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Cienega Spring Explore - Sierra Ancha, AZ
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| Hiking | 3.00 Miles |
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| | Hiking | 3.00 Miles | 5 Hrs | | 0.60 mph |
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| partners | | Grasshopper and I went on this hike out of Camp GH on FR235 to explore the area around Cienega Spring. We hiked a half mile down FR235 to the spring from our camp and then went a short distance up the Cienega Spring Trail #145 which follows an old mining road, FR145. We explored off trail up a couple of drainages that flow down off the south facing slope of McFadden Horse Mtn in to a small basin on their way down to Reynolds Creek. Then we returned to the old mining road and hiked along it to check out 5 of the 12 adits of the in-active Rosa Asbestos mining claims strung out along FR145.
The Rosa Asbestos mining claims were originally located in the 1920s. The claims passed through several owners. No productions figures are available but as of 1956 productions had been minor. No production is known since 1956. (Info from US Bureau of Mines Report - Mineral Investigation of the Sierra Ancha Wilderness ...). We only found one of the 5 adits we were looking for but weren't real motivated because these were more like small prospects to look for asbestos rather than active mines.
While we were hiking on the old mining road, FR145, we were passed by a group of several large side-by-side ATVs. They never returned so I assume they were able to drive on FR145 all the way from Cienega Spring to HW288. That surprised me because it appeared on Google Earth that this road was washed out in at least one area after the Juniper Fire which started in May 2016. |
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