Well, well, well

- 1974 Southwest Mapping Co. -

The reason for the big pit has come to light. Mojave 31, a horizontal well, will be drilled somewhere behind the pit, which will be used to hold water for the goings on of such a project.

There's been a lot of traffic up and down this road, a bunch of gravel trucks coming and going. It's a good idea to watch your lane if traveling out this way. Those shoulders can be tricky if you have to move over, and it would be easy to flip over or over-correct if the wheel goes into a rut between pavement and dirt.

The photo is of our area on an old oil field map I have from 1974. It's delightful to see the old names and get a sense of who begat who, landwise.