Ferrous
Elite Member
a ghost town. I've been doing some research of the local area where I live. Turn of the century this was a very active silver mining area. With a little map research and my trusty gps my wife and I headed up the canyon behind our home. We were looking for the remains of a mining town called Muldoon. In it's hey day it had a population of about 2000 people. This town supported several mines, a smelter and charcoal kiln works,a couple of saloons,general stores, a livery stable, and other bussinesses. When we got there a local rancher stopped and gave us a little history lesson.Said his Grandma used to work in the biggest saloon and showed us which celler hole marked that location. Well, none of the buildings remain but I did detect for about an hour. Tons of square cut nails everywhere. Found a couple of samples to bring back. This site definantly needs to be searched hard by a few detestorists for a full day. The remains of the kilns are still there as a slag pile. All in all it made for a fun day.
Bruce
Bruce