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Ore Car Mine Area


Highlights:

The Narrows have places onlt 5ft wide with 100ft high walls
Near:North Las Vegas, NV
Scenery:
Distance:5 miles round trip
Elevation Gain:400 ft
Hike Time:2.5 hours
Difficulty:Moderate
Trail Condition:Well maintained trail
HikeType:Out and Back


Summary: This is a well defined trail as you are following a gravel road all the way to the wash. Then when you walk down into the BIG wash go right. Follow the wash until it looks like it dead ends and that is where the Narrows begins. Along the way you will see a few mine shafts. When you get to the place where thier is a wooden structure which was Anniversary mine (1922-1928) on the right bank if you walk up that steep incline you can walk throught 2 short tunnels that the ore cars followed. A must do walk through the 2 tunnels. You can make this into a loop hike but that will be added at a later date. I dont think you can get a horse all the way through the Narrows as 1 place where thier is a rock to climb over I don't think a horse could go. But you could give it a try. Other then that a horse could go anywhere else up to that point.
Trailhead: Take I-15 North to Lake Mead Blvd Exit. Go East on Lake Mead for 17.2 miles until it dead-ends into Northshore road. Turn left and drive 13 miles. At around the 13 mile location look for a small brown sign marked Callville Wash North Road. ( It is at mile marker 16). It is a pulloff on the Left side of the road. Drive .2 tenths of a mile and park where the road divides. This will make it a 5 mile hike. If you want a shorter hike made from this continue driving to where the the big sign "Ore Car Mine" or continue driving past that until you get to the wash. (Lat:36.1976 Lon:-114.6873)
Trail Guides for Ore Car Mine Area:
Hiking Southern Nevada
by Branch Whitney ()

Best Seasons: Fall, Spring, Winter,
User Groups: Hikers, Dogs, Bikes, Horses,
Ranger Contact: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Lake Mead
Localhikes Reporter: This hike was submitted by David Briggs, who has posted  5 other hikes on this site
Trail Reviews  Submit your own review
Reviewed by Kat on 11/23/2007
We do ride horses in the Anniversary Narrows and washes throughout Calville area, but you need to be careful about listing horses as a user group. There are additional issues like trailer parking, certified weed free feed, and other environmental impacts besides horse & rider safety or width & condition of the trail. If you're a horse rider contact the Horse Council of Nevada, the Southern Nevada Trails Association or the BLM at their N. Torrey Pines Ave. office before you head drag your horses & horse trailer to Lake Mead. The Muddies are a truly wonderful spring/winter/fall area to ride but do your research ahead and only believe it if it comes from someone who has actually ridden there before. Happy Trails

Reviewed by Larry on 5/31/2007
The Anniversary Mine is owned by the American Borax Co. It is not on BLM or NPS lands. They own 11 claims. 7000 feet of tunnels in the Anniversary Mine. The narrows are in The Muddy Mts. Wilderness area(BLM).

Reviewed by Mark on 5/10/2006
I have found numerous mines out along this trail, I have explored some and they go plenty deep. Unless it has rained recently don't expect to find much water in the narrows or wash.

Reviewed by tom and connie on 4/26/2006
we found this site after we hiked to the mine. We crossed the wash and hiked to what looked like the old mine site, alot of concrete foundations and platforms. wodered if there was another road in at one time, Saw a few wrecked cars over the banking and beautiful colors looking up the gorge. trying to find some history on the place. we will be back..

Reviewed by Mark on 4/7/2005
If you want to get close to the sign that is in the pics then you will need a high riding vehicle or 4WD. This hike is very easy in terms of elevation changes. There are a few rocks to climb in the actual narrows. I dont think a horse would have a chance in the narrows. Also after you pass the two tunnels on you right, the wash will turn right. At this turn on the left up about 12ft there is an entrance to a mine. Its not very big and you will have to crawl to enter. I didnt have my flashlight or markers to explore, but know that there are mines out there. Happy hiking to all and I hope this helps!

Reviewed by trish on 9/12/2004
at the top of the narrows it will open with a sweep to the right.stop here and look back at the narrows, then up and left.find the flat vertical rock about halfway up.around 11am spring three spanish crosses will show when the sun is right (and only then!)


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