Eastern Mojave Vegetation
By Tom Schweich
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Snowcap Limestone Mine | Photograph taken April 22, 2008. Omya (California) operates the Amboy Limestone quarry located 6 miles east of Amboy, California, in the southern Bristol Mountains. The Amboy Limestone deposit, a very high purity, high brightness (white) crystalline limestone deposit is of such high purity it is suitable for pharmaceutical and food grade limestone applications, and can be utilized in products for human consumption. The limstone is mined from an extensive dip slope of Mississippian age Monte Cristo Limestone, Bullion Member, up to 300 feet thick, and 1500 feet long. Current mine life is 55 years, plus reclamation phases for a total operation life of 70 years. The current Phase 1 quarry development occurs in an area of about 10 acres. The ultimate quary will cover approximately 50 acres.
Afton Canyon
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Union Pacific trestle over the Mojave River |
Baker, California
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The World's Tallest Thermometer in Baker, CA. | Photograph taken in September, 1999.
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The Mad Greek Restaurant in Baker, California. | Photograph taken in September, 1999.
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Barber Mountain
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Sun setting on Barber Mountain. | This view looks east, and Hole in the Wall is on the other side of the mountain. This mountain is not formally named "Barber Mountain," but the Barber VABM is located on top. The climb to the top is about 300 meters and takes about an hour.
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Barnwell
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Barnwell | Photograph taken in June, 2000. Originally the headquarters of the Briggs and Murphy Ranch. Joined with other ranches into the Rock Springs Land and Cattle Company in 1894. The site of Barnwell was reached by the Nevada Southern Railway in 1893. At that time the site was named Manvel for the current president of the Santa Fe railroad. The railroad was reorganized as the California Eastern Railway in 1895, and the branch line to Searchlight built in 1906-1907. The name of this site was changed to Barnwell in 1907, named for a telegraph operator stationed there by the railroad company.
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Black Canyon Road
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Cows along Black Canyon Road. |
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Black Canyon Road, looking north from near Gold Valley Ranch. | The low gray shrubs are Blackbrush (Coleogyne ramosissima>) and the large green shrubs are Utah Juniper (Juniperus osteosperma). This photograph was taken from a location about 50 meters north of the cows as seen in the photograph below. At first glance the vegetation might be classified as "pristine," as indeed much of the Mid Hills vegetation has been characterized. However, on closer examination there are many signs of usage by cattle, and it becomes impossible to know what the native vegetation might have been at this site.
Bristol Basin
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Bristol Basin from north slope | Photograph taken April 19. 2008. The "road" to this location ultimately ate eight tires on a field trip containing about 25 autos.
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Stromatolite at base of Bouse Formation | Photograph taken April 19, 2008.
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Lawlor Tuff (Sonoma Volcanics) in the Bouse Formation | Photograph taken April 19, 2008.
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Bouse Formation near Amboy | Photograph taken April 19, 2008.
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Desert pavement | Photograph taken April 19, 2008. The brownish outcrop in the middleground is tilted Peach Springs Tuff.
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Examining the Bouse Formation | Photograph taken April 19, 2008.
Bristol Lake
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National Chloride Company | Photograph taken April 22, 2008.
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Salt Plant on Bristol Lake | Photograph taken April 22, 2008.
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Cadiz Valley
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Cadiz Dunes | Photograph taken April 19, 2008.
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Arizona and California Railroad | Photograph taken April 19, 2008.
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Field Trip Stop, Groundwater Discharge | Photograph taken April 19, 2008.
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View southeast along Cadiz Road | Photograph taken April 19, 2008.
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Caruthers Canyon
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Caruthers Canyon as seen from New York Mountain Road. | Caruthers Canyon is underlain by limestone intruded by granite. Granite can be seen intruding the small hill in right foreground.
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Unusual rock formation in Caruthers Canyon. | This often photographed rock formation in Caruthers Canyon, was also photographed by Annie Alexander and placed in her notebook with the notation of Fourth of July Canyon. It tells me that Annie was actually in Caruthers Canyon during her visit of 1940, and not in Fourth of July Canyon as her notebook states.
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Caruthers Canyon in June, 2000. | This photograph was taken from a location near where Annie or Louise took their photograph on page 44a. By GPS, the location is 11S 0654416 3899242.
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Caruthers Canyon. | My dad in Caruthers Canyon, below the Giant Ledge Mine, after a November rainstorm.
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Castle Peaks, Castle Mountains, etc.
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Castle Mountains Mine as seen from Ivanpah Road | Photograph taken April 22, 2004.
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Cedar Canyon
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Cedar Canyon as seen from Pinto Mountain | The Cedar Canyon Fault comes through the canyon at left and passes to the right, north of Pinto Mountain.
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Lower Cedar Canyon after the Hackberry Complex Fire. | Photograph taken October 16, 2005.
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View of Cedar Canyon from Pinto Mountain | Photograph taken October 15, 2005. The Hackberry Conplex Fire, driven by south winds, came toward the camera, and turned east along the south face of Pinto Mountain.
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Patchy burned areas on Pinto Mountain. | Photograph taken October 15, 2005. In Cedar Canyon, we stopped to look at the location of my plot on Pinto Mountain. Again we were surprised by the patchy distribution of burned areas.
Cima
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The Cima Store in Cima. |
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Cima Dome
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The Cross-In-A-Box in May, 2008 | Photograph taken May 27, 2008.
