Marc Myrsell writes “APE CANYON!!! Let it be known that on THIS DAY!!! The Ape Canyon Venderwhite mine has been found! Jake, Braden and Jarod Mitchell are all great grandsons of the youngest of the original 1924 miners, Leroy Perry Smith.
I helped them with detailed directions on how to get to the cabin site (it’s really hard to find and get to). On their 3rd try today, after getting to the cabin site, they started poking around some more and found the entrance. I was literally standing about 75 feet from here more than once, but didn’t go downhill far enough. I thrilled that family members found the mine. It’s their story after all.”
