This 95-page guide provides directions and GPS coordinates to many fascinating sites that are fun to locate and explore:
 
Bill Mann, aka "Short Fuse" launched this unique series of guide books on the Mojave Desert and the surrounding areas in 1998. This series of books features page after page of color photos of the interesting and sometimes “mysterious” areas described in the book. Bill Mann provides his unique perspective on each site from his decades of experience as a miner and desert explorer. GPS coordinates and written directions are provided to each site so the reader can use the book as a "field copy" to locate and explore these destinations.
Sites included in this volume:
 
Newberry Springs Area: Battle of Black Butte, Immigrant Point, Forks in The Road, Hawley Mill and Way Station Sites, F-4 Phantom Crash Site, Midway Station
 
Baker Area: Emergency, Emergency Baker CAP Field, Silver Lake, Shaman's Eye in The Sky, Indian Springs Shaman's Cave, 17 Mile Point, Petroglyph Site and Camp, Fossil Lava Falls, Lava Tube, Lava Arch, Little Cow Hole Mountain Mill Sites, Plus Old Well and Corrals, House in The Sky & Lake View, Mining Camp at Little Cow Hole Mountains
 
Shoshone-Tecopa Area: Ibex Springs and Ghost Town and Indian Village, Amargosa Borax Works, Zabriskie, Mystery Circles and Talc Loading Ramp, Inyo County Hot Springs, Grimshaw Riparian Area, Dublin City and Shoshone Cemetery, Marta Becket's Opera House at Death Valley Junction, Chief Tecopa's House and Castles in The Clay, Perlite Comet, Twelve Mile Spring Mortar Site, Roasting Pits and Purification Site, Trilobite Site, Emigrant Pass Mule Trail and Wagon Road, Noonday Mine Town Site, Old Tecopa, Grand Canyon of The Tecopa, China Ranch, Stage Coach Station, Acme, Amargosa Gorge, Hepatitis Springs
 
Turquoise Mountain Area: Halloran Springs, Halloran Springs Ruins, Wander Mine, Guzzler, Indian Turquoise Mine, Turquoise Peak Communication Center, Cree Camp and Hytens Well
 
Valley Wells Area: Rosalie, Copper World Mine, Indian Agave Roasting Pits
 
Mountain Pass Area: Kokoweef, Dinosaur Trackway, Riley's Camp