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Paranormal => The Paranormal & Ghost Society => Topic started by: AngelOfThyCosmos on February 13, 2018, 12:48:31 PM
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Our Black Canyon and Dun Glen Nevada Expedition Report - 2/3/18
Every time I journey to this region of Nevada I get really excited so many ghost towns, beautiful views, nature and its a world in itself. I have seen over my years being up here so much of Nevada that this is not anything you will read about in a magazine or even get to see unless your actually out there doing it which is exploring!
In this case we would be exploring Black Canyon, Dun Glen and Id say Barbersville but the entire town burnt to the ground when we arrived so hardly anything remains of it. The Humboldt Mountains are amazing but on this expedition we would split the day between this range and the Eastern Range which are equally scenic and awesome back country.
The one amazing thing about the Humboldt Mountains is nearly every single canyon has some mining camp or ghost town. Allot of them are not well known you wont find anything in a book or online you just kind of have to drive get on foot explore. Which can be allot of fun this is the case of course with Black Canyon because its not heavily visited and not allot of people know about it unless you geo-cache they have one about half way up the canyon but much further up at the top is the camp.
This was an all guys trip my buddy Kyler came along and my son. I miss them days when it was just the guys going out. I was glad Kyler came along and that brother has a Hawkeye. He sees everything even things I miss or do not see so he was a great asset to have along for the journey. Really what I do is about making adventure and memories. Is there really anything else other then going out having a great time exploring?
We would leave early before sunup with our backpacks, coolers, maps, food and gear. Like I tell everyone sit back take a nap because sometimes I drive in the middle of the night to get to these locations since we explore throughout Nevada often and it takes time alone just to offroad in any canyon. In the past we have done Unionville, Humboldt City, Star City and many other really great ghost towns in the range so I was excited to see what Black Canyon was about to offer us.
Black Canyon
This is not an easy place to find to tell you the truth many canyons on the north side of the range look alike. Seeing these mountains from far away looks allot different when your up close and going on into them. In the Humboldt Range every canyon is different or unique believe me. Some canyons have creeks, trees, various scenic views etc. Black Canyons main feature is volcanic rocky cliffs with allot of lichen growing on them so its very unique.
Before we had gotten into the mouth of the canyon we stopped at this giant tree where there was this old rusty metal water pump perhaps it was something else. If you ever study the old maps below black canyon is the town of Twain or at least it was some kind of town or mining camp. I tried to look for remnants of Twain and kept finding dump piles, new mining operations, piles of piping and piles of debris everywhere. Seems like nothing of Twain really remains but since Twain resides at the mouth of the canyon one must wonder if the miners first mined here then spread out moving up into the canyons that spider out from it.
As we begin to make our ascent we seen some coyotes running up a hill right past cattle. Nor the coyotes or the cattle seemed startled by one another. My concern was maybe the coyotes would attack one of the calves nearby. I am sure if they were hungry enough and had a big enough pack they might but instead they minded there own business. I love seeing nature when I go on this expeditions I live for it. People think Nevada is all one big desert and its not there is allot of wildlife in this state you see it more so here then you do in the high sierras based on my experiences.
The ride up into the canyon was semi rugged not to bad till you get half way up then you probably should park. I am not a lazy explorer you get folks who wont leave there vehicle for nothing but that only leads to misery because you risk puncturing tires or getting stuck. When you get halfway up into the canyon it splits. The split to the right takes you down into Antelope Canyon also up a hill to the Valery and Fluorspar Mine. We could see the tiers, dump piles and dirt roads this was a big mining operation. This operation probably was allot newer then the one higher up into Black Canyon though.
We grabbed our gear and took the road to the left also about half way up is a natural geological arch. Easy to miss unless your looking for it. There are two arches in Black Canyon that are worth checking out. I believe we had found the largest of the two off to the left on a rocky hill. This canyon seems littered with caves, rock formations, natural dens and high cliffs. Its definitely different then Humboldt Canyon which I explored back in December.
We begin to hike further up the canyon this is a steep trail there is no dirt its all boulders, rocks and crushed ore your walking on. Its a difficult hike easy to break or twist an ankle. But I am glad we hiked it because man just a few hundred feet later the road was getting so bad my truck would not have made it over some of them rocks. No less I struggled on this hike because my ankle is busted and I need ankle reconstruction so I was very cautious with every step which was good because I ended up not spraining it for the first time in months.
