Mine Links

[CaverStretch]

Hope I'm not repeating the links, but I found some interesting stuff.

http://www.socalfunplaces.com/topic_desert.htm

http://www.scripophily.net/tecconmincom.html

http://books.google.com/books?id=w2LBvZD8kQsC&pg=PA137&lpg=PA137&dq=tecopa+mining+book&source=web&ots=vhzS9_tEjb&sig=-2Ad9_dZjJmER1mSiVIhNCPs2s8&hl=en&ei=yd2QScPRGIG4twfA19XPCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA25,M1

http://www.scribd.com/doc/3427258/Preserving-Our-Mining-Heritage-The-California-Desert

http://www.scribd.com/doc/4108346/Death-Valley-NP-Historic-Resource-Study-of-Mining-vols-1-and-2

[Derek]

Mike, Stu, Miah, Roberto,

Go to the Socalfun places and look at the Underground City mine and you will see a huge mine that has cold war stuff in it that I was talking about. It isn't very far from Vegas and there has to be more than one entrance.

[Stuart]

Haha, we can get in Any mine that big has multiple entrances, chances are they just blasted the main.

Looks pretty sweet! When we head down there again this fall we should scout it out.

[ExpUt]

A couple of those links are courtesy of Mojave member Russel Hartill

[rhartill]

Thanks Caver and ExpUt for the plugs...Yes, in the early 1980s I recommended Tecopa for interpretation as an excellent interpretive mining site. Instead the BLM ignored my recommendations and instead has recently co-opted my book (without the recommendations) and posted it on their abandoned mine lands website. See for example:

http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/fo/cdd/abandonedmineland.html#

[UnderUtah]

I'd be totally up in arms, Russ. I thought that it was ILLEGAL to reproduce copyrighted works whether in part or entirety without written permission of the copyright holder - and to promote the OPPOSITE message of the infringed work is even that much more offensive. Unreal. Perhaps a nicely worded reminder that copyright law still applies even in the internet age...

[rhartill]

Not very smart of the BLM to misuse the copyright of an author who happens to be an ATTORNEY! EVEN IF they may claim the original DF research contract was purchased by them. I have demanded that they include my recommendations chapter on their website--if I don't get satisfaction, I'll consider suing them. Stealing my own words, editing important parts completely OUT of their version, and using same to promote a practice that is anathema to me just BURNS MY BUSCUITS....

[Dawn_CL]

Best of luck in trying to sue the GOVERNMENT, whether its local or federal. Those days are long gone by with unfortunately.
Who do you think the judges will be in favor of? ... regardless of how much evidence you may have or how much 'wrong' you think they did or actually did. The government scratches each others backs as everybody already knows.. I tried it once with a local government source but it didnt work even though THEY was clearly in the wrong. Nowadays its who knows who or who has the most money and whoever does wins the case. Now, since the government has more money than most of us do and could keep the lawsuits going until we are broke, guess who wins? Unfortunately, THEY do.

Dawn