OLD prospectors cabin and an opium vial

[Rock Doctor]

While out on a trip earlier this yr, we came across an old prospectors cabin. Not sure how old it is, but it was pretty cool to find. Very small, and the roof has wasted away. The logs were all square cut, with axe marks still on them. We also found the prospectors sley, used to haul materials and supplies into the claim.
Short clip of the cabin and sley

One of the guys also found a VERY interesting object along another creek in this same area. After a little research, we found that what he had found was a Chinese "Opium Vial". Increadibly it is in MINT condition. The find raised a bit of a fuss with the "local" old timers, as they swear that the chinese were never working that particular area.
This is a pic of a similar vial, I don't have a pic of the one we found.

[evil8x8]

WOW!!! Thats neat.

[George]

Really cool RD.

I saw some cool stuff like that on my trip out west this summer. I love this kind of stuff.

[rdr]

coolllllllllllllllllll rock . the old stuff is still coolllllllllll robbie

[LarryW]

Finding stuff and exploring the land and critters is exactly what its all about. Well mostly. The rest is just trying to drive through the impossible without getting stuck.

That is great you ran into something like that. Must of been fun.

Larry

[AndyL]

that's really cool!

[alaskacody]

a ghost town would be a neat place also to explore navada has a lot of them and so dose southern cal there is a lot of states that have them i looked on the internet and some they show and some they dont I found an old rifle one time sold it to a tavern for free beer when i wanted untill the place burned down and something els was built there

[lewis]

Cool find!

[George]

Here's a ghost town my son and I tracked down this summer in Utah. We saw some others in AZ too but this one was completely deserted.

[philipatmaxfour]

Ghost Town Pics

You two covered a lot of ground this year George.Do you know how many miles you have travelled this year? Nice pics of the ghost town. The old car shell has some lead in it.HeHe

[George]

Hey PM4,

We drove just over 8,300 miles and that does not include the trip to Ledges right after we got back.

We plan on doing it again in two years.

[Rock Doctor]

Cool "Ghost Town", I think it would be fun to find something like that (especially if noone had been there since it was abandoned)

This cabin we found is in an area that we travel to once or twice a yr. It's about an 8 hr drive from home to get there. It's not uncommon for us to find old "square nails" in our gold pans, while digging in the gravel.

The best find, so far, was an old "Percussion Cap Muzzle Loader". Found it leaning up against a tree, with the stock berried about 18 inches in the moss. The stock fell apart when we removed it, but I managed to dig out the butplate and the screws. The gun is in bad shape, but still a neat find.


RD