At times the hike in the canyon gets very narrow as if the walls are closing in on you. The canyon is very overgrown there is a creek that flows through it too. This time of year this place is usually under deep snow not this year because its hardly snowed all winter. We hit a part of the canyon with maybe an couple inches on the ground no big deal we just pushed past it and moved on. The ghost town or rather gold mining camp is not easily seen it seems like your hiking forever before you see anything worth exploring which is probably why folks turn back.
Eventually as we made our way higher up into the canyon through some brush I seen the roof of a structure. Boy was I excited because I never thought we would find it. These places are rugged sometimes you can go miles never seeing one sign of human life. The people that lived back here had to be crazy this place was so remote you could hear a pin drop. We found some cable often used in the cages that descend into the shafts so they probably lowered men or ore kegs at one time to the bottom. I also seen a rusty wood stove just sitting out in the open.
When you go a little further up the road splits again to the left is the mining camp to the right is an overgrown dirt road today merely a trail that follows the creek and takes you up to this claw tub we found sitting next to the creek. Actually there was a waterfall nearby with icicles it was pretty cool. You have to wonder if the miners put the tub here then filled the tub with water from the creek to bath. If they did it surely had to be icy cold. Kyler took his shirt off got into the tub I left mine on I was not in the mood to join the polar bear club on this crisp morning LMAO.
We still climbed around the creeks up onto these rocks and sat on top which looks straight down into the canyon below and to our right at the mining camp. We could see the roofs, stone and wood structures. I could not wait to get exploring them because these cabins were old build with someone's hardworking hands.When places like this were built the pioneers used native lumber and stone it was quite the marvel in the 1800's.
We had nice views of Star Peak man its right there a few hundred feet from the top. Honestly id rather climb the summit this way then take the trail through another canyon and do all them switchbacks to the top. If you take this canyon you can cut straight to the top of the Humboldt Range sure its steep but it probably would shave hours if not a couple miles off the trip. In this case we were probably a half hours climb from the top so this mining camp sits rather high up. Speaking of views the Humboldt Sink or expanse below the canyon is also very scenic as your high above it.
The camp sits in this bowl just below the peak its a pretty canyon but it gets real wide where the camp and mines are. This is probably why they build there camp here but its an amazing view from standing in the camp. All the cliffs have green and orange lichen growing on them. The canyon has beautiful rock formations I spotted a few caves high up. It appears there is a hill that splits up the canyon so to the left it the mining camp, mines, dump piles etc then to your right you can rock climb into another part of the canyon which has national forest. It seemed there was snow to the right in that part of the canyon because it does not get allot of sun plus its shaded.
Black Canyon is not super extensive but we found remnants of what may have been ore bin chutes perhaps a tramp or ore cart system. The rails were all twisted and there was piles of wood as if something stood here then eventually collapsed in on itself. They may have had a small cabin here next to the mine. The lower mine actually is hard to find you have to squeeze and push past all this brush along this stone wall its very easy to miss. When you see the stone wall it looks like a foundation that is simply overgrown but if you push through the brush there is an entrance going down into a mine behind it.
We passed up the mine for now and moved onto the camp which boast three cabins still standing. The nice thing about this place is that its untouched. Most of the wear found in the cabins is caused by the elements not because some kid decided to push a wall over. So I did not see any signs of vandalism not to say that they are not in peril I mean a few good snow storms could cause the roofs to collapse.
The first cabin we went into was large made of stone but the roof was giving away in the middle of it and the wall looking down into the canyon was crumbling. This cabin had a wood stove in it, shelves everywhere and wood planks for flooring, A table with some bug spray on it, can of tuna, water bottles and a few rusty tools laying around. This cabin had a small porch with a beat up old wooden chair on it so maybe at one time the miners at up there played a game of poker or chewed some tobacco after a hard days work in the mines.
There was allot of dirt, twigs and debris from the elements that just blew in from the open doors and windows. Kyler also noticed that it had been reinforced or patched up with some cement around the stonework at both of the entrances. I would assume that when newer mining operations came in they utilized these cabins thus renovating them because they probably needed a little work after sitting for so long.
I was excited I bought a new ghost meter it measures radiological waves but also does EMF. Man I had gotten some really high readings in each of the three cabins. I know the meter works because I tried it at home and other places the thing hardly ever goes off. But for some reason I kept getting high readings in the cabins constantly. Could these cabins be haunted? I think its possible I wont know anything till I listen to the EVP from the exploration.
