Orofino Mine by Dave Given

As scheduled,we all met at the Bob’s Big Boy restaurant in Baker at the

appointed time of 9 a.m. We actually got moving by 9:25 AM. We went south

on Kelbaker Road for 1 mile, then turned off to the southwest for our trip to the Orofino Mine. Due to a real bad storm, it was not possible to get to the

Brannigan mine-total road washout! On the way to the Orofino mine we

stopped at what is left of the Paymaster mine. From there we have

2 different opinions. Some say I made a wrong turn and got lost. NOT

TRUE! We simply embarked on a new adventure. This new adventure didn’t

pan out too well, so we returned to the road to lead us to the Orofino

mine. All of this time the narration was provided by none other than

the "Ugly One from Newberry Springs", Joe Pizzitola. He is very

knowledgeable of the area. VERY! Once we arrived at the Orofino mine we all explored some, and we had lunch there. After lunch we headed back towards Baker, where some of us re-fueled and then headed toward Shoshone, arriving there by 3 p.m. The participants included:

Dave Given

"Ugly One" Joe Pizzitola

Ron Lipari

Charles and Mary Hughes

Sunny and Jean Hanson

Karen and Bob Monson

Don Sweinhart and Betty Wallin

Danny and Norma Siler

George and Carol Gilster

Bob Jacoby and friend

Jim Profitt, daughter Penelope and husband Dave Bullock

and none other than the world famous Bob and Sue Jaussaud providing the tail end duties. Actually Sue did the duties but Bob will take the credit I am sure.