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| no partners | | | An evening of off trail exploring along the Jerome wagon road route... I located the route of the old aerial tramway (like a ski lift with buckets instead of chairs) that ran from the United Verde Mine (the big open pit) at Jerome over to the western side of Mingus Mountain during the early 1890's. Rotted wooden poles with numerous bolts and hardware attached, along with spilled coke (which the tram hauled) seemed to indicate that this was indeed the tram route. Down in a lush canyon bottom, noise from a tree caught my attention, where I noticed 3 owls looking down at me. I cautiously approached, hoping they wouldn't fly away, and almost stepped on a coiled (apparently sleeping) rattlesnake. The owls allowed me to come reasonably close, never flying. We exchanged hoots upon parting. Hiking out of the canyon, I came across a small plane wreck, something I did not expect. Found a date of 8-1-59 on a wheel. Not too far from it was a more recently wrecked truck. I emerged from the canyon at dusk, scratched, filthy, and itchy. A satisfying adventure it was. |
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