Advocate I
That's the upper stope at the French Mine in the Similkameen. From what I hear they have blocked it off due to vandalism. The whole area is fantastic. The Mascot Mine is probably the most famous old mine in the area.
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Old mines, ghost towns, etc......
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Traveler III
I’ve recently became interested in mining. I can’t believe I’ve missed this thread all these years.
Contributor II
Thanks - it is way cool.
Contributor I
This thread makes me extremely happy
Enthusiast III
What a sweet thread! I'll second an earlier post, I love rusty stuff!
This is @bawesomfels old XJ when we were out exploring AZ north of Phoenix. I guess I'm not exactly sure on location, he could probably fill in exactly where we were, we went solo in his rig. Few old concrete structures, water tower, and a large iron hopper that the pic was taken from.
This is at the abandoned SASCO mining town north of Tucson AZ. Played a lot of airsoft (with permission of the land owners) out there when I was going to school in Tucson. There are a bunch of cool old concrete structures out there including a very large 20+ft tall hexagonal forge and a stretch of tall concrete pylons that supported rails for the trains that brought ore to SASCO. There are also a few brick buildings nearby the dirt road to SASCO and a water crossing as well. Usually it was less than 12" deep and a stock 4WD made it through just fine, but we did have to push out someone's 90s Explorer once that the owner had hydrolocked. Never drove further than the mine but I'm sure there are some good trails out there. Exit 226 off the I-10 for the curious...
This is @bawesomfels old XJ when we were out exploring AZ north of Phoenix. I guess I'm not exactly sure on location, he could probably fill in exactly where we were, we went solo in his rig. Few old concrete structures, water tower, and a large iron hopper that the pic was taken from.
This is at the abandoned SASCO mining town north of Tucson AZ. Played a lot of airsoft (with permission of the land owners) out there when I was going to school in Tucson. There are a bunch of cool old concrete structures out there including a very large 20+ft tall hexagonal forge and a stretch of tall concrete pylons that supported rails for the trains that brought ore to SASCO. There are also a few brick buildings nearby the dirt road to SASCO and a water crossing as well. Usually it was less than 12" deep and a stock 4WD made it through just fine, but we did have to push out someone's 90s Explorer once that the owner had hydrolocked. Never drove further than the mine but I'm sure there are some good trails out there. Exit 226 off the I-10 for the curious...
Influencer I
I got you fam, here's the lat/ long for our little adventure in the XJ. 33°57'53.78"N 112°29'6.75"W
Contributor I
Anyone happen to have a map or locations around southern California or close to? I'd love to plan a trip just around seeing some of these style sites.
Advocate II
An old coal mine cable hoist house for Sloss Furnaces. This was one of the GE generators used to power the cable reel. The second picture was an iron ore crusher that loaded the train cars here in Birmingham, Al
Member III
We don't have a whole lot of mining in Oklahoma, except for America's most toxic ghost town, Picher, Ok.
But I do also have a thing for ghost towns, old homesteads, old schools, bridges, and cemeteries.
Here are a few of mine, more can be found on the Day of Dirt Adventure facebook page: Day of Dirt Adventure
But I do also have a thing for ghost towns, old homesteads, old schools, bridges, and cemeteries.
Here are a few of mine, more can be found on the Day of Dirt Adventure facebook page: Day of Dirt Adventure
Traveler III
Vandals absolutely infuriate me. The worst kind of alpha hotels... There used to be an awesome 4x4 route that went along Chilliwack lake almost to the border, but they blocked it at some point due to...you guessed it, vandals.
Member III
Same here. I was driving thru southwest Colorado years back and since I had a 4x4 I decided to venture off onto some side roads off Hwy 550. Ended up seeing some some old abandoned mines and then went on a tour of a old mine outside Silverton and was really fascinated by it all. I could easily make a trip just out of seeing old mines...
Expedition Master III
Just love the old bridge to nowhere, and those stone, rail line abutment's on the abandoned grade.
Advocate III
I have not been out to Sasco in some time, but we go occasionally. My wife has family buried at the adjacent old cemetery.
Last time I explored the mining town, it was really really trashed. A terrible shame, as the history is lost.
Neat place otherwise. And yeah, aside from crossing the Santa Cruz, it is an easy drive.
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Sometimes we will camp by the old Cochran town site, not far from the Gila.
But, there is literally nothing left of Cochran but slabs.
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Beautiful photography in this thread. Stunning work.
Member III
Yes , it's very sad to see what people are leaving and doing to these places.
Steward I
Like many of you I am into the old townsites, history and pre-history relic hunting… when we went out to Death Valley during tday weekend we met another 4runner in Skiddo, the individual was like hey do you know where the stamp mill is, and I was like in my head : there is a stamp mill out here? Darn I didn’t even know that… so after they took off I scouted around and found it down the trail… it was so cool!
Member III
I took this pic at Seguin Falls which is about a half an hour east of Parry Sound in Ontario. It shows the supports for the abandoned railroad trestle bridge and the now popular trail below it. Seguin Falls was one of the towns along the Nipissing Colonization Road. They were built at about 10km intervals along the Nipissing Road to provide rest and food for travelers. At the end of the 1800s and into the early 1900s it had a hotel and saw mill but the town was all but gone by the early 1930s.
Traveler III
Awesome. I love finding stuff like this. I'm hoping to do a trip to Cassiar, BC during the summer of 2022. It was an old asbestos mining town.
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Influencer I
Figured I would share a few from Washington state
Mining town of Monte Cristo &
Henry Jackson mine
Mining town of Monte Cristo &
Henry Jackson mine
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Traveler III
Very awesome. Thanks for sharing!
