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== EW03 - Wilderness - Mischance Mine ==
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== EW04 - Wilderness - Wildflower Meadow  ==
Abandoned since its closure in the mid 1950s, Mischance Mine remains a quietly dominant presence in the local landscape. Much of the forest around the mine entrance is dead, dying or struggling to regrow, the old, poorly maintained roadway leading directly to the great dark maw of the cave mouth.
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Not all of the mine's influence has done ill: a short walk north of the road, winter-felled trees have cleared a high, secluded meadow on the slopes. From Spring through Autumn, wildflowers flood the grasses in a giant's paintstrokes, sweeping through in waves of golden buttercups and daisies, pink coneflower and pale blue flax, of cornflower, of violets, of pale anemone and bright beebalm. Hummingbirds are frequent visitors, deer and rabbits common, and the sweet, sweet scent of fresh grass welcomes all who wander here.
  
When the wind is right after a rain, the tang of rust, of old steel framework rotting in the open air, lingers at the back of the tongue, aging machinery mingling with green-veined earth recovering underfoot. Large heaps of hauled-out stone and waste rock aren't as large as they could have been, and do show signs of some judicious removal, more recent machine tracks scarring the earth nearby.  
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In winter, the meadow is far less inviting, open air victim of frigid winds and biting cold, with no trees there to block them.
  
Encapsulating the intrusion, quarantining, sheltering, the trees beyond the bubble of human influence are vibrantly alive, and while the road does trail off at a slant beyond the mine, it does so in far narrower state, the only tracks those of hoofprints and human feet.
 
  
 
=== Leads to ===
 
=== Leads to ===
* Southeast to [[EW06|Summit Trail]]
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* South to [[EW02|Dirt Trail]]
* Northwest to [[EW02|Dead Growth]]
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=== Notable Locations ===
 
=== Notable Locations ===
* [[MN01|Mine Entrance]]
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=== Important Notes ===
 
=== Important Notes ===

Latest revision as of 17:06, 23 April 2018

EW04 - Wilderness - Wildflower Meadow

Not all of the mine's influence has done ill: a short walk north of the road, winter-felled trees have cleared a high, secluded meadow on the slopes. From Spring through Autumn, wildflowers flood the grasses in a giant's paintstrokes, sweeping through in waves of golden buttercups and daisies, pink coneflower and pale blue flax, of cornflower, of violets, of pale anemone and bright beebalm. Hummingbirds are frequent visitors, deer and rabbits common, and the sweet, sweet scent of fresh grass welcomes all who wander here.

In winter, the meadow is far less inviting, open air victim of frigid winds and biting cold, with no trees there to block them.


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