Vegas Day Trips.

Vegas_Nick

Adventurer
Hey, we're heading out on a 2 day mine/ghost town tour in mid September. Out in the Delamar and Rachel areas. I've been in a few around Delamar and even the pearlite mine and had a great time.
 

steve c

Adventurer
There are some incredible pictures in this thread. Some things most people will never get to see. Thank you for sharing!
 

VegasUnderworld

Adventurer
Someone here requested images of a specific mine. Rather than just share them in an email, I thought the rest of you may be interested.

This is the Alice Mine just north of Goodsprings, Nevada in the Goodsprings Mining District. Primary mining at Alice Mine was for zinc with lead, silver, gold, and copper as secondary mining. Alice Mine is often overlooked because it is shadowed by the nearby and much larger Yellow Pine Mine.
 

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VegasUnderworld

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Alice Mine has been sealed many years ago. Special permission is required to enter. New images of this mine will not become available. As far as I've been able to research, the images posted here and on my site are the only interior images of the Alice Mine available anywhere.
 

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Eniam17

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Great pictures throughout this whole thread. So different than the part of the country I am from. You guys have some amazing scenery and terrain in the South West.
 

VegasUnderworld

Adventurer
Here are images from another recent trip just south of the NV/CA border. As I just mentioned, these summer months can be unbearable. There in Tecopa, is was already in the mid-90's at 6AM. By 10:00 it was over 100 and by noon is was over 115.
 

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VegasUnderworld

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This was the the first time our Jeep has ever had an overheating issue. We stopped at a different location. When I tried to restart, it would idle rough almost like a misfire and shut itself down. The temp gauge was well into the red. After a few more attempts, I got a DTC for transmission over temp. I let it cool for 20 minutes and it restarted without a problem and the temp gauge quickly went back to normal. First thing I did when we got home was replace the thermostat and haven't had an issue since. I also used the Hypertech programmer to set the electric fan to a lower temperature. It runs much cooler than it ever has.
 

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VegasUnderworld

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Here are some interior mine images from Nelson, Nevada. About an hour Southeast of Las Vegas. In an attempt to remove as much valuable ore as possible, the miners left caverns called stopes. This mine had soft gypsum between hard rock layers which makes the entire mine prone to shifting. That shifting and the wide stopes make this mine is extremely unsafe for exploration. Collapses and imminent collapses thoughout.

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VegasUnderworld

Adventurer
Here are a few more pictures from in and around the local mines. I scream like a little girl if I see a spider in the house. That's my wife playing with the tarantula. I've read about cows abandoned in the mountains by miners. This was the first time we've come across them.
 

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