This is a shot of the equipment from the old Stonewall Mine, which was in operation from 1869-1892. The shaft has been mostly filled in, but at one point it went 800 feet down. The mine brought in over $2 million in gold over its lifetime, and a city of over 1000 people once lived in this spot which only blue jays and other wildlife call home.
Another of the mine. I remember hiking up to this mine all the time as a kid when we camped at the nearby equestrian camp, which was destroyed by the Cedar Fire
of 2003.
This was taken in the mine parking lot. The fire moved through here so quickly that some trees were burned and the ones next to them left untouched....
T took this of Stonewall Peak as we drove back down the mountain and home again.
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