Opening the gate to the road that leads to the lost mines of the Stave.
The remains of an old miners cabin near the mine site.
The Bridge that leads to the mine.
Daryl stands inside the Independence mine.
Two great prospectors stand outside the Independence adit.
The entrance to a lost mine.
The greatest guide to the Stave mountains.
Climbing into history.
The Independence Mine site is currently owned by Spindle Explorations and is for sale at this time for only 2000 CAN. The adit follows two principal vein sets. Each vein set consists of several 3-8 centimetre wide quartz-minor pyrite veins across a total zone width of about 3.0-5.0 metres. Other irregular quartz veins are also present. Wallrocks again are dioritic One grab sample of quartz vein material was assayed at 560ppb Au. For more info please contact dfriesen@direct.ca
