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This one was a gold mine back in 1880. It was a good hike to get to as it sits about 9500' elevation. From were I took the photo it is pretty deep to the shaft down below. Up about a mile or so from this one there is another shaft that sounds like it has a river running in it.
The Dangers of Bears and Mountain Lions and Cave ins are very real in these abandoned Mines that havent been worked some for more then 100 years. el pintada kid
In parts of the front range here in Colorado some of the abandoned mines are being sealed off while others are having crossed rebars installed to allow the endemic BATS to enter/leave the mines/caves but prevents larger animals...including the human variety...from venturing into them. Cool huh?!
Zip all the files to an appropriate folder, and make sure you install Java Runtime Environment, the link which is located in the zip file. Then, execute the AEJava file, run it, and the application is installed for you.
Every data layer for New Mexico that you could possibly imagine is there, including mines. Make sure you download from the "Shape" column.
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