Re: Big bell Mine in Death Valley

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: Thanks for the response: : I looked at your site and photots (its a great site) but your shots are the Keene Wonder up at the top. : The Big Bell is farther up yet. We hiked down from the top of Chloride Cliff. : You can make out a little bit of debris in the canyon below for the top if you know : where to look. Nothing can be seen fron the top of Keene where you took those great pictures. : The mine tunnels are not to big but the site is very intact. We saw cable ore cars like the ones at Keene : but they are hanging right at the tram terminus, you can actualy reach up and grab one. : There is a stone cabin which the roof has fallen in but it still had an old refrigerator from the 20's inside. : We asked the Park Service what the name of it was and after showing a range the location on a map : he told us it was the Big Bell. He said they had removed it from some of the Park maps to preserve it from vandals. : I will try and pin-point the GPS coordinates if that would help. : Thanks, : Jim Neeld : James, : : Would you check this page out and tell me if this is the Big Bell Mine? Thanks! : : http://members.tripod.com/~catmandoo2/keane.html : : I just assumed it was the Keane Wonder Mine but by your description is sounds like the Big Bell Mine. : : : Has Anyone been to the Big Bell Mine in Death Valley? : : : Very steep hiking and dificult to get to but the site : : : is the most intact I have seen. (still has ore cars hanging : : : on the tram cables) : : : It is located below the peak at Chloride City and above the top : : : of the Keene Wonder Mine.

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