Jarrod and Kyler climbed this ledge which goes up on some cliff. They told me the view is amazing but I did not think that ledge was safe. I seen erosion along the ledge which tells me that one wrong step and it gives your screwed gravity will take effect. But they went through some opening between the rocks which probably overlooks the Humboldt Sink below. I stayed beyond to do my investigation of ghosts within the cabins. Being alone means quiet good for EVP so we shall see.
But the first cabin all stone with wood framing then they had a sister stone cabin partially also made with some wood while the third cabin was built with lumber only. I assume the bigger cabin was either for the superintendent or the mining office while the smaller cabins were for the miners. The cabins are all very overgrown with brush its not easy to find this camp even if you hiked into the canyon if you never paid attention you could miss what is back here.
The other stone cabin had a wood stove in it with shelves and some ladder. It was really dark in here but the glass window was all in tact not something you see in most miner cabins of today. Most folks bust the windows out so that was a rarity to see honestly. This cabin also had a tea kettle, old mugs, bowl, box of old Budweiser, cooking utensils and even shutters on some of the windows you could lock up. There was also a mattress in the back with a couple small built in book shelves. It was pretty cozy of course breathing the rat droppings could kill you with any old cabin in Nevada so its not a place id want to rest my head or stay in to long.
The wooden cabin next to it was in pretty bad shape rats nest everywhere and looked like methheads had been living up here perhaps even recently. I never could understand going to a ghost town high up in a canyon and finding a drug house or place some hermit was living. This cabin obviously was full of rodents and it had piles of junk everywhere inside. As a matter in fact from a beam hung someone's sleeping bag on a rope as if they were trying to keep it dry or off the ground to prevent the rodents from tearing it up or defecating on it perhaps.
Besides allot of droppings in the wood cabin it had a table with some pots, caulk and other containers which god knows what in it. There was a wooden chair and also two old metal bed frames. Someone probably slept on the bed frames. The sleeping bag hanging on up was pretty eerie at first I was like WTF is that hanging on up because I have seen in the past dead animals on ropes and other stupid items. There was allot of junk piled up in here wood, wiring, jars, suitcases, bleach, propane, sand or mineral bags and even salt. But all the windows in this cabin were in tact. Their is a bird or rodent nest above the entrance on some shelf that overhangs the doorway too.
We had fun exploring the cabins there is remnants of another stone cabin a few feet below the three we found on a hill. All that is left is a foundation though no structure. So at this time we found five different kinds of structures or remnants of the camp which really was not bad considering how overgrown it is back here and remote. But there are signs this was an decent sized mining camp. It was not a huge town but it had residential cabins and at least a few mines.
We decided to climb up the road to the right it keeps going leaving the cabins at our back where we sat in this flat area on the ground and had some food. I packed some nice treats in the bags like hard boiled eggs from my hens, fruit snacks, beef sticks, chocolate, Gatorade, soda and some other goodies. I also drank a beer I damn well earned it with this place. Part of exploring is when you get to relax to enjoy a meal, brew or toke in the middle of nowhere. Its quiet here and the day was warming up nicely to a point that butterflies were coming out just wow!
If you keep on the canyon mining road there is a huge hill with a wood marker on top of it this is the mine. Well the entrance is below this rocky hill. Kyler and Jarrod climbed it then I soon followed. So now we were above the mine entrance and Kyler showed me some cool quartz crystals he found. The view is awesome here you sit on this hill right in the center of the canyon with views of Star Peak, Miner Cabins and the entire canyons walls around us. We took some tripod shots here they came out really nice I like to capture everyone on these trips since we worked together to get here.
The guys wanted to go higher up in the canyon it was really rocky and steep my ankle was not having it. I told them to go on without me. I zoomed on in with my lens could see a head frame a few hundred feet above me. This means there probably is more mines, tunnels or shafts higher on up just below the summit. I have been almost at the top before only on the other side in a place called Star City. As a matter in fact the mine I went into was called the Sheba Mine it sits just on the other side of the ridge. Allot of mines go right into this mountain and they were rich with silver and gold ore.
The guys actually found another foundation made of stone higher up in the canyon their was even a pickaxe they found all rusty just laying there. What a great find! While they were exploring a few hundred feet above me I decided to do an inner earth expedition alone inside the mine. I could not wait to get in there because the past few months I have not found a decent mine I could explore some are small or not safe. But this mine was a solid series of rocky tunnels that you could delve into.
