Multi Shots from the trail.

[DG Rider]

 

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[DG Rider]

Sometimes Arizona is like the wardrobe that leads to Narnia.

I've ridde up and down this wash several times looking for some old mining remnants mentioned on a blog I follow (TRIPS).
I had never noticed the above corral before. While taking pics of it, I noticed a shelf road up on the ridge that it also escaped my notice previously.

While heading on down, I paid special attention to the right and sure enough there was a faint road heading up on the ridge. It split and dropped on down into a wash with some tailings piles in the distance. Once I got to the wash, first a decrepit old sign, and the telltale signs of junk meant I was onto something...

Erosion and made a one and a half to 2 ft step up out of the wash that had to work a bit to get up...

Up at the top, a mineshaft...

 

[DG Rider]

While examining the shaft, I noticed a head frame further up the wash... Complete with a bridge across the wash ( or the remnants of one), an ore shoot and a light bulb...

Furthermore, heading up out of the wash, the faint road continued. The upper regions of this look to have been fairly recent work (relatively speaking)...maybe 20 years back.

It finally ended at yet another ore shoot and some old junk in the desert...

 

[DG Rider]

To be clear, the ruins I found above were not the mine ruins I was looking for in the blog. Those involved a cable dozer and an old truck. I contacted the author of the blog and was told that his guide had informed him that the dozer and the truck had been removed and there was little left of the mine ruins I was looking for.

This is the specific blog post, specifically the minriquez workings...

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I believe I found what might have been left of the cable dozer a few years ago and then posted a couple pictures of it, but here's another one...

If this is it, it's now in a ridge a bit over from the original location. Here's a pic of a head frame nearby that I've also taken pics of before, but never noticed the writing on the beam...

Once again, this area appears to have had fairly recent work done in around it. There are a number of shafts visible in this area, meaning there are probably several more that's unseen. Hopefully one day I'll get to come back and walk this area and see exactly what's here.

 

[DG Rider]

You know, for all the advancement mankind has made. People on the moon. Cloning animals. Face recognition with cameras... Is there any reason voice dictation should be absolutely as s***** as it is?

 

[Red500]

What where they mining for.

 

[DG Rider]

Sometimes Arizona is like the wardrobe that leads to Narnia.

I've ridde up and down this wash several times looking for some old mining remnants mentioned on a blog I follow (TRIPS).
I had never noticed the above corral before. While taking pics of it, I noticed a shelf road up on the ridge that it also escaped my notice previously.

While heading on down, I paid special attention to the right and sure enough there was a faint road heading up on the ridge. It split and dropped on down into a wash with some tailings piles in the distance. Once I got to the wash, first a decrepit old sign, and the telltale signs of junk meant I was onto something...

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Erosion and made a one and a half to 2 ft step up out of the wash that had to work a bit to get up...

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Up at the top, a mineshaft...

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Here's another shiny example of technology;
You'll notice that last picture is a duplicate of one two photos above. I can go in and try and delete that picture until my f****** goddamn finger bleeds and it still won't delete it. Why?

 

[DG Rider]

What where they mining for.

I don't know for sure. I'd have to go to one of the websites like mine.dat to see, but those first few mines didn't appear on any topo map, so I don't know the names. In Arizona its generally copper, silver, or gold. There are a few asbestos mines in the state, but I don't think that's too common around here

 

[DG Rider]

Smokestacks from Hayden, AZ in the distance.

 

[DG Rider]

The official substance of Arizona grazing rights: cow s***...

 

[Buggyman]

Many of us follow you and a couple other member's ride photos. Several of you are forum star explorers and photographers judging from all the "likes" you get.

Agree 💯

 

[DG Rider]

Been here before, but was driving back by and decided to take a look again. This is the Grand Prize mine...

According to Wikipedia, the mine inspector on that sign served from 1979-1990. Much different world back then.

 

[DG Rider]

Daylight fading. Once again, the lights of Hayden twinkle in the twilight, as I make a favorite stop on the way back to the trailer...

 

[1border4manu]

Daylight fading. Once again, the lights of Hayden twinkle in the twilight, as I make a favorite stop on the way back to the trailer...

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Hope you don't get tired of hearing this, but thanks for sharing. I really appreciate you bringing us along with you on your travels.

 

[DG Rider]

Hope you don't get tired of hearing this, but thanks for sharing. I really appreciate you bringing us along with you on your travels.

Glad everyone enjoys it.

 

[Rayger143]

Went for a ride this morning. Limited where I can go now without tracks

 

[Buggyman]

Went for a ride this morning. Limited where I can go now without tracks

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Love the pics you post it sure is some beautiful country up there.

 

[HBarlow]

The contrast between DG Rider's southern AZ desert photos and your BC Canada lakes, tall spruce(?) trees, mountains, and snow is very dramatic.

 

[TripleB]

Tennessee Deer Hunt

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Not from the trail but a Pioneer did get me there yesterday morning. Shot a 8 point 5 minutes before this elk walked by.

 

[PJon]

This can dump is near the old line shack I stop at often. I've just been assuming it was beans or something like that, but I finally took the time to pick up a can lid...and surprise...

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When I think of Union carbide, a naturally think of batteries and dead Indians. But also some type of chemicals. What was this? Blasting powder? It's probably a good mile or so from the florence-lead and silver mine, so why would it be down here?

Probably contained Carbide for their lamps.