A mine!  The trail writeup [ http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/buckhorn-lake ] definitely...

A mine! The trail writeup [ http://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/buckhorn-lake ] definitely advised to not go exploring.

Location
WashingtonOlympic PeninsulaTubal Cain Mine Trail
Photographer
Catherine Hovell
Date taken

Comments

  • Would you even consider entering it? Hope not. My latent claustrophobia would kick in after I stepped inside one foot.

    — Margaret Hovell

  • Nope, definitely not.

    — Catherine Hovell

  • Huh, I never knew there was much copper in Washington. Wikipedia mentions the mine was a failure.

    — John Hovell

  • Yeah, the trail writeup says there's a mine still semi-active in the area... I can't understand how, given the terrain (no idea about the minerals).

    — Catherine Hovell