"Where the he11 is Jarbidge" - 06/01/12
After living in Nv for 50+ yrs, Trud & I decided we need to see Jarbidge, one of the few places in the state we haven't been. It's an old mining town near the Id border, hailed as the remotest town in the US. Might not be our opinion, but definitely a cool place.
Not far off US93, we drove over Salmon Creek Falls Dam, wide enough for only 1 vehicle.
After we crossed, we got out to look at the backside of the dam. Lotsa leaks in the old SOB!
Some 50 miles later the Jarbidge River, huge by our standards.
Jarbidge cemetary, it snowed & rained most of that day.
The man buried here must have worked in one of the mines' refinery, the cone-shaped bucket is what the molten gold was poured into.
And then the camera battery died! We missed lots of pic opportunities after. Gonna head back there Labor Day, should be better with the leaves turning colors and elk bugling.
Not far off US93, we drove over Salmon Creek Falls Dam, wide enough for only 1 vehicle.
After we crossed, we got out to look at the backside of the dam. Lotsa leaks in the old SOB!
Some 50 miles later the Jarbidge River, huge by our standards.
Jarbidge cemetary, it snowed & rained most of that day.
The man buried here must have worked in one of the mines' refinery, the cone-shaped bucket is what the molten gold was poured into.
And then the camera battery died! We missed lots of pic opportunities after. Gonna head back there Labor Day, should be better with the leaves turning colors and elk bugling.