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The Cross on Kessler Springs Road -- Covered this time. | Photograph taken April 21, 2004. When I passed by the cross on April 21, 2004, it was covered by the cardboard box, as shown. Someone has scrawled markings that look faintly religious on the box. Despite news reports that the cross is covered by a heavy tarp, it has been several years since I have seen the tarp. I passed by the cross again on Sunday, May 22, 2004. This time there was no covering for the cross. Meanwhile, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, released a ruling on June 8, 2004, that the cross violated the Establishment clause. In the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2004, Rep. Jerry Lewis (R- San Bernardino) was able to insert a clause requiring the Department of Interior to transfer the property to private owners. The court, however, said that the transfer may take several years, and therefore the case is not moot. All this caused by a single retired Park Service employee, who in fact claims to be religious.
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Cross beside Kessler Springs Road on Cima Dome. | Apparently this cross has caused some controversy about whether it is an appropriate icon in a national park, and there has been some discussion about removing it.
Clark Mountain
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Mill alongside the road. | Photograph taken 6-Jun-06.
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Location of Clark Mountain Station. |
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Clark Mountain as seen from Kessler Springs Road. | Two trucks on Interstate 15 can be faintly seen in the left middle ground.
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View of Clark Mountain from the north. | Photograph taken 20 April 2005
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Heading down from the Coliseum Mine. | Photograph taken 6-Jun-06.
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Clark Mountain, California, from Halloran Summit. | Photograph taken April 23, 2004.
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Canyon on west side of Clark Mountain. | Photograph taken in May, 1999, near Pachalka Spring.
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Clark Mountain as seen from the Coliseum Mine | Photograph taken 6-Jun-06.
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Pachalka Spring | Photograph taken in May, 1999. West side of Clark Mountain.
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Coliseum Mine
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The Big Hole at the Coliseum Mine | Photograph taken 6-Jun-06.
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Columbia Mountain
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Columbia Mountain as seen from the Blue Rock Mine in Macedonia Canyon. | At the very top of Columbia Mountain is an excellent example of supergene enrichment of copper ores. The idea behind supergene enrichment goes something like this. In the beginning there was a small amount of copper mineralization in the ore vein. As the mountain eroded away, the copper minerals were dissolved and then redeposited a few feet deeper in the vein. As a result the copper vein at the surface looks to be very rich. But just a few feet below the surface there is very little copper. Someone built a road to the top of Columbia Mountain, and dug some exploratory trenches in rich copper veins right on the very top of the mountain. However as soon as they got a few feet down, the vein was not rich enough to continue digging.
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Cree Camp
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Building at Cree Camp. | Photograph taken 23-April-06.
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Well near Cree Camp. | Photograph taken 23-April-06.
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Building at Cree Camp. | Photograph taken 23-April-06.
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Cree Camp | Photograph taken 23-April-06.
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Looking down towards Cree Camp. | Photograph taken 23-April-06.
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Road to Cree Camp. | Photograph taken 23-April-06.
Cronese Basin
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U. S. Interstate 15 looking east toward Baker and Las Vegas from Ventifact Hill |
Fenner Valley
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Looking south into Fenner Valley from the vicinity of Hackberry Mountain and Vontrigger Spring | Photograph taken September 22, 2000. Notice how green the landscape is. The summer of 2000 brought several good rainstorms to this area.
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Fort Piute
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Page 1 of the Irwin Letter | images/Irwin_1957_07_10_Pg_1_sm.jpg
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Road to Fort Piute. |
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Page 2 of the Irwin letter. | images/Irwin_1957_07_10_Pg_2_sm.jpg
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Page 3 (Map) of the Irwin Letter. |
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Goffs
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Goffs | Photograph taken September 22, 2000.
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Collected equipment at the Goffs Schoolhouse. | Photograph taken 24 April 2005.
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Dennis Casebier gives an overview of the Goffs Schoolhouse and MDCHA | Photograph taken 24 April 2005.
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Goffs School House. | Photograph taken 24 April 2005.
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Government Holes
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Government Holes. | Government Holes is across the wash south of Cedar Canyon Road. The eastern Mojave folklore is that Government Holes is the site of the only fatal shoot-out in the eastern Mojave. It was apparently the sheep herders against the cattlemen.
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Halloran Hills
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Road intersection in the Halloran Hills. | Photograph taken 23-April-06. This is the intersection of Thompson's (1921) route from Silver Lake to Goodsprings, and Halloran Springs Road.
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Between Turquoise Mountain and Francis Spring | Photograph taken 23-April-06. View is to the northeast.
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Between Francis Spring and Turquoise Mountain. | Photograph taken 23-April-06. View is to the east.
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Pond near Francis Spring. | Photograph taken 23-April-06.
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Francis Spring | Photograph taken 23-April-06.
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Road near Turquoise Mountain | Photograph taken 23-April-06. Photograph looks west.
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Bull Spring with Solomons Knob in the background. | Photograph taken 23-April-06.
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Old road to Silver Lake. | Photograph taken 23-April-06. Photograph looks west.
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Road Intersection in Halloran Hills | Photograph taken 23-April-06.
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Bull Spring Wash looking northeast. | Photograph taken 23-April-06.
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Bull Spring Wash, looking downstream to the southwest. | Photograph taken 23-April-06.
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Halloran Spring | Photograph taken 23-April-06.
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Overview of Wander Mine | Photograph taken 23-April-06.
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Thompson's (1921) Route to Silver Lake from Goodsprings | Photograph taken 23-April-06. Turquoise Mountain with radio towers in the distance.
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Solomon's Knob from Francis Springs Road. | Photograph taken 23-April-06.
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Road north to Turquoise Mountain. | Photograph taken 23-April-06. images/IMG_0339sm.jpg
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Arrastre near Halloran Springs. | Photograph taken 23 April 2005.
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Looking into Shadow Valley from Francis Spring | Photograph taken 23-April-06.
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"Kavorka Hills" | Photograph taken 23-April-06.
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View across Silurian Valley to Soda Mountains | Photograph taken 23-April-06.
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View of Turquoise Mountain from Wander Mine | Photograph taken 23-April-06.
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