From the Fourr Cemetery and Oatman Massacre sites, Stoic and I moved on to Sundad. Sundad is on Agua Caliente Rd., which is dirt, but […]