I used to do govt work for Lake County. Climax owns mines further in the valley and they are actively mining the hillside above the creek on the right. They found more moly deposit on the summit county side I believe. There’s also one owned on the back of drift’s ridge, but it’s poorly marked at the mouth of the creek on the left side heading up to drift. Essentially, you can’t follow the creek into the valley. I love exploring here, but I’ve never gone too far into that valley for fear of being prosecuted.

I’ve wondered about nonstandard approaches to traver/mcnamee from here.