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Photographs from Mineral County
Images by Loreen Pitchford - copyright Mineral County - Click the thumbnails for a larger view
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Photographs from Mineral County
Images by Loreen Pitchford - copyright Mineral County - Click the thumbnails for a larger view
On top of Corey Peak looking toward Mt. Grant |
From Corey Peak looking toward the valley below |
Mt. Grant above the tree line |
Lichen growning on an rock out-crop on Corey Peak |
Mt. Grant in the distance and old bristlecone pines on Corey Peak |
Old bristlecone pine on Corey Peak |
Old bristlecone pines looking East toward Mt. Grant |
Corey Peak is home to an abundance of wild-flowers |
Top of Mt. Grant in the distance |
Blooming rabbit brush on top of Corey Peak looking toward the Wasuk Range |
Looking toward the Wasuk Range from a cabin on Corey Peak |
Falling Rock danger along highway-95, a potential truck route for shipping high-level radioative waste to Yucca Mountain, Nevada |
Receeding water and the hot desert sun created fractured earth near the Hawthorne Army Depot |
Defunct bomb fins painted in patriotic colors create a startling sculpture north of the town of Hawthorne, Nevada |
Hawthorne Army Depot donated defunct bombs that were scuplted into whimsical working art - a far cry from there intended use. |
Hawthorne Army Depot bunkders |
A dust devil kicks up along highway-95 north of Walker Lake |
The town of Luning, Nevada can be seen below |
The Hard Rock Market in Luning is a few hundred feet from the Southern Pacific rail bed and along the 95 highway corridor |
The towns of Mina andLunning are seen from a birds-eye-view |
The Rock Shop in Mina is also a few hundred feet from the Southern Pacific rail bed and along the 95 highway corridor |
The Southern Pacific rail bed can be seen runing through the the small town of Mina, Nevada |
Mina, Nevada |
Southern Pacific rail exchange at the Hawthorne Army Depot in Mineral County, Nevada |
Southern Pacific rail line at Thorne, Nevada |
Southern Pacific Rail line transects Churchill and Lyon County on its southern route toward Mineral County |
This markes the end of the Rail line for Southern Pacific in Mineral County near the Hawthorne Army Depot |
Rail-road-crossing near Hawthorne Army-Depot |
Rail-road perspective looking north-toward Walker Lake |
Railroad crossing sign in Mineral County |
Schurz, Nevada is a small town in Mineral County that lies along the Southern Pacific rail road and highway 95 |
The east side of Walker Lake has the Southern Pacific rail line following it's borders |
The east side of Walker Lake in Mineral County, Nevada |
Highway 95 is a potential truck route for shipments of high-level radioactive waste for disposal at the proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository in sourthern Nevada |
Walker Lake in Mineral County |
Walker Lake is a big tourist attraction in the spring and summer |
Recreational activities like boating, skiing, fishing and relaxing abound at Walker Lake |
Weathered sign along the old Southern Pacific rail line in Mineral County, Nevada |
Wetlands along highway 95 are home to wild horses |
Wetlands near Walker Lake, Nevada |
Another view of the wetlands near Walker Lake, Nevada |
Wetlands north of Walker Lake |
