View Full Version : Went hiking around my area...
Cobra5.0Jeep
11-21-2006, 10:20 PM
I moved up here about a year ago and i am slowly starting to explore. This last summer i finally went swimming in the rivers, went wakeboarding on the lakes, i've been goldpanning in the creeks/rivers
Well down the street from me they used to do hydrolic mining and now its basicly a 4x4 park. Every winter all the 4x4 vehicles in the area go down there for a Winterfest wheeling trip.
I went hiking down there this last weekend and this is what i found
Heres the pics
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/7428/120447.jpg
This is the shaft under the bridge on the downstream side
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/7428/120448.jpg
This is the bridge that washed away, you can see it in the water.
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/7428/120449.jpg
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/7428/120450.jpg
This is the shaft on the upstream side, its the side we first discovered
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/7428/120451.jpg
This is why they call it Steep Hallow Creek
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/7428/120452.jpg
Heres the sleuthbox that washed down stream and rested next to the shaft
Cobra5.0Jeep
11-21-2006, 10:22 PM
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/7428/120453.jpg
This is wear the bridge would have crossed
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/7428/120459.jpg
This is what the land looks like after Hydromining in the Late 1800s
If you can imagine a mountain right in the middle of that then you'll know how the land looked like before. What they did was dig a drift mine into the mountain with several shafts going in different directions and then they filled each shaft with tons of TNT and blew the entire mountain up and then used the big water cannons to wash the dirt and rock down into their sleuthboxes to collect the gold.
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/7428/120461.jpg
At the top of that mountain on the left a mansion used to reside there but they tore it down and moved it after the mine was shut down
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/7428/120455.jpg
Heres some of the drainage, people seem to like to dump garbage everywhere :rolleyes: Some of the garbage i found though is from the early 1900s, i found an old truck bed, some truck seats, someone dumped oil filters and old air filters, a lot of tires. I didn't hike far into the hydromining though maybe i'll find an old Model T or something
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/7428/120458.jpg
Cobra5.0Jeep
11-21-2006, 10:23 PM
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/7428/120457.jpg
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/7428/120463.jpg
Kinda creepy walking around a cementary where several people were buried in the 1860s
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/1476/120464.jpg
The Jeep chillin where the old mining buildings might have been
http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/700/7428/120456.jpg
All this is within a 5-10 minute drive from my house
thats actually really cool
gonna keep exploring deeper?
Errorist
11-21-2006, 10:42 PM
thats actually really cool
gonna keep exploring deeper?
It says "DANGER: KEEP OUT". Im just taking a wild guess here, but I dont think it would be wise to explore deeper.
It says "DANGER: KEEP OUT". Im just taking a wild guess here, but I dont think it would be wise to explore deeper.
it said that in one pic...wasnt sure if that was for the entire area, or a small part...hard to judge from the pics
besides, rules are meant to be broken...just ask the people from the descent :D
sHaDyOneDeath
11-21-2006, 10:51 PM
Where do you live in California?
Scenery looks nice.
HeroOfTheDay384
11-21-2006, 10:52 PM
I wish I had nature like that where I live. I would always be out there.
Errorist
11-21-2006, 10:52 PM
besides, rules are meant to be broken...just ask the people from the descent :D
Arent you a cop? Shame on you.
Im going to bed, later.
collegeBBer
11-21-2006, 10:59 PM
I wish I had nature like that where I live. I would always be out there.
^^^
Cobra5.0Jeep
11-21-2006, 11:06 PM
thats actually really cool
gonna keep exploring deeper?
yeah i am, i am going back out on thursday and i am going to hike deeper into the hydromining area.
Cobra5.0Jeep
11-21-2006, 11:07 PM
it said that in one pic...wasnt sure if that was for the entire area, or a small part...hard to judge from the pics
besides, rules are meant to be broken...just ask the people from the descent :D
The danger Keep out sign is only for the bridge since it got washed out. Everyone rides their quad/dirtbike or drives their Jeep through the hydromining area. The bridge is dangerous because its a 100 foot fall down into the creek. You can see the sharp sides of the creek walls in one of the first couple of pics.
Cobra5.0Jeep
11-21-2006, 11:08 PM
Where do you live in California?
Scenery looks nice.
I live in the Gold country 45 minutes from Lake Tahoe.
BuildUpNow
11-21-2006, 11:09 PM
Arent you a cop? Shame on you.
Im going to bed, later.
so cops cant break rules?
Cobra5.0Jeep
11-21-2006, 11:39 PM
Can a mod please move this to the Outdoor section of the misc. sorry for posting it here
thanks