Subject: Our Ghost Town Explorations Out In Hawthorne Country......Reports & Adventure!
Date: 1/30/2013 2:50:16 P.M. Pacific Standard Time
From:LordOfThyNight@aol.com
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In the first month of every new year I try to put forth a series of really great explorations. I believe it is important to start the New Year off setting the tone for great things. I am sure other paranormal groups practice this to its in our blood when we have the will to want to work with the paranormal all over the passion we have for it.

I would head out to Hawthorne its surrounded by mills, ghost towns, mines and many other wonders. I always thought of it as a dismal place lets face it the military base spans for miles. Its mainly a base that stores weapons maybe even nukes so I get a bit uneasy when passing through the area. But it is very secluded and there are some sites that deserve paranormal investigations.

It was a hard decision to go out we were being hit with a major snowstorm however the further south you go in NV the less likely your going to hit snow. I theorized this and gave it a shot. We loaded up the truck early morning with supplies, food, medical gear, blankets etc as we would be visiting many sites throughout the entire day.

When I had left town none of the roads had even been plowed yet let alone the main highway. It still was flurrying till I was able to get south of Yerington then we got into some much warmer weather. I would be bringing Tammy and Jarrod along on the trip. Jarrod wanted to use his metal detector for rocks and minerals. I just wanted to do some good old fashioned exploring.

On the agenda we had the Luning Magnesium & Artinite Mill, Mina & Sodaville Nevada. I did have another ghost town owned by a governor of NV but someone recently purchased the property erasing most of its history. I am not sure why some people do this if it had been a year or two ago I probably would have gotten to explore it. Its a hit and miss with Nevada ghost towns and mines.

I was enjoying my morning had hot coffee, good food, brownies, pizza etc and a beautiful scenic ride through central Nevada. The skies were clearing up some of the fog on the mountains was beautiful and snow capped peaks.

We would stop at some old shed in the desert where I did some offroading. It was a good way to stretch my legs and figure out my next move. Further up the road I seen in the distance the old Luning Mill which I read about and thought about exploring. Our adventure would truly began here and boy would it be a great one.

Luning Magnesium & Artinite Mill

Jarrod had searched with his metal detector he actually found a piece of magnesium ore. Its not worth anything other then the sentimental value of knowing we were there.

The site was littered with a massive mill with rebar ladders, outhouse, weigh station and warehouse. I started off with my investigation of the warehouse. The train use to go right past this place but all that remains is the wooden railroad ties where the payload was weighed.

I had to climb up into the warehouse it had three entrances but the easy accessible ones were not so accessible. There was a room with shelves, desk and compartments. The sun peered through the roofing and the flooring was concrete. There were massive cargo doors I tried to get some of them to budge but they would not. I found a pair of someones shoes just thrown in the center of the warehouses floor quite odd no ghostly though.

I went over to the mill its very large with many ladders leading to various levels. My goal was to get to the top left my gloves in the truck so after climbing to the top I could not feel my hands. The metal was ice cold it still was morning and the iron stays cold.

The first ladder was a bit tricky after 20' of climbing I had to reach over to a stairwell and pull myself over a drop off. There is no room for error when you cliff climb let alone climb high heights at mills. The first ladder was a bit shaky the rest of them were more solid. I worked my way up each tier with Tammy taking my photo to show everyone the various levels.

I would eventually come on back down for awhile to explore the mill there was an outhouse we took some paracomedy pictures there. We also went into the weigh station where there was a giant scale inside that went up to about 100k lbs. or rather 50 tons!

We did use the EMF detector at the site it went off a couple of times but not much. I think more so we had readings inside the mill which was very foreboding. There was a power room which had collapsed and a few other large rooms inside that were empty.

We also seen a stairwell that led into the basement and grate with a chute above it. We had to be careful the floor had some areas wide open and so Jarrod ran to the truck to get us flashlights. It was so dark in the basement we were not sure what we would expect.

The basement was a very narrow passage way with a conveyor belt, motor and some other machinery I never seen at a mill prior to this. It was very dusty from the ceilings old metal lamps hung over us. It appeared that the basement was the final state of processing. We also found a ladder with a closed hatch in the basement.

The basement was not a pleasant site allot of feathers, brush and probably rodents. The old wood stairs that were very steep really told us the age of the mill itself. I was quite pleased with our exploration and trying to take EVP's of any residual energy.

Jarrod left the mill and I decided it was time for one last climb to the top. They have inside the mill a massive ladder which starts at the bottom taking me a few stories up through the roof. I wanted to climb the ladder looking down was a thrill for me knowing that below my feet it was 35' down and here I was having a go at it.

I eventually made my way to this small little area high above the mill to take video of the mountains and surrounding landscape. You guys know how I am about making videos it allows you to get a perspective on the work that we do to show you that we are really doing this and not talking about it.

There was these massive rods that connected the upper parts of the mill to the lower rooftops. When the wind blew you could feel the entire mill in motion it was like being on a ship. I would make my way to a little suspended structure that had a room with another conveyer belt. It would appear the ore started off very large here then fell to the lower floors through the grate where it the processing was finalized.

On the walls surrounding the mill you could see various stop and start buttons. There was graffiti in this outcrop and below was grating so I could see two stories below me. It always felt as if I was going to fall no matter where I climbed or walked around at. I think once you see the photos and the video you will come to understand how cool of a location this truly is.

From above I also seen buried under the earth an old stone foundation. In the distance you could see the town of Luning. Most of the residents live in smaller homes or trailers its not a very large town. But at one time it did thrive more then likely when the railroad and its mill were operative.

As an urban explorer I took photos of light fixtures, motors, iron work, cables etc I want others to have a feel for this place so that when they view places like this on the website they feel like they are there. I cannot say it is or it is not a haunted mill but I do know where there is history there is also ghost.

We would then gather together Jarrod showed me some of his rocks he found while mineral searching. I was just hooting and hollering nothing like a morning climb to get the blood pumping. We would move on to another old railroading boomtown called Mina. This would take up a good portion of our day as there is allot to see if your a ghost town explorer like me.

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