GOLD MINE
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GOLD MINE |
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NAME: Gold Mine COUNTY: Schuykill ROADS: 2WD GRID: 6 CLIMATE: Somesnow in winter and hot in summer BEST TIME TO VISIT: Spring or fall |
COMMENTS:
Take us 72 north to gold mine rd turn left
then go over mtn into next valley to rr bed, turn left follow rr bed on
foot about 3 miles. Just foundations remain was an rr repair point there.
Then go another 4 miles in along bed and you come to cold springs also just
foundations. Left was an old resort above where you turn in at is gold mine.
On top of the next mtn on the left is rumered to have a gold mine there
and indian burial caves somwhere near by. REMAINS: In all 3 places all that remains are foundations |
| In gold mine was said to have a been a gold mine that was their mainstay. Just below gold mine was a logging camp of rausch gap also had the rr stop and repair point. And, the resort of cold springs was just that the rich used to go there to relax. This whole area is now state game lands and is also part of the appliache trail. This whole area has been dated to the 1830's due to an old cemetary that was found in the area Submitted by: David E Deitz |
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