It is pretty amazing how large some of the equipment is that one finds at abandoned mines. I’ve learned that sometimes larger equipment was brought up to the mine in pieces and then assembled on site for obvious reasons.
You're probably right about it being assembled on site. The roads were probably in much better shape when it was active. Probably was too much work to remove the tank once operations were shut down.
Just checked the topo maps and it shows there are two adits and three prospects. The tank was near one adit. I found some overgrown two-tracks which leads to some of the other prospects and the other adit. I'll have to check those out next time I'm down by horseshoe dam.
It is pretty amazing how large some of the equipment is that one finds at abandoned mines. I’ve learned that sometimes larger equipment was brought up to the mine in pieces and then assembled on site for obvious reasons.
You're probably right about it being assembled on site. The roads were probably in much better shape when it was active. Probably was too much work to remove the tank once operations were shut down.
Just checked the topo maps and it shows there are two adits and three prospects. The tank was near one adit. I found some overgrown two-tracks which leads to some of the other prospects and the other adit. I'll have to check those out next time I'm down by horseshoe dam.