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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... :)
10b4me

climber
Nov 29, 2014 - 07:55am PT
For ghost town enthusiast, here is a good page, imo https://www.facebook.com/groups/445358320166/
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!
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