Comments on: Along The Cliffs http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/ an exploration journal into the shadows of the copper country Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:16:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: explorer http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/#comment-6097 explorer Thu, 11 Sep 2008 20:52:45 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/#comment-6097 I'm afraid I don't have information on any particular miner's, since most of my information comes from the internet. Of course you can try the archives if your in the area, since I believe they have employment records. But check back here as perhaps a reader may have something to share in the future. I’m afraid I don’t have information on any particular miner’s, since most of my information comes from the internet. Of course you can try the archives if your in the area, since I believe they have employment records. But check back here as perhaps a reader may have something to share in the future.

]]> By: Fezzey http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/#comment-6062 Fezzey Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:07:43 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/#comment-6062 I am looking for any info. I can get on the Cliff Miner,s. My grandfather was a miner at the Cliff Mine. I would appreciate any info. I can get. Thank You .Sam Fezzey,s Grandaughter I am looking for any info. I can get on the Cliff Miner,s. My grandfather was a miner at the Cliff Mine. I would appreciate any info. I can get. Thank You .Sam Fezzey,s Grandaughter

]]> By: Jay Balliet http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/#comment-4270 Jay Balliet Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:33:32 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/#comment-4270 Thanks Mike!!! Thanks Mike!!!

]]> By: explorer http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/#comment-4268 explorer Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:23:55 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/#comment-4268 Jay.. I'll get a RSS feed with the whole site up here over the weekend, it will have a bunch of settings that will allow email notification of new posts (and hopefully now comments if it can be done), so hold in there. Hopefully it will be done by Monday, if I can squeeze it in... Jay..

I’ll get a RSS feed with the whole site up here over the weekend, it will have a bunch of settings that will allow email notification of new posts (and hopefully now comments if it can be done), so hold in there. Hopefully it will be done by Monday, if I can squeeze it in…

]]> By: Dave Freeze http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/#comment-4267 Dave Freeze Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:09:46 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/#comment-4267 I have seen "The Cliff" on Abebooks.com for $80.00 to $95.00. Dave Freeze I have seen “The Cliff” on Abebooks.com for $80.00 to $95.00.

Dave Freeze

]]> By: Jay Balliet http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/#comment-4264 Jay Balliet Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:30:49 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/#comment-4264 Mike, Kinda off topic: the new email notification is really nice, but is there a way to subscribe to all the posts (or even the entire site) without manually going through them all? Mike,

Kinda off topic: the new email notification is really nice, but is there a way to subscribe to all the posts (or even the entire site) without manually going through them all?

]]> By: Drifts and Shafts http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/#comment-4251 Drifts and Shafts Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:26:42 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/#comment-4251 [...] base and two more up on its summit. We have seen the remains of the top two shafts before, the No. 3 sits right up along the cliff’s edge while the No. 4 sits back a ways in the forest and is [...] [...] base and two more up on its summit. We have seen the remains of the top two shafts before, the No. 3 sits right up along the cliff’s edge while the No. 4 sits back a ways in the forest and is [...]

]]> By: Jay Balliet http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/#comment-4187 Jay Balliet Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:28:22 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/#comment-4187 Mike, I tried to send the map over, but I'm having internet issues and it keeps pooping out before the file is attached. I'll try again this weekend. Tim, Don't feel too bad about the pics. I was there on a fairly sunny day and even with my camera (one step below a DSLR) I had to use a flash. That's some seriously thick woods up there. Mike,
I tried to send the map over, but I’m having internet issues and it keeps pooping out before the file is attached. I’ll try again this weekend.

Tim,

Don’t feel too bad about the pics. I was there on a fairly sunny day and even with my camera (one step below a DSLR) I had to use a flash. That’s some seriously thick woods up there.

