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W C Greene
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It's stuff like this which makes Freerails what it is... The best website around.
Thanks Ken and Cha-wee for the wonderments and the time it takes to show them.
Mui excellente...
Woodie
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mabloodhound
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Very good.
I know you and many others find this scenery beautiful,
but for me it is bleak but interesting.
The things they did in that arid place are wondrous.
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Dave Mason
D&G RR (Dunstead & Granford) in On30
“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” ~ Thos. Jefferson
“Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not.” ~ me
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Herb Kephart
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Can't imagine stacking all that rock into walls that are still standing,
without mortar and with a lot of heat, probably.
Thanks, Guys!
Herb
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Ray Dunakin
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Great stuff,
very interesting to this old desert rat!
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Visit http://www.raydunakin.com to see photos of the rugged and rocky In-ko-pah Railroad!
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Dan B
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Great walkabout gents, thanks for posting!
I appreciate the B&W for perspective.
Question, that barrel lid was marked for Hercules,
so explosives or something similar?
Keep it coming,
Dan B
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mabloodhound
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kneighbarger wrote:
As for the cemetary,
the first known burial was Jim Vance,
a cook who died of a brain hemorage in June 1918.
The last was Frank McCarthy,
a miner who died of a heart attack and pneumonia in February 1924.
I'll see if I can find the 4 names in the middle......
Interesting find kneighbarger.
I did some looking for the Ryan burials in the Inyo County records,
but didn't find anything.
Actually, the cemetery was listed with no info,
and the website did ask for more info if anyone had it.
Dave
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Dave Mason
D&G RR (Dunstead & Granford) in On30
“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” ~ Thos. Jefferson
“Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not.” ~ me
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kneighbarger
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Actually, sometimes when you search you get lucky.
I stumbled across a thesis for USC by Mary Ringhoff from 2012.
" Life and Work in the Ryan District, Death Valley California, 1914-1930.
A Historic Context For a Borax Mining Community "
319 pages, the best write up of Ryan and the Borax mines that I have found yet.
Her access to resources is pretty impressive...
http://gradworks.umi.com/1514165.pdf
If this history interests you, then enjoy....
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kneighbarger
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The can was about 10" across and a foot tall,
and I am assuming black powder.
Could be wrong though......
Ken
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Dan B
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Ken, thanks for the reply.
Learned a little about the old Hercules Co. a while back,
neat to see an artifact left out there.
Thanks for those dimensions,
might make for a neat trackside detail.
Dan B
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kneighbarger
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Here is another photo of the large "can"...
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