In an out-of-the-way place, where folks hang on to an existence purely because they love the place and what they do there, the Eldorado Mine is one of the finest nostalgic, scenic, and historic places we have been to so far.
In short, YA GOTTA SEE THIS PLACE!!!!
http://www.eldoradocanyonminetours.com/
Quoting from their website (as I cannot say more than their fine words already have):
Man per man and mile per mile Eldorado Canyon has a wider range of historical events than anywhere in the Wild West.
Old west history don't get no better than this...
_ Spanish explorers in the 1700's. (Mexican treasure maps)
-- In 1880's more men lived in Eldorado Canyon than all of the Las Vegas valley.
-- Steamboats ran the Colorado River for over 40 years.
-- The canyon was full of deserters during the Civil War.
-- Two of the most famous renegade Indians were raised in the canyon.(Avote killing 5 men, and Queho killing over 20.)
-- 1874 claim jumping that resulted in numerous murders & hauntings of the Techatticup Mine.
-- Camp Eldorado 1867. (A forty-nine man Military Post.)
-- John Moss and the Mojave Chief Irataba.
-- The Ives Expedition, 1858. ,
