I spent the afternoon of Tuesday, November 5, 2019 exploring the cultural treasures at the Mount Irish Rock Art and Archaeological District.  I spent Tuesday morning in Rainbow Canyon.  A railway worker I met there told me that of all the sites in Lincoln County, Mount Irish was the best.  He also recommended that I stop at the BLM Field Office in Caliente to pick up their maps.  So that is what I did,  and I am glad I followed this gentleman’s advice.  The BLM materials were much more detailed, especially their maps.  I must admit however, that the Lincoln County Guide (which has all the sites in one pamphlet, as opposed to the BLM materials, which have separate pamphlets for each site) has some interesting information as well.  So I guess I would recommend you take a look at them both!  The BLM maps divide the District into the Eastern Locus ( Sites I, II, & III), the Western Locus (Sites IV, V, & VI), and the Southern Locus (Sites VII thru XI).  The Lincoln County pamphlet identifies the sites by name: Monolith Echo Panel (BLM Site III); Paiute Rocks (BLM Site IV); Shaman Knob and Shaman Hill (BLM Sites V & VI).  The Lincoln County pamphlet makes no mention of Sites I and II in the BLM Eastern Locus, nor any of the sites in the BLM Southern Locus (which, in my opinion, contain two of the nicest panels out there!).   Anyway, I spent the whole afternoon out there, and it was dark as I finally got back to blacktop and started looking for a place to stay for the night (no camping allowed in the Archaeological District!).  Hope you enjoy my photos!

And finally, a couple of Southern Locus Selfies.  I was REALLY  proud of myself for finding these two panels.  The road to the Southern Locus sites was washed out about half way to the trailhead, and impassable.  So I had to make a long hike and, since there were no district markers in the wash, I overshot the area by about a mile.   It took me a lot of climbing and searching to locate these sites, and I was running out of daylight fast when I finally found site VII.  From there,  I was able to locate Sites VIII and XI, where these selfies were taken.  By the time I made it into bed late that night, I was one tired old man.  Congratulations, old man!!!