tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74817052577714583252024-03-14T00:47:56.322-07:00Saline Valley Salt TramTim Waaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519482487162530986noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481705257771458325.post-21448895297867078762018-02-15T09:00:00.001-08:002019-07-19T14:33:12.645-07:00Salt Tram - TABLE OF CONTENTS<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Above (click to enlarge): Rotating historical photo. Courtesy of the Eastern California Museum. Leschen rope company did not build the Salt Tram, but was believed to have supplied the cables (aka "rope") for the Salt Tram.</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i>Above: double image. Top image was taken in 2014. Bottom image was taken in 1913. Bottom image shows Salt Tram diarist Henry Clifton Patterson posing at his control station along the tramway - the only known photo of "Cliff" at the Salt Tram. The top image shows Mark standing in the same location as Cliff 101 years later. The colored dots in both photos match the identical parts of the control station - cool. Thanks for the help, Mark.</i></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><br /></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">What is a Salt Tram?</span></b> If you are new to this website and asking yourself, "What is a Salt Tram, and why should I care?", then you want to click on the "Welcome" link below for a brief introduction, then come back to the home page and pick a salt tram topic of interest to explore further. Our research into the Salt Tram is ongoing, and we solicit your input and help in this endeaver. We encourage you to make comments on any given salt tram topic, as it helps us in our research and the quality of the site. Thank-you!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Introduction</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <a href="http://salttram.blogspot.com/2014/02/friends-of-saline-valley-salt-tram.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">Become a Friend of the Saline Valley Salt Tram</span></a></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Salt Tram Stuff You Can Buy!</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> <a href="http://salttram.blogspot.com/2014/02/git-yer-salt-tram-t-shirts-while-they.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">The Last of the Salt Tram T-Shirts for Sale!</span></a></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">People of the Salt Tram</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">4th and Oldest SVSC Stock Certificate Acquired!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>The Salt Tram's Ubiquitous "Malleable Iron" Washer: </b>The Salt Tram was built using 650 tons of nuts and bolts, so it's not surprising that they standardized their parts as much as possible - none more so than the heretofore undeciphered "Malleable Iron" washer, as shown below (click on all photos to enlarge).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On a recent Salt Tram trip, we decided it was time to decipher the markings on this washer which we had seen everywhere and often. Why? Well, we were on the west side (Owens Valley) of the tramway on a recent trip. As on previous trips, we continue to discover nearby mines that clearly stripped the salt tram structures of wood beams and hardware to use in building their ventures. The massive salt tram beams were used to build head frames and shoring and houses and huts. The Salt Trams many bolts and washers were used to </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">attach the "borrowed" wooden beams.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The above washer was photographed on a head frame in a wash near a mine on the westside of the salt tram. The MALL washer's markings were very clear, so I snapped a shot of it. The </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">head frame is shown below (photo by Brian of Tim - our washer in the above photo is at Tim's right below):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">However, claiming to be researchers, we need solid proof that much of the salt tram westside towers and stations were carted off and used in these mines. The most solid proof clearly is the unique washers that accompanied the stolen timbers. </span><br />
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The salt tram used untold hundreds of thousands of these MALL washers, but in many of them, the markings are unreadable, often due to the large volume of corrosive salt nearby. On this particular trip, the markings on the head frames MALL washer were clearly visible. Now it was time to decipher them. Thanks to Brian and Tom, it has been done!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I think Brian got it right ("malleable iron"). Here is an example of the marking “Mall” still in use today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tom has always known these as mall washers, and the “MALL” stands for malleable iron. <span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“¾” for the size of the hole for the bolt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“10” probably refers to the yield strength of these “malleable iron” washers. 10 KSI was probably the norm for this form of ductile iron at the turn of the last century. I do not think they are made of iron anymore, but rather some form of cast carbon steel, which has a yield closer to 30 KSI, hence the “30” you see on most of the newer versions of these. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The original patent is US759599, which was published May 10, 1904 to Charles G Ette.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">A few choice quotes from the above patent:</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">This invention relates to improvements in washers, and more particularly to washers commonly employed in connection with tierods and the like used for withstanding heavy strains, such as in bridge construction, roof construction, &c.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #0b5394;">One object is to provide a washer which can be cheaply manufactured, is light, is very strong, and is capable of being made as a malleable casting.</span></i></span><br />
