jaymoto previously posted:
"Hey Tom and Jim, I was wondering if you had any recon on spur's wanted to run of trail rating?"
I know nothing of the spurs aside from 1) seeing them on an MVUM and 2) looking at satellite pix. There could be a gate, a washout, craziness. That's part of the exploration!! I wish I could say more for ya.
open_circuit previously posted:
"Does one of these spurs take you to the Santiago Mine? I've seen photos of it up that way, but I'm not sure where it is."
James is correct. From Tom's picture, the red circle on the left involves McClellan's trails and goes near the Santiago Mine spur. Here's a Google Satellite link of the mine buildings where you can see how it's located with respect to the trails. Of note is that about 66 yards away from the buildings is a gate to keep explorers away (bummer).
Santiago Mine:
(of note, in the pic, the fence / gate can be seen top right of the buildings)
https://www.google.com/maps/place/39...4d-105.7713826