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Expedition In The Stillwater Mountains & White Cloud City
Nevada..... Date: 2/16/2016 3:57:04 PM Pacific Standard Time From: paranormalghostsociety@googlegroups.com To: ParanormalBuffalo@yahoogroups.com, ParanormalGhostSociety@googlegroups.com, paranormalghostsociety@yahoogroups.com, ParanormalGhostSocietyConnections@yahoogroups.com, TheParanormalGhostSociety@yahoogroups.com, SupernaturalFlorida@yahoogroups.com, ParanormalCalifornia@yahoogroups.com, ParanormalNevada@yahoogroups.com, Paranormalflorida@yahoogroups.com, sierraparanormal@yahoogroups.com, PGSPhantoms@yahoogroups.com One of the more beautiful mountain ranges less known about in Nevada is the Stillwater Mountains. Nevada has allot of beautiful mountain ranges some of them are entirely different worlds once you journey up in them. I am not talking about just staring from miles away but actually exploring some of the canyons and gems tucked away by them. An example of such gems are ghost towns like White Cloud City aka Coppereid, Mountain Wells and La Plata. These are not large ghost towns but they reside in canyons or at the mouths to them. Its amazing over the years of journeying I have been able to enjoy nature and history all at the same time. When you think you seen it all you realize that you have just begun. Back in the day many mining and ranching towns were built along this mountain range. For example back in October of 2015 I was in Dixie Valley which is this ranching ghost town found on the eastern side of this range. I remember having a picnic in the range at some natural springs and seeing a wild horse graze. On the western side of this range is the Carson Sink or Stillwater Valley. Its a mix of a massive sandy desert with some marshland, salt flats, dunes, lakes and of course the Carson River. This truly is in the heart of Nevada not many towns let alone life. When you take these roads you may never see single human so its important to always be prepared. When I say prepped I mean spare tire, water, food, blankets, wood for a fire, supplies etc etc. Most of the roads in Nevada are dirt or rocky roads there are no amenities you might hit a small town and minutes later your crossing some vast desert like its a Mad Max film! Picture me drinking an Irish Mint Cappuccino speeding through the open desert ahhhhh that is the life! I love this region of Nevada there are forts, ghost towns, sand dunes, vast deserts, beautiful mountains mixed with forest and desert. Most of the roads around Fallon are in much better condition then other regions of Nevada. The Fallon area has some awesome hikes and ghost towns including not to far away Grimes Point where the oldest mummies in North America were found. This is an area I just keep on coming back to and I am sure in the near future ill be heading back out this way for more seriously! Fallon is a military town its about all that you will find for miles before you veer north and head off along the Stillwater Mountains. Then from there you can decide what dirt road you want to take to whatever place you desire to see whether that is a ghost town or you feel brave and hiking into the mountains. This is very rugged country it will break most men and generally people get quite spooked turning around here. You can kind of tell that because most locals you come across out here have no idea where anything is therefore if you truly want to know you have to explore which I do every time I am up here. I will say one thing that I am surprised to see so many wild horses and antelope here. I was also told that Bighorn Sheep roam this range although I have yet to see one. I seen some a few years ago but since then I been looking to get some good close ups and film. One of these days ill get lucky and come across some. However this trip was full of other creatures that were well worth filming and following. I happen to be a paranormal investigator who will chase nature any chance I get. Creatures like bigfoot or UFO sightings come along when you least expect to come across something like this. Our trips last a long time I might go out for a few hours or I might just decide to go from before sunup till nightfall. The main thing is that we keep pushing on and keep seeing these great places. You never know what you might see but also if you do not get to them they may no longer exist in the future. I learned real quick that some of the ghost towns in this region have been totally decimated while other people seem to haul anything they find out of here like cobble stones to some of the foundations and miner cabins. My journey would take me for miles across a wildlife reserve, along the range and in some very large massive canyon. It would not be an easy trek I did my fair share of offroading, climbing rocks with the jeep, dangling on cliffs and standing on mountains above a desert which gives off the illusion it has no end to it. You never realize how small you feel till you drive in one of these expanses or stand on a mountain in the Silver State. When you can see mountains 360 degrees and not a single human you come to realize that you entered a new domain one so large that you could never explore all in one lifetime. White Cloud City (Coppereid) The sun was just rising in the morning and I was passing through the semi ghost