Tybo Ghost Town and Project Faultless

[@TobyCostaRica]

Excellent video. Love the sat view flyover to really put its location in perspective

[@BackRoadsWest1]

Thank you! Yes, I'm using a new Google Earth tool and this was the first video to use it.

[@maxisp1000]

Excellent as usual.

[@BackRoadsWest1]

Thank you and thanks for commenting.

[@dale3x8]

Very nice! Great photography work!

[@BackRoadsWest1]

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[@et3737]

Awesome!

[@BackRoadsWest1]

Thanks!

[@dragon-lf9ow]

Beautiful video and really enjoyed the music

[@BackRoadsWest1]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@williambrown8683]

Great video, excellent editing and drone work, thank you!

[@BackRoadsWest1]

Thank you!

[@philipcollins5440]

That was fun and so much information. Well done 👍

[@BackRoadsWest1]

Thank you!

[@George_Lewis]

Thank you for sharing your adventure. I visited Tybo six days ago. I also tried to drive to Project Faultless, but the road was washed out about 1-2 miles before the monument, so you will need a 4WD to get through the washed out area.

[@mssixty3426]

Amazing look at the machinery - Joshua Hendy Iron Works, SF, CA.☺️. Now I have to look that up. I haven't seen old mining equipment still standing like that the places I've been. In Chloride, NM, they're restoring the town, I haven't seen the mining operation . . . Same with Lake Valley. But I didn't go searching either . . . I'm a bit too unsure of rattlesnakes and black widows. Thank you for this!

[@BackRoadsWest1]

Many of the mining towns in Nevada and Utah still have machinery laying around like this. You just have to seek it out. We haven't had any bad experience of running into undesirable critters...opps I just jinxed myself :-O

[@BOF7431]

I was at the GVT site for a couple of trips before 2010. Good to see things from the past. We would go up into Tybo a couple of times as well as the Faultless site and another location to the east of Rt 6, where there were a couple of collapsed craters or volcano like sites. Interesting things to see in that area if you know where to look. Enjoy your vids especially the areas I have traveled to since 2018.

[@alanschwartz1157]

Wow. Chalk up another great tour off the beaten path. You would enjoy exploring Montana too. Lots of old encampments to see. I 've done some jeeping with a friend and one never knows what you'll come upon.

[@larrywiddis470]

Wow! YOU know how to do a video! Just great.

[@BackRoadsWest1]

Thanks for the kudos!

[@oldjunkman4864]

Great video, thank you for all your hard work.

[@BackRoadsWest1]

You're welcome! Thanks for commenting.

[@johntuttle4486]

I did not know this was here/there, thank you!

[@BackRoadsWest1]

My pleasure!

[@gorrdd]

Thanks Cliff... very nice presentation. The kilns are fascinating. I wonder how they built them without the roof collapsing. I guess they used internal supports until they were finished. Is that a newer vehicle I see?😊 Gord

[@BackRoadsWest1]

Hi Gord! There are lots of charcoal kilns in that general area, all built in the 1860s-90s. Yes, wonderful construction. The most famous ones are in Death Valley. When you walk into any of them, you can still smell the charcoal. Well, that car isn't so new anymore but it still feels new. We've had it for 6 years. The older 4Runner is still in use. We bought it new in 1995.

[@gorrdd]

@@BackRoadsWest1 Wow, Cliff... that means the charcoal had allot of creosote in it when the smell lasts that long. Yes, I remember seeing the 4Runner in previous presentations, but don't remember seeing this one before. As long as it feels new that's all that matters! 😉🙂 Gord

[@BackRoadsWest1]

@@gorrdd you're right, it does somewhat smell like creosote, however I know they were burning juniper wood as most kilns were built above 5-6K feet, above the growing range of creosote. Yes, if you look closely, our silver 4Runner has appeared on videos over the past few years. Thanks for your interest!

[@gorrdd]

@@BackRoadsWest1 Cliff, I suspect it is the smell of burnt cade oil that comes from the juniper. It seems most all evergreen coniferous trees have an aeromatic smell resulting in a creosote burnt type odor. Gord

[@barbarafrench6380]

Just wondering if that Highway six You mentioned is the same historic Highway six that runs from somewhere around Santa Monica all the way up Sierra Highway through Lancaster, California and all the way to the East Coast

[@BackRoadsWest1]

Yup, all the way to Provincetown, MA. It used to start in L.A., now it starts in Bishop.

[@christopherbuckley94]

It's funny, I was just driving on US 6 from Ely to Tonopah last week after an event at the Nevada Northern Railway (the long way back to Las Vegas) and remember the turn off for this. I had to settle for Rhyolite instead. Oh well, next time!

[@BackRoadsWest1]

Whenever that next time is, you don't want to miss this gem!

[@TLBF]

I've visited Faultless at least three times, the last with my son in 2008. One thing I've never figured out is: What are those powerlines for and where do they go? Unfortunately, when we visited Tybo, we weren't able to continue up the canyon and find out where they went. Anyone know?

[@BackRoadsWest1]

Are you referring to the power line heading up to Tybo? I'm not sure, but my guess is that is both an old line back when Tybo was an active mining town, and it's still being used by the residents today.