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Yosemite 2007

The Great Tioga Mine

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Gabe

Sean Williams, outside the Tioga Mine

Inside the Tioga Mine

Sean and Gabe checking out one of the down shafts to the main mine tunnel.

Gaylor Lakes from the upper miner's cabins

The miner's cabin and Gaylor Peak



The Cathedral Range from Gaylor Lakes basin



The Bennettville Cabins

The miners who dug the main mine tunnel lived here in Bennettville


Margaret and Sarah at Bennettville.

There are only two cabins left here now.

Joe Addington, Margaret McKeehan and Sarah at the Bennettville cabins

Margaret inside the mine which is about 2,500 ft long and has side tunnels branching off to connect with the down shafts from the top of the ridge.


Margarita checking out one of the down shafts.



Margaret at the Tioga Pass Resort

A little lunch before another trip to the mines, that's Sean Williams detailing the trip to the crew.

The road to Bennettville, Gabby, Thea and Laurel


The girls inside one of the smaller mine tunnels

Amanda and some other friends of Sean's

The talus fields and remains of the old rail system in front of the mine.

Our group inside the mine. The entrance is now barred  with heavy steel bars though it was not that way several years back when Chris Canales and I ventured deep into the heart of the mine.

Thea

Laurel

Amanda inside one of the smaller miner's cabins on the upper ridge.

Sean wants in

Sean and Roma

Amanda on Gaylor Lake






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Yosemite 2007