An independent workshop · Silver City, New Mexico
More time. Clearer thinking. A life that stays yours.
Randy Salars brings together practical AI, wealth, inner work, history, self-reliance, and useful goods for people who want to think and choose for themselves.
A useful idea, a clear next step, and room to decide.
The working principles
Give people something useful. Tell the truth about it.
Usefulness over noise. Ideas should help you think, choose, or act.
Truth over posture. Claims need a source, a test, or honest first-person experience.
Independence over dependency. Good tools give you more control of your time, attention, money, and choices.
Care over pressure. Clear details matter more than urgency or fear.
Find your way in
Follow the thread that matters now.
AI, Wealth, History & Treasure, Mind & Inner Work, Self-Reliance, and the Store are open.
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History & Treasure
Frontier history, local research, the Grant County Atlas, collecting, and discovery.
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Mind & Inner Work
Reflection, attention, Dreamweavings, and a more grounded inner life.
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Self-Reliance
Practical skills, preparedness, and resilience in everyday life.
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Store
Coins, books, and distinctive finds with photos and useful details up front.
Explore StoreFrom History & Treasure · Grant County Atlas research preview
Pinos Altos: what the record shows, and where it was.
Gold was found at Pinos Altos, near Silver City, in 1860. The Grant County Atlas follows the camp through checked sources and lays a 1909 USGS map over today's roads. It is a research preview: entries appear only after their sources are reviewed.
- Pinos Altos: what the record showsA source-checked account of the Pinos Altos gold camp from 1860 to 1940: the discovery, Apache accounts, the 1861 attack, the war years, the company town, Mexican families and the placers, town life, the Hearst years, the fires, the zinc years and the buildings, with every statement tied to its source.Read the record
- Pinos Altos: Then & NowCompare a 1909 USGS map of the Pinos Altos country with today's roads, towns and terrain.Open the map
Private intelligence desk
Follow what matters from the original source.
Sentinel collects selected official signals, shows why they matter, and keeps the evidence one click away.
Open Sentinel ↗ Owner access required.
A quieter path
Start with a poem.
Read a story from the range, a quiet morning, or a desert joke. Explore the fiction library for speculative stories too.
Read the poems