Timeless El Paso's.....

Photograph by Scott Schwartz.

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Beginning with the native Americans, man has occupied the El Paso Mountains for over 1,000 years.

If one knows where to look, and what to look for, traces of the native American presence can still be found.

There is much more ample evidence of the more recent white man's activities here, in the form of mining ruins.  These ruins can be found throughout the area.

I pack my old Jeep Cherokee and visit the El Paso's all year round-even during the summer, when the temperature reaches blast-furnace proportions.  It is then that I especially marvel at those who lived here.  Indeed, there were active mining operations in the El Paso's through 1960's.  

Now, the El Paso's are the domain of the weekend prospector/hobbyist and the off-road enthusiast.  Which is fine with me.