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<i><span style="color: #0b5394;">The present washer can be produced and sold more cheaply than can the old washer just above described, is thinner and lighter than is the old washer, and can be produced of malleable iron, thus being stronger than the old, heavier, and thicker washer.</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Above: just think how many MALL washers were used in a single salt tram structure like Motor Control Station 1 above in Saline Valley. We estimate that this 280 foot long structure used </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">approximately 2,500 to 3,500 sets of washers and bolts to construct! All the bolt holes were drilled by hand, and all the nets were wrenched on with hand tools - unbelievable!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Are you interested in having another Saline Valley Salt Company stock certificate? My wife was going through some old family papers and found one dated July 31, 1917. It was for 100 shares, signed by both the Smiths, and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> issued to Kyrus Freeman, who was the sister of my wife's great-grandmother. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"> And she was from--yep--</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Martin, Tennessee</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">. It is in considerably better condition than the one you have from 1914. It appears to have browned quite a bit more than the one you have from 1920, but is still perfectly legible.</span></b></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Now available to the public in its first printing since 1912, this:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">"Report of J. A. Goodman (Eastern Director) to the Stockholders of the Saline Valley Salt Co., after his investigation in September 1912" </span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">is available for $10 including shipping. The Waag Bros. sell the book <u><i>at their cost</i> </u>as a tribute to the second Salt Tram President, J. A. Goodman (who succeeded original President White Smith). Please email us at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>SalineValleySaltTram@gmail.com</b></span> to order your book for $10 including shipping. Read about the acquisition of this report by <a href="http://salttram.blogspot.com/2014/02/document-007-doc-007-report-to-salt-co.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">clicking here</span></b></a>. <i>Click on images below to enlarge.</i></span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Above: This booklet is available for purchase at the Eastern California Museum located in Independence, California. Photo above shows the Display Version of this document in the museum bookstore (alongside "Riding the High Wire" by Robert Trennert - all above tramways of the old west).</span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">This document contains 9 text headings that are identified below, along with their page numbers. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" face="'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br />
1. To Stockholder Addressed - page 5<br />
2. Tramway - page 5<br />
3. Work Accomplished On The Salt Field - page 6<br />
4. Class of Men Working On The Tramway - page 11<br />
5. Work In Office - page 12<br />
6. Attended Board Meeting - page 12<br />
7. Propositions To Sell The Entire Field - page 18<br />
8. Other Thoughts For Consideration - page 23<br />
9. Purchase of Stock - page 24<br />
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This booklet contains report text, along with 8 original photo reports. Also included in the report is commentary from the Waag Bros. regarding the meaning of this critical document.<br />
<br />When this report was issued in September of 1912, the completion of the Saline Valley Salt Co.’s grand and glorious Salt Tram was still 10 months away. As such, the Goodman report provides rare insight into the thinking of the Salt Co.’s management and promoters during this critical final construction phase. You will definitely want to read this report!<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boy, you would think that I would be reading this thing more </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">careful. Let's sum it up: On 7/15/1912, Cliff wrote that he "Got Sick" in the simple manner that was his way. He returned to writing in his diary, and apparently returned from his home in Bishop where he had been recovering from illness, as he "came from Bishop to Camp at Station 26" - end of mystery.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now in its 5th Printing (coming with an update in October 2018), "The Diary of Henry Clifton Patterson", written by the "Friends of the Salt Tram" and the Waag Bros. (Tim and Brian Waag), is available for purchase. The Bros. sell the book </span><u style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>at their cost</i> </u><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as a tribute to Salt Tram Builder Henry "Cliff" Clifford Patterson. Please email us at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>SalineValleySaltTram@gmail.com</b></span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to order your book. Typically, the cost is $35 plus $5 shipping. </span><i style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Click on images below to enlarge.</i><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">146 clearly written Diary Pages spanning 2 years and 7 months (rarely a day missing!)</span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The book itself contains the story of how Tim and Brian came across this amazing diary written by Cliff Patterson in a chance meeting with Cliff's son, Fred Patterson, who still lived in Bishop, Calif. until his passing in 2013. The book includes background information on Cliff Patterson and his service during World War I up through his passing. Cliff's diary also details a 3-week vacation he took by wagon into Yosemite in 1912, including how much he paid for hay and grain for his horses in Yosemite Valley. The diary discusses the difficulties of building the Salt Tram, and how Cliff's struggles while working alongside his brother Earl as they surmount daily obstacles including: avalanches, tents getting blown away, freezing weather, having to go duck hunt at Owens Lake for food and much more!</span><br />
