Trail Discussion: Fry Mountain Mines

[Mitch]

Today my friend Tammy and I took Scott and Lesa out to check out some mines in the Fry Mountains. The cold morning turned warm with beautiful blues skies and a slight breeze. We ended up in 5 different mines and also did some exploring. A perfect day out in the desert.

Right away I tried to get Scott stuck on a little short cut to the first mine. Notice the rock on the exhaust pipe.



There was a strap involved, and Tammy cheered us on



Going to the first mine there are a couple of obstacles





The Squeeze



Mine #1



Both Lesa and Scott crossed this old bridge inside the first mine tunnel and went back another 100 feet



This is under the board that they crossed. It goes down to other levels and is 60 feet deep.



This is mine #2 in the same area. Lesa had to climb in and check it out.



Off to mine #3







Off to mine #4 Lots of rocks on the floor and old timbers









Mine #5 Lots of rocks on the floor and old timbers











Awesome view from mines 4 & 5

[LEADFOOTjosh]

looks like fun... sorry I had to bail out before the day started.. but the wheelin the night before.. finsihed off my already pissed off locker...

[nwoods]

Holy cow man, that one looks none too stable. I would have bailed out of that one personally. My comfort level in those warrens is not quite as high as yours!

[curtis]

Nice!!!

[Mitch]

Nathan,

You have good judgement! The last two mines are a little crazy. I normally avoid going in those two but something spured me on. Probably won't need to do those again! Now that I have been inside over 80+ mines out there I plenty to revisit.

[Mitch]

A video of the Squeeze

[Mitch]

Curtis,

Are you ready for the easy fun stuff? Too bad it is such a haul from beautiful "Y Town".

[red baron 13]

Mines are addictive

Once I found a few mines, I couldn't stop! I've almost driven off the trail looking up in the hills for tailings...need to go hit this area up. Thanks for the awesome pics!!

[curtis]

You bet I'm ready. My jeep is just rotting away sitting in the carport.

[Roger]

My jeep is just rotting away sitting in the carport.

Not the Jeep's fault!

[curtis]

Not the Jeep's fault!

It's the wife and the honey-do-list. LOL