sdcfia
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My pal tracked down an old report describing a promising cross cut that was driven 120 feet +/- intending to connect to a known rich vein (copper, gold) that was forced to close down after the 1929 crash. The portal was collapsed and covered then, hopefully to be put back to work later. That never happened. He finally located the correct spot and went to work. Lots of collapses, rotton timbers, etc. inside. All the improvements in the pictures below - new portal, steel gate, track, timbering, etc were done by him alone. He even built the ore car from scratch on an old carraige. I've been helping him a little lately with stuff he can't do solo. Once the timbering is done (bad ground there), he'll finished grading the floor back to the work face, install the last 20' of track, and start drilling.
Oh, the last photo was of my east fence line this morning in Pinos Altos.
Old portal, cleaned up
New gate, inside
New portal, outside
New ore car
New track, outside
New timbering, track - inside
Oh, the last photo was of my east fence line this morning in Pinos Altos.
Old portal, cleaned up
New gate, inside
New portal, outside
New ore car
New track, outside
New timbering, track - inside
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