Minaret Range and Lake........................Are we there yet?
Minaret Mine & Lake, Eastern Sierra's, California
Minaret Range and
Lake........................Are we there yet?
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The Minaret mining district was
established in 1878. As with many other mining districts, the amount
of capital required to develop the mines and the cost of transporting
the ore to the mills was too great for the quality of ore developed.
Large deposits of lead were found in the Minaret region. Few of these mines continued active production for more than three or four years. A survey for a railroad was actually made over the Mammoth Pass route in 1881 to access the mines.
As with most mines work
was conducted on and off here, in 1929 work was completed on a shaft
to the 300 foot level. The
Minaret Mine was later reworked during the 1960's on thru the early
1990's when the mine was abandoned and the property was turned over to
the forest service.
We hiked to this area in 2007 just 30 days before millionaire Steve Fossett crashed in his aircraft just .25 miles away from this mining camp. |
Let's Explore the Minaret Mine,
Hiking the JMT (John
Muir Trail) or (Just More Trail)
How come nobody ever falls when you have the camera ready?
Minaret Falls
Flower Power
Claim Marker or Street Sign?