Wonders of the East Fork (Add Your Photos)
- CrazyHermit
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The Bighorns ...
Black Tarantula
Southern Pacific Rattlesnake
Desert Collared Lizard
Baby Garter Snake
Baby Rattlesnake Roadkill
Jerusalum Cricket aka Potato Bug
Pale Swallowtail
Western Whiptail Lizard
Fence Lizard aka Blue Belly
Black Caterpillar
California Tortoiseshell Butterfly
Miner's Cabins ...
Mine Cart In Allison Gulch
Unnamed Waterfall in Devil's Gulch
Swan Rock
More Geology Wonders ...
The Gold Mines ...
Allison Mine
Big Horn Mine
Unidentified Mine, Possibly Buel Ford Placer Mine
Happy Day Placer Mine
Holly Mine
Heaton / Queenie Mine
Horseshoe Mine
Horseshoe Annex / Elvira Veuhoff Mine
And of course, the famous Bridge To Nowhere ....
Black Tarantula
Southern Pacific Rattlesnake
Desert Collared Lizard
Baby Garter Snake
Baby Rattlesnake Roadkill
Jerusalum Cricket aka Potato Bug
Pale Swallowtail
Western Whiptail Lizard
Fence Lizard aka Blue Belly
Black Caterpillar
California Tortoiseshell Butterfly
Miner's Cabins ...
Mine Cart In Allison Gulch
Unnamed Waterfall in Devil's Gulch
Swan Rock
More Geology Wonders ...
The Gold Mines ...
Allison Mine
Big Horn Mine
Unidentified Mine, Possibly Buel Ford Placer Mine
Happy Day Placer Mine
Holly Mine
Heaton / Queenie Mine
Horseshoe Mine
Horseshoe Annex / Elvira Veuhoff Mine
And of course, the famous Bridge To Nowhere ....
- Girl Hiker
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Wow! Thanks for reminding us of all the wonderful things we've seen and haven't seen. I'm interetested in exploring more mines.
- CrazyHermit
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Check out my website for more on the minesgirlhiker70 wrote: Wow! Thanks for reminding us of all the wonderful things we've seen and haven't seen. I'm interetested in exploring more mines.
Lost Mines of Los Angeles County
Yep. With dragon force it does 500 HP of damage. Or 250 if you want it to magically return to your hand after attacking the enemy.Elwood wrote:Fused by dragons, no doubt... Unless Squatchy can breath fire.
- CrazyHermit
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Where in the world did you find that? That's ultra cool.Sean wrote: Those are nice, but I believe this nail ball is the most wondrous thing in the East Fork. Kinda hard to find, too.
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It's in the cabin ruins near Stanley-Miller Mine.CrazyHermit wrote:Where in the world did you find that? That's ultra cool.
- CrazyHermit
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Awesome. I'll have to look for that.Sean wrote:It's in the cabin ruins near Stanley-Miller Mine.CrazyHermit wrote:Where in the world did you find that? That's ultra cool.
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Those lizards are related to iguanas. They're super fast and get up to about 18 inches. Not rare though.Sean wrote: That whiptail lizard looks neat. Never seen one before. Are they rare?
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That waterfall slide on your YouTube page is awesome. You're buddy looks like Freddy Kruger.Sean wrote: That whiptail lizard looks neat. Never seen one before. Are they rare?
Nice! Terminology question: I thought that "placer" mining referred to filtering river sediments and "hard-rock" mining referred to filtering rock you break off hard ground. But you have photos of several shafts labelled as "placer" mines. So what does "placer" mean then?
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I'm not exactly sure why those mines have Placer in their titles. My guess is that those were operations that started out as placer claims and later became hard rock mines when they got some money to finance the hard rock mining. Good question.dima wrote: Nice! Terminology question: I thought that "placer" mining referred to filtering river sediments and "hard-rock" mining referred to filtering rock you break off hard ground. But you have photos of several shafts labelled as "placer" mines. So what does "placer" mean then?
OK, that makes sense. Where did you get the names of the mines? Info about these old claims is a bit sparse.CrazyHermit wrote:I'm not exactly sure why those mines have Placer in their titles. My guess is that those were operations that started out as placer claims and later became hard rock mines when they got some money to finance the hard rock mining. Good question.
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Some of the lesser known mines are listed on Western Mining History There are quite a few in the East Fork I haven't found yet.dima wrote:OK, that makes sense. Where did you get the names of the mines? Info about these old claims is a bit sparse.CrazyHermit wrote:I'm not exactly sure why those mines have Placer in their titles. My guess is that those were operations that started out as placer claims and later became hard rock mines when they got some money to finance the hard rock mining. Good question.
The more well known ones can be found in John W. Robinson's books, Mines of the San Gabriels and Mines of the East Fork.
Hugh Blanchard also talked with some of the descendants of the original miners and found some information even Robinson didn't know about.
Gold Mines of Los Angeles County