Just a mile or so east of Owl Creek and the Copper Falls Mine flows another mountain stream meandering off the peaks above Eagle Harbor towards the big lake. This is Eliza Creek, and it flows down through the Madison Gap that separates Copper Falls Ridge from the peaks further east. Along the way it runs past some early mine sites before being damed at Eliza Pond. (a dam soon to be removed). Between its banks are not only crystal clear waters but also artifacts from a time gone by.
Exploring Eliza creek soon after our experience at Copper Falls, we stumbled across numerous artifacts littered among the rocks and muddy banks. Some of these artifacts were more trash then treasure, but a few larger objects caught our eye. These were large forged machine parts, but from what type of machine we couldn’t tell. Our theory that they must be from a machine from an old mine – washed down to where we found them by a spring flood. Either way, they were a mystery that we hope someone else can solve.