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There is a small group of trams built around the Salt Tram era that were comparable in their audacity. The Mt. Graham Lumber Tram is one of them. Read about the Mt. Graham Lumber Tram of 1923 by<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> <a href="http://www.tinaja.com/glib/tramshow.pdf"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">clicking here</span></b></a></span>. <br />
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The Mt. Graham Lumber Tram facts:<br />
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Tram Powered by: xxx<br />
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<b>By</b>: J. A. Goodman, Eastern Director. Who is J. A. Goodman? Mr. Goodman played a prominent role in the management and promotion of the Salt Tram and is named in many documents. Here is what we know (by date):</span><br />
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<b>Director: </b>The<i> June 23, 1911</i> edition of the Inyo Independent lists him as a "Director" of the Saline Valley Salt Co.</span><br />
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<b>Eastern Director: </b>This document (Doc-007) identifies him as the "Eastern Director" of the Saline Valley Salt Co. <i>Sept. 1912.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• W. H. Leffingwell: 1 photo. Leffingwell was the American Society of Civil Engineering - Chief Engineer in 1917, Chief Engineer of the Mono Power Company in 1911, Sales Agent for Saline Valley Salt in 1910. Date of Leffingwell's photo is unknown, but likely prior to Sept. 1912. Indicates the photo is of the Salt Fields 6 miles away from an elevation of 6,000 feet. This 6,000 foot elevation corresponds with the elevation of Control Station 2 - so we assume this is where he took his photo.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• "Constructing Engineer": 1 photo. Note that this is the exact same photo that we bought as a postcard on eBay that was attributed to A. A. Forbes. It has the classic white text annotation which was generally written onto the negative of the photo, but no A. A. Forbes name on it. This leads us to believe that this photo was NOT taken by A. A. Forbes. Note that it also identifies the photo as having been taken "last summer" (which would be Summer 1911), and that "work has now been completed" [on the section of the tram line shown in the photo].</span><br />
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<b>Sample pages:</b> I selected 2 random pages from this 28 page document. One sample below contains a representative random <i>photo</i> (8 of the 17 pages in the document are photos and captions only). The other is a representative random <i>text</i> page (9 of the 17 pages in the document are text only). The document itself is 4.75" wide by 6.25" tall. See sample pages below (click to enlarge).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>On Feb 12, 2014, at 9:32 AM, C. C. wrote:</b> Good Day, I have just found an old Stockholders Report of the Saline Valley Salt Co. by J.A. Goodman, Eatern Director after his investigation in September 1912. It has some illustrations. The booklet's cover is not in the best of shape but the contents and photos are still good. I was going through some of my grandfather's things and found this. I didn't see a stockholder's certificate to go with it but hope to in the future. Would you like to have this article? </span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>On Feb 12, 2014, at 11:12 AM, C. C.</b><b> wrote:</b> Do you have an address I can send this to? I didn't see one on your web page. My grandfather did not own any stock at that time. He was only 3 years old. It could have been his father, Al Tallman, but I am not sure. My brother has a lot of documents in Washington State but I won't be up there until June. I will check for them at that time. ---C. C.</span></blockquote>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>On Feb 20, 2014, at 4:04 PM, C. C.</b><b> wrote:</b> Hello Mr Waag, Thanks for the information. I am glad it was of use to you. I will be going to Washington in June and will try to find other similar information for you. There isn't anyone left in the family that would have memory of my Grandfather. I hope to find more at my brother's place. ---C. C.</span></blockquote>
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Despite the progagandist nature of the document, it does yield significant value as research material. We assume, unless proven otherwise, that Mr. Goodman did indeed visit the Salt Tram with other stockholders, and was accompanied by White Smith in Sept. 1912. We also assume that the photos attributed to Mr. Goodman were taken on this same trip. Since we are able to identify all the locations shown in the photos, this gives us a snapshot into the progress of the Salt Tram up to that date. In addition, there are other significant Salt Tram dates and statements of fact that were heretofore unknown to us, thus making this contemporaneous report a valuable research asset.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><b>Just one example of the Propaganda!: </b>Around April 1910, the Saline Valley Salt Co. ran ads in numerous Owens Valley newspapers inviting residents to invest in the Salt Tram. These extensive ads went on to indicate that the ENTIRE tramway would be complete and operational by October 1910! Fast forward almost 2 YEARS later (Sept. 1912) and it's still not done. Doc-007 optimistically states on page 6 that "in my judgment, it [the Salt Tram] will be in full operation on or about January 15, 1913. The Salt Tram transported its first bucket of Salt from the Salt Lake to the Discharge Station on July 2, 1913 - 168 days or almost 6 months later than J. A. Goodman's estimate of January 15. So at the time of this report, Goodman was estimating that the Salt Tram would begin operation in 4 months, but it was actually almost 10 months before the first bucket of Salt was transported - a HUGE discrepancy, and just one more in a series of missed deadlines for building the tramway and associated facilities. </span></div>
