Steve Shaffer Hoyt Peak Utah Josephine Mine Expedition
Steve Shaffer Hoyt Peak Utah Josephine Mine Expedition
Steve Shaffer, author of Out of the Dust: Utah’s Lost Mines and Treasures, leads a group in a search for the lost Josephine mine in the mountains of Utah. Ancient symbols are found on trees. Details of early Spanish mining activities are uncovered and explained.
How long does a quaking aspen live?
about 50 to 60 years. Thanks Google. lol "Ancient"
Steve, any update?
This is really cool! I’ve been very interested in mines, mining, geology and archaeology since a young age. I live in a small mining town in Colorado and that really allows me to enjoy my passion. Recently, I’ve become interested in some of the early Spanish mining operations and lore. I’m actually pretty sure I stumbled upon an old Spanish mining site down south near Crested Butte a few years ago. I found this video very informative and would love to do something like this some day. Mining is a dying art and it takes a special breed of person to be interested in this stuff. Best of luck to you folks.
What was the purpose of this adventure? He took these folks up there, and didn’t do anything except show them the spot where last year they didn’t do anything. Did these people pay him for this field trip?
Wish I would have been there, could ua e shown you at least 5 old mines
I am Jack Johnson – I have been to
the lost pine mine of 1856 need I say more…
Lived in kamas for 50 years. I remember deer hunting up Hoyts. It was easy to get to, I grew up in Marion. I remember hunting around the Josephine mine or mines… this was in the late 70s early 80s. At that time there was a big iron door at the entrance. Do you guys know of anyone that has a picture or maybe remembers that? There has been a few clames on the mine, so I’m thinking some removed it and took it home as a souvenir. It’s sad, the forest service went up with a dozer and buried it. But some one has a claim on it now. Put ladders down the glory hole and a cap on it.
Nice video Steve! I didn’t know you had this footage