Cellar and Charcoal Kilns

Brian Atkinson told me about a potato cellar in the birch creek area. He and I drove out there today to check it out. The wind was howling the whole day, but we managed to have fun. Our first stop was the cellar, which was pretty cool. I took a few photographs, but may have to go back in better light. We then stopped at Birch Creek to catch a few fish. We then drove out to the Charcoal Kilns, which were used during the mining boom of the late 1800s. They were cool, but all of the "improvements", including reinforcements, signs, painting, and gates on the entrances make them difficult to photograph. We then went to Gilmore, a ghost town that didn't survive after the mines closed. Above Gilmore was a beautiful mountain lake, Brian photographed and I caught a couple of fish. We came home early, because the wind was unbearable. Anyway, it was a nice day in a part of the state I hadn't visited.


Potato Cellar, Lone Pine, ID 2008


Charcoal Kiln, near Gilmore, ID 2008