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Attached to one of the timbers is bottle containing mining claim papers

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07416-rex-mine.jpg I take a peek down the shaft at the Rex Mine headframeThumbnailsWhile at the Rex Mine headframe, I get out my maps and decide where to go nextI take a peek down the shaft at the Rex Mine headframeThumbnailsWhile at the Rex Mine headframe, I get out my maps and decide where to go nextI take a peek down the shaft at the Rex Mine headframeThumbnailsWhile at the Rex Mine headframe, I get out my maps and decide where to go nextI take a peek down the shaft at the Rex Mine headframeThumbnailsWhile at the Rex Mine headframe, I get out my maps and decide where to go nextI take a peek down the shaft at the Rex Mine headframeThumbnailsWhile at the Rex Mine headframe, I get out my maps and decide where to go next

Papers inside show the claim as belonging to Idora Silver Mines in Idaho, the same company with the mining claim at the unnamed canyon north of Old Dad Mountain where I hiked a few days ago.