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John Norman's Outdoors Blog

This gallery is primarily Cave, Ghost Town and Outdoors photos of the Western US.
I've tried to provide some hisotrical background and real information on the locations where possible.
Please note that locations of some of these sites are not listed. Site names in quotes "" are not the real name.

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Total Eclipse 8-21-2017 Riverton, Wyoming [39]
Cave Team and L.A. County Mine Training [40]
Sparklecon_4 [43]
Mine Training/Mission 4-16 [66]
Eastern Sierra Hot Springs - New Years 2015 [47]
Darwin, CA underground SAR training 10.17.2015 [140]
Western Regional 2015 [52]
Mine Rescue 9.26.2015 [16]
Standardville, Utah [28]
Burro Schmidt's Tunnel 6/2015 [15]
"Emerald" Mine, Nevada [112]
Soda Lake Dive 6.27.2015 [8]
"Moss" Mine [36]
Ludwig, NV [20]
Eagletail Mountain Mines [8]
Arizona Petroglyphs - December 2014 [16]
Desert Rendezvous 2015 [9]
Tecopa [53]
Nevada Days and Fossil Falls 2014 [24]
"Sky Pilot" Mine [61]
Trona Pinnacles [13]
Reward Mine [8]
"UFO" Mine [64]
"Quicksilver" Camp [8]
Misc. Trips 2014 [4]
East Mojave Mines 2005 [42]
Castle Mountains 2000 [31]
Bighorn Mine - 1999 [17]
Mobile Uploads [2]

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Trona Pinnacles

13 photos
Reward Mine

8 photos

This mine is located near Manzanar, CA. There are multiple shafts and adits within this site, but the most famous is the "drive-in" portal.
"UFO" Mine

64 photos

This is a more modern mine.
"Quicksilver" Camp

8 photos

This a a 1920's camp that sprang up to supply Mercury for other mining operations. There are still several buildings on-site, a shaft, a headframe and the remains of a retort.
Misc. Trips 2014

4 photos
East Mojave Mines 2005

42 photos
Castle Mountains 2000

31 photos

Trip with the Desert Dogs to the Castle Mountains, 2000. We set out from 29 Palms, drove through Highway 62 and Amboy.
Bighorn Mine - 1999

17 photos

My first trip to the Bighron Mine in SoCal - circa 1999
Mobile Uploads

2 photos

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