town of Stillwater. Stillwater begin as a mining community but it did not thrive. It only began to thrive when many of the pioneers harnessed the Carson River and marshland to operate ranches. Such ranches eventually were used to feed the miners which worked day and night in those mines in the Stillwater Mountains. All the little ghost towns in the region had some connection to Stillwater however today the city of Fallon has kind of consumed this ranch land as well. But before Fallon was booming Stillwater was here and its really your gateway into the mountains which backdrop the area. That is the Stillwater Range which below it is the Carson Sink. The first few miles you drive through Stillwater its green there are many canals and wetlands. Millions of birds come here each year to mate and nest as this is also the site of the Stillwater Nature Reserve. There use to be allot of ponds, lakes and smaller creeks back here. However with each passing year its completely drying up and this land is being consumed by a giant expanse known as the Carson Sink. The Carson Sink is an ancient sea bed when Lake Lahonton Covered the area. Today its just this massive area where nothing grows all you see for miles is sand dunes, salt and sand. When you get past all the ranch land then you will hit marshes as well as wetlands. As those taper off then you hit the harshest region of the sink which is just a vast desert where nothing hardly grows or lives in. Still though life manages to thrive and if you pay attention you will find it. When I made my way into Stillwater I remember the good memories I had here exploring abandoned houses and remnants of the past. I stopped by the old school house once again and explored some abandoned house. I think it was a faculty cottage for the teachers as the bathrooms were labeled and it had a small kitchen along with a couple small rooms. More then likely the teachers came here to eat there lunch or have meetings. Perhaps it was the principals office or something no less it was a good way to stretch my legs. Some guys drove by in a pickup I dove out the back window it was fun but I just did not feel like having to deal with anyone that early in the morning. My son said they drove by slowly seen Tammy sleeping and were talking about it. That reminded me that it was good I was covert in case they were up for some trouble they would never even see me coming lol. I have had enough bad experiences with some back country clowns before my last incident was up at Lake Lahonton when five of them tried to jump my ass while hiking. So I remain hidden like a shadow and I finished this abandoned house without hassle. There is a creek near the school also as it was giving off steam from the warmer water interacting with the cooler morning air. Their was a fog ran along the creek bed for over a mile. Off in the distance you could also see that some of the peaks in the Stillwater Range were snow covered. This meant all that snow melt would eventually seep down into the expanse filling some of the wetlands, lakes and tributaries found in the area. It was morning so birds were everywhere chirping they even have pelicans and bald eagles here. I seen a few ravens and an eagle flying around it was a great morning just to enjoy the sunrise. The road takes you within a couple miles of the mountain range then begins to veer northward following it. There is a cattle guard once you drive pass all the wetlands. You would not think a desert has wetlands or marshes but this is a special place because the Carson River comes through the area and expands into multiple tributaries. Therefore this area is greener you might see some cottonwood trees, flowers and deer running through the meadows. This is why the ancient natives lived here for thousands of years they had access to water and wild game they could hunt. Not so green in the winter but in the Spring this place is gorgeous and the natives I am sure took advantage of that. As we journeyed north at times there was herds of cattle along the road sometimes walking across it. Like I said its a free range so cattle are roaming everywhere. Some of the largest cattle I ever seen in Nevada I found roaming along the mountain range. Their were a couple calves also running around and I generally always stop to film or at least photograph them so others can kind of see what life is like in Nevada. I also seen allot of jack rabbits which the natives hunted for food in ancient times. Rabbits are everywhere in the expanse and sometimes you have to be careful they seem to like to yet under your vehicle last minute. Along the road you can see old corrals and windmills along the way. Ranching in this area has not changed in over 100 years and everything probably looks like it did in this range even before the white man arrived here. Sometimes id have to take it slow and wait for the cattle to cross. Other times id pull up next to a cow and be like hey waz up lol. I love every single time I go out come across a herd of cattle and as I drive by every single one of them follows me with there eyes lol. Its kind of creepy but these are intelligent creatures and this time I was able to get pretty close to them to check out the herd. Most of the time they run but this time not so much as they were to busy dining on the sea of sagebrush. Eventually