Showing posts with label Mine Adventure. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mine Adventure. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Hardscrabble Mine 4-wheeling Adventure

Before we went on the ride, we had lunch at the Property mid-day.
Here is most of the Crew - left to right.
Erika standing, Tiana and Thatcher sitting, Brian, Colton, Tagg, Lance, Treyson, Manda, Camryn, Cameron.
Cam and Blakeley got to ride on the cushions in the back of Zac's Ranger
Landon drove Shirlee and Jim's Ranger (thanks guys for sharing!), with Brian (goggles) and Erika.  Kacey drove her dad's yellow 4-wheeler, with Payson in front. 
Rog drove our Ranger, and I sat in front.  Bright and Thatcher in the rear.
Me and Cameron Claussen
Ready to cross the creek (see video below)
Brendon drove the rented Razor from TRAX, with Manda beside him, and Lance and Tiana in the rear.  We missed Colton, he didn't want to come on our 4-wheeling MINE adventure. 
Bettinson Bunch made it up to the mine !
So did Grandma Ben !!
Awesome 80 years old
(Mom and Dad stayed down this time......I don't think they wanted to chance a broken hip for the Birthday party)
Our shadows
Throwing Rocks in the mine
Landon and Grandma

It is really a steep little climb up to the mine.
We all needed a little (lot) help from Zac and Landon


Looking down into beautiful Hardscrabble Canyon (in the background), you can see just how high up on the mountain the mine actually is. 
Brian's thumb was our only casualty
Thistle in repose :)
Watching someone? coming down the only scary hill. (see in the background?)
Kacey had TWO riders on the way out.



We had sandwiches in Arthur's Fork
Bright and Thatcher
Our Biggies (as opposed to the Littles)
Dad and Mom with the Bettinson crew (Bren in the background)
These two...........  So much fun
Who's the poser?  
Blakeley and Cam
Beautiful teens
And throwing rocks was going great till Bright caught one in the back...... Dang
Bren, Manda, and Landon
We had SUCH a great time.

Monday, March 21, 2016

A little bit of this - a little bit of that

Devices Devices Devices - I'm not so sure about these dang Devices
Relaxin'  SERIOUSLY with Pa 
Treyson's 4th grade history fair project.
Mining in Utah.
Good Job Treyson !!
He highlighted his GREAT GREAT GREAT Grandpa Porter's mine in Hardscrabble that we went to last summer. 
We were able to go and see him in action  at the Elementary School. 
This kid LOVES WORMS !!
Movie time with MOM
Super Heros !!
Landon went to Wendover with some of his school buddies.
Justin Batty, Landon, Travis Bobo, Alan Tucker, and Colton Winchester

Friday, July 10, 2015

An Adventure to find Grandpa Porter's Mine (Hardscrabble Canyon)

This is my dad's grandpa - Sanford Orin Porter
He died when my dad was a teenager.
He mined in the canyon of Hardscrabble, and was always looking for his fortune.
Last year at the Dickson reunion, Aunt Barbara (who is almost 90) mentioned that she remembers going to the mine when Dad and Uncle Norris were teenagers, and that she didn't hike up to it, but they did.  Ever since then, it has been a goal of mine to get my family (and parents) back up to that mine, so that the location can be preserved for the next generation.  We kind of knew the general location.......... so here goes !!!!
The adventure begins...... about 4:30 pm
We are ready to go !
Roger and I on our four-wheeler, Landon and the big boys on Gary and Carol's four-wheeler, CJ and Kacey and Brightyn in Jim and Shirlee's Ranger, and Zac and Grandpa and Grandma D and the little boys in Zac and CJ's Ranger.
Hardscrabble Narrows
Landon was such a sport.........an uncomfortable sport, but a sport none the less :)
After we passed by Arthur's fork a ways, we crossed the creek.  See video here 
Grandpa D hadn't been to the mine since he was a teenager or in his early 20's, and though we knew the general area, it wasn't something that you could see on the mountain and head towards......   We saw Stu Wilkinson on the way in, and he also gave us some directions which helped, but we were pretty sure that  the first little "mine" we found, was not the right one.   It turned out that it was almost directly below the actual mine, which was further up the hill.  We turned around, and took another cut-off, and found it !
There was a steep STEEP little hill at the base, and it was a chore to get everyone up there.  Thanks to Zac and Landon, we all made it up.  Watch video here
I don't think in a million years that mom and dad thought that at 78 years old (almost) that they would be doing this sort of activity.  They were such sports, and there was NO WAY they were going to be left at the bottom,  I'm so glad we were able to do this (and not break any hips) !   Now we just need to get my brother and sister and families (and other cousins) up to see it.  
The old sluice/ or shoot was all broken down near the entrance. 
There she is !!  We didn't walk back into it (though we could have) - we are much too cautious (which I'm glad of ).  But we threw rocks back in.  
Watch video here
Group Pic - Thanks Kacey for taking the picture.
Grandpa D, Grandma D, Treyson, Tagg, Thatcher, Zac, Roger, CJ, Payson, Landon, Brightyn and Gwen
Kacey and Brightyn - Great pic !!
Getting down was a little sketchy........... (see video here)
Roger found another way that was a little bit easier.........
Then we had a fine supper of sandwiches and cheetos :)
Headed out........
It was such a wonderful evening.
Tagg the Miner
He found a golden rock, and is pretty excited about that !!

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