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It was a couple good days of exploring. I had a trip planned on wednesday to go to Tecopa with my friends Ben and Dain. The day before we were all together helping Dain move and when we were done Ben said " Why do we have to wait till tomorrow ? Let's go tonight ! " so off to Goodsprings we went. Since I tend to be lazy I still had all my gear, in my truck from the trip a couple weeks ago to Tecopa. We got to the Sultan and dragged all my gear to the same inclined shaft that Joanne went to http://www.mojaveunderground.com/for...ghlight=sultan
It was about 150' down and I was glad I had my gear on. I've been a carpenter for 13 years and know when I'm on a bad ladder. Even though some of the rungs on the ladder have been replaced, where the ladders connect to each other and the shaft were pretty weak. After getting to the bottom I found the giant ore chute, it was pretty impressive.
I climbed up the ladder that lead to a huge stope and immediately found a few treasures
After looking around a pile of "trash" I found a old blasting cap tin
I continued exploring up the stope and was able to get to with in 25' of the bottom of bridge. I kick up so much dust it was nearly impossible for me to get any pics. Along the way I did find a nice wheelbarrow.
On one of the upper levels I came across an interesting work bench.
This was on the bench, does anyone know what the hell it is ? It's been puzzling me ever since I saw it.
We got home from Goodsprings about midnight, got a good nights sleep and headed out to Tecopa about 11 the next morning. My 2 friends have been to a couple small mines but nothing like Tecopa. First I took them over to the incline at War Eagle and we explored all the levels.
Then we headed to my favorite area.
After going around in a couple big circles we headed over to Grant. My friends thought the ladder sounded like fun so I told them we'd be climbing it. They were all excited until they saw it. They finally quit crying and we climbed out of Grant.
Then we walked over to the cave and this is what greets you at the entrance. I'm sure glad it was dead.
Towards the bottom of the cave I found an old felt hat and tobacco tin. I'll give you a great deal on the hat Stu. This is what you wanted right?
We got through the cave into Noonday and climbed all the way up some more ladders to get out. Along the way I found a brand new drill bit head, it still has some of the paint on it. That's the first new one I've found. After all that we get to back through most of it to get back to the truck. It was definitely a good couple days.
I got the complete albums up at http://s1224.photobucket.com/albums/...7/War%20Eagle/ and http://s1224.photobucket.com/albums/...20of%20Sultan/ Hope u enjoyed, I know I did !!!
It was about 150' down and I was glad I had my gear on. I've been a carpenter for 13 years and know when I'm on a bad ladder. Even though some of the rungs on the ladder have been replaced, where the ladders connect to each other and the shaft were pretty weak. After getting to the bottom I found the giant ore chute, it was pretty impressive.
I climbed up the ladder that lead to a huge stope and immediately found a few treasures
After looking around a pile of "trash" I found a old blasting cap tin
I continued exploring up the stope and was able to get to with in 25' of the bottom of bridge. I kick up so much dust it was nearly impossible for me to get any pics. Along the way I did find a nice wheelbarrow.
On one of the upper levels I came across an interesting work bench.
This was on the bench, does anyone know what the hell it is ? It's been puzzling me ever since I saw it.
We got home from Goodsprings about midnight, got a good nights sleep and headed out to Tecopa about 11 the next morning. My 2 friends have been to a couple small mines but nothing like Tecopa. First I took them over to the incline at War Eagle and we explored all the levels.
Then we headed to my favorite area.
After going around in a couple big circles we headed over to Grant. My friends thought the ladder sounded like fun so I told them we'd be climbing it. They were all excited until they saw it. They finally quit crying and we climbed out of Grant.
Then we walked over to the cave and this is what greets you at the entrance. I'm sure glad it was dead.
Towards the bottom of the cave I found an old felt hat and tobacco tin. I'll give you a great deal on the hat Stu. This is what you wanted right?
We got through the cave into Noonday and climbed all the way up some more ladders to get out. Along the way I found a brand new drill bit head, it still has some of the paint on it. That's the first new one I've found. After all that we get to back through most of it to get back to the truck. It was definitely a good couple days.
I got the complete albums up at http://s1224.photobucket.com/albums/...7/War%20Eagle/ and http://s1224.photobucket.com/albums/...20of%20Sultan/ Hope u enjoyed, I know I did !!!
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