MARK BOWMEN,GREG WALKER & STEVE PERHAC LED A HISTORICAL TOUR OF THE SILVER CITY AREA.
LOOP – 65 MILES
I HAD MY RESERVATIONS BUT DECIDED TO GO LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. ENDED UP BEING A FUN DAY & REMINDED ME IT WOULD BE FUN AREA TO EXPLORE ON THE 640 NEXT SUMMER.
THE OLD MINERS CABIN BEHIND DIAMOND BASIN. STARTED OUT WITH 22 RIDERS.
SLOW & DUSTY DOWN LOW.
I MANAGED TO EMBARRASS MYSELF LOOPING OUT IN ROCKS & GAVE BARRY A SKULL FRACTURE.
RUBY CITY SITE
DOLLAR TRADE MINE
PUSHING SNOW AT THE 4 CORNERS INTO FLINT. LOST MOST THE RIDERS HERE.
LATER ON THE BACK SIDE OF WAR EAGLE I HAD PRETTY GOOD GET OFF IN 3RD GEAR IN THE SNOW. KNOCKED MY CONTACT OUT OF PLACE & DIDN’T GET IT BACK IN UNTIL WE GOT TO THE TRUCKS.
FLINT MINE BUNK HOUSE. HOUSE ON THE RIGHT WAS MOVED FROM SILVER CITY.
IT BELONGED TO ONE OF THE ANCESTORS WHO RAN A STORE IN TOWN.
ME & BARRY. THE OWNERS WIFE, SARAH, DIDN’T WANT HER PIC WITH BARRY !
BARRY – “ SUCH A GREAT HONOR TO BE IN THE SAME COMPANY OF YASSER, FAT AL & JIMMY !”
“I HAVE A LOSE – LOSE PROPOSITION FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD !”
"There is a providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children, and the United States of America." -Otto Bismarck
KEN REEDS GRAND DAD OWNED THE MINE. KEN SHARED SOME OF THE HISTORY.
HE WAS UP FOR THE WEEKEND RESTORING THE STAMP MILL ( SOME HOW MY PICS DIDN’T TAKE OF THE MILL)
THIS IS PHOTO KEN SHARED. HE SAID MOST OF THE STRUCTURES WERE ACTUALLY TO ATTRACT INVESTMENT VS. SUPPORTING THE OPERATIONS. MOST OF THE CAPITAL CAME FROM GREAT BRITON.
KEN SAYS IT FULL TIME JOB KEEPING THE TREES CUT BACK. YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTO THE VEGETATION USE TO BE SAGE BRUSH AND GRASS. TODAY IT IS ALMOST A JUNGLE OF JUNIPERS (SEE MY PHOTOS ABOVE). SOME SAY THIS IS A RESULT OF MODERN FIRE SUPPRESSION.
POOR MAN MINE SHAFT.
$500,000 IN GOLD WAS MINED IN THE FIRST 5 DAYS BY CLAIM JUMPERS.
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