Re: Rock Wall? at Deer Creek Camp
This is good stuff, Drifter. But your conjecture that the name
Surprise Valley is evidence that miners (or anyone) was unaware of the
location is trending...
Doug Nering 2004-12-28 17:25:51 #33599
Re: Rock Wall? at Deer Creek Camp
Those poor slobs didn't know any geology in those days, did they?
Everyone thought a hole that deep... there must be gold at the bottom.
I had wondered why...
Doug Nering 2004-12-28 15:42:29 #33598
Re: Rock Wall? at Deer Creek Camp
upper Bonita Creek drainage
In the early 20th cent, Blondie Jansen, et al carried sopme material for sluices down Thunder River Trail to prospect at Bonita...
dove menkes 2004-12-28 15:13:49 #33597
Re: Rock Wall? at Deer Creek Camp
A more accurate assessment would be that the origin of this structure
is disputed.
Huntoon's hypothesis in the BQR is preposterous: there's no way...
driftersmith 2004-12-28 14:43:28 #33596
Re: Number in Party Backcountry Permits
A good point. Also, I reversed my terminology, and "party" is 1-6 and
"group" is 7-11. Bright Angel CG (33 sites) could be maxed-out by 15
parties of 6,...
Doug Nering 2004-12-28 13:17:46 #33595
"Cell Phone Towers Sprout in the National Parks"
Check out the article "The Ring-Tone of the Wild" in Sierra magazine, Jan-Feb issue, p. 12.
Peace,
Bob Audretsch
Grand Canyon, AZ
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Bob Audretsch 2004-12-28 12:51:25 #33594
Re: Rock Wall? at Deer Creek Camp
The rock retaining walls you saw ARE relicts of old gold mining in the
Grand Canyon so that is why they look similar to the ruins in
California. Gold fever...
Watkins, Conor Maris (UMR-Student) 2004-12-28 12:43:08 #33593
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