Now for something more modern. And I am the original "historic" photographer and I am the "modern" photographer.
Near Winnemucca is a small mine camp. My understanding is that this mine camp was populated and operated after the Depression, paused during the government sanctions during World War 2, then resumed until the late 1950s or early 1960s.
I first found out about the camp about 2014 and it was in September, 2015 when a friend took me there. A year or two later a large wildfire - caused by a carless smoker throwing a lit butt from his vehicle while changing a tire on Interstate 80 - swept for over a week and destroyed several hundred thousand acres in two valleys and one mountain range; including the mine camp. In October, 2019 a friend and I were chukar hunting and decided to go see what, if anything was left at the mine camp.
As with the other images, I was shooting from memory, so alignment isn't perfect. Each image contains the before and after scenes.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X3_UFM7...sp=sharing
At the lower end of the camp, located in a canyon bottom, is this picturesque mill.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cJjVgGT...sp=sharing
Inside the mill was this neat shaker table. The flywheel freely rotated, moving the table back and forth.
The images below show the various homes above the mill.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1din5-C_...sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HBbPs5Q...sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cx737cL...sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P63m7Mo...sp=sharing
The bottom image is taken in a side canyon from that of the main mine camp. There were two standing structures there. Flames barely caught this one but left the other alone. Ironic, because the unmolested cabin was close to the main line of fire.
Near Winnemucca is a small mine camp. My understanding is that this mine camp was populated and operated after the Depression, paused during the government sanctions during World War 2, then resumed until the late 1950s or early 1960s.
I first found out about the camp about 2014 and it was in September, 2015 when a friend took me there. A year or two later a large wildfire - caused by a carless smoker throwing a lit butt from his vehicle while changing a tire on Interstate 80 - swept for over a week and destroyed several hundred thousand acres in two valleys and one mountain range; including the mine camp. In October, 2019 a friend and I were chukar hunting and decided to go see what, if anything was left at the mine camp.
As with the other images, I was shooting from memory, so alignment isn't perfect. Each image contains the before and after scenes.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X3_UFM7...sp=sharing
At the lower end of the camp, located in a canyon bottom, is this picturesque mill.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cJjVgGT...sp=sharing
Inside the mill was this neat shaker table. The flywheel freely rotated, moving the table back and forth.
The images below show the various homes above the mill.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1din5-C_...sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HBbPs5Q...sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cx737cL...sp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1P63m7Mo...sp=sharing
The bottom image is taken in a side canyon from that of the main mine camp. There were two standing structures there. Flames barely caught this one but left the other alone. Ironic, because the unmolested cabin was close to the main line of fire.
DAW
~When You Live in Nevada, "just down the road" is anywhere in the line of sight within the curvature of the earth.
~When You Live in Nevada, "just down the road" is anywhere in the line of sight within the curvature of the earth.