Sunflower Mine 9/16, mine pics

[Rogue XJ]

deep deep down in the recesses of your mind... uh, nevermind..

check out these pics of the actual holes in the ground from Sunflower Mine, including the furry occupants in the ceiling too. :D

if you want pics of Jeeps from this trip (sorry about the poser shots included) here's the thread
http://www.virtualjeepclub.com/showthread.php?t=25744

[Blkruby]

Glad to see you got back safe. Thanks for coming out. hope you had fun.

[joedokes28]

Where is this adit at? I'm pretty familiar with the trail and have done it many times, but don't recognize this.
http://www.windsweptcats.com/07-09-16Sunflower%20Mine%20Loop12.JPG

[Papa Mo]

Here are my cave shots Bimmerdude went deep into some of the shafts...not me...lol
http://virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13801&stc=1&d=1189999724

Glowing water...not really just moss
http://virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13803&stc=1&d=1189999724http://virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13804&stc=1&d=1189999724http://virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13805&stc=1&d=1189999724http://virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13806&stc=1&d=1189999926

Parked at the first set of mines
http://virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13807&stc=1&d=1189999926

The old smelting plant.
http://virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13808&stc=1&d=1189999926

Charlie saying hiya...
http://virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13810&stc=1&d=1189999926

Rock Chute
http://virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13809&stc=1&d=1189999926
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[Papa Mo]

Lunch time
http://virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13811&stc=1&d=1190000345

This mine had an underground spring and was flooded...you could feel the cool air coming from it...
http://virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13812&stc=1&d=1190000345

http://virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13813&stc=1&d=1190000345http://virtualjeepclub.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=13814&stc=1&d=1190000345

[shaggy914]

someone have a shotgun before goin into those mines?

gettin to be snake season...

mine and the ghost town looks beautiful.
cant wait till i get there.
need a few mods first.
yall have fun?
whats the hardest it gets?

[Papa Mo]

No shotgun think he had a sling shot and a maglite :D

[shaggy914]

hunting like a real man?
bring 2 knives.
one for each hand.

that kinda thing?

[Rogue XJ]

armed with just a friend and a pre-teen (run for your lives!), we were good to go.

fortunatly, the outing was of interest to my friend because he has spelunking experience, with mines in particular. his Jeeping skills, however, don't appear to be quite as good.

the bats we encountered were tucked in former blasting holes in the horizontal shaft that had the neon green water in it's entrance. the other shafts were dry and barren.

would I recommend going into abandoned mine shafts in general? no. definitely not. the second pic I posted is of an uncovered shaft direction.....straight down further than our lights would shine (using a maglight with xenon bulb). the first pic showing braced walls, almost straight up. knowing the limit of our safe exploration, we left that mine in short order.

:cool:

[Fire Ball]

So you guys did a little off loop exploring, :)

There's some cool stuff out there.

[Papa Mo]

So you guys did a little off loop exploring, :)

There's some cool stuff out there.

I think we went off the loop to 3 places MUCH more to explore out there...we kept waiting to see which hole bimmerdude was gonna pop out of :D

[CooL_DaD]

Nice pics ... looks like you guys had a great time... Till the end that is.....

[Papa Mo]

Nice pics ... looks like you guys had a great time... Till the end that is.....

It was a great run Cliff (Blkruby) was full of cool info on the mines and surounding areas..Also wanna say thanks to KRWLNXJ he did most of the wrenching on John rig to try to get the fan blades to stop hitting the raditaitor...even the ending was not so bad no one hurt all is good.:)