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1967 Map of Moho Mountain

Name: 1967 Topographic Map of Moho Mountain
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1981
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1981

About this map

High-altitude desert mining operations define this 1967 survey of Mineral County, where the southern slopes of the Excelsior Mountains and the peak of Moho Mountain meet the arid basins of the Garfield Hills. The landscape is marked by a legacy of extraction, featuring a cluster of named workings including the Birdsong Mine, Silver Gulch Mine, Badger Mine, and Black Hawk Mine. A more extensive complex, the Marietta Mines, occupies the southwestern corner, while the isolated Moho Mine sits on the eastern flank of its namesake mountain.

Transportation through this difficult terrain is limited to a network of Jeep Trails connecting remote sites like the Endowment Mine and the Garfield Mill (Site). Natural features provide rare relief from the mountain peaks, most notably the Garfield Spring and the shifting Sand Dunes in the northeast. This map also records indigenous heritage with a specific notation of Petroglyphs near Rattlesnake Canyon, offering a layer of history far older than the 19th-century mining booms.