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Elessar
11-04-2018, 06:26 PM
This is interesting. I did not realize how many old mines there were standing
pretty much 'open' and accessible.

When Dad was stationed at Davis Monthan in Tuscon, he used to go out
seeking old mines but was careful not to venture inside:

https://www.apnews.com/41c193d6646a48c1a5d66ee6383b8e9a
LongTermGuy
11-04-2018, 11:06 PM
Excellent post...Great pic`s....I love old mines and old towns....and stories affiliated wit them...
Elessar
11-05-2018, 12:13 AM
Excellent post...Great pic`s....I love old mines and old towns....and stories affiliated wit them...

Got a great Web site for them: http://www.ghosttowns.com/

There are some really good pictures on that site!
LongTermGuy
11-05-2018, 12:39 AM
Got a great Web site for them: http://www.ghosttowns.com/

There are some really good pictures on that site!


Thank you....!
Elessar
11-05-2018, 12:49 AM
Thank you....!

You are welcome!
High_Plains_Drifter
11-05-2018, 10:29 AM
I lived in Montana a couple different times, worked for my ex BIL and his Dad's construction company, they had a lumber yard too, but in my off time I was up in the mountains. This is SW Montana and the mountains are absolutely riddled with mines. Lots of old cabins and such too. I just couldn't get enough of exploring all that. I probably knew the mountains around Sheridan, Alder, and Virginia City as well as anyone born there. There wasn't a road up into the mountains I wasn't on, other than the ones that had a gate because they were private property. It is fun, but I can see where it can also be dangerous. I've entered more than one mine that you had to squeeze under the saging timbers at the entrance, and if that caved in, you'd be sealed in, so you're definitely taking a risk. We were lucky.
Elessar
11-05-2018, 10:49 AM
I lived in Montana a couple different times, worked for my ex BIL and his Dad's construction company, they had a lumber yard too, but in my off time I was up in the mountains. This is SW Montana and the mountains are absolutely riddled with mines. Lots of old cabins and such too. I just couldn't get enough of exploring all that. I probably knew the mountains around Sheridan, Alder, and Virginia City as well as anyone born there. There wasn't a road up into the mountains I wasn't on, other than the ones that had a gate because they were private property. It is fun, but I can see where it can also be dangerous. I've entered more than one mine that you had to squeeze under the saging timbers at the entrance, and if that caved in, you'd be sealed in, so you're definitely taking a risk. We were lucky.

Check out that link I sent to LTG....some of those mines might be
in there.
High_Plains_Drifter
11-05-2018, 11:20 AM
Check out that link I sent to LTG....some of those mines might be
in there.
I should dig through my old pictures and scan some of the ones I took 40+ years ago in Montana. I have pics of old mines and cabins... think I'll do that later today. Working out right now, then I need to hit walmart. Almost out of TP... http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/nervous/nervous.gif (http://www.sherv.net/)