NUGGET GRUBBER Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I have found several "Borrow Pit" marked on topo maps. What are they or what do they mean? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nugget Shooter Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 When roads or other government projects get under way they will use borrow pits to get aggregate for the road or whatever they need it for as opposed to wasting fuel to haul it miles and miles. Then often they fill with water and the state stocks them with fish for fishermen to pursue. Here is AZ is is usually just a dry pit when they leave.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUGGET GRUBBER Posted December 17, 2012 Author Share Posted December 17, 2012 Thanks Bill, just starting to notice them omn my topos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lve2fsh Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 They make great camping spots here in Nevada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Man Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Hmmm, learn something new every day. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoser John Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 YAHOO oll' dog learned sumthin' new today already,what a great day. And all this time the only borrow pit I knew of was what the government has done to social security John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel Pan Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 I knew about the pits, just not what they were called.I always called 'em "gravel pits".Thanks for expanding my vocabulary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homefire Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Yep! We have them all over the place every few miles off I-10 and what not.I just called them Pits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wet/dry mixer Posted December 17, 2012 Share Posted December 17, 2012 Some borrow pits contain gold. Know of one and they are very accessible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Furness Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 HJ ... sorry ... that's not a borrow pit that is a bottomless pit that you and I nad everyone else just keep throwing money into and uncle sam then "borrows" ... with no intention to repay! Much like lending money to a relative ... oops ... did I say that!? Well I guess that is appropriate too because "we" are lending money to uncle sam ... our ever demanding uncle at that!!Mike F Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nvchris Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 It's my understanding that the term "borrow pit" evolved from "barrow pit" meaning to wheel.Further the term has a connection to early usage from road construction as an extension of a "bar ditch" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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