This last weekend my girlfriend and i went back to an old mine that we had been to last year.There was a great camp sight at the bottom of the hill next to the river. There was an old stamp mill,what was left of a few old buildings,and some tailing's.Well ,now there is nothing left,not even the trees.Nothing pisses me off more,when the state posts signs for the public but cant seem to follow the same rules.No would cutting next to the creek,witch now all the trees are gone,It's now just a Historical sight over looking a big ugly open spot.A person cant even camp there any more because the road is no longer there.I wish i had taken pictures when i was there last year,all i have are the aftermath.
Have thought about righting a letter to are Congressman.Any input would be helpful.Thanks for looking.
Did they tell the locals what they were going to do?
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Your post here is a great start. Send the photos, along with your opinion of the whole mess, and be certain to point out the duplicity and lack of logic when it comes to the destruction of the remnants of an old site. If you don't know how to get in touch with your reps (state AND federal) they're easy enough to google
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Yup. The end of a way of life. Too bad. It's a good way. Wagons forward! Yo!
I am going to make some phone calls and try and get some answers.I don't understand the cutting of the trees either.The area on the other side of the creek was all nice pines,now there are none.I will keep you updated on what i find out.
And, what will likely be the results of cutting the trees?
the trees were most likely removed because they were blocking the view of the forest.
thats pretty much how the govt. thinks.
LOL...  That IS funny. 
I just asked because we look at a few pictures and get all wrapped around the axle but don't really know WHY trees were cut... maybe they were diseased?  Or maybe some other completely normal and sane reason? 
I was just curious to why... I couldn't find anything on the internet about that area.
But the site is currently unavailable (kinda like the historic site).
"It's a quest. It's a quest for fun, I'm gonna have fun and you're gonna have fun, we're all gonna have so much #!@*^& fun we'll need plastic surgery to remove our %$#@ smiles!" - Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's 'Family Vacation'.
Jog, just curious if the mountain pine beetle has reached that area yet. I'm also curious as to how much silt is going to flow into that creek during the first good rain storm.
"It's a quest. It's a quest for fun, I'm gonna have fun and you're gonna have fun, we're all gonna have so much #!@*^& fun we'll need plastic surgery to remove our %$#@ smiles!" - Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's 'Family Vacation'.
Here is where the mine is and where the tailings were moved to,and where the old buildings used to be.I would suspect that the trees were removed because they were in there way.
Sorry Jog, for your loss. I'm pissed too, (little good that does you, I know.)
It will never be the same and that's just wrong.
"It's a quest. It's a quest for fun, I'm gonna have fun and you're gonna have fun, we're all gonna have so much #!@*^& fun we'll need plastic surgery to remove our %$#@ smiles!" - Clark Griswold, National Lampoon's 'Family Vacation'.
Where is that site?
I live in Washington County but have been all over. That wood cutting sign looks like it is on a Ponderosa Pine.
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Some of those old mines have arsenic leaching out of the tailings when it rains. Maybe that had something to do with it? On a positive note, they left plenty of firewood to build a campfire! Monty
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