Rock Creek has some of the most detailed and immense amounts of Spanish history than anywhere else in the Uintah's within its' canyon walls. This is the location of the old Spanish Mission, the Water Trap, many sacred Ute and key Rhoades mines, decorated Ute pictographs, panels and [...]

The Josephine de Martinique The Josephine is believed by many local treasure hunters to be located on Hoyts Peak although there is still some debate on the issue. As of 2006 the mine was closed permanently by the forest service due to safety issues. The upper entrance to the [...]

I found these two prospects while searching for a cave in the Lake Basin area.  Judging on the size of the tailing piles they really didn't go back too far. They are most likely two natural caves that someone tried to open many years ago. Many stories are created [...]

A good friend of mine told me of two men he ran into camped near the beaver ponds below Moon Lake about 7 or 8 years ago. After seeing them camped in the trees off the main road for months he decided to stop and talk to them. They [...]

Blind Stream has always drawn my attention as a place that requires more time and investigation to unlock its secrets. We have found a few interesting things there over the years but with the many stories of what could lie hidden here, we may have only scratched the surface. [...]

Grave Cave is a typical Soapstone Basin sinkhole. It is a 30-foot incline to a 10-foot drop into a large 20'x30' room.  It got its name because someone had built a dirt mound with a cross in it to represent a grave just inside the entrance. I have also [...]

George Thompson shows a picture of this cave in his book Faded Footprints on pg 50. The entrance has an arch down the center that makes it look like a pair of owl eyes. The rappel is about 30' to a sloped landing which then drops another 40' into [...]