A video of mine taken April 9 and 10, 1999. The video covers my trip to Beatty from Ridgecrest to meeting author Alan Patera and Death Valley Hiking Association’s George Huxtable. From there we visit the site of the small community of Keane Spring, up to Chloride City, beyond to Chloride Cliff, then east and south to the site of the Capricorn Mine and camp. The video also covers our camping activities on a chilly spring night at the Capricorn. It ends with our exit the following morning and a stop at the abandoned grade of the Tonopah & Tidewater Railroad. The video is 36:41 long.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4pTPN7...bDQ8b66k1A

DAW, thanks for creating the original video and posting it now. I enjoyed flashing back to my own memories tracing your step through the same areas over the past decade. I was not aware of the Filipino Quarry. I wish I could download your knowledge base of DEVA directly into my brain and then be able to access it during my visits to the park. This would add so much context to my usual tourist visits.

(2022-10-05, 01:56 PM)DeathValleyDazed Wrote: DAW, thanks for creating the original video and posting it now. I enjoyed flashing back to my own memories tracing your step through the same areas over the past decade. I was not aware of the Filipino Quarry. I wish I could download your knowledge base of DEVA directly into my brain and then be able to access it during my visits to the park. This would add so much context to my usual tourist visits.

Thanks Dazed. Since I’ve been out of the game for years now, I’ve forgotten as much as I learned.

This video and others I recently posted here I created for another now long dead forum from old home videos.

The Filipino quarry is mentioned in most books on area ghost towns and history. Many confuse it with nearby Carrara ghost town.

The old DVHA seems to be gone, or at least no web site. I used to enjoy reading their TRs of what seemed to be an annual week trip out to DV, but they faded over the years, perhaps aged out. I never met any of them, but clearly some of them knew the area pretty well.

Keane Spring is a nice area, went there last year, sort of following John Morrow's footprints but going up the main ridge in the opposite direction. Very nice views.

(2022-10-05, 06:36 PM)MojaveGeek Wrote: The old DVHA seems to be gone, or at least no web site.  I used to enjoy reading their TRs of what seemed to be an annual week trip out to DV, but they faded over the years, perhaps aged out.  I never met any of them, but clearly some of them knew the area pretty well.

George Huxtable came by invitation of Alan Patera. Alan and I were actively researching for his yet future WESTERN PLACES - Funeral Range book.

The second day, we hiked to Echo townsite, then camped at Lee. After exploring all the Lee camps in California and Nevada, George left for Las Vegas to return home. Alan and I spent several more days camping in and exploring in southeastern and central Nevada.