Jeff Nicholson's photos with the keyword: Columbus

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Shack number 2.

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And old bones. Hmm.

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In the attic a huge raptor nest. That explains all the bones.

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Collapsed pit mines are everywhere.

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Adobe, wood, metal, etc.

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This back building has walls made out of wooden boxes subtituting as bricks. Probably had decent insulation but no structural stability.

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Some holdouts must have kept these things cobbled together with any available materials.

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Columbus NV, once a large mining town, then a large ghost town, now just a couple shacks.

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Tiny modern mining operation.

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Retraced our way back to HWY 6 and HWY 95 junction and went north to Columbus Salt Marsh. Here someone has apparently excavated a deep spring.