Members of theFIRST LEGO LEAGUE RoboticsĀ teams yank up and old net half-buried in the dirt during a cleanup effort at the old paintball field by the Gold Rush Cemetery. The robotics teams from the Skagway School spearheaded the cleanup. The paintball field had opened around 2009, and the property remained unused and its ownership under dispute after the paintball operation closed a few years after opening. PHOTOS BY DAN FOX

Old tires were one of the most numerous things picked up. The volunteers filled a trailer with tires of all shapes an sizes.

Members of the robotics teams yank up and old net half-buried in the dirt during a cleanup effort at the old paintball field by the Gold Rush Cemetery.

Calvin Miller (right) and his father Andy Miller roll a tire out of the old paintball field during a community cleanup effort of the property on Sept. 1. The FIRST LEGO LEAGUE Robotics teams from the Skagway School spearheaded the cleanup. The paintball field had opened around 2009, and the property remained unused and its ownership under dispute after the paintball operation closed a few years after opening.