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A view of the icicles that hung from the wall inside the mine. In some places they extended down more than 20 feet.
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Justin peeks into the gorge we found near Round Hill Pond. Upon further investigation, we determine that it is actually a mine.
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The GPS signals were too weak to get a fix, so check the map to see the location of this very old mine.
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These icicles were about 15 ft long!
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Though we were warned by a friendly local woman about the possibility of bears being in the area, curiosity got the better of us and we had every intention of walking through this hidden "little canyon". However, the swampy, somewhat deep water at the bottom of the gorge kept us out, for now. UPDATE: This is actually a mine.
See Chester Mine
Upon further research, I believe this is called Wright Mine
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It looks as though a large ice sheet recently broke away and revealed this little pond that lies within Blair Brook.
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A closeup of an unusual waterfall and surrounding ice at Blair Brook.
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This gorge twists and turns for about 200 ft and is only 3 ft wide with over a 20 ft drop in some places!
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The bitter cold and 50 MPH wind gusts thwarted our plans of reaching the summit of Little Round Top.
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The spraying water has covered everything with a thick layer of ice.
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This tree almost fell on the truck as I was driving on Rt. 20 in Russell.
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