Copper Creek Mine Hunting
Headed down to the FR 73 / Copper Creek area with prescottstyle to followup on a previous adit discovery. Last time we had actually hiked […]
Mine Exploring
Moscow Peak Loop
Drove into Prescott, with sun, despite predicted 75% chance of thunderstorms, to pick up the stylin’ one. We headed down Walker Rd. and Big Bug […]
Camp Bird Mine
Camp Bird Mine is a gold, silver & lead complex, but that is all I could find out about it. My second of several currently […]
Copper Creek Mine Hunting
I’ve had it on my list for nearly two years to check out some mines near Copper Creek. Other than the Climax Mine, everything else […]
Paxton Place Mine
I couldn’t find any info on the internet — not even on mindat.org! — for the Paxton Place Mine. Given what was mined at Camp […]
Copper Basin Mineral Hunt
I figured it was about time to start acclimating to higher elevations, as I won’t too many more hikes in the Valley until November. prescottstyle […]
Sundad Ghost Town
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 […]
Swansea Ghost Town
Seven strangers coming soon, While seven thousand sleep, Silhouettes against the moon, Like wolves to kill the sheep. I’ve had this one on my list […]
Alamo Lake Arch
It was 27°, at 8:00 a.m., when we made our traditional stop at the Wickenburg Shell station. I hoped to have better luck with the […]
Bellevue Ghost Town / Gibson Mine
Continuing my run of Superior-Miami-Globe area hikes, and wanting to start checking out some ghost towns, I hit on the idea of Bellevue. I could […]