Virtual Guidebook to West Texas
River Road Along the Rio Grande
Big Bend National Park,Texas

International gauging station on the Rio Grande. (1-7-03)

View of Punta del Sierra in the Chisos Mountains, from the River Road. (1-7-03)
An old car and other junk at the Mariscal mercury mine. (1-7-03)
At the base of the Mariscal Mill and Mine complex. (1-7-03)

Next to where the furnace and still were located, Mariscal mercury mine. (1-7-03)

Mine shafts pockmark the hill above the Mariscal mine. (1-7-03)
The Rio Grande at Solis, halfway along the River Road. (1-7-03)
Desert pavement, Chihuahuan Desert on the River Road. (1-7-03)

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