Talk:Silver Star Mountain (Skamania County, Washington)
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[edit] Silver Star Mines
Mines to be added to this area:
- Maybee Mines
- Yellow Jacket Mines
- Copper Creek Mines
- Miners Creek Mines
- Too be continued...
[edit] Maybee Mines
The Maybee Mines were very profitable Gold Mines on the Eastern side of Silver Star Mountain that were shut down shortly after the Yacolt Burn when the entrances were imploded. Each of the two, horizontally opposed, mines go about 4,000 ft into the sides of the mountain. After retrieving it from the mines, the gold was put in carts and pulled down a 5 mi track over the Washougal River, and down to the Columbia river to be put on the Trains.
[edit] Yellow Jacket Mines
Found on the South-East side of Silver Star Mountain, the Yellow Jacket Mines are fairly easy to get to. The old roads are in fairly good condition so that you only have to walk the last 1/4 mi. There are two, horizontally opposed, mines and a vertical shaft on the North side of the Eastern mine. All three are open, but you have to crawl over the dirt that has collapsed at the mouth of the mine to get in and the vertical shaft is filled to the brim with freezing cold mine watter.
