Page 74 - Vol. 1 Walks In The Black Range - 2nd Edition

The topographic map with route overlay on the previous page shows the location of the two structures pictured on the following page (“A”). There are several structures scattered about the area which were associated with the mines. I am not certain if the structures shown on the following pages were part of the infrastructure of the Rattlesnake Mine (which is located roughly where the “A” is on the diagram and which has several structures associated with it) or with the Opportunity Mine (given the joint ownership of the mines this may be a moot question). The chimney shown on the following page presents interestingly on Google Earth. The aerial images used by Google are vertical, the chimney does not have any features which allow the algorithm used by Google to translate it into a “ground view”, so all you can see of the chimney on Google Earth is the very top of the opening and the shadow. If you sweep to ground view there is nothing there.
The diggings of the Opportunity Mine are shown by the dotted line on the map on the previous page and on the photograph to the right.
Mining was along veins
which radiated from the
Copper Flat area in the Hillsboro Mining District so claims were simply made at various points along the vein. Over the ridge from the Opportunity diggings, for instance, is the
Stowaway Mine. Both are on the same vein which originates at Copper Flat.
And for the view on January 18? See below