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| Austin and Nate outside of Patsy's Mine |
This old mine runs back into the rock about 150 feet. However, the mine was pretty wet inside while we were there due to recent rains, so we didn't go down too far. There were just lots of puddles of standing water that we didn't really want to go trudging through. It is my understanding that the mine was created by a man named Patsy Morley who in the early 1900s. He was a former boxer who started by digging it out by hand, but ultimately switched to use steam power to dig it out. He dug unsuccessfully for about twenty years hoping to find some precious metals before he mysteriously disappeared one day.
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| From Inside Patsy's Mine |
After leaving the mine, we continued up another 0.6 mile to Flag Rock. The view from there was really picturesque, so we enjoyed it for awhile while munching on our snacks before heading back down. Luckily for us, another hiker was there too who was willing to take our picture for us.
We were also hoping to see some good fall colors along our way, but we were slightly early for that. There was just a spattering of the earliest leaves starting to change.
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