Trail Report: Cool Mine

[Deepwater]

Fixed it, see reply 4

[chris142]

Hurry up with the pics!

[Deepwater]

Can't figure out how to post em. It's all changed.

[Deepwater]

Saturday was a good day to be wandering in the desert. Weather was great, desert was green, wild flowers were staring to bloom. Saw several patches of purple flowers on the I15 between Victorville and Barstow.

I came across this mine out in the Baker area in my wandering. Doesn't look like much from a distance but when you go inside it looks like it was being worked not to long in the past. Tracks in place as well as compressor pipe and ventilation ducting.

Structure and mine up on the hill



Waiting area just inside the entrance


Decisions, decisions


Very nice crystal cluster on the wall.


Attacked by flying squirrels!




Caution, reduce speed, no guard rails


Leading us into one of the glory holes with a ladder up into another chamber


Went around to the other side of the mountain and found evidence of the main camp since burned down.


There are a lot of workings on the upper part of this mountain although the rock structure is pretty fractured with evidence of prior ceiling collapses. This one is just waiting for a victim.


An Indiana Jones moment.


Now what was the weight bearing limit of a weathered 2x12?


Still more to explore, I'll wait until I have some company to wiggle down into this one. But it looks promising, big tailing pile.



On the way out.



Mike

[Mitch]

Mike,

Great pictures and area. Hopefully you revisit within a month or so, cause I'd like to poke around out there too!

Mitch

[mkjeepers]

Cool mine Mike, how old were the newspapers?

[Gary]

Deepwater, Your jeep looks formilar. Did you have a mishap in Calico last Thanksgiving? Your jeep looks like one my buddy met head on in the big whoops. Nice pictures, I need to get back out this way.

[Deepwater]

Mike,

Great pictures and area. Hopefully you revisit within a month or so, cause I'd like to poke around out there too!

Mitch

Lets do it!

Mike

[Deepwater]

Cool mine Mike, how old were the newspapers?

Because they looked very recent I didn't check the date. I was busy dodging bats.

Mike

[Deepwater]

Deepwater, Your jeep looks formilar. Did you have a mishap in Calico last Thanksgiving? Your jeep looks like one my buddy met head on in the big whoops. Nice pictures, I need to get back out this way.

No, wasn't out there then, glad I missed that one! All yellow wranglers look alike.

Now is a great time to be out this way, the desert isn't looking very desert like. So green and grassy.

Mike

[Gary]

Yeah my buddy kissed a yellow jeep at the peak of one of those big whoops, no serious damage just some scratches.

I hear you, the desert is awesome right now. We've been out exploring every weekend. Last weekend we were out by Edwards Southern fence line again. Let us know the next time your going out towards Baker.

[WYRD]

Mitch and Deepwater, let me know when you plan to go back out....wife and I would love to see some of these

WYRD