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After a lengthy Jeep ride through the desert we hike into the wilderness to find two distinctly different mines that date back to the early 1900's. The rugged views in this remote area of Death Valley are stunning, and the area is rich in mining history. We drove the Jeep to the wilderness boundary then hiked up a huge wash a couple miles to the Rusty Pick Mine. We believe this was a gold/silver mine. There are limited workings that we were able to enter, but, we did find a 100 year old newspaper from San Francisco inside the drift.
Next we hiked to a mine that is part of the Ibex group. The original Ibex Mine was opened in the 1880's and was a gold, silver, copper and lead operation. The talc mine we explored was a good sized operation that was developed in the 1930's during a later period of activity in this area. The mine has a large amount of material that has sloughed off the back, or top, of the drifts making it quite dangerous to be in. Also, some of the timbering has been burned which turned the white drifts black and giving the mine a creepy vibe. We hope you enjoy the video.