tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178865360448684774.post8488862496377577959..comments2024-03-17T06:41:27.269-06:00Comments on McElmurray's Mountain Retreat!: Exploring For Gold In A Ghost TownUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178865360448684774.post-73564269884522269922011-07-25T13:45:50.074-06:002011-07-25T13:45:50.074-06:00Barbara: Sad thing about history is that we human...Barbara: Sad thing about history is that we human kind don't seem to learn from past mistakes. But for the results of the pollution it would have been a perfect day. Including the strip mine. <br />Actually Deirdre: We did get some gold, just not a lot. The wild flowers were by anyones standards beautiful. I stupidly didn't have my camera when I came across some columbine mixed in with some brilliant indian paint brush. It was a desktop photo opportunity but I was not going to re hike the mountain for that camera. Tough walk to say the least. Sure wish I had that shot though....Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00263413130171705126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178865360448684774.post-28226706415928587122011-07-25T13:30:43.357-06:002011-07-25T13:30:43.357-06:00"Well, maybe no physical gold, but you were e..."Well, maybe no physical gold, but you were enriched by the experience! Sad about the strip mining, but the wildflowers were still pretty anyway! :)"Deirdrenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178865360448684774.post-23223911414915876012011-07-25T06:46:58.276-06:002011-07-25T06:46:58.276-06:00Nice little piece of history Bruce! Thanks for sh...Nice little piece of history Bruce! Thanks for sharing. BarbaraBarbaranoreply@blogger.com