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including photographs of a Chinese Railroad Worker Camp with Tent Frame over Dugout
Click on any photo to see an enlarged version.
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| Link used in a link and pin assembly, photographed on the old CPRR grade 2 miles West of Beowawe, Nevada. | The old cemetery at Palisade, Nevada. | The old cemetery at Palisade, Nevada. |
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| The old cemetery at Palisade, Nevada. | A wooden head marker in the old cemetery at Palisade, Nev. the name is worn off the wooden marker due to weather and time. Somebody has attached a $1. bill to the head marker, I suppose the deceased was named either "George," "Bill" or "Buck." | Abandoned building at Palisade, Nevada. |
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| The old CPRR grade at Palisade, Nevada, looking West. The Humboldt River runs through this area, the old grade is above the high water mark, and is easily found. | These are the remaining standing structures at Tenabo, Nevada. This town was founded, and failed, in 1905. | These are the remaining standing structures at Tenabo, Nevada. This town was founded, and failed, in 1905. |
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| Tenabo, Nevada. | Tenabo, Nev. Insofar as these buildings, thought to be the bar and an adjoining store, are unpainted and uncared for 100 years, one can judge the climatic effect on raw wood. | Abandoned building in Mill Canyon, Nevada. |
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| The abandoned, and falling down mill, in Mill Canyon. | Abandoned house in Mill Canyon. This house appears to have used as late as the 1930's. | Abandoned mining equipment in Mill Canyon. |
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| Abandoned stone building, probably built in the 1860's in Mill Canyon. | Another view of the store. The safe can be seen to the left of the door. The door to the safe has been removed, no valuables noted. | Abandoned house in Mill Canyon. |
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| Abandoned mining equipment in Mill Canyon. | Abandoned house in Mill Canyon. | Abandoned house in Mill Canyon. |
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| Abandoned building, Mill Canyon. | Chinese camp tent frame | Chinese camp tent frame. |
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| Chinese camp tent frame. | Chinese camp tent frame. | Chinese camp tent frame. |
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| Fish plate found at the foot of the tent frame. | The remaing stump of a juniper tree cut for locomotive fuel. | Another camp site. Numerous Chinese artifacts noted. |
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| Top of a soy sauce jug, as seen in a Chinese camp. | Shovel Head. | Another stump. These stumps averaged 3 feet in diameter. |
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| Stump. | Stump. | Stump. |
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| Heavily rusted items, thought to be used in cooking, found in this camp. | Piles of stones, as pictured, are common in camps along the old CPRR grade. Why these stones are not symetrically arranged is not known to this writer. | Another view of the camp. |
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| Another view of the camp. | ||
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| The "Chalet" at Wells, Nevada, long ago abandonded. | Sign in downtown Wells, Nevada describing what once was here. | Downtown Wells, Nevada. |
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| Downtown Wells, Nevada. | Downtown Wells, Nevada. | Downtown Wells, Nevada. |
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| Chinese jug at Shoshone Point on the old CPRR grade. | Downtown Battle Mountain, Nevada. | Horseshoe noted in Chinese camp West of Dunphy, Nevada. |
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| Blue on white porcelain Chinese dish seen West of Dunphy, Nevada. | Empty opium cans seen West of Toano, Nevada on the old CPRR grade. | Fragment of wok in Chinese camp West of Toano, Nevada. |
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| Fragment of blue on white porcelain in Chinese camp, West of Toano, Nevada on the old CPRR grade | Old CPRR grade, near Toano, Nevada. | Old CPRR grade, near Toano, Nevada. |
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| Original construction redwood telegraph stump. | Chinese camp along side the old grade between Toano and Moor, Nevada. | |
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| Old CPRR grade between Toano and Moor. | Old CPRR grade between Toano and Moor. | Old CPRR grade between Toano and Moor. |
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| Old CPRR grade between Toano and Moor. | Old CPRR grade between Toano and Moor. | Abandoned engine house from the old Nevada Northern Railroad, where the NNRR met the SPRR. |
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| Abandoned engine house from the old Nevada Northern Railroad, where the NNRR met the SPRR. | CPRR grade between Dunphy and Beowawe, Nevada. | CPRR grade between Dunphy and Beowawe, Nevada. |
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| CPRR grade between Dunphy and Beowawe, Nevada. | CPRR grade between Dunphy and Beowawe, Nevada. | Fish plate seen along the old grade between Dunphy and Beowawe, Nevada. |
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| The current grade is close to the old grade at Dunphy, Nevada. This picture taken as a UPRR train approached as we stood on the old grade. | Telegraph wire seen between Dunphy and Beowawe, Nevada. | Telegraph pole stump located next to wire noted in the previous photo. |
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| Old CPRR grade at Dunphy, Nevada. | Old CPRR grade at Dunphy, Nevada. | Shoshone Point, near Dunphy, Nevada. At this site there was a large camp, numerous relics noted. |
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| Shoshone Point, near Dunphy Nevada. At this site there was a large camp, numerous relics noted. | Shoshone Point, near Dunphy Nevada. At this site there was a large camp, numerous relics noted. | Shoshone Point, near Dunphy, Nevada. At this site there was a large camp, numerous relics noted. |
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| Shoshone Point, near Dunphy, Nevada. At this site there was a large camp, numerous relics noted. | Looking East along the old CPRR grade. This view was taken 4 miles East of Beowawe, Nevada, looking towards Palisade. | Looking East along the old CPRR grade. This view was taken 4 miles East of Beowawe, Nevada, looking towards Palisade |
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| Remnants of a small dry laid stone culvert East of Beowawe, Nevada. | Remnants of a small dry laid stone culvert East of Beowawe, Nevada. |
Courtesy G.J. "Chris" Graves.
Also click to see a CPRR
Worker's Stone Hut
along the old grade East of Colfax, California.