Adventures of Megaweapon!

[Ray Dunakin]

Ruby Hill is a ghost town and mining camp in central Nevada. There are ruins here dating back to the 1860s. Most of the video features the Fad Shaft, a large complex that was built in the 1940s:

Music is by Kevin MacLeod
Americana by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: Royalty Free Music
Artist: incompetech | Custom Production Music and also Graph Paper

 

[Ray Dunakin]

The Belmont Mine is located high on a mountainside in the Hamilton mining district of central Nevada. Ore from this mine was transported via aerial tram to the mill, three miles away at the bottom of the canyon:

Music is by Kevin MacLeod
Lost Frontier by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Source: Royalty Free Music
Artist: incompetech | Custom Production Music and also Graph Paper

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[Ray Dunakin]

Here's the Belmont Mill:

Music is "Long Road Ahead" by Kevin MacLeod and "Autumn Sunset" by Audionautix

 

[Ray Dunakin]

Hamilton, NV dates back to the 1860s, and once had a population of about 12,000:

Music is "Chuck Wagon" by Sound-Ideas
Licensed by AudioJungle
https://audiojungle.net/item/chuck-wagon/19015346


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[Ray Dunakin]

Here are some aerial shots of the Nevada Northern Railroad Museum's facilities in East Ely, NV:

Music is "Oxygen Garden" by Chris Zabriskie
YouTube Audio Library

 

[Ray Dunakin]

Next up is the Taylor Mine in eastern Nevada:

Music by Chris Zabriskie
YouTube Audio Library

 

[Ray Dunakin]

This is a very short video of the large marsh in Lake Valley, eastern Nevada. I couldn't do much flying because the wind was too strong:

Music is by Eric Matyas
www.soundimage.org

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[Ray Dunakin]

This one features the Ely Valley Mine of eastern Nevada. Production began here in 1926, and the original mine shaft and wooden headframe are still in place. Nearby is a somewhat newer shaft with a large steel headframe. There are several buildings as well:

Music is by Edson Lopes
Free Sound Effects, Music, Loops | Orange Free Sounds


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[Ray Dunakin]

Belmont is a famous ghost town in central Nevada (and not to be confused with the Belmont Mine/Mill). This video features the ruins at the east end of Belmont. Most prominent of these is the huge brick chimney of the Combination Mill, built in 1868. There is also the remains of a mill built in 1915 using bricks from the Combination Mill, as well as several stone cabins:

Music is by Eric Matyas
Sound Image

 

[Ray Dunakin]

The tiny mining town of Silver Peak, NV sits at the edge of a vast dry lake in Clayton Valley. Lithium is mined here by pumping groundwater from beneath the lakebed and evaporating it in large, shallow pods called vats. It makes a very striking and colorful scene when viewed from the air:

Music is by Eric Matyas
Sound Image

 

[Ray Dunakin]

Mill Site Well is in eastern California near the Nevada state line. A small corral, a lonely windmill, a few cattle, and a huge expanse of open prairie make it look like a scene from an earlier time:

Music is by Audionautix
Hoedown by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Artist: Free Production Music by Jason Shaw


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[Ray Dunakin]

The Crater Sulfur Mine, CA -- This area has the largest deposit of sulfur west of the Mississippi River. Mining ended here in 1953 when a sulfur dust explosion destroyed the mill:

Music is by Triple 7 Music
Licensed by AudioJungle
https://audiojungle.net/item/emotional-inspiration/20339776


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[Ray Dunakin]

This video features a cinder mine in the Mojave desert. Here, a volcanic cinder cone was mined for its decorative red cinders. There are several other cinder cones in the area, as well as old lava flows:

Music is "Remember Me" by JR Tundra
YouTube Audio Library

 

[Ray Dunakin]

Boulder Pass, CA -- a scenic area of the Mojave desert, filled with huge granite domes and boulders:

Music is by Driving
Licensed by AudioJungle
https://audiojungle.net/item/the-western/19861465


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[Ray Dunakin]

The last stop on my trip was the Castle Mine, in the Mojave desert. I haven't been able to find out anything about the history of this place:

Music is by Pantheon Music
Licensed by AudioJungle
https://audiojungle.net/item/western-inspiration/20412734


Enjoy!

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[davidbeitz]

Really enjoy your videos!

 

[Maverick4132]

I'm really interested in the King coilovers for my TRD ORP. How would you rate their performance now that you've had them for a bit? How do they feel on road vs off road?

 

[Ron4RNevada]

You have really mastered the exploration adventures now that you are using your drone. Good job!

 

[Ray Dunakin]

I'm really interested in the King coilovers for my TRD ORP. How would you rate their performance now that you've had them for a bit? How do they feel on road vs off road?

I love 'em! It was a definite improvement off-road. On the road, it was super-smooth, so much that I would sometimes glance at the speedometer and discover I was going a lot faster than I'd thought.

 

[Ray Dunakin]

I finally finished getting all the photos and video from my 2017 Nevada and Mojave trip posted. Here's the full report:

2017 Nevada-Mojave Trip


Here's a list of the ghost towns, mines, and scenic places I visited:

Osdick Road Mines, CA
Osborne Camp, CA
Rainbow Hills, NV
Fish Lake Valley, NV
Sawtooth Ridge, NV
Gabbs, NV
Downeyville, NV
Hess Ranch, NV
Petersons Mill, NV
New Pass Mine and Mill, NV
McCoy Mine - Wild Horse District, NV
Home Station Well, NV
Dome Butte, NV
Stokes Castle - Austin, NV
Ruby Hill, NV
Belmont Mine, NV
Belmont Mill, NV
Hamilton, NV
Nevada Northern Railway Museum - Ely, NV
Taylor Mine, NV
Lake Valley Marsh, NV
Ely Valley Mine, NV
Pioche, NV - Mines
East Belmont, NV
Clayton Valley, NV - Lithium works
Bar Double 9 Ranch, NV
Mill Site Well, CA
Crater Sulfur Mine, CA
Cinder Mines, CA
Boulder Pass, CA
Castle Mine, CA

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