1989 Map of Picacho Peak

About this map

Shenandoah City stands as a focal point of human settlement in this high-desert mining district within the Wah Wah Mountains of Utah. The landscape is defined by the heavy concentration of extractive industry along the eastern slopes, where numerous shafts, adits, and prospects follow the mineral veins of the Mammoth Canyon and Moscow Wash areas. This 1989 provisional map, based on field checks dating back to 1958 and 1986, documents the density of small-scale mining operations that shaped the local economy and social history. Transportation through the hills relies on a network of unimproved roads and trails connecting isolated water sources such as Woodhouse Spring and Wheeler Spring, which were vital for sustaining the remote camps and livestock in this arid environment.