I came up to a herd of wild mustangs as well grazing near the dirt road. They were on both sides of the dirt road really but when they hear my jeep they kind of run off or they will gallop a reasonable distance then watch as I go by. I had gotten out of my jeep and then begin to film the herd as they were all running towards the Stillwater Range. I have to say my morning was made as within an hour I had spotted an eagle, wild horses, herds of cattle and some big ravens. Nobody was out here accept for us so the expanse was teaming with wildlife. Finding this ghost town would not be easy its not on most GPS's and even if you have a map every few miles a road veers to the right heading up into various canyons. White Cloud City was built in the canyon and at the mouth. But you cant see the ghost town from the road because it resides a couple miles to the east higher up in the Stillwater Range. So for a couple hours I spent looking for the ghost town itself as the road to it is not marked neither is the canyon. This region is like a lost world I was entering a land that has boasted UFOs, Giants, Monsters, Strange Mutilations and even the Paranormal. What would I find and where would our journey take us? I was very close to White Cloud but it took me about four different canyon roads before I would find the right one to take. The first road I went into the foothills of the Stillwater Range. The view was great and in the desert below I found a bunch of remnants such as piles of wood, aluminum siding or roofing, glass shards, bean cans etc. So this is what warranted me to kind of follow the trail up into the mountains. The road was rugged as it meandered up to the top of this bluff. As a matter in fact a part of the road was washed out so bad that I had to take it up and down both times nearly tilting the jeep on its side so I had to be very careful. There was another road I took which took me up to the mouth of another canyon. This road was also very rugged big rocks, grooves in the ground where the road was washed out and mud everywhere. There was signs of strip mining here also of some kind of mining camp but it was all debris. I did some hiking around here there was massive rock formations everywhere and you could tell it was mined. But this was not White Cloud according to my one book I carry with me it was called Shady Run which was a mining camp that Reid owned south of White Cloud. Reid owned many claims in this area and mines including most of them in White Cloud City whom eventually the towns name was changed to Coppereid for those who are history buffs. I was having a hard time finding the ghost town all I could find was sites of old ranches and mining camps. Generally all that is left of these places though are pieces of wood, glass, clay pots and perhaps some rusty cans. At one time they were going to bring the railroad to Shady Run which would follow the range stopping at each mining camp or town. Shady Run was rugged I drove the jeep up between a series of massive cliffs and rocks. The road went between them and if you continue to follow it you eventually can take it up into the canyon. Today all that remains are the mines in these canyons but they are rugged. The views were great if you take any road towards the Stillwater Range it ascends quite fast so you can stand on overlooks and see the entire Carson Sink from above. I honestly was enjoying my time offroading I thought I found a mine when all it was is a naturally formed outcrop or den. But no less its good to get out do some exploring get a feel for the area and what its all about. I had gotten back onto the pioneer road and decided I would take a few more roads. I was not having an ounce of luck could not find the old post office or smelter which both are visible from google earth. I was not getting a signal either as I had coordinates for the town but could not apply them. The one thing I learned is in Nevada its easy to miss sites. Their are so many roads that go off into so many canyons and through so many expanses. You could be at the bottom of an expanse and never seen ruins a few hundred feet away. All I could do is take each road east take a gander at the mouth of each canyon till I found the town site. I went down this one road it was nice there was grass growing and open meadows. The landscape along this range is beautiful large cliffs, snow capped peaks, desert mixed in with the national forest which grows at the peaks or in the canyons rather. I did come across a couple chilling outside there truck they had tons of guns on the bed of the truck and I guess were going to go hunting that morning. I asked them about White Cloud and the dude told me nothing is left. It almost seemed like he either did not know or did not want me going there. I knew when he said their was nothing left he was yanking my chain. See when folks see me with my kids and Tammy they assume I am some tourist. Little do they know that I am ready to climb mountains and brave the wilderness. So they think I am stupid when in fact yeah White Cloud City is not that extensive there are some remnants still worth seeing here so I knew he probably never had been there. He claimed that the canyon was well worth hiking in and told me if I hike it to keep an eye out for Bighorn Sheep. But he was firm on the town being gone and of