I looked up some stuff on the internet.
Here is one story about old mines. Note the numbers. A larger shaft near the one I nearly fell in was surrounded by a single strand of barbed wire. That shaft opening was larger than the SUV parked beside it.
BLM website link to get video on old mine shaft safety. I dont know how good this is. BLM site link that discusses some of the types of shafts.
Az Mine Inspector's link to get a mine safety pack. There is a map of old mines on there, but keep in mind that not all mines are known.
I recall hearing that many cars stolen from Phoenix end up in old mine shafts around the Phoenix area. I was surprised since I didnt realize we had mines here. I thought they were in southern Arizona, along the Colorado or in the mountains north and east of Phoenix. I dont really have any good safety tips except to watch carefully where you step.
I could only find one photo online. This one has more stuff around it then you would see. Normally it would only be a squarish hole, there may be mine tailings you can see nearby, there may not. There may be brush surrounding it, there may not. There may be a sign or a marginal bit of barbed wire. Most likely there wont be.
Anyone have photos to share? Or other info?
Josh Simpson <simp_jk@yahoo.com> wrote:I vaguely heard about this tonight. I'm a new geocacher and typically geocache alone. My parents were born in AZ and I have lived here my whole life, yet I'm unaware of the hazardous abandoned mineshafts. I would appreciate it if you can give some tips or even pics on what to look for to avoid old mine shafts in the desert. I don't really know what an old mine shaft would look like so I'm not sure how to avoid them. Thanks.Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. ____________________________________________________________
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Gale < sonoralovesmommy@yahoo.com> wrote:By now, most of you have heard about the 3 girls on their atv near Chloride who fell into an old mine shaft. Ive lived in Arizona for decades. I had the dangers of old mines drilled into me. Ive always been careful when Ive been out wandering in the desert. Despite that, I nearly fell into an old mine myself back in 1986 or 1987. I was watching where I was going, in an area around Pearce in southern Arizona. I took a step over a rise, around a bush, and nearly stepped right into a shaft. The angle of it prevented me from seeing it. I tossed rocks into it, and could hear them land far down the shaft. As geocachers, many of us go out in the areas where there are old mines. I urge people (especially those new to Arizona) to be careful and never underestimate the dangers of those old mines.
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