Ghost Towns and Mines

Ghost Towns and Mines http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV.html There are several small sites of interesting on and around this dry lake, which is located west and north of Coaldale Junction. These include an old borax works, and the Broken Toe Mine. Last updated August 2010. Return to Ghost Towns list IMG_6861 July 30, 2010 -- When I returned to the old borax works this year, I found the building in ruins. It may have collapsed due to age. However, there is no sign of the heavy platform timbers that were in front of the building. They must have been removed. Perhaps whoever did that also demolished the building? http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV.html#0 923a141e-e756-462e-9157-5a3a5d8d24c3 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6861/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6861/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_6861<br/></p><p class="Caption"><span class="style_3"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_3">July 30, 2010 -- When I returned to the old borax works this year, I found the building in ruins. It may have collapsed due to age. However, there is no sign of the heavy platform timbers that were in front of the building. They must have been removed. Perhaps whoever did that also demolished the building?</span></p></div></div> ColumbusBorax1 August 2000 -- I believe this was an early borax works. The building has collapsed since this was taken. Compare this to the previous, recent photo. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV.html#1 249b6c3a-5555-47f7-9756-c8a19960c7e0 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/ColumbusBorax1/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/ColumbusBorax1/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">ColumbusBorax1<br/></p><p class="Caption"><span class="style_3"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_3">August 2000 -- I believe this was an early borax works. The building has collapsed since this was taken. Compare this to the previous, recent photo.</span></p></div></div> BoraxSite4 August 2000 -- Detail of the old borax works. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV.html#2 2aa9bfce-e8cd-4202-9b56-48bfd9d3ec60 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/BoraxSite4/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/BoraxSite4/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">BoraxSite4<span class="style_3"><br/></span></p><p class="Caption"><span class="style_3"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_3">August 2000 -- Detail of the old borax works.</span></p></div></div> G80TristarA92 Aerial view of the old borax works. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV.html#3 dafbc00f-4ea7-46e3-bef2-ab336acf507c http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/G80TristarA92/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/G80TristarA92/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">G80TristarA92<br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption">Aerial view of the old borax works.</p></div></div> IMG_6875 July 30, 2010 -- Detail of tower at the site of the old borax works, Columbus Dry Lake, NV. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV.html#4 de049800-30fc-40c0-a543-ebcd40eff14d http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6875/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6875/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_6875<br/></p><p class="Caption"><span class="style_3"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_3">July 30, 2010 -- Detail of tower at the site of the old borax works, Columbus Dry Lake, NV.</span></p></div></div> IMG_6881 July 30, 2010 -- Detail of ruins of the old borax works, Columbus Dry Lake, NV. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV.html#5 59f0f102-33db-43b2-97ed-3a17b58500b2 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6881/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6881/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_6881<br/></p><p class="Caption"><span class="style_3"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_3">July 30, 2010 -- Detail of ruins of the old borax works, Columbus Dry Lake, NV.</span></p></div></div> IMG_6882 July 30, 2010 -- Faint traces of paint reveal that the old borax works was originally painted green. Columbus Dry Lake, NV. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV.html#6 756c94b4-7e60-4e60-b061-9679464cc0cd http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6882/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6882/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_6882<br/></p><p class="Caption"><span class="style_3"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_3">July 30, 2010 -- Faint traces of paint reveal that the old borax works was originally painted green. Columbus Dry Lake, NV.</span></p></div></div> IMG_6878 July 30, 2010 -- Detail of machinery at the site of the old borax works, Columbus Dry Lake, NV. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV.html#7 8f961e0e-ccb8-4195-bda4-bab0b21e1452 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6878/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6878/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_6878<br/></p><p class="Caption"><span class="style_3"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_3">July 30, 2010 -- Detail of machinery at the site of the old borax works, Columbus Dry Lake, NV.</span></p></div></div> IMG_6880 July 30, 2010 -- Detail of machinery at the site of the old borax works, Columbus Dry Lake, NV. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV.html#8 a415058b-50ad-4f4c-84d9-2ff85ca5ff7e http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6880/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6880/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_6880<br/></p><p class="Caption"><span class="style_3"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_3">July 30, 2010 -- Detail of machinery at the site of the old borax works, Columbus Dry Lake, NV.</span></p></div></div> IMG_6863 July 30, 2010 -- Rusty steel drums at the site of the old borax works, Columbus Dry Lake, NV. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV.html#9 bc483245-8c22-4a7e-922c-6a3b38798006 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6863/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6863/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_6863<br/></p><p class="Caption"><span class="style_3"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_3">July 30, 2010 -- Rusty steel drums at the site of the old borax works, Columbus Dry Lake, NV.</span></p></div></div> IMG_6865 July 30, 2010 -- Skeletal frame of old buildings at the site of the old borax works, Columbus Dry Lake, NV. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV.html#10 327941c9-3bc1-45b2-8c5b-2bd337c446a2 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6865/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6865/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_6865<br/></p><p class="Caption"><span class="style_3"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_3">July 30, 2010 -- Skeletal frame of old buildings at the site of the old borax works, Columbus Dry Lake, NV.</span></p></div></div> IMG_6866 July 30, 2010 -- Skeletal frame of old buildings at the site of the old borax works, Columbus Dry Lake, NV. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV.html#11 ecbf803a-3d4d-47ed-905a-014fd68e3231 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6866/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6866/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_6866<br/></p><p class="Caption"><span class="style_3"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_3">July 30, 2010 -- Skeletal frame of old buildings at the site of the old borax works, Columbus Dry Lake, NV.</span></p></div></div> IMG_6868 July 30, 2010 -- Salty water at the bottom of a pit at the site of the old borax works, Columbus Dry Lake, NV. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV.html#12 8325f915-b02c-4c77-a05d-a34d459823d6 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6868/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6868/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_6868<br/></p><p class="Caption"><span class="style_3"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_3">July 30, 2010 -- Salty water at the bottom of a pit at the site of the old borax works, Columbus Dry Lake, NV.</span></p></div></div> IMG_6870 July 30, 2010 -- Mineral salts line the bottom of a pit at the site of the old borax works, Columbus Dry Lake, NV. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV.html#13 ec8fff09-ace0-49da-bfa3-e1f23ab92b56 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6870/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/IMG_6870/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">IMG_6870<br/></p><p class="Caption"><span class="style_3"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_3">July 30, 2010 -- Mineral salts line the bottom of a pit at the site of the old borax works, Columbus Dry Lake, NV.</span></p></div></div> ColumbusCemetary1 I found this mysterious cemetery on the northwest corner of the dry lake, sometime in the mid-1990’s. I don’t know the history of it. There are no signs, and no names on the markers. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV.html#14 aae084f2-7ce2-4edd-bf87-f5726e076d40 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/ColumbusCemetary1/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/ColumbusCemetary1/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">ColumbusCemetary1<br/></p><p class="Caption"><span class="style_3"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_3">I found this mysterious cemetery on the northwest corner of the dry lake, sometime in the mid-1990’s. I don’t know the history of it. There are no signs, and no names on the markers.</span></p></div></div> ColumbusTankHouse2 This “tank house” is on display at the mining museum in Tonopah. It was one of many such structures used to house Chinese workers at the borax works on Columbus Dry Lake. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV.html#15 6f58d9b0-35f3-40a4-b4a2-ff0c29530046 http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/ColumbusTankHouse2/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/ColumbusTankHouse2/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_135_70"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">ColumbusTankHouse2<br/></p><p class="Caption"><span class="style_3"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_3">This “tank house” is on display at the mining museum in Tonopah. It was one of many such structures used to house Chinese workers at the borax works on Columbus Dry Lake.</span></p></div></div> BrokenToeMine1 The Broken Toe Mine, north of the dry lake. http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV.html#16 e7ec674c-2038-4c2a-9dc6-aae7aedaeb9e http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/BrokenToeMine1/thumb.jpg http://www.raydunakin.com/Site/Columbus_NV_files/Media/BrokenToeMine1/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">BrokenToeMine1<br/></p><p class="Caption"><span class="style_3"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="Caption"><span class="style_3">The Broken Toe Mine, north of the dry lake.</span></p></div></div>