This 119-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:
 
Calico Mountains - Calico Ghost Town, The Ladder, Marion, Bartlett, Barber's Mill, Stripped Butte, Burcham Mine, Waterloo Mine, Daggett-Yermo (Otis), The Waterloo Mill, Columbia's Borax Settling Ponds, Camp Rock, Kramer's Arch, Grotto Canyon, Borate, Sulfur Hole, Palm Ridge, Tin Can Alley, Green Rock Quarry in Hidden Valley, Bismarck Camp, Sweetwater Springs, Silver Bow Mine, Sue (Sioux) Falls Overlook, Columbia's Borax Settling Ponds, The Calico Early Man Archeological Site, Sunrise Canyon Borax, Chimney Rick, Fish Ponds - or "The Ponds", Waterman Mine and Waterman Junction, Flash Two or Waterman Mountain, Rainbow Basin and Owl Canyon.