Rob Williams said:

So what is the least visited lake to the west?

I have a single map that calls it Strong Box Lake.

Robert Kusick said:

I know little about the mining activity and lost trails in BOTW, is there a good resource for this stuff?  It's somewhat forgotten.

There is very little written about this stuff. One of your best resources are the old maps mentioned on my earlier post "The Oldest Maps". The Mother Lode area including the Pansy Lake area is Township 8 S 6E and you can find the original survey filing for Bill Bagby's 1886 mineral exploration in the area. There are dozens of other mining claim map filings there, only a few of which ever became producing mines. The maps themselves have ancient indian trails, the earliest mining trails, and some trails still in use today, and many which are now obscure and lost. So these maps are basic historical source materials.

All right then. Here is another for you sleuths to peruse.

What trail am I on?

D.

Is it near Salmon-Huckleberry?

Bryon Boyce said:

There is very little written about this stuff. One of your best resources are the old maps mentioned on my earlier post "The Oldest Maps". The Mother Lode area including the Pansy Lake area is Township 8 S 6E and you can find the original survey filing for Bill Bagby's 1886 mineral exploration in the area. There are dozens of other mining claim map filings there, only a few of which ever became producing mines. The maps themselves have ancient indian trails, the earliest mining trails, and some trails still in use today, and many which are now obscure and lost. So these maps are basic historical source materials.

So I'm wondering which maps you are referring to.  I've gotten a bunch of Cadastral maps dating from the 1890's to the 1940's (depending on what area it is), but the Pansy Lake area I don't see any mining claims.  Here is the section around Pansy Lake:

Is this the kind of map you are referring to?

Robert Koscik said:

Is it near Salmon-Huckleberry?

Near? Yes.