Early April my family took a short trip starting in Yuma (where I spent several years in my aerospace days) and winding up in a small town called Wickenburg. The town is kind of like a haven for retirees who want to get out of Phoenix (it’s about 5 miles outside of Phoenix.) The ghost mine was amazing; lots of authentic old stuff, machinery and mining implements left in the early 1900’s. This shot is atop a HUGE generator, one of several that powered the crushing, sluicing operations to take blasted rocks and get the gold dust that hides there. An amazing find, and I doubt if it will last another decade.
