found more old shit!
i was heading to someplace cool with lots of trees and fishing...... i ended up having to turn back midway through northern Nevada. so instead of completely ruining my weekend i decided to stop in at barrel springs. its a super short runway of 4000 feet, yes i said four thousand, 22 miles or so east of black rock city. It is on BLM land with an old homestead off the south end and an even older mine off the north end. super remote, i know its nevada bring water


it was hotter than it looks


i only found a couple rabbit holes on the runway at the far north end but the rest of it is in pretty good shape


old but super strong tie down

this is the old homestead to the south






the rabbit hole is a spring one ridge over. not sure if that is what the door is referencing? and the big ass lizard on the door nob is real!

and to the north was the mine

lots of shafts all over the place

i found four old miner shacks






little oasis off the north end of the strip below the mine


i would have taken more pictures but i was to busy blastin bunnys!

iceman wrote:since I joined nevada backroads i've been wanting to tour the state more... would be nice to have a list of landable towns ruins and old mines to visit by air since i don't have a jeep....

i'm workin on it but i think i'm behind the curve on this one. hopefully i can pry more spots out of the rest of the Nevada guys at the Austin flyin this year

Looks like an interesting place. Cant seem to find it on a map. Would you have an exact location? Radial, distance? coordinates?

Thanks
Jim

romaja wrote:Looks like an interesting place. Cant seem to find it on a map. Would you have an exact location? Radial, distance? coordinates?

Thanks
Jim

It's not charted. You can find it on Shortfield.com, it's about 26sm east of the Black Rock City airport bearing 073.

You said old crap in Nevada, I figured it was Gump!!!!

shorton wrote:You said old crap in Nevada, I figured it was Gump!!!!

i can only find that old bastard once or twice a year. he is very elusive!

dudestickle wrote:

shorton wrote:You said old crap in Nevada, I figured it was Gump!!!!

i can only find that old bastard once or twice a year. he is very elusive!

Dammit we need a "like" button for posts like this!

Hard to hit a movin' target out here in the vast desert wastelands!


Gump


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Very cool!