course he was wrong. People do not explore like we do and even if something is of historical value the question is would they even care to pay mind to it? He told me it was further up the road by 15 miles well it was not that far but about 11 I was within a few miles of it prior to this I just did not go far enough. This time I went far enough and kept looking for any road that veered right into the Stillwater Range. Eventually I came across the right road which is White Cloud Canyon. I have to say the road was not to bad heading up to the town site a few parts that had some ruggedness but for the most part I took it with ease. I would have probably missed this road if it were not for a small sign hanging on a cross that said White Cloud Canyon Mining claims for sale lol. Its a pretty area though allot of sand dunes, rock formations, cliffs of different colors and even a large mountain covered in forest nearby. When we arrived at the mouth of the canyon I parked in front of the old stone smelter or at least what is left of it. It has two stories of rocks and on top of it three small rooms well ruins of them anyway's. Below the smelter was this large area about 30' x 30' of this shale like rock. It looked all burnt some of them reflected a gold like hue others the rocks had rainbow colored ripples in the suns rays. It looked like all the rock was burnt with extreme heat maybe a meteor? perhaps this came from the smelter when they were trying to melt the copper? Its hard to know for sure I have not seen a dark mineral similar to shale in Nevada before and this entire area was just burnt. There was a pile of stones nearby also maybe something else stood here? My family was gem hunting they were picking up these dark minerals that looked like a rainbow when you held it up to the sun. Then before even I did they found the bones of a head of cattle. I do not know what the cause of death was the ribs were broken, legs scattered in the desert with hooves still on them, spine separated from the hips and it was a grim scene. We found bones scattered all around the area its obvious the coyotes probably went to town. There was teeth marks in some of the bones maybe a mountain lion also came down from the canyon to feast. More then likely a mountain lion may have brought it down but hard telling. I have heard of incidences where cattle were abducted then mutilated only to be dropped from thousands of feet above our atmosphere. With the twisted, mangled and broken bones I seen it looks like this may be a possible scenario. I was telling my kids maybe aliens abducted the cow then dropped it out of the sky for scavengers to finish off. Of course this is just speculation the one thing that is for sure is that this is a very vast, wild and remote frontier. Its a fact that animals die all the time that includes wild horse who just might not have enough food or water to sustain themselves here. It was a very grim scene I mean this was a big cow and something tore it to shreds. When I was on the other side of the Stillwater Range I came across more then one dead head of cattle here. It would appear in my opinion that this is a regular thing occurring near this mountain range. My guess would be that the mountain lions and coyotes live in the mountains during the day then at night they come down to the valley to hunt its prey. This cattle may have made a mistake by coming down to the mouth of the canyon to graze. We seen some mountain lion tracks in the ghost town and at the mouth before you hike up into the canyon they are very real! Life here is harsh and it had to be very difficult for miners to live here. I learned allot on this last trip about the region just hiking and rock climbing up in the mountains. I am not even sure how the miners did it or how they were able to mine this harsh land. You kind of feel small when you park your jeep up on the side of a mountain and you look back to see a vast sandy desert for miles. Even 11k peaks in the distance look small because they are easily as far as 50 miles away. There is a creek that cuts through the middle of town of course its odd because when it reaches the town site it goes dry. Yet further up the canyon it flows pretty steady and there are waterfalls. I am not sure if once the creek reaches town it ends up seeping into the ground or being absorbed by the desert. But one can understand why a town was built here. You had water and food at the mouth of the canyon think about it! You had water flowing from the creek and then you could go antelope hunting if you needed to eat. Across the creek are a few foundations one of them is this big structure which is in ruins. It appeared to have a couple rooms in it this may have been the old post office. Its hard to know what each series of ruins is and everybody quotes it as being something different. The structure or building was made with native stone but it was crumbling. There was stones everywhere inside and outside it was in peril. It was also two stories tall not something you see often in a ghost town. So whoever built it did allot of stone work which must had been quite tedious considering they had to build the walls over 18' in height. I looked afar in the creek bed where I also seen a steam boiler rusting away. It probably use to be inside the smelter or near it. Not sure how it