Poinsettia Mining Camp, NV, July 2009
Poinsettia Mining Camp, NV, July 2009
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Went to meet Western Lore desert enthusiast folks who were having a wedding ceremory at an isolated mining camp site at Poinsettia, NV. Got a late start and camped at Pine Grove, NV ghost town on the way.
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This was my first solo desert trek without Roxanne. Just pitched it, and wandered around the feral roads.
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Followed the feral road until it became a wash and walked the wash.
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Found a mining claim rolled up in a tube.
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I guess mining claims are still active here in Pine Grove and Humboldt-Toyabe National Forest.
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Stumbled upon the tree-on-a-tailing icon at the main road. Shows how old the tailings are for a tree to take.
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Sat on the hill and drank my big beer. Camping solo is even more serene, I like it.
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Went north to Yerington and then Hwy Alt 95 east into new turf.
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Checked out Schurz, NV. Not a ghost town, but about every building on the highway is boarded up except this working post office.
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Old Walker reservation school buildings boarded up.
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Went north on Hwy 95 towards Fallon, NV.
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These are the Rawhide Flats. You could conceivably drive 30+ miles east across them to my destination, but conditions a complete unknown.
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East from Fallon on Hwy 50 passing this Grimes Point ghost town site (historic with a mid-century gas station).
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Then across the Salt Wells Basin.
