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The Carissa Gold Mine, South Pass, Wyoming—A Sleeper?
July 1999 by W. Dan Hausel
The Carissa is part of a patented group of claims (private property) near South Pass City in the southern Wind River Mountains of western Wyoming. The mine lies a short distance southeast of State Highway 28 which runs north to Lander and provides excellent access to the area.Ask the Experts
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