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on both sides of the road were built by a prospector named Witt
Tate sometime around 1920. Tate constructed the cabin
and out-buildings to support his mining operation in the rocky
ledges on the north side of the canyon.
Tate raised a one-room log cabin, a barn with a hayloft,
a storage shed, an outhouse and log fences. trails and
a wagon road, which led to the "workings" can be seen behind
the cabin.
Tate was intrigued by this area of the canyon because he
had found small traces of lead and silver in layers of sandstone
and quartz in the cliffs above the road.
Gold is almost always associated with lead and silver and
this alloy or combination of metals is always found with quartz.
Millions of years ago, volcanic magma and mineralized fluids
pushed up through the layers of the earth. Pockets of
gold, lead and silver were left behind with quartz in the sandstone
of Bullion Canyon.
Witt Tate has been described as a successful miner.
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Stop 4 is 1.75 miles past the trailhead
Next Page [ Stop 4
- Dalton Mill & Boarding House ]
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