2.21.2006
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Dennis Sims: Mine cars in the creek alongside Valleybrook Road just downtream from where the Montour #4 Tipple was located . Back in the early 90s while driving on ValleyBrook Road, I happened to notice the mine cars alongside the creek on the opposite bank of the road. I thought it would be nice to recover one and restore and set it up along the Trail somewhere. So, I put on the hip boots and waded down the creek from Bridge and shot some slides and to check out the feasibility of doing such. There was restoration work taking place on the old mine site at the time. Now I am not sure if these could be the same cars that could have been washed out and relocated in some of the floods that occurred on Brush Ruin or are different cars. Dave's picture shows the cars on the bank adjacent to the road. I cannot recall if there were such cars further downstream. To mark the location, this slide was taken to show the mine building and the retaining wall along Valley Brook Road. These cars were found at the end of the wall.
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