Comments on: Where Gold Was Once Found http://blackhillstravelblog.com/where-gold-was-once-found Travel Help from South Dakota's Black Hills & Badlands Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:15:17 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Rick http://blackhillstravelblog.com/where-gold-was-once-found/comment-page-1#comment-6741 Rick Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:54:11 +0000 http://www.blackhillstravelblog.com/where-gold-was-once-found/#comment-6741 That's the Etta Mine. (It's on private property, so you probably shouldn't go without permission.) I think they mined a number of minerals -- stuff like lithium, feldspar and muscovite -- there between the 1880s and 1950s. That’s the Etta Mine. (It’s on private property, so you probably shouldn’t go without permission.) I think they mined a number of minerals — stuff like lithium, feldspar and muscovite — there between the 1880s and 1950s.

]]> By: Nikki http://blackhillstravelblog.com/where-gold-was-once-found/comment-page-1#comment-6717 Nikki Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:22:45 +0000 http://www.blackhillstravelblog.com/where-gold-was-once-found/#comment-6717 We came across an abandoned open pit mine just south of Keystone off of Cemtery Road. It's a deep pit through granite and pegmatite with tremendously sized chunks of mica. There is a lake at the bottom, and a tunnel dug through the side of the mountain to get to the bottom of the mine. Do you know anything about this place? Who might have operated it??? We came across an abandoned open pit mine just south of Keystone off of Cemtery Road. It’s a deep pit through granite and pegmatite with tremendously sized chunks of mica. There is a lake at the bottom, and a tunnel dug through the side of the mountain to get to the bottom of the mine. Do you know anything about this place? Who might have operated it???

]]> By: Honeymoons in Singapore http://blackhillstravelblog.com/where-gold-was-once-found/comment-page-1#comment-4379 Honeymoons in Singapore Tue, 21 Apr 2009 11:20:22 +0000 http://www.blackhillstravelblog.com/where-gold-was-once-found/#comment-4379 I'm glad they have restored the mines for future generations to see what all the fuss was about and the hardship that the mine workers went through to try and strike it rich I’m glad they have restored the mines for future generations to see what all the fuss was about and the hardship that the mine workers went through to try and strike it rich

]]> By: Dan http://blackhillstravelblog.com/where-gold-was-once-found/comment-page-1#comment-4149 Dan Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:33:09 +0000 http://www.blackhillstravelblog.com/where-gold-was-once-found/#comment-4149 To Arran Hideaways, The mines listed above are safe to enter. However, people should stay out of the abandoned mines. They're really dangerous, and there are a lot of them in the Black Hills. If you peer into one -- from the safety of the entrance -- you can usually see piles of big rock a few feet in. That's evidence of a cave-in, and the next one could happen at any time. Don't be standing under it when the rock comes down. Caves are different, at least structurally. They're formed naturally, and usually have some structure to support them. The biggest danger is getting stuck or getting lost. To Arran Hideaways,

The mines listed above are safe to enter. However, people should stay out of the abandoned mines. They’re really dangerous, and there are a lot of them in the Black Hills. If you peer into one — from the safety of the entrance — you can usually see piles of big rock a few feet in. That’s evidence of a cave-in, and the next one could happen at any time. Don’t be standing under it when the rock comes down.

Caves are different, at least structurally. They’re formed naturally, and usually have some structure to support them. The biggest danger is getting stuck or getting lost.

]]> By: Arran Hideaways http://blackhillstravelblog.com/where-gold-was-once-found/comment-page-1#comment-4101 Arran Hideaways Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:44:21 +0000 http://www.blackhillstravelblog.com/where-gold-was-once-found/#comment-4101 Is it quite safe to go down the mines? I was always interested in it, reminds the Snowhite tale, and Jack London also)) Is it quite safe to go down the mines? I was always interested in it, reminds the Snowhite tale, and Jack London also))

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