great video! You are 100% right about the mining history of Colorado. and what information they have on old lode mines that were closed down is hard to find.
Pretty sure the small structure below the tailings near the dump was a hunting blind that was built long after the mine had last been worked, rather than an outhouse. Also that stern sign on the side of the shop near the top of the tailings and the portal, warning of impending destruction has been there for years and was likely left after some kind of government reclamation. Good thing they didn't completely destroy the site. Very interesting video. BTW they are slowly cutting off access to San Isabel NF west of The Arkansas if only by virtue of the Forest Service not defending public R. O. W. access when private owners decide to close roads. Mind you this is organic rather than a concerted or official effort. Although ... with the Feds ... you never know. You can actually get stuck up there in a 4x4 after slogging downhill far from where you came in, if you are relying on old quadrangles or forest maps. The whole state of Colorado is beginning to look a coifed, pruned, and preened theme park for aging pot smoking, craft beer drinking snowboarders who are now year-round residents thinking about finally getting their set-piece tattoo finished. Soon the only access to many of these NFs will be from perfectly paved and curbed parking lots dotted with planters full of petunias at the start of non-motorized trails, and there will be adult employment programs for pot heads to rake the gravel at the side of the road so it looks pretty.
Thank you for the great upload and i can't agree more with you on the managing of the site!!! I'll be out for my first adventure in Beuna vista are late July and trying prospecting for the first time for a week and if time allows will try and visit this site if I'm allowed?
Its possible... plan for some damage to your doors if you dont have solid sliders, there are some very deep whoop-de-dos. We high centered the Raptor a few times, had to winch out. Bronco made it without issue.
Can these mines be worked on again.lets say i buy my new modern Mill ,Ball mill ,jaw Crusher and centrifuge can i process those materials ig i purchase the mine
great video! You are 100% right about the mining history of Colorado. and what information they have on old lode mines that were closed down is hard to find.
Pretty sure the small structure below the tailings near the dump was a hunting blind that was built long after the mine had last been worked, rather than an outhouse. Also that stern sign on the side of the shop near the top of the tailings and the portal, warning of impending destruction has been there for years and was likely left after some kind of government reclamation. Good thing they didn't completely destroy the site.
Very interesting video.
BTW they are slowly cutting off access to San Isabel NF west of The Arkansas if only by virtue of the Forest Service not defending public R. O. W. access when private owners decide to close roads. Mind you this is organic rather than a concerted or official effort. Although ... with the Feds ... you never know. You can actually get stuck up there in a 4x4 after slogging downhill far from where you came in, if you are relying on old quadrangles or forest maps.
The whole state of Colorado is beginning to look a coifed, pruned, and preened theme park for aging pot smoking, craft beer drinking snowboarders who are now year-round residents thinking about finally getting their set-piece tattoo finished.
Soon the only access to many of these NFs will be from perfectly paved and curbed parking lots dotted with planters full of petunias at the start of non-motorized trails, and there will be adult employment programs for pot heads to rake the gravel at the side of the road so it looks pretty.
Thank you for the great upload and i can't agree more with you on the managing of the site!!! I'll be out for my first adventure in Beuna vista are late July and trying prospecting for the first time for a week and if time allows will try and visit this site if I'm allowed?
How was the drive up there? Doable in a stock half ton pickup?
Its possible... plan for some damage to your doors if you dont have solid sliders, there are some very deep whoop-de-dos. We high centered the Raptor a few times, had to winch out. Bronco made it without issue.
Can these mines be worked on again.lets say i buy my new modern Mill ,Ball mill ,jaw Crusher and centrifuge can i process those materials ig i purchase the mine
Thats kind of exactly what these sites are for. :) The minerals are not gone. Just forgotten.
know this is old, but to clear purchasing the rights not the actual mine / land etc correct.