[Az-Geocaching] Old mines

[ShadowAce]

April 28th we went and found a cache called Military Hill.

 Knowing the dangers of the mine shafts and 'prospect' shafts we posted a
picture to warn others:
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=54b17f66-018c-422f-a292-3565aaeaf7e0&IID=ec6d26c0-4ac0-418c-9475-e4a96143e387

You can see the picture in the above log that was our way of saying 'be
careful'

On 9/4/07, Lisa G. <lisasjunk at buppas.com> wrote:
>
> Wow.  I hadn't heard about the girls near Chloride, and it never even
> dawned on me that old mines would be an issue while out geocaching.
> Thank you for bringing this to my attention.  We often cache in the
> forest with our two young boys; the thought of something happening to
> them makes me ill.  Thanks so much.
>
> -Lisa a.k.a. PoledraDog
>
> Gale 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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