Miners Delight, Lander, and Mulino

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Miners Delight Informational Sign at Stambaugh Road, near Atlantic City, Wyoming. 
 
Miners Delight informational sign east of Atlantic City, at Stambaugh Road.

We got around slowly today. Connie made coffee and then I made a couple of omelettes. We relaxed and visited until after lunch and then headed for Lander by way of Miners Delight. A mining ghost town founded about the same time as South Pass City and which tapped into the same geological formation.

We spent a couple of hours walking around the town. Since we last visited HistoriCorps was contracted by the BLM to do some stabilization work. Parts of the site look better, but they ruined, in my opinion, the old privy. It used to have bench with two holes in it, a true two seater, for close friends and persons on a date, I guess. Anyway, that bench is gone now. The privy was across the path from one of the larger structures in town, which had a kitchen and bedroom towards the back of the building and a saloon, I think, in front with open, covered stable for horses.

 

Saloon at Miners Delight, Wyoming. 
 
Saloon at Miner's Delight.

 After out visit to Miners Delight we headed to Lander, where we are staying for a couple of nights. We arrived at the Holiday Inn Express a little after three and then relaxed and read until 6:00, when we went to eat at Mulino, an Italian restaurant. We have heard good things about it and we thoroughly enjoyed our meals.

We parked on the street and walked to this parking lot. We saw this sign, but nothing on the buildings in the background. We walked around a bit and then, quite fortuitously, that Mulino was in the building to the right with the arched cover. The sign was cleverly hidden by the sunscreen that shaded the outdoor seating area. I mentioned this to the hostess, who seemed annoyed that we suggested they make the sign more visible.

After dinner, we had a fizzy pink zinfandel in the room and spent the evening relaxing.

 

 

 

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