Ghost Town's
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Ghost Town's
On the Mojave desert run on 1/3/09, I had the chance to talk to somebody that was interested in visiting and exploring old ghost towns, sorry to say I did not get their name. 
This might be another interesting trip that some might find interesting. I was thinking that if you had a metal detector or just want to try your luck at finding some gold or who knows, maybe there's a geo-cache out there somewhere, we could try and make this a day trip for those ghost town's that are close by.
Basically, a ghost town is any historical town or site that leaves evidence of a town's previous glory. This could be in many forms -- all businesses closed, municipal services at a minimum, rubble and old nails strewn about, ruins of former buildings, etc. Some places that are categorized as ghost towns;
I would not consider Amboy a ghost town, but in reality, it is a ghost town because services are at a minimum. Not my interpretation of a real ghost town but then, O well.
O.K., we are ready to go and here is the information.
When---Saturday Feb. 7
Where--Pilot gas station on the corner of Hwy 395 at Kramer Junction (SW side)
Time-----9:00am, will try to leave at 9:15 or 9:30.
It will take 45 to 50 minutes to get to Randsburg if traffic is light.
Hope to see ya there.
This might be another interesting trip that some might find interesting. I was thinking that if you had a metal detector or just want to try your luck at finding some gold or who knows, maybe there's a geo-cache out there somewhere, we could try and make this a day trip for those ghost town's that are close by.Basically, a ghost town is any historical town or site that leaves evidence of a town's previous glory. This could be in many forms -- all businesses closed, municipal services at a minimum, rubble and old nails strewn about, ruins of former buildings, etc. Some places that are categorized as ghost towns;
I would not consider Amboy a ghost town, but in reality, it is a ghost town because services are at a minimum. Not my interpretation of a real ghost town but then, O well.
O.K., we are ready to go and here is the information.When---Saturday Feb. 7
Where--Pilot gas station on the corner of Hwy 395 at Kramer Junction (SW side)
Time-----9:00am, will try to leave at 9:15 or 9:30.
It will take 45 to 50 minutes to get to Randsburg if traffic is light.
Hope to see ya there.
Last edited by joeski; Feb 5, 2009 at 04:57 PM.
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Sounds great to me too. We were looking at a web site of CA ghost towns and mines a while back. There were a ton of them in So Cal. I'll try to get the address and post it. I think it would be fun to plan a run around exploring some abandoned mines and ghost towns.
Any of them sounds good to me!
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we've been kicking around the idea of getting metal detectors...
even if we only found old junk, something with a date would be cool.
i know Fish has found some cool old stuff.
let us know when you want to go poke around.
sounds like fun.
even if we only found old junk, something with a date would be cool.
i know Fish has found some cool old stuff.
let us know when you want to go poke around.
sounds like fun.