Open desert invites many different types of people. In years past there were the miners who dug the ground leaving open pits such as this one. Later as the population expanded and those with guns needed a place to try them out any back side of a hill will do. In this simple photo two of the dangers of open desert, open mines and target practice. Even with fifty feet of rock climbing up behind the targets a chance of a stray bullet is always a danger to the unsuspecting rider coming around the corner or later at night the open pit of this mine.