# Talk:Silver Star Mountain (Skamania County, Washington)

Mines to be added to this area:

 Maybee Mines
 Yellow Jacket Mines
 Copper Creek Mines
 Miners Creek Mines
 Too be continued...

The Maybee Mines were very profitable Gold Mines on the Eastern side of Silver Star Mountain that were shut down shortly after the Yacolt Burn when the entrances were imploded. Each of the two, horizontally opposed, mines go about 4,000 ft into the sides of the mountain. After retrieving it from the mines, the gold was put in carts and pulled down a 5 mi track over the Washougal River, and down to the Columbia river to be put on the Trains.

Found on the South-East side of Silver Star Mountain, the Yellow Jacket Mines are fairly easy to get to. The old roads are in fairly good condition so that you only have to walk the last 1/4 mi. There are two, horizontally opposed, mines and a vertical shaft on the North side of the Eastern mine. All three are open, but you have to crawl over the dirt that has collapsed at the mouth of the mine to get in and the vertical shaft is filled to the brim with freezing cold mine watter. These mines are however under claim and entering the mines are both EXTREMELY DANGEROUS and strictly prohibited.. Not worth the risk...

I'm pretty sure that at least part of the Silver Star Mountain is within Clark County limits.  The Silver Star Southridge Tailhead is in Camas, Clark County, WA. 2601:1C2:4580:26C0:1B69:1624:53F5:736D (talk) 14:10, 12 November 2023 (UTC)