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The weather finally decided to cooperate on a day off, so I went for a quick drive out to the lower end of Dry Canyon. Once I got there, I decided to go ahead and take a short hike up to a mine I've wanted to see for awhile now.
Yeah, I found out how out-of-shape I got over the winter. LOL
First up was a hawk just sitting in a tree near where I parked the truck.
Then I hiked up the road and took the right-hand fork. Near the top of this short side road there's a small area that someone began to mine.
Here's a different angle from a little farther down the hill...
On the way down the trail, I cut across the face of the hillside so I could side-hill to the mine I wanted to check out. The inclined shaft has been gated over (of course), and judging by the size of the tailings pile, it probably doesn't go down too terribly far.
Here's a slightly different angle. As far as the grate goes, it looks like a critter has dug under the bars on the left side - and yeah, I'm fairly certain it's a critter, because I don't think a human can get through that small of an opening (and no, the gap doesn't show up in the pics).
Yeah, I found out how out-of-shape I got over the winter. LOL
First up was a hawk just sitting in a tree near where I parked the truck.
Then I hiked up the road and took the right-hand fork. Near the top of this short side road there's a small area that someone began to mine.
Here's a different angle from a little farther down the hill...
On the way down the trail, I cut across the face of the hillside so I could side-hill to the mine I wanted to check out. The inclined shaft has been gated over (of course), and judging by the size of the tailings pile, it probably doesn't go down too terribly far.
Here's a slightly different angle. As far as the grate goes, it looks like a critter has dug under the bars on the left side - and yeah, I'm fairly certain it's a critter, because I don't think a human can get through that small of an opening (and no, the gap doesn't show up in the pics).
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