Back from the desert

**GMan** · 19th April 06, 06:14 AM

Fantastic look while out and about. Looks like you had fun.

**mbhandy** · 19th April 06, 07:37 AM

Cool shots!
Do you have a map of the mines you go to or do you just explore?

MrBill

**Sherry** · 19th April 06, 09:48 AM

Fantastic pics! Thanx for sharing.

**John M.** · 19th April 06, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by mbhandy

Cool shots!
Do you have a map of the mines you go to or do you just explore?

MrBill

I've got topo's of the entire state. Many of the mines in that area can be located using topo's but some you've just got to stumble onto.
These are places where you really have to watch your step. You could literally step over or around the wrong bush and fall a few thousand feet into a mine shaft.

**Kilted KT** · 19th April 06, 12:53 PM

those pics have me jonesing for the outdoors already!!

fantastic pics!

**Alan H** · 20th April 06, 01:29 PM

Gorgeous countryside out there...

**NewKilt** · 20th April 06, 02:38 PM

Great photos. Also shows how good a kilt can look even when roughing it.

Darrell

**John M.** · 20th April 06, 07:09 PM

Thanks for the great replies everybody.

**Riverkilt** · 20th April 06, 08:41 PM

Nice pics

Was out in those 50mph "dry storm" winds kilted in my UK Denim original...it flew around but I was always properly covered.

You're a braver man than I am to go into an old mine shaft....worked the mines as a youth and got clobbered by a fall of ground in a freshly bared down shaft...don't know I'd risk it in an old one...

About 20 years ago I got stupid and took some kids into an old mine shaft in Daisy Mountain north of Phoenix...a ten year old decided it'd be cool to scream...we were lucky to get out alive. He had no clue that screaming could bring the roof of an old mine down.

Glad you were safe.

Ron

**John M.** · 21st April 06, 08:57 AM

Yeah Riverkilt, I come from a family background in hard-rock mining. Never worked them myself (unless you consider mineral collecting to be "working" them) but was taught a great deal about it all by my grandfather.

I've run across many mines I'd not dare venture into. If I do feel it's structurally sound enough to go in, I wear my hard hat with a light & carry a backup light ext. Plus Kim waits outside with instructions to call or radio for help if I'm gone to long or dust belches out the entrance. Safety is always my first concern.

Oh & just to rib on ya a little.
Wheres your proper mining terminology? I Didn't go in any mine shafts. I'm not equipped for that. Although I have thought about a mobile head frame & hoist.

Drift or Adit: A horizontal (or near so) tunnel. May rise or dip to varying degrees.

Shaft: A vertical or steeply descending hole that connects to drifts about every 300 feet or so.

Again, just messing with ya. Not to offend.