Prospector Road
Mr. Titan
pavement and adjacent hills are over old mines, most of which have
caved in. In a few the collapse of tunnels gave miners premature
burials.
Prospector Road is a winding, half paved, often one lane path of a
road which runs the seven mile stretch adjacent to the more traveled
county built and maintained Marshall Road, constructed in 1957 to
accommodate the ever increasing traffic. Marshall Road follows a
narrow cliff from Lotus to Georgetown. Prospector, often called the
"old road" having been utilized since it was built by Chinese labor
in the 1800's, cuts the winding mountainside connecting with Marshall
at
both Lotus and Garden Valley. The barely traveled road and
surrounding terrain has a history as colorful as any of the gold rush
era.
Because of the treacherous nature of the countryside, many a wagon and
later
automobiles overturned, spilling their passengers down the hillsides
to their death.