Behind the house at Death Valley Mine is a tank presumably for stove and furnace oil, and an exterior bathtub room

Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping and Hiking 2008

Day 8: Butcher Knife Canyon to Nipton via Death Valley Mine, Cima and Morning Star Mine Road, Mojave National Preserve

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Banana yuccas getting ready to flower at the Kelbaker Road summit, Mojave National Preserve

Date: April 23, 2008, 14h48

Behind the house at Death Valley Mine is a tank presumably for stove and furnace oil, and an exterior bathtub room

Note the "Shell Oil" engraving on the tank. Oil drums like these were once common on the east coast in towns where old stoves for heating, cooking and hot water burned oil.

Date: April 30, 2008, 14h19

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Behind the house at Death Valley Mine is a tank presumably for stove and furnace oil, and an exterior bathtub room

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Other bicycle camping trips on drycyclist.com:

Mojave National Preserve and Area Hiking and Bikepacking, Spring 2011 (15 days)
Route 66 and Kelso Dunes Wilderness Bikepacking, Fall 2010 (eight days)
Mojave National Preserve Bikepacking and Hiking, Spring 2010 (14 days)
Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping and Hiking, Fall 2009 (eight days)
Mojave National Preserve Bikepacking and Hiking, Spring 2009 (16 days)
Henry Coe State Park Bikepacking 2008 (eight days)
Mojave National Preserve Xmas 2007 Mountain-Bike Camping (one week)
Henry Coe State Park Mountain-Bike Camping 2007 (eight nights)
Death Valley Bicycle Camping 2007 (two weeks)
Henry Coe State Park Bicycle Camping 2006 (four nights)
Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping 2006 (two weeks)
Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping 2000 (11 days)
Mojave National Preserve Bicycle Camping 1999 (one week)

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