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Dec. 14th, 2007
Abandoned Places – US Hwy 395 (Part 2b)
Dec. 14th, 2007 09:43 amLike I said in previous posts, I was extremely busy this summer exploring and photographing places new and old. Normally I don’t like going back to old sites as I prefer to keep the image of the place locked from the first visit. On this trip, my partner and I visited 4 locations on and close to US Highway 395 in the western Mojave Desert.
1.The Hawes Communications Bunker (Visit #4 because she wanted to see it);
2. The Atolia Tungsten Mines (4 miles square – 100+ mine openings);
3. Randsburg, CA (A Class C “living” ghost town – 300 houses, 78 residents);
4. XXXXX Minimum Security Federal Prison Camp (This required two visits)
The Atolia Mine District could be easily described as a vast but unnoticed wasteland on the edge of US Hwy 395. To the untrained eye, the passerby on the highway would only see a few towers and a small, care-worn industrial complex. In fact, these few visible sites don’t truly indicate the extent of a nearly 40 square mile district that once included a town (west of the highway) and over 400 mine shafts or shallow drifts which employed nearly a thousand personnel.
Atolia (The Wasteland – Assayer and old foreman’s houses)
( Miles and miles, of miles and miles (12 behind the cut) )
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2. The Atolia Tungsten Mines (4 miles square – 100+ mine openings);
3. Randsburg, CA (A Class C “living” ghost town – 300 houses, 78 residents);
4. XXXXX Minimum Security Federal Prison Camp (This required two visits)
The Atolia Mine District could be easily described as a vast but unnoticed wasteland on the edge of US Hwy 395. To the untrained eye, the passerby on the highway would only see a few towers and a small, care-worn industrial complex. In fact, these few visible sites don’t truly indicate the extent of a nearly 40 square mile district that once included a town (west of the highway) and over 400 mine shafts or shallow drifts which employed nearly a thousand personnel.
Atolia (The Wasteland – Assayer and old foreman’s houses)
( Miles and miles, of miles and miles (12 behind the cut) )
“The first shall be last and the last shall be first.”
Such is case with the last Fright Night LA as the CIA. The very first band to perform was also the last one to entertain the appreciative audience. Frankenstein put on an amazing – high energy and high impact show. So many people were in the crowd that we had to go with standing room only arrangements.
( Smiles and sighs [16behind the cut] )
Such is case with the last Fright Night LA as the CIA. The very first band to perform was also the last one to entertain the appreciative audience. Frankenstein put on an amazing – high energy and high impact show. So many people were in the crowd that we had to go with standing room only arrangements.
( Smiles and sighs [16behind the cut] )
