heybeerman 29 Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 While out exploring last weekend. I ran across this (agian).I though I would share.My linkMy linkMy link Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick in Havasu 394 Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Heybeerman. Here is another example at the Arizona/Yucca Gold Mine over here in my neighborhood.Patrick..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FlakMagnet 412 Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Blake,Thank you for the photos.A beautiful example of an arrastre.Flak Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Colorado Oro 0 Posted July 14, 2011 Share Posted July 14, 2011 Thanks guys I always love to see stuff like this. I never ceace to be amazed by the work the old timers were able to do. When I see the workings and see how much gold was taken it just floors me.Thanks againCH Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoser John 1,240 Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 In 55+ years a gold grubbn' I've only seen 1 that was even close to that condition. If me I'd keep location to myself as goldnutz,vandals and kids will tear it to pieces trying to find lost gold in the floor and works. thanx MUCH for the great pics :whoope: John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nugget Shooter 4,621 Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I have been there Blake, but darned if I remember where it was.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garimpo 2,301 Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I have been there Blake, but darned if I remember where it was....Bill that's why a GPS is so great for our senior moments.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
heybeerman 29 Posted July 15, 2011 Author Share Posted July 15, 2011 I have been there Blake, but darned if I remember where it was....Funny thing is, The girls and I found this about 6 years ago while we were out exploring. I never ran across it again eventhough I have put a couple 1000 miles in out there testing UTV's. I did mark in on Google earth where I thought it should have been a couple of years ago. When I got home last weekend, and check my Google earth placemarks. It was right where I though it was I just never went back to verify it.Not many structures left in the Little San Domingo area. Thanks to BLM tearing everything down. I like how they get to decide what is "Historic".BLake Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle Ron 1,492 Posted July 15, 2011 Share Posted July 15, 2011 I've been there a few times...Beeped the wash below it but there was so much trash I gave up ... I did beep up a 1970's penny in the tailing pile ... But the area does look like there ought to be some gold there somewhere ... There's another arastra not too far away from that one ... Maybe a mile or so ... Found it on a frigid winter afternoon, but it was too cold to spend much time exploring ... Well under 70 degrees which is my beeping threshold ... Cheers, Unc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
heybeerman 29 Posted October 1, 2012 Author Share Posted October 1, 2012 Came across another one this weekend: Over by the Kitten Mines. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nugget Shooter 4,621 Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Cool picture Blake.... Little San Domingo (LSD) is a cool area for sure and holds allot of surprises. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GlennM 93 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Have you seen the arastra near the quartz hill? Frank and I came across one next to this big hill of solid quartz earlier this year. Lots of old trash in the wash just below it and a huge tailings pile around it all.It was up past the rube goldberg mill and through a gate or two, but not past the private land with the crosses put up. Great directions, no? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
heybeerman 29 Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 Glenn,That does not sound like the same one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Dorado 965 Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 I love it when I come across old mining history, makes me feel like I am part of that history too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Patrick in Havasu 394 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Here is some more stuff from the Havasu area.The round tank seems to more of a pool for washing? It has a drain. There is a water holding tank in the area, and what looks like a water pump/pipe coming out of the ground.The other pics are a ramp to drive on, and what may be the foundation for a stamp mill?Patrick ..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GlennM 93 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 That does look like a stock tank to me. I've not seen an arastra (Sp?) with a totally flat bottom. They've always had the raised pivot point in the middle.The ramp and piles beyond certainly would lead to me to think of some machinery crushing ore for sureVery cool nonetheless.have you looked through that apparent crushed rock on the down stream side of the ramp? Gold fell out of those things on a regular basis. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoser John 1,240 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Thanx much for the new great pics of our miners legacy as way too much destroyed now. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
homefire 2,581 Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 Man I love coming accross stuff like that.I alway spend to much time rooting around looking for junk.I like to sit back on a hill over looking the site and sauce out what was going on were.Yes, looks like a Sucker Rod for a Long Gone WInd Mill.Wonder if there is still any water down there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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