California Gulch, CO

[RGINN]

$5 million in gold was taken out of this gulch by 1865. I wondered if anybody has any ideas on the small building. I figure it might have been used to store food, with the iron grates on the door and windows a deterrent to bears, as there are a lot up here. It hasn't seen any use in a long time, whereas the cabin and outhouse have until the last few years.

 

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[Mental Granny]

Cool and the out house does still look usable !

 

[packerbacker]

Neat old buildings. Looks to be pretty close to town. Did you do any detecting?

 

[RGINN]

Didn't do any detecting there but I made it out to Half-Moon Gulch today where the ground wasn't too frozen yet. Only found more bullets, mostly all old round balls.