Broken Pick
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- Aug 15, 2014
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For give me a long post. Joe in 9-10-2010 you're post was LDM east of the supes. I have made trips into the supes not searching for the LDM but because they are beautiful & spooky. I have always believed that the LDM is in the 4 peaks area,sorry I've got off of the subject of Pinto Valley. Years ago you could travel the length of pinto creek all the way to the salt river. There was always h2o in places & some of the best quail/dove hunting in the state. Pinto creek was lined with large sycamores & cotton wood. The upper end of pinto creek is all claimed. I have found some color & pickers on the west fork of pinto creek. I also found where the chinese worked an area using a system called dry land sluceing. On the lower end they used a dry land dredge the piles of rubble are huge. There used to be ranchers all along pinto creek, they sold out to the BLM . The BLM keeps moving the wilderness area closer to pinto creek. I'am going to try to post some pics of a gold mine that has took me a long time to find. I found some tailings that was over grown with brush & the mesquite/oak /manzinete was huge. After a couple hrs. of searching I found a small animal hole underneath an out cropping of granite/quartz. I enlarged the hole so I could see in. I crawled inside looking for snakes & checked the ground. Than I called to my pardner to come in. I checked the tunnel & found some minor cave ins. I did not try to find the end of the tunnel, because I did not have any safety instruments not even a candle. P.S. you noted a couple of books for research "Superstition Wilderness Trails East " Authored by Jack Carlson & Elizabeth Stewart. After publication they came by the ranch & gave me a personalized copy. I highly recommend this read. Hopefully friend Broken Pick ( Bill Shaffer) take care GOD BLESS View attachment 1049499View attachment 1049500View attachment 1049501View attachment 1049503
