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The Log Cabin Mine was once the largest gold-producing mine in California and covered over 80 acres. It opened in 1910, and over the next 30 years became famous for the amount of gold it produced and for the harsh winters the miners endured. Located at 9600 feet, the snow could reach 25 feet deep. It was state-of-the-art and could both extract and process the gold.
Log Cabin mine was closed by Presidential order at the beginning of WWII and remained inactive for the next 20 years but manned by a skeleton crew in hopes of a rise in gold prices that would again make operation profitable. This never happened and the mine finally closed permanently in 1956.
The owners donated the land to the Boy Scouts of America. It was eventually acquired by the US Forest Service.
The far end of the Log Train Trail in the Alberni Valley.
Taken on a trip to Mount Hal and Mount Irwin in the Beaufort Range.
Modern Log Cabin
Made and quilted by Margaret Glendening (Albany)
37" x 39"
Photos taken at the Stitch Modern (EBMQG's first quilt show) at The Piedmont Center for the Arts.
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Over 3,500 Lancaster County fifth graders from 50 schools attended the 23rd annual Earth Wellness Festival on March 21 & 22 in Lincoln, Nebraska. At the festival, students rotated among 25-minute sessions, learning about the interdependency of land, water, air and living resources. For more information about Earth Wellness Festival, go to lancaster.unl.edu/ewf.
Pictured is the session "What's in a Log?" presented by Spring Creek Prairie Audubon Center.