Cherry Creek Mine
Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2014 1:28 pm
A couple of weeks ago when I was in Emigrant Wilderness, we stopped by the Cherry Creek Mine on our way down from Snow Lake to Huckleberry Lake. We took some photos with the intent so do some research on what the mine was like when we got back. The mine ran up until the 1960s and was the source of the road that runs from Leavitt Lake to Horse Meadow and the mine. I believe they were mining tungsten. We were able to find a number of articles on the mine, but only one photo of it in the 90s. Does anyone have any photos of the mine from 20-30 years ago or older? Would like to see them. Curious what the mine building looked like before being hit by multiple avalanches. Must have been a bummer for the mine owner to spend all the trouble of getting up there in the spring only to find the place pushed off the mountain. Anyhow, here's a few photos of what it looks like now.
Hopper pushed down the hill
Building platform
The site
Ore Car upside down
Shaft blasted shut
Generator
Motor and crusher
Conveyor(?)
Hopper pushed down the hill
Building platform
The site
Ore Car upside down
Shaft blasted shut
Generator
Motor and crusher
Conveyor(?)