When you get to the entrance you go down this slope for a few feet then you can stand up. There is actually ore cart tracks inside all in tact another thing you do not see often. The tunnel goes for about fifty feet then it veers to the left and to the right. To the right is a trestle going over this pool of water the water is deep its obviously a shaft that had gotten filled with ground and rain water. How deep who knows! But the trestle is in bad shape and I was not going to walk across it because if you fall in that water there is no way to get out.
I decided to take the tunnel behind me came across another deep shaft filled with blue water. Their was a beam on its side underwater so I know that the shaft is at least 10' deep probably had a ladder in it at one time which went down to the second level in the mine. Eventually after a 120' you do reach an end to the tunnel with a small room. There is at least five or six off chutes too inside the mine but they all dead end and only go 10 to 15 feet back. I believe if I could have gotten across that trestle there probably is allot more tunnels and areas to see inside the mine but safety with me always comes first. When a trestle is hanging by a few rusty bolts its not going to hold a 225lb guy like me that is just a fact and this why people die in mines because they try to cross planks, wood beams and trestles over 1000' shafts which is just being careless.
No less I got to explore a few hundred feet of solid tunnels did not have any paranormal activity in the mine but I did get a few readings here so that was something. The only light you can see is from the entrance which is overgrown to begin with so this is a really dark tunnel system. When I finished exploring it and exited I gave Kyler my light and the guys went into look around. This is a fairly safe mine not all are but its solid rocky tunnels. There is water dripping everywhere through the rocks I mean it seeps through the cracks probably because its ground water from some of the snow melting recently which explains while the shafts are water filled because it has nowhere else to go once it drips onto the tunnels flooring.
We made our descent back down to the truck it was getting to be a nice day we went from freezing to 50s in a short time. The guys outdid me plain and simple I was really behind them going down slipping on every rock with my ankle sucked and was very painful. But also I am slower because I generally film from the back not the front so I could film all of us adventuring. But boy the views of the Humboldt Basin below just gorgeous and what a nice day blue skies. It was a nice treat to be in this canyon we picked a great day and seen allot here.
I tried to explore another nearby canyon with my truck known as Eldorado Canyon but there was a huge gate and a fairly new home along with revitalized mining operations. Allot of times old mines in these mining camps and ghost towns get purchased. They probably get a good deal buying a used up old mine then a new claim. Allot of times when you journey in Nevada you have to open and close gates because of the cattle ranching. Its hard to know which gates you should go through and what ones you cant.
With the new house just past the gate I was not sure despite the fact there is a small old historic mill in Eldorada and a Geo Cache its hard to know for sure if it became recently off limits with all the new mining companies in the area taking over so we skipped it. If I find out its not ill go back no big deal I have other projects still left to do in the canyons surrounding the Humboldt Range. Allot of people park in Eldorado Canyon so they can make the trek on foot to Star Peak via trail so I am sure its not private but then again if a mining company wants to make it that way they can.
We decided to move onto our next destination in the Eastern Mountains known as Dun Glen. I was excited to check out this place its not as rugged the day was gorgeous and it was like a treasure hunt because its extensive.
Dun Glen Nevada
I have never been in the Eastern Mountains before every range in Nevada is unique it really is. The geology might differ or eco system or scenery etc. I am not as keen on Dun Glen because its a touristy type of ghost town. The roads here are good enough to take a car well the main road through the ghost town if you want to see some of the mills and take side trips not a good idea. But its advertised in Winnemucca so guarantee you wont ever be alone up here we seen cars and other vehicles.
At the mouth of the canyon is a new mining operation really mining has been happening here for a century in a half. When you ride through the canyon here you will see dump piles everywhere. There is also a creek that flows through the canyon where trees grow along it. Back in the day they did some placer mining and panning in the creek. I am sure you might still find some gold flakes in the creek.
The first location we stopped at was the towns cemetery call that if you want but really its just four graves from the Nelson family. There is a father, daughter, mother and an unknown. I have more in depth history from an article that Kyler Sent to me which talks about the Nelson family more. Sadly over the years people have abused this small cemetery and now they put wrought iron around it to also deter people from getting to close to the gravestones.
It was a nice day out good enough for a short sleeve probably mid 60's. Nice thing about ghost towning this time of year in Nevada is your going to hit some warm days even in the winter. There would be after the cemetery allot of stop and go stop and go. As you take the dirt road there are a few stone ruins and foundations along the road. Keep in mind no structures stand in Dun Glen anymore we seen remnants of a stamp mill across the creek then came up on a few stone foundations with walls barely standing.
