https://chainingtheland.com/journal daily 0.75 2026-02-17 https://chainingtheland.com/journal/saddle-peak-hills monthly 0.5 2026-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/59e01481-8eaf-40d2-a05b-e8195ede92cd/IMG_2031.jpg Journal - Saddle Peak Hills - Make it stand out Saddle Peak Hills from the head of the unnamed arroyo we took. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/62861357-b115-4bc6-8fdf-a868ca1093b7/IMG_1992.jpg Journal - Saddle Peak Hills - Make it stand out Unnamed arroyo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/dc4c44dc-6e27-46d0-8cf6-e14e05fd4611/IMG_1926.jpg Journal - Saddle Peak Hills - Make it stand out Unnamed bowl at the end of the old 4×4 mining road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/c5e26961-42db-4cb7-95e8-f89f3b75c4af/IMG_1858.jpg Journal - Saddle Peak Hills - Make it stand out Desert sunflower (Geraea canescens) covers the entrance to the old 4×4 road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/5e0641db-5f04-4d19-9784-6f0a1fa07c91/IMG_1972.jpg Journal - Saddle Peak Hills - Make it stand out Notch-leaf Scorpionweed (Phacelia crenulata) on the wall of the arroyo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/7f6d3e10-72c8-427a-9a70-a21c1c0bd769/IMG_1882.jpg Journal - Saddle Peak Hills - Make it stand out Notch-leaf Scorpionweed and Golden Suncup (Chylismia brevpipes). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/cedfbc84-f5e8-49e0-9ebb-0b3db6bfa1fb/IMG_1975.jpg Journal - Saddle Peak Hills - Make it stand out Desert Fivespot (Eremalche rotundifolia). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/ebdfe997-82d5-4f72-bcd9-66f6e3e945da/IMG_2070.jpg Journal - Saddle Peak Hills - Make it stand out Desert Sunflower cover the alluvial fan of the Ibex Hills near Superior Mine Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/cead90f7-5e04-4551-a272-2da29ac32b95/IMG_2090-Pano.jpg Journal - Saddle Peak Hills - Make it stand out Ibex Dunes before the storm. https://chainingtheland.com/journal/jaunt-up-lemoigne-canyon monthly 0.5 2026-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082930762-MI3NA0FPB891VCADGYK9/IMG_0943.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon The end of the road (we parked 0.5 miles from here) - after this is foot and pack animal only. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082922561-BS1AZBQKOKUNA7HL6GYL/DSC_3650-Pano.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon One of the narrow areas of Lemoigne Canyon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082930673-RYMU84CSTYDQ56RIPYQF/IMG_0966.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon Tight fold in thin-bedded sedimentary rock, recording deep burial, compression, and later uplift. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082846304-JX6HJ63Z0KZVPATTDTWJ/DSC_3401.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon Fossils, likely bivalves, and boreholes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082869240-Q8T779KXEAXO7TIJYY0C/DSC_3504-Pano.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon Looking out from the Lemoigne cabin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082844607-SYPKSWQRO29N5EMQG62O/DSC_3469.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon Entering the Lemoigne cabin area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082857905-V18QJWGMW7NCQBM5SPYL/DSC_3510.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon John Lemoigne’s cabin built sometime before his death in 1919. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082852093-HIT3C34WE4KN5A6OBNDJ/DSC_3509.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon Boots at Lemoigne’s cabin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082889707-NS7LT3GCG62W31UC4CEF/DSC_3515-Pano.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon Lemoigne’s cabin and the more modern c.1940s cabin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082884833-FQOAY0PA6ATIOCY4MVVN/DSC_3547-Pano.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon Looking out from the cabin area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082889111-XFCEDU0KPSEZRMI3KEIX/DSC_3557.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon Old stove at the cabin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082935821-WGC9NJ396GEHLM0RKPG2/IMG_1027.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon Rock stove and cistern at the cabin site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082939502-YVHK0Y1BQXWMSREG88Z9/IMG_1078.