ended up where it did but I have seen similar ones near smelter sites. You have to understand that in the early days they mined for gold and silver. When that was a bust this became a copper town therefore the smelter and its steam boiler did see allot of use I am sure. Tammy and the boys went on without me I had gotten busy exploring. There is this one area in the ghost town where you see over a dozen rusty bed springs laying around. Their are bed springs everywhere even some old auto seats. Nothing is covered with fabric anymore just a bunch of old bed springs, cots and twisted metal come to rest among a sea of brush. I seen bed springs of all sizes all the way from singles to twins to even doubles. Some of the bed springs easily dated over a 100 years ago and probably were slept on by miners who lived in this town during its hey day. Below the hill is another set of ruins more or less a couple small walls and nothing more. You could tell someone probably pulled up and hauled these stones away. I was told that locals go to these ghost towns steal from its foundations and walls so they can build walls or cobblestone walkways on their own properties. I do not agree with it if people keep taking the stones their will be no ruins, walls or structures left. One entire wall was missing so you damn well know somebody is robbing history and if I catch them ill be putting them under arrest. Not to far from these ruins is a root cellar the walls are gone from the miners cabin but the cellar remains along with a small wall on the south side of it inside of it. If you walk around you will see rusty bean cans also and pieces of wood. Not much remains but to say their is nothing is plain either ignorant or your just not paying mind to history. All in all there is four sets of ruins if you want to call them that and supposedly the upper part of town is higher up in the canyon behind the town. I also found piping, bricks and pieces of aluminum siding/roofing. Miners sometimes would build stone cabins then use aluminum as a roof inside of them to keep the rain or elements from getting in. After exploring the town site we grabbed are backpacks and began are ascension into the canyon. I was excited to hike here my real goal was to find the upper part of White Cloud which was the mining district. The mining districts in Nevada often have mines, mills, miner cabins and sometimes even a blacksmith shop. I knew that most of the upper part of town would be gone but I figured with a little luck maybe will find something left behind. I seen some lizards on my way hiking on in one was tiny another one was fat missing his tail and the third was huge but got away before I could photograph it. It does not take to long where the canyon narrows and you start to hike along the creek. Below is this ravine so you tend to stay above it for awhile till you reach this waterfall. You have to be in good shape because its nearly a 15' straight up climb along side of the waterfall which we had no issue with. The hardest part of it was some of the rock was very eroded and smooth with very little to grab onto. So you have to make sure you have good leg strength to propel yourself up this steep wall because you cant really grab onto anything. Once we made it past the falls and into the canyon it was so rugged. There was trees, brush and rocks everywhere. I had to push through tall grass my hands at times had gotten cut up here. I also remember seeing some brush with thorns on it. At times to get higher in the canyon we had to climb more rocks going above the creek and then back down to it. No less after we made it about a mile in the canyon probably a little less I told my sons that it might just be better to summit one of the peaks above us that way we could see the canyon internally from above. The canyon is rather shady the sun does not peer inside of it very well therefore we came even across some patches of snow. There was this marshy area of the canyon where grass had been mowed down. When I say mowed it looked like an elephant came through this tall vegetation and laid it entirely flat on its side. What could have did that a wild horse? Its about all I can speculate to doing this but still it just was very weird. Most horses wont go into this canyon because that either means getting eaten by a mountain lion or breaking a leg either scenarios end in death! Something big was in this canyon and it leveled an entire area of foliage. The canyon has steep walls there are high cliffs built into the sides. While there are also in between those cliffs very steep areas you can climb. You have to be careful back here if you do not like heights this hike will not work for you. The creek at some points was four feet deep and ran down the center of this canyon. Therefore you had to do allot of rock climbing to get around these pools of water holding canyon walls tight so you did not fall on in. I did not see us making anytime in this canyon seriously the brush and having to rock climb around everything was tedious also slow. There is ravines inside the canyon to our right and left between each mountain above us. They are steep to you can climb up them to get to higher parts of the canyon. Instead of a harsh ravine though I decided to take this steep climb along these cliffs. So we would climb to our right then