Old moonshine camp in the rockies
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Old moonshine camp in the rockies
An elderly woman who's property borders mine just recently told my that moonshine and whiskey was being made about a mile and a half from my house. She said they'd been making it at that location up until 1950. Of course this aroused my curiosity so the following day I set out on a short hike to find the remains of an old moonshine camp. It's funny, because I've walked within 100 yards of this spot at least a hundred times.
Sure enough it appears to be the remains of a moonshine camp.
Sure enough it appears to be the remains of a moonshine camp.
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What an interesting discovery! Thank you for sharing.
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I was really skeptical since it was so close to where I hunt and fish, but it looks genuine. Wish I had more history to tell of it.
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I think I see a pipe in the second picture but can you tell where there water source came from?
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Yes, mate I can, the source is an underground spring. It's been dry in the front range for a couple weeks but the stream is still trickiling. Here's a pic. I had no idea piror to this morning. This stream is deadly during the snow melt and spring rains. It probably destroyed their camp many a season. This is in Florissant, colorado.
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It looks like they dammed it up during the dry season to feed their worm chiller. It is always flowing.
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We do have a nice metal detector, we'll be sure to give her a run.
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And as a person that metal detects why didn't I think of that???rockchucker22 wrote:Be cool to metal detect the area, i imagine drunk shiners loosing coins, rings, pocket watches
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Alright, I'm heading out with the metal detector to see what I can unearth. Hopefully I'll find something interesting.
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yeah good luck, poor boys around here would pull up floorboards if they dropped a farthing (quarter of a cent) but ya might be lucky
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I spent about an hour digging around with the metal detector. There is so much metal and copper about that the thing never shuts up. I think it will take several weeks to excavate the camp. I didn't unearth any treasures but I did manage to find these.
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Would love to be there with my detector helping you! Keep the pictures coming.
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That's cool I love finding old sites like that to poke around inThe Butchers Apron wrote:I spent about an hour digging around with the metal detector. There is so much metal and copper about that the thing never shuts up. I think it will take several weeks to excavate the camp. I didn't unearth any treasures but I did manage to find these.
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I'll definitely need some help. so if anyone's near Florissant, CO there's an open invitation to come out and dig around with me. I've got plenty of whisky, wine, beer, rum, and scotch for medicinal purposes and keeping morale up while excavating the moonshine camp, of course.
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Well that sounds like a blast but one problem Kansas is between us and my truck won't run in KansasThe Butchers Apron wrote:I'll definitely need some help. so if anyone's near Florissant, CO there's an open invitation to come out and dig around with me. I've got plenty of whisky, wine, beer, rum, and scotch for medicinal purposes and keeping morale up while excavating the moonshine camp, of course.
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Truck must be a Democrat.MashMaker wrote:Well that sounds like a blast but one problem Kansas is between us and my truck won't run in Kansas
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Nope.Braz wrote:Truck must be a Democrat.MashMaker wrote:Well that sounds like a blast but one problem Kansas is between us and my truck won't run in Kansas
More of a Jayhawker thing!!
Six generations raised in worst hit part of the order 11 burnt district still runs deep if you know what I mean.
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As if this wasn't interesting enough!!! I'm a thousand miles from ya buddy so I can't help. I am enjoying the hell out of your journey though. Thanks again for sharing!
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I've got one hell of a fine treasure hunting buddy in Grand Junction . If you wold care to hook up with him shoot me a PM . He likes his drop , too .
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Thanks, I'll pm you.
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Any more pictures?!! Very COOL!
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Buddy I think the history started the day you found it..... Id start pulling the bad stuff out and replacing with good stuff and put your still in it. Looks like you got some water. If its not much maybe you need to fill and ICP or 2. Can't wait to hear your history.The Butchers Apron wrote:I was really skeptical since it was so close to where I hunt and fish, but it looks genuine. Wish I had more history to tell of it.
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" WITH 100 POUNDS OF YEAST AND SOME COPPER LIIIIINNNNNNNEEEEEEEE....."
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thats a really cool looking place. it would be hard not to have at least one run out there