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RE: Hard Luck Castle reportedly sold - Candace66 - 2021-02-27
Re the Airbnb across from Bonnie Claire: $500/night with a two-night minimum...I think I'll keep sleeping in the 4Runner.
Maybe I overlooked something, but it's not clear to me just how much you are roughing it in that house. It says there are bathrooms, presumably with running water. But is there electricity? Air conditioning or heat? That's close enough to Hwy 93 to have cell service at least.
RE: Hard Luck Castle reportedly sold - MojaveGeek - 2021-03-01
There's enough hints in the article that one should be able to find it on GE. I'm guessing the power is solar panels on the sloped sections of the roof. It says "spring fed". Hmm. Looks like you can see the playa in the background in at least one pic. No AC I guess, based on the description of ventilation. Saw $250 cleaning fee some place. Looks like a nice house, though.
RE: Hard Luck Castle reportedly sold - Desert Fog - 2021-03-01
The pristine views from that property may not last long. Iconic Minerals is doing lithium exploration in that area...
Iconic Minerals Bonnie Claire Property
RE: Hard Luck Castle reportedly sold - MojaveGeek - 2021-03-01
I guess I should check in with Jack before I buy any property in remote parts of Nevada!
RE: Hard Luck Castle reportedly sold - Desert Fog - 2021-04-14
Yep, there goes the view...
Iconic Initiates Plan of Operations Permitting for Bonnie Claire Lithium Project
RE: Hard Luck Castle reportedly sold - DeathValleyDazed - 2021-04-14
(2021-04-14, 11:16 AM)Desert Fog Wrote: Yep, there goes the view...
And maybe a decrease in reservations at that cool AIR-B-NB?
RE: Hard Luck Castle reportedly sold - Desert Fog - 2021-04-14
It could be several years before they start to do ground work. They have to get permits and approval from BLM. And then there are those annoying funding issues.
RE: Hard Luck Castle reportedly sold - DAW89446 - 2021-04-14
(2021-04-14, 02:29 PM)Desert Fog Wrote: It could be several years before they start to do ground work. They have to get permits and approval from BLM. And then there are those annoying funding issues.
Not to mention those annoying activists ...
RE: Hard Luck Castle reportedly sold - Desert Fog - 2021-04-14
Good point!
They have been working on getting the Thacker Pass lithium project site in northern Nevada permitted and funded for ten years. And all they have to show for it on the ground is a growing number of protesters...
Native Americans converge at proposed Thacker Pass lithium mine site
RE: Hard Luck Castle reportedly sold - Desert Fog - 2021-05-01
Sarcobatus Flat could start to get a little congested.
First it was the $500 a night Air B and B rental, then it was the Iconic Mineral's lithium project, and now Boulevard Associates LLC wants to build a 1,000 megawatt solar generating facility, a 1,000 megawatt energy storage facility and a 230 KV generation-tie line on 10,000 acres of public land.
The solar facility is called Sawtooth Energy Center and the project would be placed on the land here...
Google Map - Location of Sawtooth Energy Center
If approved the project will start in the last quarter of 2023.