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Bristol Silver Mine Camp
This was a huge mine camp with a long history of operation that we were able to get a private tour of in 2003. At the time, the camp was guarded full-time by caretakers. They showed us around and gave a great tour, even allowing us to go underground and
Bristol Silver Tramway
Part of the Bristol Silver Mine, the tramway hauled ore over the mountain from the mine to the railhead. Only a few tramways still stand, and this double-rope one is quite impressive.
I first checked out this tramway in 2003. In 2013, we made two trips up to the top.
DRV Mine
A few years ago, we visited an immense underground mine, spending hours underground exploring its twisting passageways late into the night.
The haulage adit is a steep 800-foot decline to the main body of workings. That is a long drop just to get to the start of the mine!
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Inscription Fork of Lemoigne Canyon
My friend Bill led Dan and me to a fork near Lemoigne Canyon out in Death Valley with a few historical inscriptions. It is hard to know if they are real or not, but I believe they are. This is a seldomly seen area.
No directions to protect this site.
Striped Butte Fallout Shelter
Was this old mining adit made into a fallout shelter? Maybe it is one of Charles Manson’s secret hideouts? Or the Ballarat Bandit? Perhaps a local resident and miner set it up as an apocalypse bug-out shelter? Maybe it is one of many in the area? Perhaps I know
Angel Canyon Ruin
Back in the summer of 2013, we took a quick trip to Utah. One of the places we visited was a small set of Anasazi ruins in two alcoves near Angel Canyon. It was an interesting hike to get out there. Some bushwhacking was involved.
The ruins turned out to