FlatSix911
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SHOW us YOUR PIX here .... Odd, WeiRd ,UnUSuAl or EyE CaTchIng things from your rides
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steve mercier
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Those masks are / were available at Lee Valley. They are made in the UK and have a high N 99.97 rating . I could take full deep breaths and not feel /smell or taste any smoke so I highly tout them for riding on planet Arrakis. And after waiting for days for the smoke to clear it felt GREAT to hit the trails again. https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/sho...asks/74167-elipse-low-profile-dust-respiratorIf that much filtration is required... then a hard pass from me!
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So today's ride took me though back road towns like North Columbia and Humbug and past establishments like Mother Truckers, 46 miles in all.
This is my truck of the day;
This is 'parked' by the wood pile in North Columbia.
It's an International per the hood ornament. Anyone know the year?
This is my truck of the day;
This is 'parked' by the wood pile in North Columbia.
It's an International per the hood ornament. Anyone know the year?
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As I turned away from the International, I found this under a tree;
Looked like all the pieces and parts were still there, but leaves filled much of the 'cab'.
The original manufacturer's info was still visible riveted to the dash;
Ford made Jeeps for the war, I think. Anyone know?
Looked like all the pieces and parts were still there, but leaves filled much of the 'cab'.
The original manufacturer's info was still visible riveted to the dash;
Ford made Jeeps for the war, I think. Anyone know?
fooferdoggie
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man this is a hell of a bull with big bull balls (G)
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I could not get this in a good pic but there is a band of fog round the backside of this marshy area. is a nice arc I think its s the lowest area back there.
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Ford and Willys if I remember correctly.
That one in your picture could be worth a few clams.
Remaining ring section from mid century neutrino experiment at Homestake Lab in Lead, SD. Lovely evening ride around the town, there was quite a bit of color in the hills. i love this little town. (Link Removed - No Longer Exists)(Link Removed - No Longer Exists)(Link Removed - No Longer Exists)(Link Removed - No Longer Exists)
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Goldrush era water pipe or cannon for hydraulic mining?
steve mercier
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sewer pipe....first flush toliet in CA ? (-:
OlePhart
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Yes they did, and that one is a Model MB. My First Vehicle was one of them, that I used to drive to High School in '56, '57 & '58.
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I had to search to find the answer... A Monitor!
Hydraulic mining - Wikipedia
Gold miners excavate an eroded bluff with jets of water at a placer mine in Dutch Flat, California sometime between 1857 and 1870.
The modern form of hydraulic mining, using jets of water directed under very high pressure through hoses and nozzles at gold-bearing upland paleogravels, was first used by Edward Matteson near Nevada City, California in 1853 during the California Gold Rush.[3] Matteson used canvas hose which was later replaced with crinoline hose by the 1860s.[4] In California, hydraulic mining often brought water from higher locations for long distances to holding ponds several hundred feet above the area to be mined. California hydraulic mining exploited gravel deposits, making it a form of placer mining.
Early placer miners in California discovered that the more gravel they could process, the more gold they were likely to find. Instead of working with pans, sluice boxes, long toms, and rockers, miners collaborated to find ways to process larger quantities of gravel more rapidly. Hydraulic mining became the largest-scale, and most devastating, form of placer mining. Water was redirected into an ever-narrowing channel, through a large canvas hose, and out through a giant iron nozzle, called a "monitor". The extremely high pressure stream was used to wash entire hillsides through enormous sluices.
By the early 1860s, while hydraulic mining was at its height, small-scale placer mining had largely exhausted the rich surface placers, and the mining industry turned to hard rock (called quartz mining in California) or hydraulic mining, which required larger organizations and much more capital. By the mid-1880s, it is estimated that 11 million ounces of gold (worth approximately US$7.5 billion at mid-2006 prices) had been recovered by hydraulic mining in the California Gold Rush.
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Here are a few of the more interesting sights from my recent ride through the village. Someone added mini wandering eyes to the front and back of their cruiser bike!
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And we have a winner!I had to search to find the answer... A Monitor!
California Gold RushHydraulic mining - Wikipedia
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Gold miners excavate an eroded bluff with jets of water at a placer mine in Dutch Flat, California sometime between 1857 and 1870.
The modern form of hydraulic mining, using jets of water directed under very high pressure through hoses and nozzles at gold-bearing upland paleogravels, was first used by Edward Matteson near Nevada City, California in 1853 during the California Gold Rush.[3] Matteson used canvas hose which was later replaced with crinoline hose by the 1860s.[4] In California, hydraulic mining often brought water from higher locations for long distances to holding ponds several hundred feet above the area to be mined. California hydraulic mining exploited gravel deposits, making it a form of placer mining.
Early placer miners in California discovered that the more gravel they could process, the more gold they were likely to find. Instead of working with pans, sluice boxes, long toms, and rockers, miners collaborated to find ways to process larger quantities of gravel more rapidly. Hydraulic mining became the largest-scale, and most devastating, form of placer mining. Water was redirected into an ever-narrowing channel, through a large canvas hose, and out through a giant iron nozzle, called a "monitor". The extremely high pressure stream was used to wash entire hillsides through enormous sluices.
By the early 1860s, while hydraulic mining was at its height, small-scale placer mining had largely exhausted the rich surface placers, and the mining industry turned to hard rock (called quartz mining in California) or hydraulic mining, which required larger organizations and much more capital. By the mid-1880s, it is estimated that 11 million ounces of gold (worth approximately US$7.5 billion at mid-2006 prices) had been recovered by hydraulic mining in the California Gold Rush.
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Here's some pics I took of monitors at Malakoff Diggins State Historical Park on my ride yesterday.
Monitors at 'work' in the Malakoff Diggins.
Another Clamper sign...
This one's for scale...
There's a monitor just to the right of center in the Malakoff's pit. These water cannons cut the surrounding hillsides to heights of several hundred feet.
Hydraulic mining, as it was called, continued until 1884 when is was outlawed.
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In the east it is common to see weird speed limits like 7.5 mph in campgrounds. They think people are more to pay attention to odd numbers than say 10 mph...
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