Yeah! I figured out how to get pictures back on the blog. The picture with the tower is where the mine shaft is of the Red Cloud Mine. At ground level -- can't really see it in the picture-- there are gates covering the shaft. The gates have open grids so the bats can still fly in and out of the mine. The last time we tried to visit the caretaker here he was working down in the mine so we missed seeing him. This time when we got to see him he was all cleaned up -- scraggly long beard cut off and hair neatly trimmed. He had to look good because he had to go to court. He had shot his gun off on some trespassers. It turned out the trespassers were border patrolmen out of uniform. He must not have had to go to jail if he's still out at the mine. The property has been shot up by trespassers in the past so its no wonder he's touchy about someone trespassing.
If you look closely at the hole in the side of the hill you will see the chimney stack sticking out of the top. Its hard to believe that miners actually lived in these caves but there are quite a few dug into the sides of hills in the area.
Its been cold here at night this last week with temps dipping just below freezing. They are very nervous about the lettuce crop freezing. Its quite devastating to the local economy when large acreages of crops are lost. The flu has hit here but so far we have remained untouched.
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