yet another question

[cassiekarimom]

when I was looking around in the woods I noticed what looks like a dried up river bed that went from the river to a hill with a grate on the side that I am guessing the water went through, in front of the grate was a pile of big rocks, would that be a place worth checking out? I will try to get a photo.

 

[twalton]

Could be an old mill site or mine site - be careful.

 

[lilmax25]

^ right it could be an old mine site

 

[cassiekarimom]

I am guessing people have been on the rocks cause there are plastic bottles all over the place, I am not sure if there was a mill here but I know they would cut down trees farther up the river and float them past here, it is what they were doing when people first started to settle here, they have said nothing in the towns history about it being a mining town.

 

[cassiekarimom]

I rechecked the history and actually it said that settlers looking for pine found it here and settled here, they would cut the trees down here and float them down to a mill in St. Paul in the early 1850's, in 1856 someone built the first mill here, in the 1890's growing and selling potatos became the way to make money, along with selling bricks and dairy, that all stopped around the 1930 when sending the stuff on the trains cost more then what the crops brought in and the trains stopped running. Also the first shanty was built somewhere in that area.

 

[Cherokeefan68]

n/t

 

[twalton]

Possibly a spot where clay was taken out to make brick or a coal seam mined to fire the kilns OR who knows what! Find an old timer, buy him/her a drink and mine them for info.

 

[cassiekarimom]

here are some photos of the area, the first photo is looking into the woods from on top of a hill, the next is if you follow the trail going into the woods a few feet you come to this part of the river, the 3rd photo is the part of the river you get to if you walk to the other side of the woods, the 4th photo is the place that looks like a dried up river bed, the 5th photo is of the rocks and the grate and the 6th photo is of a tree that is growing along the dried up river bed.

 

[twalton]

Appears to be modern concrete construction - a storm sewer drain. The rocks are rip rap to prevent erosion. Also similar to overflow tubes used in pond and lake construction. What is on the other side of the hill?

 

[cassiekarimom]

the river does over flow sometimes, I never thought of it being for that, I really don't know what is on the other side of the hill, I will have to try to find out.

 

[BarberBill]

Only sure way to know if it's worth detecting is to detect it.
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[dougmoore34]

n/t

 

[Tseeker]

Looks like a great place to explore. Go for it and have fun, but be careful.