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon Old ornamental headframe at the cabin site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082892960-JNH706DZB14ESRVUOK6T/DSC_3588.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon Looking down canyon from the Lemoigne Mine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082891294-Y4GLHRQ6T04KQ73F1ABU/DSC_3570.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon Old wheelbarrow at the mine site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082895077-13YQNMEO0VWEP2ZJ3ERP/DSC_3591.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon The orangish rock is the ore bearing unit that Lemoigne and later miners mined. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082897625-6VNMRB7R02PP44FTN0FZ/DSC_3600.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon Looking into one of the main adits at the Lemoigne Mine. Despite appearances, this adit is NOT safe to enter as that cap is about to collapse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082917862-NZWKQQ4WOFE93JS6X9YZ/DSC_3631-Pano.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon Wide view of the canyon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082923126-OEANIF9OSG4UV2BRVS3I/DSC_3653.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon Folded, banded rock (likely silica-rich), showing ductile deformation and differential weathering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082935274-VEDSEI1CGU1RK8XGKC50/IMG_1065.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon Looking out from the mine site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770082940285-AYLULH8XNK0JONRYHPSC/IMG_1096.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon One last look at the beautiful canyon geology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770083749170-LZG26WII3RC1FNKNMH91/DSC_3669-Pano.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon 11 shot pano of the Nitre Beds, Stovepipe Wells, and Mesquite Dunes taken from Lemoigne Canyon Road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770083607326-9N26LZH3C6OU3T1KE5AQ/DSC_3429-Pano.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon Looking down canyon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1770083600786-0IN7J5EMSC8JUBPOTOLK/DSC_3712-Pano-2.jpg Journal - A jaunt up Lemoigne Canyon Moonrise over the Mesquite Dunes taken from east of Stovepipe Well. https://chainingtheland.com/journal/this-is-what-all-the-empty-places-were-for monthly 0.5 2026-01-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/8a6ea035-6ae5-40b1-9009-be160791976f/IMG_0661.jpg Journal - This is what all the empty places were for - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://chainingtheland.com/journal/gladstone-mine-ibex-wilderness monthly 0.5 2026-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/2a2e528c-2113-4c81-addc-b5bb0b7e7782/IMG_0339.jpg Journal - Gladstone Mine, Ibex Wilderness - Make it stand out Looking back towards a lot of wind blown salt and sand coming off Lake Tecopa. The winds were NW gusty around 20–30 mph kicking up a lot of material. We were glad to be in the lee of the Ibex Hills for this hike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/0418e77f-b65f-4db7-b4ff-e974b4700858/IMG_0344.jpg Journal - Gladstone Mine, Ibex Wilderness - Make it stand out Looking towards the Eclipse Mine, a former talc-soapstone operation. This was one of the deadliest mines in the region, logging 3 deaths from 1941 to 1948. Talc mines are already enormously dangerous because of the soft nature of talc, but this mine was also problematic because of the retreat mining they were doing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/6036e098-9b4e-43a2-a734-27b745022173/IMG_0353.jpg Journal - Gladstone Mine, Ibex Wilderness - Make it stand out Looking up the unnamed wash. About ¼ mile from where this was taken, we joined the old China Ranch Road for the duration of the hike. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/e796a1d3-6a6d-4f59-910d-29c32cf6c0d2/IMG_0364.jpg Journal - Gladstone Mine, Ibex Wilderness - Make it stand out The intersection where the road heads left to the Paddys Pride Mine or right to the Gladstone Mine. We stayed right. On the hillside straight ahead you can see some of the more recent bulldozer cut prospects before this became a wilderness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/8b5362d2-aedc-4847-9db1-0f58c4c590d5/IMG_0371.jpg Journal - Gladstone Mine, Ibex Wilderness - Make it stand out A striking outcrop of silicified sediment, stained red and ochre, fractured into polygonal plates by iron-rich seams. The bedrock here is Precambrian (703–157.3Ma) undivided, unit 1 , Death Valley. This is a heterogeneous assemblage of conglomerates, shale, sandstone, limestone, dolomite, marble, gneiss, hornfels, and quartzite. This is perfect terrain for epigenetic hydrothermal alteration processes which results in the crosscutting quartz veins further up the road and, ultimately, the ore body that the Gladstone mined. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/169245f7-88fe-4f2c-b0c8-bc76a471be42/IMG_0384.jpg Journal - Gladstone Mine, Ibex Wilderness - Make it stand out Some of the first retaining walls we encountered on the old road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/30dc635f-e257-483b-bbc6-92176b1a5185/IMG_0401.jpg Journal - Gladstone Mine, Ibex Wilderness - Make it stand out Looking back towards Lake Tecopa, the wind still whipping up a lot of dust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/b5c33a7e-c318-47a6-97cf-c5d5ff1ab988/IMG_0444.jpg Journal - Gladstone Mine, Ibex Wilderness - Make it stand out Looking down a deep and narrow—unnamed—canyon. This is where the road was most off-camber. We plan to come back and explore that canyon, but didn’t want to drop in the from top for the first time in case it falls out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/2a85183e-f0ac-4d53-92f7-899225209479/IMG_0458.jpg Journal - Gladstone Mine, Ibex Wilderness - Make it stand out The first stone bunkhouse and great example of retaining walls leading up to the Gladstone Mine workings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/46de5d5b-e2fe-4298-832a-15c92c448ef0/IMG_0493.jpg Journal - Gladstone Mine, Ibex Wilderness - Make it stand out Looking down the only shaft indicated on the USGS topo map. Notice the copper veining on the right rib of the shaft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/f2daf822-842e-4442-90b0-e0f9ceb3865d/IMG_0513.jpg Journal - Gladstone Mine, Ibex Wilderness - Make it stand out Beautiful view from the uppermost rock cabin ruin. I imagine how nice it would be to look out on this after a hard day in the hole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/e4523c65-3ad2-44b5-9260-04bd3293e6dd/IMG_0538.jpg Journal - Gladstone Mine, Ibex Wilderness - Make it stand out Close up on the chrysocolla ore in one of the workings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/93633a3b-ce93-47d7-a0a7-52d5f4a997ad/IMG_0556.jpg Journal - Gladstone Mine, Ibex Wilderness - Make it stand out A displeased wife looking down on me in the gloryhole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/43428ce0-6150-4020-9118-ae46a1e11ba6/IMG_0549.jpg Journal - Gladstone Mine, Ibex Wilderness - Make it stand out Looking out on the desert from one of the adits. Notice the beautiful blue ore on the hanging wall (right side for you non-mining people). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/df9e87fc-9718-4b89-9245-94bf9df7c673/IMG_0575.jpg Journal - Gladstone Mine, Ibex Wilderness - Make it stand out Headed back down. Still admiring the massive effort that had to go into building the road, retaining walls, and all those stone buildings. The Nopah Range is in the distance and if you look really closely, Charleston Peak is poking through the clouds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/f7f9a44a-a97c-4b7f-bba0-f245167b037e/IMG_0596.jpg Journal - Gladstone Mine, Ibex Wilderness - Make it stand out On the way up, we missed the road and took the wash that parallels it—was fun, with some scrambling, but after 6 miles we were happy to take the road down. In the distant middle, you can see the winding road to the Paddys Pride Mine—we’ll come back for that one. https://chainingtheland.com/journal/01232026-resting-springs monthly 0.5 2026-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/5e8af01a-2979-4974-85bb-35d5de0bfff7/IMG_0241.jpg Journal - Short jaunt in the Resting Spring Range - Make it stand out Panorama of Pupfish Peak (I call it the Pupfish Range, but officially I think it’s an unnamed range or part of Last Chance). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/1332942d-3a38-4bac-a170-48c100d929cf/IMG_0262.jpg Journal - Short jaunt in the Resting Spring Range - Make it stand out Shadow Mountain, Resting Spring Range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/67586415305ba732223be10f/9ff4c5ad-83b3-483d-a9e5-7ec5252ab187/IMG_0325.jpg Journal - Short jaunt in the Resting Spring Range - Make it stand out The sun must set. Beautiful colors this time of year. 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