Amazing photos, really! Thanks! And so close to us...we'll have to try and find it when it warms up...
Awesome find! Looks like the prototypical for countless movies.
Amazing photos, really! Thanks! And so close to us...we'll have to try and find it when it warms up...
Josta
Big Bear Lake, CA
Yeah, I know, I messed up the thread, but someone warned me that I had said too much, so that looters could be tipped off.
My bad.
NJ
"I got four things to live by: Don't say nothing that will hurt anybody. Don't give advice--nobody will take it anyway. Don't complain. Don't explain." Death Valley Scotty Walter Scott 1872-1954
We visited this mine last week and it remains unchanged except for the now-lack of snow on the ground. We found doors that were apparently earlier used in an attempt to seal it, but they were pulled off the hinges; one of them can be seen in Norm's picture of the "Y" in the rails inside, and another was used as a "bridge" across the creek at the back of the mine.
Many of these mines in this area were, according to the book, "The San Jacintos", worthless or near worthless. A lot of them were "salted" by using gold dust-filled shotgun shells, shot into the walls of the mine to give the appearance of gold being in the walls to dupe "investors".
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Last edited by josta; 07-19-2010 at 04:45 PM.
Josta
Big Bear Lake, CA
Ahh, the good old days! When a swindle could be so simple...now it's evolved into BIG business. Huge corporations and our government in cohoots together...a guy just can't compete anymore! Attachment 6144
It is good to see that the place hasn't changed in the last year. The mountains are nice right now. We had just the right amount of rainfall at the right times so that this year's wildflowers have been the best in a long time.
NJ
Below is an orchid, Piperia transversa, that was abundant under the pines last weekend in Idyllwild. It was the first time I had ever seen one.
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"I got four things to live by: Don't say nothing that will hurt anybody. Don't give advice--nobody will take it anyway. Don't complain. Don't explain." Death Valley Scotty Walter Scott 1872-1954
"I got four things to live by: Don't say nothing that will hurt anybody. Don't give advice--nobody will take it anyway. Don't complain. Don't explain." Death Valley Scotty Walter Scott 1872-1954
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