Re: Impressive mining ruins?
Posted by Artemisia on December 22, 2003 at 10:41:04:
In Reply to: Re: Impressive mining ruins? posted by justanotherdesertrat on December 22, 2003 at 10:11:50:
"Remember, you aren't supposed to remove relics in the park." Yep - the Antiquities Act has been around a lot longer than I have, and covers anything on public land. Its hard to watch stuff disappear from all my favorite places year after year. Someone even managed to remove a pool table (photo on that link in my original post) from the Erie Mine in Alaska, which sites 2000 feet up a cliff miles from any road. That's inside Wrangell-Saint Elias National Park. Must have been done in winter with great effort or with a chopper. When folks want stuff real bad, its almost impossible to stop them. Don't think I could check an ore car on the plane home anyway ;-) I've always wanted one, had plenty of opportunities, but have managed to behave...
Thanks for the suggestions.