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Garlock Towne Site · 01:53 AM

Garlock towne site a former gold mining community. Have driven past this for 20+ years before deciding to record it. Enjoy...Cliff

snappychappy · 03-03-2012, 10:36 AM

Nice set and records the area well.

**Bob Harris** · 03-03-2012, 11:12 AM

Cliff, I read a couple of years ago they were mining gold up there, did you see any evidence of that? The place hasn't changed much in the last 20 years.

**Sailor** · 03-03-2012, 12:22 PM

Cliff, this is truly interesting - a town that time passed by. Great shots.

Jer

**usn ret** · 03-03-2012, 01:44 PM

Thanks for looking guys. Without human intervention nature will eventually reclaim just about everything, Garlock is still in work. The last commercial gold mine at Randsburg ceased operation about10 years ago. There is still one mine in operation in the Panamint Valley, They already had this one, CR Briggs, in reclamation when the price of gold started to skyrocket, stopped reclamation then went back to active mining....Cliff

SpecialK · 03-07-2012, 06:21 PM

I missed that first shot when I was there :-)

**Heinrich Lohmann** · 03-07-2012, 07:06 PM

Nice images of an interesting place, thanks for the history lesson.

**usn ret** · 03-08-2012, 06:04 PM

Heinrich, thanks for looking. The HiDesert is filled with history and interesting historical information. There are several of the abandoned former mining townsites. There is another out near Death Valley that I want to photograph....Cliff

**WPRESTO** · 03-09-2012, 05:10 AM

Makes me want to visit Garlock, although the accommodations look pretty basic, maybe even rustic. Wouldn't mind passing through, but I don't think I'll ask triple-A to book one of those places for a week's stay. Old towns offer so many photo-ops. Burned through several rolls of film decades back on a visit to the well-known town of Bodie. A very nice set.

daacon · 03-09-2012, 06:41 AM

Time has not been kind to that place well captured.

charliezap · 03-09-2012, 09:21 AM

Really conveys loneliness and desperation Cliff--charliezap

**usn ret** · 03-09-2012, 12:05 PM

Walt, thanks for looking. No, I don't think Garlock will show up on very many AAA sites for accommodations. There is at least one resident the lives in the building to the left of the Garlock store........Cliff

**usn ret** · 03-09-2012, 12:13 PM

Charley & Dave, thanks for looking. time is not kind to things abandoned to the desert. The walls of the one structure were constructed of railroad ties and the others of 1X10 planks. Twenty miles to Ridgecrest and 10 miles to the thriving metropolis of Randsburg of which I have posted before.........Cliff

tessfully · 03-09-2012, 12:39 PM

This is such an interesting series, presented with so much intrigue! "Rattle Snake Area ... Private Property!" Ha! Love the railway tie building. I would have taken hundreds of photos... thank you so much for sharing these!!!

**usn ret** · 03-09-2012, 01:58 PM

Thanks Tess, I did take a lot of pics however, I just posted these and a few more on the other thread MORE GARLOCK on the same day. Cliff

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Bob Harris Site Supporter Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Canon City, Colorado Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 18,477	Cliff, I read a couple of years ago they were mining gold up there, did you see any evidence of that? The place hasn't changed much in the last 20 years.

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Sailor Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Coastal Texas Photos: Gallery Posts: 26,203	Cliff, this is truly interesting - a town that time passed by. Great shots. Jer

03-03-2012, 01:44 PM	#5
usn ret Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Ridgecrest, Calif Posts: 1,274 Original Poster	Thanks for looking guys. Without human intervention nature will eventually reclaim just about everything, Garlock is still in work. The last commercial gold mine at Randsburg ceased operation about10 years ago. There is still one mine in operation in the Panamint Valley, They already had this one, CR Briggs, in reclamation when the price of gold started to skyrocket, stopped reclamation then went back to active mining....Cliff

03-07-2012, 06:21 PM	#6
SpecialK Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: So California Photos: Gallery Posts: 16,482	I missed that first shot when I was there :-)

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Heinrich Lohmann Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Airdrie, Alberta Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,097	Nice images of an interesting place, thanks for the history lesson.

03-08-2012, 06:04 PM	#8
usn ret Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Ridgecrest, Calif Posts: 1,274 Original Poster	Heinrich, thanks for looking. The HiDesert is filled with history and interesting historical information. There are several of the abandoned former mining townsites. There is another out near Death Valley that I want to photograph....Cliff

03-09-2012, 05:10 AM	#9
WPRESTO Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Massachusetts Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 59,138	Makes me want to visit Garlock, although the accommodations look pretty basic, maybe even rustic. Wouldn't mind passing through, but I don't think I'll ask triple-A to book one of those places for a week's stay. Old towns offer so many photo-ops. Burned through several rolls of film decades back on a visit to the well-known town of Bodie. A very nice set.

03-09-2012, 06:41 AM	#10
daacon Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alberta,Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 20,914	Time has not been kind to that place well captured.

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charliezap Pentaxian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: saugus ma Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 8,686	Really conveys loneliness and desperation Cliff--charliezap

03-09-2012, 12:05 PM	#12
usn ret Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Ridgecrest, Calif Posts: 1,274 Original Poster	Walt, thanks for looking. No, I don't think Garlock will show up on very many AAA sites for accommodations. There is at least one resident the lives in the building to the left of the Garlock store........Cliff

03-09-2012, 12:13 PM	#13
usn ret Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Ridgecrest, Calif Posts: 1,274 Original Poster	Charley & Dave, thanks for looking. time is not kind to things abandoned to the desert. The walls of the one structure were constructed of railroad ties and the others of 1X10 planks. Twenty miles to Ridgecrest and 10 miles to the thriving metropolis of Randsburg of which I have posted before.........Cliff

03-09-2012, 12:39 PM	#14
tessfully Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: S. Algonquin, Ontario Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,860	This is such an interesting series, presented with so much intrigue! "Rattle Snake Area ... Private Property!" Ha! Love the railway tie building. I would have taken hundreds of photos... thank you so much for sharing these!!!

03-09-2012, 01:58 PM	#15
usn ret Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Ridgecrest, Calif Posts: 1,274 Original Poster	Thanks Tess, I did take a lot of pics however, I just posted these and a few more on the other thread MORE GARLOCK on the same day. Cliff

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