I found an abandoned mine last fall. I've seen the signs that warn people not to go near them, but I had never seen one until then. We had just finshed dragging a buck down a hill and were standing there catching our breath. I was starring at the hill when I though to myself "why are those rocks stack so neatly," then it hit me.

I did a little reasearch and found out that the land we hunt used to be a mining town and the pieces started to fall together. I've seen things like metal poles in the middle of the woods and old broken down buildings in odd places. I've since found out that the metal pole was a road sign, and one of the buildings was once a jail house. I've seen pictures of the old town and now where it once stood there is nothing but trees (and from the pictures it looked like a decent sized town.)

Now that I think about it, its too bad we can't flatten more towns to make public hunting land.