I met up with Dan, Bill, Chris
Fields Gollab Cabin
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Chris and Dan are the first to get over to the cabin.
Dan finds a broken bottle at the cabin.
The neck is broken off of this old amethyst colored bottle.
An interesting old miner's cabin. We wonder who built it but its history is lost to us.
Dan and Bill take a look around the inside of the cabin.
The place doesn't seem to receive much visitation.
Inside of the cabin.
Interestingly, the front door says "FIELDS GOLLAB 1917". Was the cabin built in 1917? That could be the real date.
An old riveted pipe lays in the wash.
I climb above the cabin to look around.
Off to my right is another old campsite.
The campsite has a rockwall and what looks like an old cooler box. A mine adit lurks in the background.
A closer look at what I think is a cooler box.
The entrance to the mine. This is one of the main ones for this mine.
We find a small adit below the rest of the mine workings.
Walking around I find more adits and rocks walls.
Going inside to check the mine out.
The top of a winze. There used to be a hand winch here.
Back outside, I see another adit. None of them are big but this one was longer.
I take a look behind me to see the strangely square mine dump before I go in.
The portal.
Taking a look backwards.
I soon find a little friend crawling around.
He is a small tarantula.
Further in, I find a open stope with a ladder.
Old Prince Albert can.
I couldn't quite make out the date on this magazine page, but the styling is 1950's-ish. The ad is for a hat, mentions it is the "Latest Tyrolean" model with a new "Chamois" finish. When was this in fashion and available for $3.85?
Deeper in.
Oh! Surprise! Bats.
I distrubed a small colony but they quickly settle down.
We head up the old road a little bit and find another small mine. This old claim marker has a bent drill bit at the base. The sign says "This is a Valid Mining Claim. Annual Work Done." Not true anymore.
Bill takes my photo at the open stope workings of this mine.
There is a definite danger here as the stope does straight down.
The old road provides some entertainment for us in a narrow spot.
Another small adit around the corner.
Dan and I are walking.
Chris and Kelly look at the pully wheel.
We decide to seperate and hike around the hills in search of any other mine ruins. We don't find much else though.
At the end of the road we find a make-shift headframe made from rolled steel pipe.
Wandering the hills.
Last Updated on August 2, 2020 by Guy Starbuck
