Some Of These Miney Things Are Not Like Other Miney Things

This prospect was really out in the middle of nowhere and required a decent hike in... So, the discussion as to how in the hell not one, but TWO televisions ended up out there was a lengthy one. It’s the first time that I can recall seeing televisions at a mine. And here we had two!

Given the area, this was almost certainly a gold mine, but since we have no records or even a name, I won’t state with absolute certainty that it was. This was literally just a small “X” on the map (an “X” indicates a prospect rather than a proper mine) with the black square indicating a structure.

9 times out of 10 in the mountains, that means finding a clearing where something may have been and an odd piece of metal scrap or two hidden in the pine needles and underbrush. That’s why we were impressed by all of the interesting features at this one.

Not our biggest mine explore ever, but it was a fun little day trip...

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Growing up in California’s “Gold Rush Country” made it easy to take all of the history around us for granted. However, abandoned mine sites have a lot working against them – nature, vandals, scrappers and various government agencies… The old prospectors and miners that used to roam our lonely mountains and toil away deep underground are disappearing quickly as well.

These losses finally caught our attention and we felt compelled to make an effort to document as many of the ghost towns and abandoned mines that we could before that colorful niche of our history is gone forever.
I hope you’ll join us on these adventures!

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