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I reach Excelsior Mine Road and pull over after a short distance to check out a water tank and cistern near the road

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04265-excelsior-mine-road.jpg Close to the bottom of the northern road to Pachalka Spring, I stop to take a final look back toward the Clark Mountain RangeThumbnailsI haven't seen pavement in a few days, so the six miles on asphalt from Pachalka Spring Road to Valley Wells is a smooth changeClose to the bottom of the northern road to Pachalka Spring, I stop to take a final look back toward the Clark Mountain RangeThumbnailsI haven't seen pavement in a few days, so the six miles on asphalt from Pachalka Spring Road to Valley Wells is a smooth changeClose to the bottom of the northern road to Pachalka Spring, I stop to take a final look back toward the Clark Mountain RangeThumbnailsI haven't seen pavement in a few days, so the six miles on asphalt from Pachalka Spring Road to Valley Wells is a smooth changeClose to the bottom of the northern road to Pachalka Spring, I stop to take a final look back toward the Clark Mountain RangeThumbnailsI haven't seen pavement in a few days, so the six miles on asphalt from Pachalka Spring Road to Valley Wells is a smooth changeClose to the bottom of the northern road to Pachalka Spring, I stop to take a final look back toward the Clark Mountain RangeThumbnailsI haven't seen pavement in a few days, so the six miles on asphalt from Pachalka Spring Road to Valley Wells is a smooth change

I'm always interested in potential water sources, but the facilities here are dry, as I presumed they might be. The Kingston Range is still in the background.