DARWIN GHOST TOWN! Old mining town documentary tour (Darwin California)
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Visit the 1870's mining ghost town of Darwin, somewhere between Lone Pine and Death Valley.
#ghosttowns #darwin #abandonedtowns #miningtowns #oldmines #mojavedesert
gotta go with my gold monster. horse around
Hi, I work for the USPS in kern county at a distribution center and we throw the mail for Darwin. They literally get a small amount of parcels and letters for their small population. We actually do the mail for all those small towns in that general area. Lone Pine, Big Pine, Keeler, Olancha, etc..
That's terrific. It is great to know that in America, no matter where you live, you have the great support of and access to our US Mail. Thanks Benjamin Franklin!
When we lived in Lone Pine (1978-1981) they discontinued mail to Keeler, making Keelerites drive into Lone Pine (30 miles round trip daily) to get their mail. They fought back and won, and Keeler has had uninterrupted mail service ever since.
Your mail center used to be in Mojave. If you lived in Big Pine and wanted to send a birthday card to someone in Independence (next town over) it had to go Mojave first, then make a u-turn and go all the way back up to Independence. They claimed it was faster than dropping their mail directly at Independence on the way to Mojave.
@@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602 yes it was in Mojave but the processing and distribution center closed and those operations were moved to Bakersfield.
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I agree! It’s truly an essential service and sometimes a major means of communication for these small communities.
Even Benjamin Franklin would agree.
Interesting! Well done! Thank you.
The portion of Hwy. 190 from Olancha to the junction is currently closed due to extreme flooding in late August 2023. Its reopening date is currently unknown.
Wow.....probably a mess.
My cousins girlfriend has family there her grandmother and grandfather live there and have for over 30 years
no kidding? it was a bit awkward, I think the residents like their privacy. I tried to be respectful and not nosy around, kept them out of the video shots too. cute place, a bit out of the way. i liked it.
I saw another video featuring Darwin, and the residents acted very very secretive about the location.
They didn't even want the channel owner to say the name. I mean, it's not a secret place, in fact one with a very significant population historically, engaged in fairly large-scale industry.
Seemed a little too precious...
Yep, I tried to respect their privacy by just doing video of the place and not people. I wouldn't want to be bothered too much by a bunch of UA-cam yahoos either. But, it is a very cute little town if you just want to hang out more-or-less off the grid. We saw a bunch of guys just hanging out by the post office, but didn't film or bother them.
There is no such word as "sierras". The word Sierra is Spanish and is already both singular and plural. Only blue-collar bindlestiffs say 'sierras'! If you're in Olancha, you are not looking at Joshua trees. Cholla is Spanish and is properly pronounced "choya". Only blue-collar bindlestiffs say 'cholla'!
Yep thanks. I think those were Mojave or Blue Yuccas, not Joshua Trees (oops) they were sort of far away. Of course, it is choya....I just like saying cholla the blue-collar way - but, I went to the correct choya in subsequent videos. I did not know about the Sierra vs Sierras terms...thanks. Thanks for watching.
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Those cute little plants do look like miniature Joshua Trees!
@@battlefoxx we all be tryin' fren. and thanks for the video.
It’s sierra
@@Lordperson3 No, actually it's Sierra.
How is their water situation? Do they have a pipeline, or do they have to drive water in by truck?
I believe they get the water pumped in from a spring about 8 miles away; probably truck in water, too?
Thank you for the discovery of Darwin love the history would sure like ro see more of the mining ⛏️ up on the hill side the buildings and mine area would sure love to look around ⛏️🏆🏜️🤔 thank you
mine is still running an on private property, so, sort of hard to get inside behind the fence and warning signs.
I accidentally bu4ned that mine to the ground in 1992
ooops.
Did you see the gold fish ?
I guess I missed it...bummer.
@@battlefoxx Apparently they're at the spring the locals use...
Darwin is dope
Totally.
cool man i wish i could give it 2 thumbs up!
Hey, thanks.!
Awsome adventure love to watch them thanks for letting me tag along with you 😅😅😅
Hey, cool. The people in this community are very private, so we try to do our best just to show the scenery and not the people. Nice town.
Any houses for rent?
I think it is sort of a closed community; you might have to drive up and ask the locals if you can move in.