2024-01-08, 10:49 AM
(2024-01-07, 10:37 PM)DAW89446 Wrote:Beardilocks Wrote:On the hike back I stopped at this old earthwork structure. USGS calls it a “levee” but it would seem to be a rail track from a small mine. Is an earthwork-trestle just called a levee?
USGS often confuses levees and old railroad grades on maps. It doesn't appear to have been made for directing water. It appears there would be a trestle where the wash bisects it. Is it part of the monorail route?
That old lantern was a superb find!
There were definitely ties left in a few spots on the surface. Not sure if there’s still a map of the whole monorail. I would think this was a shorter ore cart rail but can’t be sure.
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