This is not a huge ghost town but its hilly rather then mountainous with grass, trees, open expanses and a few peaks you could probably climb in less then an hour on foot. We took this one road which is suppose to take us to a mill but we never made it the road just got to terrible with washouts, ruts etc and I know all about trying to drive over roots and bottoming out was not on the menu. So I put it on four high got unstuck backed out and we continued through Dun Glen.
There is allot of side dirt roads along the main road some lead to mill ruins others might lead to some stone miner cabin foundations or dugouts. But allot of the side roads are very muddy and in poor shape this time of year. However, Dun Glen Canyon road great shape we seen a few cars here and there. Nobody ever gets out to explore though people drive through and seem to disregard the local history here.
We did take another road which actually took us to a few cement foundations and an in fact ore bin chute that was pretty cool. Mills, mines, ore bins etc are all part of the history here so anything we can find just gives us more to add to our website when we add Dun Glen in the future. I also found a few rusty shredded pieces of metal maybe tnt canisters or something that locals shot up. There are piles of metal cans, pieces of metal, dump piles and a few foundations but its little things and easy to miss unless you get out walk around.
There supposedly is some kind of steam wheel and remnants of the store I never found either maybe they are gone? I may have to take a second trip here in the future just to look around. I was kind of running out of daylight and still had Barbersville to check out which is on the other side Dun Glen only separated by a small mountain. As a matter in fact the other ghost town was a couple miles away but the road was out so I would have to figure out before sunset a way to get to it which is the long way really meaning two miles now became 15 miles.
Before we left Dun Glen if you take the ghost town road to the end there is beautiful vista points of Buena Vista Valley. Its just a big valley that a major city could fit in it but instead its all ranching below. As a matter in fact cattle roam Dun Glen to its all you see here really. With the exception that after a tripod shot we took of Buena Vista I went over a hill and we ran into a massive herd of white tailed deer their was even a couple bucks with massive racks. It was not a bad find if we did not go over the hill we would not have gotten to see some wildlife here.
You can continue to descend into Buena Vista or you can go down the roads to the left and right. What is down them roads? Not sure I took the road to the left its just rolling hills and we seen the same herd of deer come up the hill right out in front of us. But I drove off the road onto the grass ran out real quick to get a panorama of the entire valley oh man what a view. You can see more of it if you take the road to the left and get up on the hill its just phenomenal. The other that splits to the right appears to go up to some houses and outbuildings on a couple peaks. I knew if I took them I would not have time to find a way to get to Barbersville so we really had to get moving. But the herd of deer at the end of Dun Glen Canyon and the view of Buena Vista Valley was worth taking a time out for.
As far as Barbersville goes the sun was going down quick and because the road was in bad shape in Dun Glen going to it we did not have time to hike on foot nor the means to get to it by taking a short cut which sucks because its only a few miles away from downtown Dun Glen. They were sister ghost towns but Barbersville actually had a standing mill and houses that you could go in explore which makes it well worth checking out so I thought.
We had to leave Dun Glen Canyon instead of cutting across which was a 13 mile journey then take a road to the left and head back up into a parallel canyon just on the other side of Dun Glen. So it ate into our trip big time grrr I was driving fast on these dirt roads leaving a cloud of smoke behind us lol. I had the guys laughing because I could see on my GPS a dirt road that I could cut over to only a couple miles away so I figured id just drive across the desert which worked great until I hit a wall of brush after a mile and had to turn all the way around grrrr it happens it was worth the shot though. But being in the middle of the expanse with views of the Eastern and back side of the snow covered Humboldt Mountains was very breathtaking to say the least!
It gets confusing taking this way into Barbersville because there is a couple gates you have to open and close because there are cattle back here. There was also a new mining operation back here with earth movers which I went around and continued on into the canyon. Which at one time was forested only to find out as I was driving all that was left of any tree was a burnt stump or bare tree. I guess a year ago a fire hit the area and while it did not make it to Dun Glen it did make it to Barbersville Canyon.If I had gotten to go the back way we could have gotten here before sun down so I could assess what the fire damaged unfortunately we just did not have that luxury this time of year it gets dark early out in the Nevadan Mountains.