slowly work away across these cliffs to our left then cut right same thing. We went to the top of the canyon switching backing it the entire way. This way we were staying ahead of the cliffs but again if you do not like heights and you look back all you will see are deathly drop offs into the bottom of the canyon. Eventually we made our way to a vista point where we decided to have a picnic lunch at. It was a very steep climb sometimes muddy and other times we had to use all fours or climb some rocks. I was not worried about going over a cliff the ground up here is real soft and there is allot of brush. Two things that can easily break a fall but no less we had to work to get up here. I have a photo I took from the bottom of the canyon to where we had our picnic at so when I put it on our website you guys will see how far we made it up to the top of the Stillwater Mountains. I mean when you see the peak from the ghost town then see photos of us up there you think man that is crazy to yourself. I did end up leaving the boys for a bit to eat and drink. They were on this outcrop of rocks that overlooked the canyon below. The views of the Carson Sink were unbelievable and the mouth of the canyon. I still wanted to go higher so I climbed this cliff behind us then kept rock climbing till I had gotten below one of the major summits that overshadows the ghost town. I have to say it was very dangerous climbing that cliff not many rocks I could get a good solid grip on and a few times my feet were slipping. One I had gotten on top of the cliff there was a very mild uphill climb which took me to a nice vista point. One of the views was a nice look down the canyon to the east. From up on top all I could see is this serpent like gash which traverses a few miles through the mountain range. I could not see far into the canyon as it meandered so its hard to say what else might reside in the canyon around that bend a mile away. The other view I had is of the ghost town and Carson Sink in the distance. If you really want to get technical you could see the Truckee Mountains of Pyramid Lake which had to be over 50 miles away they looked so small. I also seen these white PVC Pipes protruding out the ground at certain parts of the canyon in rugged areas including not to far from where I stood high up near the peak on some cliffs. I am theorizing that each pipe is a mining claim and today they are for sale. The problem is that you practically have to climb up the sides of the canyon walls and along cliffs to get to these claims. Some of them are up on cliffs and in my opinion I have no interest in owning any claim that could end up being my demise. You cant get equipment up here to do the mining and if you bring it in on foot you still risk falling to your death. I did not see any mines from on top of the vista point let alone ruins or any signs that man has been here. I know that upper Coppereid or White Cloud City exist I seen a few pictures of it. The upper portion has a mine, wooden cabin and some ore cart tracks. But just like the lower part its not extensive and I honestly am not sure how to get here. I heard you can take a road from the other side of the range I suppose its possible but again you have to get out an explore. Sometimes exploring yields results other times you just waste gas driving for miles only to end up stuck in mud or something. Id like to see the upper portion of the town but from being on the peak I did not see anything for miles so its hard to say for sure where exactly the upper portion of town remains. I eventually climbed a different way down the cliff was to dangerous easier to go up but going down meant death. I had to find a ravine to climb down in yeah it was steep there was drop offs but it was much safer and I had some rocks I could hold onto as I climbed down back to the boys. I actually found on its side a giant cotton wood tree which now is just bleached dead wood up on a cliff. This canyon probably looked much different years ago then it does today. I heard that the waterfall and the creek did not always exist in the canyon. I also heard there use to be a road that went through it. The road is obviously gone over the years rock slides, flash floods, foliage and vegetation have consumed this canyon. At one time maybe the miners could take a wagon back here but today you can barely even hike through the canyon. The couple I ran into earlier during the day told me White Cloud Canyon is very remote, beautiful and worth the hike he was right about that part. I drank a beer and smoked up on the cliffs one to celebrate my feat of standing above the Carson Sink and above the town site below. We were really high up and Tammy told me we climbed to the top in less then a half hour so I knew we were doing it up. I worked so hard it was nice to lay back celebrate admiring the beautiful scenery. It was a warm day no jacket needed it had gotten to nearly 70 degrees the perfect day to hike and explore. We eventually
made our way down to the bottom of the canyon. It can be a very scary
climb down there is areas that are steep, muddy, drop offs and not to
far away cliffs that go straight down. So you have to take it very slow
and try to meander your way around any potential hazard. I remember my
son and I were hugging a rock wall when the rocks starting coming lose.
