Gilaoro Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 This picture is STANTON as it was when George "Buzzard" Massie bought it. Compare it to the "SLUM" that the present owners have created. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Where are all the hippies that took over that area and lived there before Massie brought the place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Slim Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 (edited) I haven't been there for about 12 years. Spent a lot of time camped at Decision Corner. Found my 1st nugget there and did pretty good on the 24K claims -- including this chunky 57 grammer. Edited May 28, 2020 by Dakota Slim 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedrock Bob Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 12 minutes ago, Morlock said: Where are all the hippies that took over that area and lived there before Massie brought the place? They all got rich in the tech revolution and now live "just outside of Taos". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilaoro Posted May 30, 2020 Author Share Posted May 30, 2020 On 5/28/2020 at 2:16 PM, Morlock said: Where are all the hippies that took over that area and lived there before Massie brought the place? They all got old and retired like me and you! Do you remember when they were having an outing or whatever they called it back then and the guy came up with one of those long range gold finders and I told him I would buy one on the spot if he could prove it right now and it would only have to work to about 50 feet. He was held in the old out house while I hid my 1 LB silver bar and your 1/4 oz nugget you had found about 25 feet out into the cactus alongside the road. We let him out and told him to find it but he had to use his machine and could not walk around and "Eye"hunt but could turn around and point to the location and tell how far it was. He failed of course and got so mad at the bystanders that he packed up and left. The only other happening of note was when the GPAA Rep from Phoenix was trying to cook beans in a pressure cooker in his tent and it blew up ! Fortunately he was not in the tent ! The nugget you had dredged up out of a mud hole on the side of some ranch road I bought it from you and still have it even though it is slightly melted Those were the good old days, I understand now that the opera house dinners require a coat and tie . No open containers of FIREWATER allowed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morlock Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 On 5/30/2020 at 1:01 AM, Gilaoro said: They all got old and retired like me and you! Do you remember when they were having an outing or whatever they called it back then and the guy came up with one of those long range gold finders and I told him I would buy one on the spot if he could prove it right now and it would only have to work to about 50 feet. He was held in the old out house while I hid my 1 LB silver bar and your 1/4 oz nugget you had found about 25 feet out into the cactus alongside the road. We let him out and told him to find it but he had to use his machine and could not walk around and "Eye"hunt but could turn around and point to the location and tell how far it was. He failed of course and got so mad at the bystanders that he packed up and left. The only other happening of note was when the GPAA Rep from Phoenix was trying to cook beans in a pressure cooker in his tent and it blew up ! Fortunately he was not in the tent ! The nugget you had dredged up out of a mud hole on the side of some ranch road I bought it from you and still have it even though it is slightly melted Those were the good old days, I understand now that the opera house dinners require a coat and tie . No open containers of FIREWATER allowed. Those were some great times back then. Met lots of people with similar interests, something that never would have happened had I just stayed in Missouri. I don't know how many people showed up at Rich Hill with those electroscopes or other LRL's. At first I thought it was kind of funny but a lot of people brought one thinking they were going to get rich. Some people probably spent their life savings of those worthless pieces of crap only to find out they had no chance of working. That's the sad part but those ads do sound pretty convincing. You know the adage about a sucker born every minute. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike C... Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Were any of you around when Drisco was running the 24 K club at Devils nest ??? Mike C... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilaoro Posted June 2, 2020 Author Share Posted June 2, 2020 23 hours ago, Mike C... said: Were any of you around when Drisco was running the 24 K club at Devils nest ??? Mike C... Mike, I don't remember that name. I was only a member for 2 outing's with a push, dropped out after that! Morlock might know? he was a caretaker there at one time . All I know is that it changed hands often. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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