The other mine buildings have become the victims of repeated avalanches and long since vanished. This recent photo shows one of the adits of the Mother Lode Mine. This historic photo shows the rear of the bunkhouse and the ore bin at the end of the trestle. The tramway station can be seen in the right foreground. A second, lower trestle appears to serve the waste rock dump. It was a great experience learning about the mining history of the motherlode and the Kennedy mine. A trestle emerging from an adit in the cliff face was used to carry ore to bins located behind the bunkhouse buildings. This historic photo shows the upper camp of the Mother Lode Mine. Little remains at the mine location except a few adits. The Bonanza tramway carried to ore to the Mill. The ore was then hoisted to the surface at the Bonanza Mine through inclined shafts. In 1919, the mine was acquired by Kennecott. Avalanches plagued the mine camp and tramway. Originally it had a tramway to a wagon road in the McCarthy Creek Valley. It is located north of the Bonanza Mine and on the opposite side of the ridge. ET on the Discovery Channel.The Mother Lode Mine property was originally owned by the Mother Lode Coalition Mines Company. Edge of Alaska airs on Sunday’s at 10 p.m. Perhaps, in the end, the cost is just too high.Īre you a fan of the show? Leave your comments, thoughts, and opinions concerning Edge of Alaska below. Whether he can continue to ignore what Neil is doing remains to be seen, but he does need the money in order to expand his farm. That’s one reason why he went hunting with Gary, and they happened to be in the right place at the right time when the plane ran into trouble and crashed. Jeremy Keller has to keep telling himself that his main priority is his family and their welfare, and not Neil and his plans for McCarthy. They also revealed that eventually tourists will have an opportunity to find and keep pieces of copper they may find. The Mother Lode and other deposits of the Sierra Nevada gold belt in California are examples. There were over 400 questions and comments put to the two men concerning Edge of Alaska and the mine, including the amount of copper in the mine, why the mine is so important to Neil, and how people get to the mine. The Meikle Mine of Nevada contains such invisible gold. Neil and the Motherlode Mine’s owner, Ray Kreig, recently hosted a Facebook Live question-and-answer session where fans of the show could ask questions and get additional information. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences.

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