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Pink Trailer Mine, Twin Mines

 
Exploring, Family Outings:

The year was 1983. While out exploring with the bikes and buggy, we
came upon a faint trail . We followed this trail through deep sand washes
and a twisting rocky path. Spinning the rear tire on my XT250 trying to
get over a soft stretch of sand in the narrow canyon, we came upon this lonely
pink trailer. In the middle of nowhere.

It turned out to be a time capsule of the 1950's through 1967, the date
on the last newspaper found inside. This amazed the hell out of us, sitting
here unmolested for the 16 or so years. Still supplied with gallons of bottled
water lined up on the  kitchen counter and food packages with price tags reading
$.17 and $.23, prices of long ago. The trailer was being used while digging a
mine about 250 feet into the mountain. The tailings can be seen above the trailer.


 

Jessica stands at the entrance to the mine. More bottled water was stored in here. Years painted on the inside walls showed how far this person had dug each year. He was probably mining for gold, as there is a lot of quartz rock in the mine.

How it looks in 1997. Unfortunately the inside was trashed
by thoughtless idiots.




 

1983, How the inside used to  look before the vandals. ( Brian had hair in 1983 ! )

 
 
 

The trailer is seen here in the middle. They must have used a Caterpillar tractor to get this 1947 trailer up this sandy canyon.

Twin Mines:

View from Twin Mines.
About 3 miles from trailer mine is Twin Mines.
Not as long or high, there are two mines dug into the
rocky hillside.


 

The entrance is on the side of a steep rocky slope in a canyon. Unlike pink trailer mine, this one is unsupported by timber and is not high enough to stand up in most areas. But it is a cool retreat from the heat.  Our gang from the left is: Travis, James, Joey, Jessica, John & Ed. Picture taken April 1997.