a blasting hole?

We believe this might be a blasting hole drilled for dynamite.

View from inside the Mine.

We found the Little Eva mine opening half covered by falling rocks over the years. I didn't venture inside, but the two young 'ens with us did and found...
...an immediate spectacular view looking back out.
Deeper inside were the tracks the ore carts came out on.
It was quite an intricate layout.
Rail wheels and axles, or pulleys of some sort.

John's visit to the mine Monday, July 21, 2008

I went there guided by three mountain men from Nephi/Mona... three Nephites...and two young ones...

...on four wheelers.

Then the hike down the trail...

...to the mine!!

...then past the mine, "up the trail to the cabin."

Bedsprings at the top of a mountain? Could they belong to the cabin?

A few more feet beyond the cabin, and...a sheer drop to the valley floor...Mona and Nephi in the background!

A look to the east....

...and finally, to the South...that last look at the beautiful vista Cory would keep in his mind all the days of his life.

It was emotionally, spiritually, and physically exhausting, but oh, so worth it!

Like Cory, I was "lost in the ecstasy of it all."

Hear John's KPCW interview LIVE!!

My Park City Radio interview on KPCW-FM can be heard live on the internet 6:30 PM MT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at:

http://kpcw.org/listen

CD now on Amazon!

The audio book, "Up From The Hills" is now on Amazon.com:


http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B001CWKF64/ref=dp_olp_1?seller=A2EK4QINX3Q6EBASIN

Two radio interviews on upcoming Utah Trip July 21, 2008

I will be in Utah on the following schedule next week:

Monday, July 21
Mt. Nebo - I will be visiting and photographing the Little Eva mine and surrounding vistas.

Tuesday, July 22
8am - Heber City - KTMP AM 1340 radio interview
9-noon - Heber, two bookstores, various individual visits
2-5 - Park City, research museum, library, bookstores
6:30 Park city radio interview - KPCW-FM 91.9

Wednesday, July 23
11am - interview Bert Fisher, Cory's driver 1938-1940

Cory Driver found us!!

I was contacted by 86-year-old Bert Fisher of Springville, Utah, formerly of Heber, who said he had seen the June 25 Wasatch Wave article and wanted to talk to me.

Bert says he was was Cory's driver from 1938 to 1940. Bert had just turned 16 and got his driver's license. He drove Cory to Arizona on the first trip and all over the country after that.

I'm going to meet with him and record his stories next Wednesday!!