Georgetown

[LoveSiberians]

Does anyone know about rock symbols at Otter Creek in Georgetown CA?

 

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[Tom_in_CA]

Perhaps random squiggles on rocks ? Perhaps just old graffiti (white man's or indians) meaning nothing (I mean, nothing in-so-far as treasure goes).

Do you have pix of these "rock symbols" ?

 

[LoveSiberians]

Georgteown Otter Creek-pics

Yes -

The third picture shows what looks like a skull, however we believe it shows the layout of the canyon. I have more pics, but they are too large to upload I would have to send them gmail or figure a way to downsize them. There is a pic of a huge sun with multiple rays, another with a horseshoe and other marks and 2 more pics.

The carvings are at the end of otter creek ( as you the the path from the trailhead) trail next to the stream. They are worn down now, but we suspect they may be old Spanish.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

I suspect that they are meaningless old art & graffiti.

 

[Sibmom]

I suspect that they are meaningless old art & graffiti.

The symbols have been deeply carved. There has been a lot of mining/miners in this area over a long long span of time. We were suspecting that they may be very very old - maybe a map made by the early Spanish. If you look a Kenworthy's or Mary Carson's books a lot of these symbols sure do fit. We are just trying to figure or where & how.
So my question is why would anyone take the enormous amount of time it would require to do this just for fun?