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Near Santa Rosalia.
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David K
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Jack, you want to pick the link called "Hotlink for forums" of the list of links for each of your photos. The links you are using are surrounded by
ads for Asian women and other things! 
Also, many of your mine photos are hosted on my site, here: http://www.vivabaja.com/swords/
You can hotlink to any of them, as you wish. Just use IMG tags or click on the button here that looks like a landscape scene.
Here is one of your mine photos at Sauzalito:
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Quote: Originally posted by bajaric  | Ahh but Mr Goat, who says I don't read Spanish? I do, just not very well, trying to decipher the INEGI map system is not my idea of a good time, but
I could do it and have looked at some of the web sites you referenced. Besides, a lot of source material is written in English. Most of the book
"Modest Fortunes" was sourced from newspaper accounts in California as many of the miners were Americanos -- Also DK Pozo Aleman was not a "mine" it
was a "mining town". The mines were located nearby. Who wants to go look for them!
signing off, beer time |
I will have to dig that up! Thanks.
What I remember was that there were basically three gold mine areas, near each other, and mined during different periods (1880s was Calmalli, 1910s
was Pozo Aleman, 1930s was El Arco).
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Thanks for the photos, Jack. The drywashers are cool. When at Yubay, I saw some drywasher remains just like this, in a cave.
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Thanks David....haven't posted photos for a while and the "demise" of photobucket had me looking for alternatives. "Asian women" huh? Try as I might
I can't find those. Later, I'll post a few other photos differently.
gueribo: David might have the photo of an old arrastra I took on our hike up San Pedro Martir. I'll look for it.
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David K
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I am still using Photobucket as is TW and others... Perhaps because we paid the $40 for increased storage?
The ads surrounding your photos rotate daily... Today, instead of Asian girls, it has Obama hugging the film producer guy in the news!
In any case, you can go to your PostImgage and click the Share button in the top left corner of the page... then from the list of available links,
copy the 'Hotlinks for forums' link...
Here are the photos and your captions, from above:
A mine near Pozo Aleman (Calmalli) from inside.
Crude sluice found near a mine...
Drywasher found near mine.
Rocker used for mining to separate gold from overburden.
Lots of mining stuff is found in Baja Sur still, in old mines and machinery is on the surface. I have found most landowners to be agreeable, but a
couple of areas under active mining were guarded and would not allow us to look or take photos. Also some of the very old Spanish silver operations
are still accessible, but require some hiking. Mines, hornos, settling ponds and other debris are out there.
A deeper mine in Baja Sur. Have encountered some poisonous gas in some of the deeper mines in Baja, not this one.
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Luz de Mexico (gold), off L.A. Bay highway.
I took this pictures a few months ago...
Mining is dangerous!
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Gennero at San Borja Mission had told me there was some old mines up the Canyon behind their house. He had offered to lead us up to them, however this
was usually late afternoon causing me to choose between c-cktail hour and exploring. Alas I’m a weak man and never made the walk, anyone been there
and have any pictures?
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Way up are the San Juan mines... where the ore that was transported to Las Flores for processing (by 2 railroads and a cable tramline bucket system).
Here's my article: https://www.bajabound.com/bajaadventures/bajatravel/las_flor...
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gueribo
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So is poking around in old mines!
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This is just some of the incredible amount of relative modern machinery laying around mining areas in Baja Sur. Mines played out, stuff abounds.
Requires a bit of hiking and friendly ranchers.
This is a try following David's directions, hope no Asian women show up.
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An arrastra found up near San Pedro Martir used for pulverizing and crushing ore. A mule or donkey walked around dragging a rock to pulverize ore
within the circle. Pretty old technique. The drag rock with the holes is visible.
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I think the mine by San Borja is only a mile or so away and there is a few pieces of very old mining stuff in Jose’s yard. I looked on Google Earth
and thought maybe I could see an old waste dump.
Guess next time there I will need to choose between intrepid explorer or inebriated camper, decisions decisions.
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The big stuff José told me came from San Juan when a truck could get through. Neal Johns and friends began to drive up there but a flat caused them
to turn back as time was limited. They hired José to take them by muleback to El Aguaje. Photos at www.vivabaja.com/neal
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Great photos, Jack.
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For those of you who are up for a hike, there are at least two mine shafts on the the way up to Mike's mountain. I'm not sure what their name(s) are
or what was being mined, but you can walk into them quite a ways before they start to branch off into other shafts.
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“Fountain of youth”. José looks zactly the same as he did in the picture from 2002. Clean living up there in San Borja.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Sr.vienes | | “Fountain of youth”. José looks zactly the same as he did in the picture from 2002. Clean living up there in San Borja. |
Well, he doesn't drink or stay up late!
Apr., 2001:
Sept. 2002:
July, 2003:
Sept. 2016:
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gueribo
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He does look great. A very kind man.
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Not a mine, but an old stone ruin in the Sierra Juarez mining district. I attempted to identify the maker of the brick marked SP Co cemented in to
the wall to date the structure, but a search of brick collecting web sites (yes, there are brick collecting web sites) did not turn up any matches.
Possibly turn of century or earlier. Pics resized w/ Microsoft office picture manager. last pic is standing on mine dump of copper mine near
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