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Desert / Ghost Town Trek #27b

Esmeralda County NV ghost towns, August 2011
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Day three of this trek takes us from HWY 6 near Tonopah NV, south onto SR 285 into Clayton Valley.
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Small bluff called The Monocine.
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Volcanic crater at the edge of Clayton Valley.
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Ahead in the playa, two features called Goat Island and Alcatraz Island, obviously named by someone from the SF Bay Area (Yerba Buena Island, middle point of the Bay Bridge, was called Goat Island in the 1800's).
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A brief detour to Blair ghost town site on the ridge west.
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Someone collected small buckles, clasps and other delicate items and left them here for others to view.
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We collected a few other artifacts and left them in the collection.
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