We Found This Piping on BLM Public Land That Extends Over 1 Mile...

While flying over BLM Public Land (BUREAU LAND MANAGEMENT) in Johnnie, Nevada our team noticed some type of black piping that appears to extend over a mile laid directly on BLM Public Land. One end appears to lead towards the Johnnie Mine area. The other end appears to lead towards the Spring Mountains foothills where a natural spring is located.

Is it new? Is it old?

After researching the Johnnie Mine, including history of mining in the area, we were able to find the following information in the Pahrump Valley Times which may be an explanation for this piping.

Pahrump Valley Times (PV Times):

"Los Angeles mining investors Carl Schader and T.A. Johnson acquired the Johnnie mine and 13 claims in 1903. The Johnnie Consolidated Milling and Mining Company covered 182.91 acres. Weisser wrote Johnnie at one time had a population of about 500 miners and family members. There was a tent town of Bowlerville, located in American Gulch just below the Minnie Mae mine. Water was piped in from Horseshootem Springs to a 1,500-gallon storage tank.

“We’re actually looking for preservation. They gave it to us so that we could manage it, just take care of it,” Raneri said. “We’re going to do some cleaning up there, see if we can eventually fix it up.”

Rulon and Lisa Bunker signed a quit claim deed donating the April Fool, Johnnie, Teddys and the Teddys Terror mines up Johnnie Mine Road to the Pahrump Valley Museum and Historical Society... The Bunker family were pioneers in northeastern Clark County after which the town of Bunkerville is named." - PV Times

Link to PV Times Article: https://pvtimes.com/news/johnnie-mines-donated-to-museum/

BLM: The Bureau of Land Management is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering federal lands. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., and with oversight over 247.3 million acres, it governs one eighth of the country's landmass.

GPS: 36°27'23.4"N 116°02'45.2"W (Drone Footage)