North Bloomfield is the town that supported Malakoff Diggins and giant the hydraulic mining operation in Tahoe National Forest that devastated parts of the forest. The town was a bit touristy for my taste with restored buildings housing "old" bottles and barber chairs, etc. The real treasures were down the street a ways closer to the mine site where we found a swampy mine adit as well as a crazy drainage tunnel that we were too freaked out to go more than 100 feet inside (if that).
This is a little cutesy for me. These were here during the gold rush. Yeah Right.
Dani got in trouble for not looking over the horizon correctly.
This is the type of gun that they used to blast away the mountains which decimated the wild life and trees.
A lone Manzanita of course.
This mine adit is currently filled with goopy water. When I knelt down beside it I thought that a swamp monster was going to bite me.
The drainage tunnel is constantly running and drips on your head just to scare you.
