…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…
Another short video trip report. Just taking it easy out on the desert for a couple of days.
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.…
…my Jeep emitted a NASTY snapping, grinding, breaking and broken metal sound. This can’t be good…
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.
There is a canyon in southern Utah that has intrigued me for quite some time. …it just doesn’t get much mention by anyone. Which, is probably because getting there and exploring it is difficult… When my friend Alan asked if I was up for giving it a go, I was in!
So, off we went, navigating two tracks to get to the area that had looked promising from a distance. And eventually, we arrived. The Chuck Cathedral…