Hecla — Laramie County

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Hecla — Laramie County

Gold Mining Site WY • Laramie County County
Description
Hecla is 7 miles from Granite Canyon and is the location of the Yellow Bird Mine. At the Yellow Bird Mine on dumps you can still find traces of gold in pyrite. In section 24 T14N R70W is the Hecla Mine. In section 22 there are many other mines.
Historical Notes
Source: Tom Ashworth's Prospectors Cache (tomashworth.com / Mike Higbee / 49erMike). Author: Tom Ashworth. Original page: laramie_wy.shtml. State index: https://web.archive.org/web/20040830075749/http://www.tomashworth.com/goldloc.shtml Area: Hecla. Map coordinates are an approximate county centroid — not a precise claim site. Hecla is 7 miles from Granite Canyon and is the location of the Yellow Bird Mine. At the Yellow Bird Mine on dumps you can still find traces of gold in pyrite. In section 24 T14N R70W is the Hecla Mine. In section 22 there are many other mines.
Status / Verification historical_site — Legendary or approximate

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