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To: Claude Cormier who wrote (484)	12/14/2000 11:47:57 AM
From: goldsheet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 4051

> If I am not mistaking, Imperial is not far from Pichaco which has been operating for years Yes, it's a old mining area near the California/Arizona border north of Yuma. The Spanish mined there in the 1780s, which was the first gold mined in California. There are visible tailing piles all over the place from that era. Picacho was actually "mined out" between 1904 and 1910 using then available technology. Hecla had the American Girl Mine out there. There are thousands of holes dug by amateurs over the years, along with weekend gem collectors and rock hounds (nice stuff out there), not to mention the off road vehicles on the sand dunes. In addition to mining, it seems the environmentalists want to stop all recreational uses of the desert. While I am thinking about it, the Mesquite Mine is getting close to its end of life, but the ore zone remains open to the north. The only problem was the land was a government military bombing range, part of which was used to train troops during WWII for desert combat in North Africa. Newmont mined right up to the fence and probably would have gone under it if they could !! P.S. Can you tell I'm a "mining history goldbug" I have driven my car all over the west looks for ghost towns and lost mines. I'm surprised I have not got lost or stranded. Nothing as beautiful as driving 10 miles down a dirt road to climb to the headframe of the Keane Wonder Mine in the Funeral Mountains of Death Valley to watch the sun set over the Panamint Range, until you realize it is dark and you are the only person for 30 miles !!