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[COLOR="Blue"]We had another great mining tour out in JV today. We had over a dozen well equipped vehicles come out. The weather was of course perfect and the group was second to none. Everyone had a great time checking out some of the best mines in the area.
From Anderson DL we headed straight for a new canyon that takes you through one of the more populus mining areas. This canyon turned out to be an awesome run. It's approx. 1/4 mile long, though it's not an extremely tough canyon it poses a fun challenge for the street / trail vehicle with 35's.
One in the group dubbed it "Hammer Lite". It resembles some of the Hammer canyons, but not the extreme challenge.
After and hour and a half of fun we headed to 2 mines in the Gold Peak area. Then on over to the Quatros Amigos mine and finally to 2 other un-named mines. All of these mines have lengthy tunnels and wooden structure inside.
The second canyon needed a couple of rocks moved before it can be run, Mike (deepwater) led the way up the steep canyon wall to get us up on the shelf road that leads to the 2 un-named mines. This route proved to be a little "scarry" for most, myself included. After climbing up the escartment you had to launch your vehicle onto the shelf road and then some how turn to get going in the right direction with out rolling down the hill.
Everthing went well and with out any breakage except one of the FJ's blowing a tire as we were "trophy truckin" across the desert.
A great day and thanks to all who came out. Some one was asking about a JV #3 tour.
Link to slideshow.[/COLOR]
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Ron's TJ with 33's
The Gold Peak mines
The Quatro Amigos mine
I think someone found some gold here
The climb to the ledge road.
The 2 un-named mines
From Anderson DL we headed straight for a new canyon that takes you through one of the more populus mining areas. This canyon turned out to be an awesome run. It's approx. 1/4 mile long, though it's not an extremely tough canyon it poses a fun challenge for the street / trail vehicle with 35's.
One in the group dubbed it "Hammer Lite". It resembles some of the Hammer canyons, but not the extreme challenge.
After and hour and a half of fun we headed to 2 mines in the Gold Peak area. Then on over to the Quatros Amigos mine and finally to 2 other un-named mines. All of these mines have lengthy tunnels and wooden structure inside.
The second canyon needed a couple of rocks moved before it can be run, Mike (deepwater) led the way up the steep canyon wall to get us up on the shelf road that leads to the 2 un-named mines. This route proved to be a little "scarry" for most, myself included. After climbing up the escartment you had to launch your vehicle onto the shelf road and then some how turn to get going in the right direction with out rolling down the hill.
Everthing went well and with out any breakage except one of the FJ's blowing a tire as we were "trophy truckin" across the desert.
A great day and thanks to all who came out. Some one was asking about a JV #3 tour.
Link to slideshow.[/COLOR]
http://s304.photobucket.com/albums/n...view=slideshow
Ron's TJ with 33's
The Gold Peak mines
The Quatro Amigos mine
I think someone found some gold here
The climb to the ledge road.
The 2 un-named mines
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