Crosby Mine Pits - Camping / Status?

[Shooter]

We still camp regularly at the pits. When we get to our campsite we usually spend the first half hour cleaning up the mess left by the part crowd  >. We always leave it clean and dig a biffy. Wish everybody did! We have had a DNR officer at our campsite, to write me a ticket for expired registration on my boat.  :-[  He said that they were trying to close the area for camping but there was private land ownership that prevented them from doing it. It is very clear by our campsite that we are divers and usually have 3-6 kids with us. It would probably be a differant story if we were there to party. We normally camp on Hunnington or Alstead.