The canyon is crumbling and you have to be careful which rocks you hold
onto for safety. Some rocks are not going anywhere but other rocks are
eroded and loose. This is an earthquake fault zone therefore the canyon
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| While this is nothing more then the laws of nature it is something you will find often which is death in the desert where water is scarce and the elements are harsh. It is a free range throughout Nevada so this means wild horses and cattle have allot of freedom to journey. Sometimes these cattle and wild horses make it up to a ghost town like White Cloud City looking for food perhaps water ending up meeting their demise. Other times mountain lions will come down off the range or down from the rugged canyons to hunt. Either way all that eventually remains in a short time is bones reminding us once in awhile that life on the range is not always so easy and even if it appears beautiful the truth is death is imminent. Also Tammy is holding a rock in her hands but its know normal rock or mineral. The sample we took came from a large burnt circular area on the ground that may have been caused by a lightening strike or meteor strike. I also wanted to add that a buddy of mine has a son who does allot of hunting and one day he was out hiking the Stillwater Range when he seen a pack of mountain lions hunting together. Mountain Lions do not hunt in packs but for some reason they often do it here within the Stillwater Range which boast the canyon where White Cloud City is found. Beyond the canyon is open desert a region known as the Carson Sink which is harsh but food and water also very scarce therefore life is not paradise here and that is why locations like White Cloud City end up going from boom to bust! |
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The photos you are viewing are of a small area where
the ground is cindered. The heat in fact was so intense that it caused the rock
to crackle and melt thus giving it a glossy appearance. Its possible that this
is where copper was smelted therefore maybe some of the sand had gotten heated
up creating a glass like effect shatter effect but I cannot say for sure. Its
also possible lightening had struck here or even a meteor which does happen in
the open deserts of Nevada. The rocks are black and we only found this effect in
this one area of the ghost town. You can see a sample in my hand which looks
smooth and glossy. You can also see below how an entire slab of rock is merely
shattered. I found it to be interesting but I also was making a few jokes that
maybe a UFO landed here burning the earth below it. You never know but it is
important that I document this just in case or if someone may have any other
ideas as to why only this area is melted and singed.
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 The photo above is to show our viewers where we made our ascension in White Cloud Canyon or at least give our viewers a geological location up close and from afar. This should put it into perspective of A. How vast the area is and B. How far and high we made it up into White Cloud Canyon. While you can clearly see there are many peaks we tried to focus on the summit which overlooks the town site itself so I could get a photo from afar but also above. Deeper in the canyon is the upper part of town but we never made it that far its very rugged and treacherous as you can see if you were to watch our canyon adventure video. Its much different in the canyons as opposed to looking at them from afar. While from afar they might look like a bunch of rocks up close there are creeks, grass, trees, mud and nature found within them. Our climb may have not taken us to the top of the range but it did take us to the top of the canyons mouth where White Cloud City is currently located. |
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