Old mine on friend's property |
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 May 21 2013, 11:16 AM
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 Rock Bar!  Group: Members Posts: 496 Joined: 15-January 13 Member No.: 52,528  |
So I spent the weekend relaxing on our friends property off of Gold Camp Road which is right on the edge of the mining district near Cripple Creek. There's a lot of old mines up there, most are just depressions with small tailing piles but there is one that is quite interesting.
Near as I can tell it was a lead mine, the ore samples from the tailings sure looks like Galena. Looks to me that at some point the top of the shaft collapsed, probably after the vein dried up. No idea how far down it actually goes because the water table is so high that it's full of water. There is still piping from the original pump to keep the shaft dry but the pump is long gone. The vein itself is clearly visible at the entrance and it's at a pretty steep angle, probably 45 degrees or so. [attachment=6040:20130519_104248.jpg] [attachment=6041:20130519_104302.jpg] [attachment=6042:20130519_104316.jpg] [attachment=6043:20130519_104324.jpg] [attachment=6044:20130519_104345.jpg] [attachment=6048:20130519_104414.jpg] [attachment=6046:20130519_104359.jpg] [attachment=6047:20130519_104405.jpg] [attachment=6049:20130519_104429.jpg] [attachment=6050:20130519_104635.jpg] -------------------- Life goes by so fast/You only wanna do what you think is right/Close your eyes and it's past/Story of my life - Mike Ness
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Nov 20 2015, 08:26 AM
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 Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 118 Joined: 22-December 10 From: USA Member No.: 7,480 |
Hi,
No pictures? DD |
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Dec 3 2015, 10:30 AM
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 Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 55 Joined: 9-October 15 From: Southern Colorado Member No.: 121,789 |
QUOTE (Diamond Digger @ Nov 20 2015, 07:26 AM)  Hi, No pictures? DD Aww... post from 2013 their photobucket prolly died. =P I'd like to see pics too -------------------- "Life's hard. It's harder if you're stupid." "Most opportunity is right before your eyes, you just haven't yet learned how to see it." <Annual Member> |
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Dypheron Old mine on friend's property May 21 2013, 11:16 AM
russau WOW look at them 2 old antique rifles them old min... May 22 2013, 04:53 AM
Dypheron QUOTE (russau @ May 22 2013, 05:53 AM) WO... May 23 2013, 01:37 AM ColoradoProspector Thanks for sharing the pics, that's a very int... May 29 2013, 06:21 AM ASTROBLEME Hi Dypheron,
The photos show that upper part of t... May 30 2013, 08:50 AM Dypheron I have a few ore samples that I brought back from ... May 31 2013, 10:20 PM russau sounds like you have some free/close water for a h... Jun 1 2013, 05:09 AM Kurt Love the tracks that go into the brush-perfect hor... Oct 27 2013, 09:49 AM Coalbunny Looks like the size of rail I'm looking for my... Oct 29 2013, 06:56 PM |
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