I first visited Moores Station in the early 1980s. At that time I was working for a mineral exploration company out of Ely, Nevada. The company was looking at purchasing a claim block in the nearby Hot Creek Range and we used the main building at Moores Station as our base camp. At that time all of the buildings were abandoned, but were still in amazingly good shape; especially the main building. There had been little to no visible vandalism, and we imagined that the site would be a great location for a permanent retreat. Obviously, since it has become private property and renovated, someone with more money than we had came to the same conclusion.

On one occasion a coworker and I spent an interesting, cold night sleeping in one of the rooms. We had stapled black plastic over the inside of the glassless windows to keep out the early spring cold. We threw down sleeping pads and sleeping bags on the hard wood floor and drifted off to sleep, only to be awaken by kangaroo rats scampering across our faces in search of any scraps of food we might have left exposed. After moving our trash bag into one of the other rooms we had better luck getting our night's rest.

On another occasion I took my first wife and my son out to the location while I checked on several mining claims that had questionable documentation. They both enjoyed their short time at the site as much as I had.

The landscape around the property is rugged and attractive, and with the rock art on display at nearby Petroglyph Butte this is quite an amazing location. It has a fond place in my memories.