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Stateline Mill

Stateline Mill

Late in 2011, we went on a trip around the Utah borderlands. One of the places we stopped at was the Stateline Mill on the Utah and Nevada border. It was a place I had wanted to check out for years, and we almost didn’t make it this time

Mineral County Single Stamp Mill

Mineral County Single Stamp Mill

Waucoba Line Cabin

Waucoba Line Cabin

In May of 2012, Micah and I took some time to go hiking and try and find a suspected cabin site high in the mountains. I wasn’t sure what we were going to find up there. I thought the only remains we would find of the old cabin site

Mule Canyon Cave Tower Ruins

Mule Canyon Cave Tower Ruins

Corkscrew Borax Mine

Corkscrew Borax Mine

A few years ago, I met up with some of the guys, and we hiked out to visit the ruins of the old Corkscrew Borax Mine. The mine was worked for colemanite (an ore of borax) in the 1950s by the US Borax Company. Surprisingly, for all of its development,

Box Flat and Prickly Pear Flat Cowboy Camps

Box Flat and Prickly Pear Flat Cowboy Camps

Sound Democrat Mill

Sound Democrat Mill

The Sound Democrat Mill is an awesome find and one of the highlights of the San Juan Mountains. The mine was first discovered in 1899. Gold and silver ore from the mine was packed on mules over a 13,000 ft ridge to the Sunnyside Mill in Eureka Gulch.