Discussion Topic |
|
This thread has been locked |
Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
|
|
Nov 20, 2014 - 09:23pm PT
|
Nice! thanks YoSteve!
There are the remains of old cabins for the miners all over the high country. It is kind of wild how far back in time so many of these activities run.
|
|
Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
|
|
Nov 21, 2014 - 07:42am PT
|
Super! Excellent video. I've become pretty fascinated with the western mining frontier.
|
|
caughtinside
Social climber
Oakland, CA
|
|
Nov 21, 2014 - 08:57am PT
|
Enjoyed that, thanks!
|
|
10b4me
climber
|
|
Nov 21, 2014 - 09:32am PT
|
Have you been to the Log Cabin Mine? North of 120, and west of Lee Vining.
|
|
YosemiteSteve
Trad climber
CA
|
|
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 21, 2014 - 09:59am PT
|
Have you been to the Log Cabin Mine?
Yeah. That place is pretty crazy, ton's of stuff to check out there. Log Cabin Mine was active until fairly recently (1950's or so) and they also pumped ore slurry uphill to all those cyanide leach ponds up on the little pass there. I think the Boy Scout camp there might actually own the mine. It's got a sketchy vertical shaft that I think goes down real deep, based on the pile of tailing.
|
|
frank wyman
Mountain climber
montana
|
|
Nov 21, 2014 - 10:17am PT
|
I am surprized no one has talked about Hites Cove, A old minning town near El Portel. We always went up there in the spring for the vast array of wildflowers and to check out the old mining stuff laying about. Sadly the last time I was there (early 70's) A lot of digging for artifacts using metal detectors, Holes all around...
|
|
BurnRockBurn
climber
South of Black Rock City (CC,NV)
|
|
Nov 21, 2014 - 11:42am PT
|
Very nice video. Amazing stuff
Shawn
|
|
Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
|
|
Nov 21, 2014 - 06:12pm PT
|
Thanks, Nita. Great thread.
|
|
pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
|
|
Nov 28, 2014 - 07:17pm PT
|
|
|
Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
|
|
Nov 28, 2014 - 07:24pm PT
|
Super neat - but I have to admit that at first I thought this was about Oakhurst on a Wednesday night.
|
|
Risk
Mountain climber
Olympia, WA
|
|
Nov 28, 2014 - 09:14pm PT
|
I have a very fond appreciation for the Yosemite Ghost towns. Thanks Steve. I once hiked up to Mono Pass and decided to take a hard left near the top and started a slow climb diagonally toward Mt. Gibbs. Rumor had it that there was a log cabin up there. I suddenly found a stage road (trail) that slowly climbed up into the cleft of the west face of Mt Gibbs. The trail (road) was in pretty great shape and easy to follow. The trail sputtered out in some really nice high meadows with no sign of the coveted log cabin or any other debris. The decent down the drainage of the western slope of Mt Gibbs was a garden paradise full of big gulps of clean water that flowed in the creek and over the red rocks.
Unexpectedly, it was at this spot high up there resting for a moment that I looked across Tuolumne Meadows, Dana Meadows, Cathedral Range, and the Tuolumne Domes landscape before me and made several life decisions with very little difficulty.
|
|
neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
|
|
Nov 28, 2014 - 11:38pm PT
|
hey there say, yosemite steve... really love seeing this thread...
say, added note:
i will go read-up on dana village, now, :)
great pics, here!
|
|
neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
|
|
Nov 28, 2014 - 11:50pm PT
|
hey there say, yosemiteSteve... say, i just noticed you mentioned about your video, monarchs and milkweed, i will go look for it...
my yard, has milkweed here, that i brought over from a few blocks away from my old place, that i had rented (year back)...
and yep, me too... UNTIL i had my own, i never knew of all the insect life going on... sadly, this year there was less, than usual, :(
i usually would see the milkweed beetle, as well, during it's mate cycle...
but i loved the monarchs, the best!! they, and other butterflies, flourished around these milkweed pods... :)
|
|
Srbphoto
climber
Kennewick wa
|
|
Nov 29, 2014 - 08:44am PT
|
the backside of the buildings in Pyro's photo
|
|
crankster
Trad climber
|
|
Nov 29, 2014 - 08:47am PT
|
Good stuff
|
|
pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
|
|
Jan 15, 2015 - 08:55pm PT
|
|
|
pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
|
|
Jan 15, 2015 - 09:01pm PT
|
|
|
pyro
Big Wall climber
Calabasas
|
|
Jan 15, 2015 - 09:03pm PT
|
|
|
RP3
Big Wall climber
Twain Harte
|
|
Jan 15, 2015 - 09:27pm PT
|
Steve, that was amazing. Another masterpiece!
|
|
|
SuperTopo on the Web
|