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| The mine exploration and desert trekking were always challenging. Above left: All of us at the magnificent exit cavern of Lee Mine. Above right: MK and I compare a map of the desert from 1951 with a current one in the hopes of finding a better route. (Photos by Dan) |
| This little structure remained a mystery to us all. Was it an abandoned mine? An erosion stop? We never learned its secrets and moved on. Here I sit atop it. (Photo by Dan) |
| MK's video camera grabbed some interesting footage of the mine searches and our trek to the top of the mini-mountain south of Saline Valley. Above left: I am exiting the Quackenbush Mine with a nice dusting of talc powder to show for it. Above right: Dan and I wave across a small valley to MK, at the top of some small mountains overlooking Saline Valley. MK was easily a football field away and a few hundred feet below us when this was taken. |
| The expedition (sans Dan) by Quackenbuch Mine. (Photo by Dan) |
| Is this Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine? Nope, just MK's camera catching me at the entrance to the most treacherous mine, the Ubhebe Talc Mine hidden deep in the hills of Death Valley. |
| After a long day of exploration, the expedtion makes camp at Quackenbush Mine and prepares dinner. (Photo by Dan) |