Rainbow Mountains

[zorgon]

Map to the Mine... now torn down but still can find crystals and 'stuff' 



Sign entering the region after leaving the highway, now a preserve...



Once you reach Gold Butte (you can't get lost to that point, just stay on the main road ) here is the aerial shot.  That left turn is at the point on the left as you enter the wash and climb...


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Aerial view of the mine...


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That was before it was torn down 

[zorgon]

Cutthroat Mine
End of an Era

The Old Mill and Assay House...





The Lone Water Tank... left behind when we removed all the other equipment of value...



Looking to the Cabin... the old workshop and store house.
The cabin was still standing last time I was up there in May 2010  wow its been that long already? Dang!!



The "7-11"... the food and utility storage area. There was a huge water tank above it that fed the property filled from the well (The well was actually old mine shafts that had filled with water)...



Looking from the cabin towards the main mine buildings the workshop in foreground...



The Cutthroat Mining Corporation sign that was on the workshop ...



View from processing building toward tailing pond and building foundations from early operations. Barrel on left was diesel for the generator that has been removed recently. Upper right you can see two dynamite shacks in the background. Click image for closer view. At the time this was taken the dynamite was still in there. Had to wait for cooler temperatures to bring it out of the mountains.



A makeshift toilet by the demo team from some of the stuff John left behind... not much on privacy...



The demolition team had built a small shelter. They had spent some time hunting crystals from the mine. This is my daughter Raquel picking up some of the leavings. This cover and pad was the oil fuel dump area...



The Lone Survivor... an old Pomegranite Tree hat has sunk a tap route deep into the old mine shafts below to get it's water. I plan to visit next year for some photos of the area and will see if they left it ...

[zorgon]

Fall Trip

This fall when temps are cooler I will rent a Toyota Rav4 and take a trip out there. That car will get through It did last time though I am sure I scared the crap out of the neighbor I took along He was sure that there was no way I could go where those ATV's went..

My legs may be bad... but I can still drive





Okay sleepy time

[Elvis Hendrix]

Great thread mate. Love the pictures. Real wilderness.
You know what would be fun?
If your feeling flush one day, rent an r44 out of Vegas and retrace your steps, slow and at tree height.
We used to do that in the Sierra Nevada. Just follow the road,great fun.
Nice one,
Elvis.