The Golden State of California has a rich mining history. Many old mines can be found a short distance from any city in the state. Los Angeles is no exception. The hills, deserts and mountains around our city are fairly covered with old mine workings. Miners, like all humans, produced an abundance of trash. Disposal of this trash presented no problem for the miners, more often than not, they used convenient gully to dump their cans and bottles into. Mostly these dumps were located 'down and out', down wind and out of site! Lots of old bottles and artifact have been found at old mine dump sites.

If you decide to do further research at these locations, please remember to obey "No Trespassing" signs and get permission before digging on private property.

Also, please provide a report and pictures on any visited site for our archives.