Re: Exploring more of the Madera Sugar Pine Lumber Grades...
| July 04, 2020 11:12AM |
The other spur started at the top of the incline and went to the east for about 1000 feet. Here's a view along it:
We're looking back towards the top of the incline.
The spur ended in a partial cut:
Radiating around this in a star pattern were skid marks made when logs were being high leaded to the spur. The location for the donkey engine was totally covered in brush.
Next I decided to hike down the incline to see where it came out at the Little Sandy Campground. Here's a view partway down:
A short while later I hit an impenetrable wall of brush:
We are only about 1/3 down the incline so I decided the time could be better spent trying to find the spurs near Fresno Dome.
To be continued...
We're looking back towards the top of the incline.
The spur ended in a partial cut:
Radiating around this in a star pattern were skid marks made when logs were being high leaded to the spur. The location for the donkey engine was totally covered in brush.
Next I decided to hike down the incline to see where it came out at the Little Sandy Campground. Here's a view partway down:
A short while later I hit an impenetrable wall of brush:
We are only about 1/3 down the incline so I decided the time could be better spent trying to find the spurs near Fresno Dome.
To be continued...
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488 stops for water at Los Pinos tank on closing day Oct. 1979. Photo courtesy Don Richter
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