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Mine Exploring

Warm Spring Canyon is great bang for your buck!

Kaiser Hot Spring – Burro Creek Mine

2020-01-09 Hiking, Mine Exploring 0

2019 was a tough year for me in terms of consistently getting out for ‘away hikes’, so after hiking the Black Canyon Trail last week, […]

Blue Dick Mine / Dick Dale(1937-2019): "The King of the Surf Guitar"

Blue Dick Mine

2019-05-03 Hiking, Mine Exploring 0

It’s starting to get warm down here in Phoenix, so I sent a twitter DM to my hiking & mine exploring buddy, @Prescottstyle (Paul), asking if […]

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 […]

Big Stick Mine Exploration

2019-01-25 Mine Exploring 0

I originally meant to explore Big Stick Mine last year, on the same day I explored the adjacent Weepah & Homestake Mines. But I ran […]

Chrysacolla outside unmarked Bullard Peak adit.

Bullard Mine Exploration

2018-02-27 Mine Exploring 2

I was planning to hike the Black Canyon Trail this week, as it has a wide variety of spring #flowerporn. But our winter monsoon has […]

"Welcome to Slash S Ranch" sign on Dripping Spring Rd.

Scott Mountain & Ray Mine

2018-02-08 Hiking, Mine Exploring 0

The Dripping Springs Mountains are not an area I had heard of until one day I was randomly perusing a topo map, and noticed the […]

Skull Rock is 10 miles from US-95 on Kofa Queen Canyon Road.

Tunnel Mine Canyon & Skull Rock

2018-01-26 Hiking, Mine Exploring, Off Roading 3

It’s been way too long since I visited the stunning mountains of northern Yuma County. Almost two years, since I went arch hunting in the […]

Weepah & Homestake Mine Exploration

2017-12-16 Mine Exploring 4

Back in July, my January, 2016, Webber Mine exploration video started increasing views to 30 per day, then 50, then what is now a nearly […]

The unmoored metal headframe at Flower Gold Mine.

Finch Wash Mine Exploration

2017-10-21 Mine Exploring, Off Roading 2

My wife’s away for a second week, so my regular mine exploring buddy Prescottstyle (Paul) suggested we hike up Finch Wash in Copper Basin, just […]

I done gone all artsy fartsy.

Black Hills Loop

2017-07-12 Hiking, Mine Exploring 0

It’s been hard coming up with hikes the past six weeks. The temperatures have usually been over 110° in the low desert around Phoenix. As […]

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Recent Posts

  • The Black Jack Trail #568 crosses right, along that small ridge, a contour down, then wraps left around the right side of the small hill, to Maverick Hill's summit.

    Maverick Hill Trail #568

    2025-04-29 Hiking 0
  • The Great Stalacpipe Organ, listed by Guinness as the world's largest musical instrument, occupies 3½ of Luray Cavern's 64 acres. The organ was created by Leland Sprinkle, who spent three years selecting and tuning the stalactites which serve as its "pipes". My video's (below) music was played on the organ by Monte Maxwell.

    Luray Caverns, Virginia

    2025-04-19 Tourism 0
  • The first four miles of Cave Creek Trail #4 are by far the best. (Mainly due to many awesome saguaro.)

    Cave Creek Trail #4

    2025-04-09 Hiking 0
  • Hiking Beer #10 and Other Beer-li-ness

    Hiking Beer #10

    2025-04-07 Video 0
  • I checked weather before I left home: The expected high in Seven Springs was low 50s, with a 30% chance of rain, starting at 1 p.m. (When this photo was later taken at Bronco Trailhead.)

    FR 1058 to Bronco Trailhead

    2025-04-02 Hiking 0

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