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  • David Gray May 2, 2011 at 6:32pm
    Can't see a whole lot of detail but is it possible that it might be the remains of an ore roasting oven?  Don't know if they roasted copper ore, but gold ore with pyrites was generally roasted in ovens that were set back into hillsides to get the benefit of the insulating value from the rocks and soil.  The ovens were not steel or iron but they were a bed of rocks.
  • Kathy Robinson May 2, 2011 at 12:05am
    There was a big article on these walls in one of last years GPAA gold magazines. Lucky you got to see one.
  • kchacha April 26, 2011 at 7:31pm
    Is there an old roadbed or haul road up there?  It looks like a little fill area for a road.  Just a guess, as it is hard to tell from the picture.  Hmmm...alien landing pad????  :)
    • desertratdan > kchacha April 27, 2011 at 1:48am
      It would be interesting to look for Nordic signs like they have found in other areas. Once I came across a similar structure in Colorado that the old Conservation Corps built for a shelter while they were building a dam in the boonies. They left behind a bunch of old broken dishes and some cheap silverware. I wish I had had a detector then! 
    • Dan Kelsey > kchacha April 27, 2011 at 1:20am
      Pretty steep area...But it was put there for a reason and I'm sure a 100 years or more ago there may have been a road grade there that I didn't notice......This was logging country to so who knows...The wife and I are going to head up there soon so if we find anything or figire out what it is we'll post it up...
  • Clyde S. DeLong Jr. April 26, 2011 at 2:32pm
    wow didn't i say house foundation
    • Mark Womble > Clyde S. DeLong Jr. April 26, 2011 at 3:59pm

      Clyde

      You did say house,That's why I was thinking if he finds nails round it that would really make a house foundation fit what it could have been

  • Mark Womble April 26, 2011 at 1:45pm
    I'm just thinking if there's nails maybe it was a cabin or something was built on it
  • Mark Womble April 25, 2011 at 11:57pm
    You might detect it see if any nails are found
    • desertratdan > Mark Womble April 26, 2011 at 1:33pm
      Actually I don't hit but certain places on and around a shack like that, including everyone's favorite the outhouse. I do get my fair share of nails, though. It's part of the process of detecting.
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