To find this trail, you have to drive to the upper end of Mineral Creek Drive. As mentioned above, once you get to the end of this road, you'll find a really narrow bridge. We weren't able to get our 4-wheel-drive pickup truck over the bridge. It's more of an ATV-sized bridge. At any rate, you have to cross this bridge and drive about 5.5 miles before you come to the trail. Since we didn't have an ATV, we weren't able to do this.

But, supposedly once you do get to the trail, you can expect to see mountains rising to over 5,000 feet and beautiful waterfalls on each side. In addition, about halfway up the road, the road forks. If you take the right hand fork, it leads to the water where a small tram was used years ago to service the McIntosh Road House (1912 era), which was located on the other side of Mineral Creek. The left fork continues up the valley. The W.L. Smith Stamp Mill is located at the end of the Mineral Creek Trail. This mill was built in 1913 and used in conjunction with the Mountain King Mine, which was located about 3,000 feet above sea level on the east side of Mineral Creek.