…you have remains of buildings and equipment covering nearly 100 years of activity side by side. Together with the number of camps, so close together, and the number of buildings still standing, makes for a very interesting place for any ghost town aficionado.
This year made the 8th year in a row for the expeditionutah.com Ghost Town Tour. I’d first like to thank…
I got a drone for Christmas. Weather finally broke so I could go out and try it yesterday. Pretty fun!
The day before we left, I got a new metal detector. So I had to bring it with and see if I would get a chance to try it out… All from the same hole, I pulled a .22 shell, an old W.R.A. .250-3000 case, and, a silver dime!
So, it has been over a year since I’ve posted anything here on coyotestuff. Wow, time flies. And I’m lazy.…
The White Pine district got it’s legs in the late 1860’s when the “White Pine fever” created the “White Pine rush”, with 13,000 claims filed in two year period. Spawning many short lived but colorful and vibrant camps and towns, including the Belmont mill, Shermantown, Eberhardt, Hamilton and Swansea and many others. At it’s peak in the early 1870’s the district was home to over 30,000 men.
…drive from the three corners to the four corners. As much of it on dirt as possible. With a slight twist – no route planning ahead of time, just wing it…
…we spent five days playing in the Arizona Strip/North Rim country. A little over 400 miles of dirt. Had a great time!
Of most interest at the site though, and what brought me here, is an arrastra, sitting all by itself in the bottom of a small canyon a mile or two from the mill. I’ve wanted to check it out ever since I was told about it years ago…
…A simple idea… Drive from Wendover, straddling the Nevada/Utah border on I-80, to St. George in the SW corner of Utah, near the Arizona border. Drive from Wendover to St. George… on dirt…
