Re: The Hunt for 928 - Walt Ray's Place of Death


Message posted by Dave B on July 16, 2002 at 16:47:35 PST:

I wonder if Cherokee Mine is what is in 

Walt Ray's death certificate.

It isn't. The death certificate lists a particular claim and that Ray hit 300 yards east of it. On one trip out there I ran into a mining surveyor who was looking at an adjacent claim but only had part of the name. We traded; I gave him the name, he pointed out on my 7.5 minute map where the one listed on the death certificate was located. But I didn't get back to it. The road was just to bad. In retrospect, I probably could have hiked in from where the road gave out.

I have noticed a "U" shaped drainage on a aerial photo and hiked into it. My route was not the shortest, but had no ups and downs, just a slow steady uphill grade. Although I scoured the surrounding washes and hills until I was down to 1/2 quart of water I never found any titanium so it probably wasn't "Mahood Wash". Still, you never know....

Dave


In Reply to: Re: The Hunt for 928 - Walt Ray's Place of Death posted by gary on July 15, 2002 at 23:53:51 PST:

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