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Dry Canyon Mine #2

John Ofstad is a fisherman and backwoods explorer from California, whose enthusiasm and love of wilderness takes him into back country where others hesitate to follow. Using the Reinaldo and Pine Mine maps as his guide, he hiked from Moon Lake into the Brown Duck Basin and then scaled the high cliffs below the Paint Mine. From there he located the Old Spanish Trail just as it is shown on those maps. By following that trail, he [...] found Mine #2 on a ledge in a stand of pines near the head of Dry Canyon, not far from the old Mecham Mine.--Faded Footprints, pg. 128

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