tamrock
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- Jan 16, 2013
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At least once a year I try to get one trip over Independence Pass. I started yesterday at Twin Lakes around 4 in the afternoon and the weather was beautiful. I stopped at the old ghost town of Independence to have a look around. I would go up here to Independence more then 30 years ago and I recall many more complete buildings back then. There are signs informing you not to pickup anything such as glass, nails or cans. I read once in a Treasure magazine a story where a road crew was crushing rock on highway 82 someplace, in the 40's or 50's I think. The rock crusher encounter a large boulder to big to fit in the hopper. As the crew inspected the large boulder they noted a 3'' wide grey streak running through the boulder. That grey rock streak, turned out to be a mineral known as "Sylvanite" The story also said that around $1500. in those days prices, in gold was recovered from that boulder. I can't find that story anywhere now and it was from one of those "lost Treasure" publications 30 or so years ago if I recall? A great effort was made to find the source of that boulder, but the source was never found so the story goes. I myself have looked over the east side of the pass for that supposable vein of Sylvanite, but to avail.