Just barely before dark we made it to the smelter and then up the road Kyler found us a old wooden cabin still fully in tact. As of this date I think the cabin he found may be the only thing left standing after the fire. Because the cabin is on a forested road to the right while straight ahead is downtown Barbersville which at first I could not find because I did not know it burnt down a year ago. There was no wooden cabins and the mill was gone. Well it was not gone there was piles of aluminum everywhere and a giant motor but that is all that is left of it. To think that a year ago it was standing and you could climb around it exploring the inside.
By the time we had gotten to the ghost town site it was pitch dark out the entire canyon road had no trees every tree in this canyon burnt to the ground. There was just burnt twigs, stumps and roots protruding from the ground. All the miner cabins were gone, mill was burnt down and we found maybe three areas with stone ruins. Kyler walked down the road alone meanwhile I moved the sheet metal aside to go further up the road in the truck. There is a red water tank downtown Barbersville but its filled with burnt limbs from the fire because at one time trees grew around it. Since it is metal the old water tank did not get damaged.
The road splits past the ghost town site Kyler and Jarrod went left I went right. The road to the right was marshy and wet. My entire feet went completely under 8 inches of mud lol when I pulled out my feet both of my sneakers were wet and muddy. My socks were soaked and I did such a good job all day keeping my feet dry up until a few minutes before we had to leave. The canyon is dark you cant see anything at night its hard to know if there is anything worth even seeing. But we did find at least three stone foundations in the night but anything that was standing is now gone since most of the structures in Barbersville were wood.
I think more then anything I was in shock this is not an easy area to get to Barbersville is hidden by three canyons. You cant see it till you pull up on it and really you cant find much in books or online about it. But I wanted to do a movie and story about it instead what I got is a pile of burnt wood, ash and there really is not much you can explore here. We did see a rusty water tank before we entered the canyon also when I was driving through the expanse to get to Barbersville a herd of deer was running along side my truck it was like being out in Africa or something lol only instead of Zebras it was white tails.
The road was not in good shape in Barbersville it follows a ravine with drop offs a few times my entire truck titled sideways towards the ravine as we graced the end. When I say graced I mean a few inches so there is no room for error and erosion happens fast here because the trees are now all gone. So when it rains it just further is destroying this road to a point that soon it will be hard to even get back here. This was a nice ghost town gone and that is the issue we face. You never know how long these places will last fires in Nevada are erasing history and since I am not a psychic we have no way to know. Years ago I could have gone here and instead went to another ghost town now this place is gone very sad.
The cabin that Kyler found may be all that remains standing in Barbersville just a few hundred feet from downtown on a narrow side dirt road. The cabin was a good find it had an old wash pan and a few pieces of dusty wood furniture. But its to bad we did not get to see all the beautiful homes downtown that burnt I felt even at night we could have explored them and with nothing left to explore we had no choice but to head for home. For us it was a three hour drive home almost I mean I had driven in one day 400 miles if you take in account that we also explored Black Canyon, Dun Glen and finished off the evening in Barbersville that is quite the productive day.
All in all we had a good time allot of laughs, good hiking, great views, smoked bud all day long like every ten minutes no lie and had pizza for lunch in Dun Glen I made the night before. I wish we had gotten to see antelope I seen a herd once in this area a few years ago at least 50 of them just running across the expanse. But instead we seen butterflies, white tailed deer and a very gorgeous Nevadan sunset so you cant beat that either way.
I have a stone cabin I want to see but it had gotten to dark to get out to it well I tried but the GPS took us the wrong way grrrr we were only a mile from it and it kept trying to make us take a 20 mile dirt road then turn around the same way to get to it. GPS and unknown dirt roads do not work well together and since NV has plenty of back country roads it confuses the GPS often. But I am going to be out near Dun Glen again soon actually a few more times in the next 12 months so ill take another shot at getting to it so we can add it onto our Dun Glen Expedition on the website.
This was a great trip and I am sure there is more to see it might be favorable to try to explore more of Barbersville also but more then likely after seeing the stack from the mill laying on the side of the road I am a bit upset and discouraged. Its like ghost town trauma and PTSD for me lol. That is why its important that we keep journeying to keep bringing our fans and viewers as much as we can before its lost forever. Time is these places worst enemy between vandals, lightening strikes which cause fires and of course the elements. Back in the day one could envision miners taking a stage from Dun Glen to Barbersville for a day trip to pick up supplies vice versa now its harder to envision knowing that this forested gem in the Nevadan desert is gone forever.
Peace,
Lord Rick
PGS Founder