]]> By: explorer http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/#comment-4177 explorer Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:48:30 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/#comment-4177 Tim... Cliff is a frustrating place for me, for many of the same reasons you cite. There is a lot of stuff there to see, but so much of it is so highly overgrown that its rather difficult to see a fraction of what's there. Sometimes I think it would be great if someone went in there and cleared a lot of the brush out of the way (not all of it of course, part of what makes cliff so fun is the wilderness setting) so things can be easier to see. Case in point: you said you didn't see any smokestacks but that building you were looking at off to the left fork has one large honking one attached to its west face. The darn brush makes it near impossible if your not specifically looking for it. The first time I saw it I was literally right up against the thing. (I had to look up to realize it was a smokestack) As far as picture taking goes, It's just not your cheap camera that has problems. I just went out three weeks ago and took a bunch of shots, but very little of them turned out. Just a bunch of rock walls and some trees I'm afraid. Thanks to your comment here I think I'll feature my Cliff excursion starting tomorrow - that way you'll get to see what you missed :) Tim… Cliff is a frustrating place for me, for many of the same reasons you cite. There is a lot of stuff there to see, but so much of it is so highly overgrown that its rather difficult to see a fraction of what’s there. Sometimes I think it would be great if someone went in there and cleared a lot of the brush out of the way (not all of it of course, part of what makes cliff so fun is the wilderness setting) so things can be easier to see. Case in point: you said you didn’t see any smokestacks but that building you were looking at off to the left fork has one large honking one attached to its west face. The darn brush makes it near impossible if your not specifically looking for it. The first time I saw it I was literally right up against the thing. (I had to look up to realize it was a smokestack)

As far as picture taking goes, It’s just not your cheap camera that has problems. I just went out three weeks ago and took a bunch of shots, but very little of them turned out. Just a bunch of rock walls and some trees I’m afraid. Thanks to your comment here I think I’ll feature my Cliff excursion starting tomorrow - that way you’ll get to see what you missed :)

]]> By: Tim http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/#comment-4176 Tim Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:19:06 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/03/09/along-the-cliffs/#comment-4176 I finally got the chance to poke around the Cliff last Saturday, and I was fairly impressed with what was still left, to the point that I'm pretty sure I didn't see everything there. I didn't find any of the chimenys, but I didn't go very deep into the woods either (nowhere near that big dump of poor rock that spills down from the cliff face). Taking the left fork I did find the remains of a building which must've been very large for its time. I had some difficulty finding the trail off the right fork and decided I shouldn't risk slogging it through the brush without some additional guidance. Someone had tagged the fork, but the right trail appeared to lead into some sort of depression in the ground, so at the time I thought the tag was marking a shaft or a sinkhole and I avoided it. Walking along the poor rock piles, I noticed these random squares and rectangles of rusty metal, a couple of which clearly had bolt or rivet holes. I found a couple in the woods near the fork too, but I wasn't sure if they were Cliff artifacts or just junk people had carried there to throw away. I picked through the leftover poor rock for a few minutes and saw quite a bit of what I'm pretty sure is quartz, which would've made manual drilling tough going. My camera is cheap and meant for casual photos, not clear, detailed ones. Thus, most of the pics I took in the woods turned out dark and fuzzy, even with touchup work in Photoshop. Unfortunately, there's not much I can do about that on a student budget. :/ I finally got the chance to poke around the Cliff last Saturday, and I was fairly impressed with what was still left, to the point that I’m pretty sure I didn’t see everything there. I didn’t find any of the chimenys, but I didn’t go very deep into the woods either (nowhere near that big dump of poor rock that spills down from the cliff face). Taking the left fork I did find the remains of a building which must’ve been very large for its time. I had some difficulty finding the trail off the right fork and decided I shouldn’t risk slogging it through the brush without some additional guidance. Someone had tagged the fork, but the right trail appeared to lead into some sort of depression in the ground, so at the time I thought the tag was marking a shaft or a sinkhole and I avoided it.

Walking along the poor rock piles, I noticed these random squares and rectangles of rusty metal, a couple of which clearly had bolt or rivet holes. I found a couple in the woods near the fork too, but I wasn’t sure if they were Cliff artifacts or just junk people had carried there to throw away. I picked through the leftover poor rock for a few minutes and saw quite a bit of what I’m pretty sure is quartz, which would’ve made manual drilling tough going.

My camera is cheap and meant for casual photos, not clear, detailed ones. Thus, most of the pics I took in the woods turned out dark and fuzzy, even with touchup work in Photoshop. Unfortunately, there’s not much I can do about that on a student budget. :/

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