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This is "Got Dirt". Our 2001 Jeep Sahara.
4.5" lift, 33" mud slinger
tires, front and rear lockers, Sway Bar disconnect, on-board air compressor, full under armor and rock rails. We carried 5 gal of additional gas and a high lift jack. Yes, it had AC! Playing follow the leader out of a creek bed.
Joshua trees are found in many locations through out Southern Nevada. Bristlecone pines grow in isolated
groves just below the tree line,
This old trailer was probably home to a prospector and his family. We found it at least 30 miles off any main road and on a road that could only be navigated by a 4X4. Have no idea how it got there. There are many old homestead cabins scattered around for exploring. Private property? No, 67% of Nevada is publicly owned by the US Government.
The official Government position is not to enter any mine. Most are located on US Government property so officially mine exploring is a no no BUT when did that ever stop anyone? You need to evaluate the mine by looking for large rock falls or evidence that the ceiling has collapsed in places. If you find that, stay out. But if the ceiling is okay and there is no evidence of any large rock falls inside, you are probably relatively safe in sticking your nose in.
Is this one okay to enter? Yes, probably
as the fall is from the Remnant of a cabin fireplace? No,
its a charcoal kiln. When wood is burned with a lack of oxygen, it turns into charcoal. Yup, the same stuff you
bar-b-que over. So, were the miners BBQ fanatics? No, charcoal , when burning and fed by a large amount of air
burns very hot, hot enough to melt gold, silver, copper, etc. It was used in the mining process
Hum, we have a snake skin from a rather large
snake. And here he is. A Mojave Green rattlesnake. The Mojave Green is the
most dangerous snake in the US. Their venom is comprised of both hemo and neurotoxin.Mohave Green rattlesnake has venom that is considered to be the most debilitating and potentially deadly of all North American snakes, even the coral. It is 10 times more toxic that the usual rattlesnake venom. Most snakes are retiring, not the Mojave Green. He can be aggressive and unpredictable. There are many Indian Pictographs in Nevada. Surprisingly few have been vandalized so they are in
good shape. Some are merely chipped into the desert varnish, a patina that discolors rocks over a long period of time that
covers most desert rock, however some are deeply engraved into the rock itself. |
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