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Four miles up the sandy Aiken Mine Road from the Valley Wells store, I reach the abandoned settlement at Rock Tank

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04301-aiken-mine-road.jpg I stop briefly to take in the views of the Clark Mountain Range behind me, where I camped the last three nightsThumbnailsCoyote melon growing along the side of Excelsior Mine RoadI stop briefly to take in the views of the Clark Mountain Range behind me, where I camped the last three nightsThumbnailsCoyote melon growing along the side of Excelsior Mine RoadI stop briefly to take in the views of the Clark Mountain Range behind me, where I camped the last three nightsThumbnailsCoyote melon growing along the side of Excelsior Mine RoadI stop briefly to take in the views of the Clark Mountain Range behind me, where I camped the last three nightsThumbnailsCoyote melon growing along the side of Excelsior Mine RoadI stop briefly to take in the views of the Clark Mountain Range behind me, where I camped the last three nightsThumbnailsCoyote melon growing along the side of Excelsior Mine Road

I get off the 10-ton bike and go for a short walk to explore what's here at Rock Tank. I'm curious about the dirt mound in the middle of the photo which, I discover, protects a dugout that was probably used for food storage.