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katu01 In reply to frenchfox [2012-11-25 21:49:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, Renard. Barely visible on the mountainside to the left is a faint trail used by stagecoaches a hundred years earlier. The grade is steep and narrow - brakes on coaches were poor and horses had to hold their footing and speed on the downslope. Passengers often walked when terrain was risky - reducing weight on the coach. There is a treasure tale about this area that has drawn many seekers whose campgrounds sometimes yield coins, cans, and bottles from the earlier century.

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katu01 In reply to Speck2 [2012-11-25 21:32:50 +0000 UTC]

Sincere thanks, Cindy. I had to get out of the Jeep and use a pick & shovel to break down flood banks and eroded tracks until late afternoon light brought me to a stop at the kilns. Cresting the pass would be another trip.

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Speck2 In reply to katu01 [2012-11-25 21:38:22 +0000 UTC]

OMG!! I would never have made it, I have a 4 wheel drive truck, but don't think I would try it, I have been in some knarley places including dead ending into a glacier that my Daughter thought I should go over LOL, I guess I am getting to old, sighhh. How far off the road was it?
Cindy

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katu01 In reply to Speck2 [2012-11-25 22:02:37 +0000 UTC]

23 miles from pavement to the side road (track) and roughly 12 miles from there to the kilns. The turns were tight and narrow through the trees and newer (wider) Jeeps would be scratched a lot more than my 11 year old TJ. Too old? Never!

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Speck2 In reply to katu01 [2012-11-25 23:53:42 +0000 UTC]

Way to far, but I have took a brand new truck on the north rim of the grand canyon, down a trail that I thought was a road, LOl talk about scratches
Cindy

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katu01 In reply to anjien [2012-11-25 08:14:19 +0000 UTC]

Many thanks for your comment, wish I could spend more time documenting such places.

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anjien In reply to katu01 [2012-11-25 11:43:18 +0000 UTC]

I hope You will find a possibility for that!

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katu01 In reply to DigiPainteR [2012-11-25 08:12:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Tim. Given that there isn't much of a budget for protecting old buildings, mining gear, and re-purposed materials in Nevada, it's probably the best defense to make such places impossible to access by flatbeds, semis, forklifts, and other tools of the demolition for the auction and swap-meet trade. Many accessible buildings in western Nevada have been wrecked by treasure hunters and vandals in the last year. The BLM doesn't have staff to protect ghost towns in national forest lands and the state is equally strapped. Every time I see a new theme restaurant open, I wonder how much of the period deco comes from ghost towns and abandoned mines. Since digital cameras do a fine job of recording what remains, it seems imperative that these places at least survive in images. Thanks for the documenting you do

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DigiPainteR In reply to katu01 [2012-11-25 15:31:54 +0000 UTC]

I can relate to that, I "HAD" a favorite old tractor that was rusty and broken down ... now the grill (front) is gone, I walked into a newer yuppy restaurant that had some local artists wall pieces hanging, yup you guessed it 4x5 foot painted board with old tractor grills . . . I didn't see mine up there but I bet it's now on someones wall. anyway thanks for the post , good shooting to you

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