John Meek's Photo Gallery
Collecting adamite
Bruce Kelley wrapping up his minerals for the trip back to the truck.
Sunrise at the Gold Hill mine
Panoramic photo of the area north of Gold Hill mine taken in the early morning from the 300 foot level.
Working in shade on a hot day
Wes Ganaway looking for mineralization zones of interest in the south pit. This day was relatively productive for mixite specimens.
Parking area for mineral collectors
The parking area at the upper dumps. Mineral collecting area is located just past the furthest truck on the left.
Collecting on the lower dumps
Alex Earl, Wes Ganaway and Bruce Kelley (sitting in the shade) getting ready to collect what the lower dumps had to offer on a very hot June day. Upper dumps seen just up the hill to the right.
View of Mammoth mine from the Gold Chain mine dumps
A view of the Mammoth mine taken from the mine dumps at the Gold Chain mine.
Victor/Boss Tweed mine from the North Star mine road
Looking up the gulch at the dumps of the Victor/Boss Tweed mine from the turn off to the North Star upper mine dumps.
Eastward view
Looking east at Dixie Valley from the middle adit. This is the first point in the Cottonwood Canyon area that I was able to get cell phone reception.
Middle portal
This is referenced as the middle portal solely due to the fact that elevation wise, it is about midway between the haulage portal near Cottonwood Creek and the upper adits. The portal leads to multiple adits, stopes and two declines. With respect to mineralization, there was not a lot in this area. We did find a small deposit of sulfur which appeared to have formed after the adit was constructed. We also found a metallic mineral with a green oxidation mineral associated with it. We suspect the green oxidation is annabergite but did not have it tested.
View of western portion of the mine area looking north.
A view of the western half of the mineralized area that was worked by the early miners as viewed from Cottonwood Canyon. A spongy mass of what looked like a weathered vein of erythrite started at the base of the mountain where a haulage portal is located, and ran at about a 30-degree incline up the face of the mountain. We explored this vein but did not encounter any collectible material. We did run into a rattlesnake near the haulage portal.
