Day two of the adventures was supposed to be a return trip to Skidoo in order to check out the townsite with a little more scrutiny. Well we got distracted and never made it there. A slight detour up a side road took us to the Argenta Mine. Actually we went up a few other side roads off that side road too.
Everywhere we went payed off to some degree. The weather up there was beautiful so we turned off the AC and rolled down the windows. We eventually found the Argenta Mine up Telephone Canyon Road.
Once we got our fill of the Argenta we headed back out and decided to hit the Pete Aguereberry Camp which includes the Eureka Mine originally located by none other than Shorty Harrris. There is a mill there called the Cashier Mill. Good name for a money making mill. The mine and it's adits were open to the public, however they do get closed at certain times
of the year so as not to disturb the bats. This is done with bat gates. They allow the bats to come and go freely while keeping humans out.
On the way out from the Aguereberry Camp we noticed a series of water sediment tanks on the side of the hill that were all built out of hard rock and cement. We didn't see it coming in so we decided to check it out. Later I learned that this was sthe site of Telephone Springs Mill Site. After that we decided to head to The Big Four Mine.
Then we headed back to PSR for a great dinner and good conversation. We also ran into Wild Bill and his wife Barbara out on the porch where we consumed beer and told stories of our travels. Bill always has a good story to tell.
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