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<b>Information Rating:</b> Out of a scale of 1, 2, or 3, with 1 = the best information, 2 = marginal, and 3 = worthless or nearly so, Doc-007 is definitely a 1! Yeah!</span><br />
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Key Information:</b> We have reviewed this document and have taken extensive notes regarding research questions, and what we have learned from it. We have added those notes to this booklet in the form of extensive annotations - you don't want to miss it!</span><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Above (please click to enlarge): Brian poses at one of the "small" Salt Tram Towers - one of the few that remain standing on the Owens Valley (west) side of the tramline. This gives you some ideas of the grandeur of the Salt Tram.</span></i><br />
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The goal of the Waag Brothers (Tim and Brian) is to preserve as much of Salt Tram history as possible. This can be divided into two general areas: (1) the Salt Tram historical sites, and (2) historical documents and records. In both of these areas, information and artifacts are disappearing rapidly.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Just send an email to <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;"><i>SalineValleySaltTram@gmail.com</i></span> with your emailing address and will let you know when the next batch has been printed and ready! We are making some small changes to the one color front, but no changes to the back. New look for the front below (light tan instead of white, larger front logo that is higher up on the shirt).</span></div>
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<b>The New Batch</b> - coming soon (below). Color didn't quite come out right in the photo below - I did it in photoshop, but the real shirt will be light tan. Get your orders in now by emailing Tim at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 20px;"><i>SalineValleySaltTram@gmail.com.</i></span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Above: Tim and Tracy model the awesome, unique and one-of-a-kind Saline Valley Salt Tram T-shirts, with a reproduction of the Corporate Seal art that was taken off the original Salt Tram stock certificate. Get one just in time for Christmas, or whatever! Have fun and enjoy your shirt!</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Above: the famous Salt Tram Zig Zag Trail - photo taken by Miles O. Bolser in 1913 - the first year of tramway operation. </i> <i>(photo courtesy Eastern California Museum).</i><i> Note that this trail has rockslided out and no longer exists! Click to enlarge.</i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">David Hill of Ventura was the first of many Salt Tram researchers. He did his research back in the 1960's and 1970's. We asked Mr. Hill how he found out about the Salt Tram, and he said it was through the Eastern California Museum in Independence, Calif. Apparently, at that time, they sponsored monthly “field trips”, one of which went to the Salt Tram. David regularly attended these outings, and so he first visited the Salt Tram in the 1960's. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Do Not Vandalize, Steal or Disturb: </b>Note that the Saline Valley Salt Tram is on the National Register of Historic Places and should be treated with the respect that it deserves. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can read about it's listing on the Register by</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ca/Inyo/state.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">clicking here</span></b></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">and also by</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><a href="http://www.noehill.com/inyo/nat1974000514.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">clicking here</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">. </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">There is little that remains of the tram, but what does has protection status, and cannot be disturbed in any way. Heck, its probably against the law to move parts of the tram around, and certainly a crime to take home some of the few bits of it that remain (though you'd have to ask your friendly local agent for details). So please treat it with the respect it deserves, so that future generations can enjoy whats left, without you messing it up. Really. Please.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We discourage anyone from visiting the Salt Tram, as nothing good could possibly come of it (see Danger! Do Not Vandalize - above) - just read this web site instead - its much safer! You can learn about becoming a "Friend of the Saline Valley Salt Tram" by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://salttram.blogspot.com/2014/02/friends-of-saline-valley-salt-tram.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">clicking here</span></a>.</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> We recently inquired about interest in a guided tour of the Salt Tram, and nobody was - a lot of smart, safe people out there! If you were to foolishly decide you might want to visit the Salt Tram, you could have 3 general options:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>(1) End-to-end Salt Tram (hard core) hike.</b> Its a tough multi-day hike to get from one end of the tram to the other. The elevation gains and descents are massive, and trails are largely non-existent, making route-finding difficult and mandatory. Also, there are lots of cliffs and drop-offs, and no cell-phone signal. Along the way, the hiker will encounter the washed out, steep and dangerous "Zig Zag Trail", so this option is severely difficult (rock climbing experience, and use of ropes and climbing harnesses is necessary on this section). </span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Above: Salt Tram Diarist Cliff Patterson poses at Control Station 4, where he worked after building the Salt Tram. This is the only known photo of Cliff to have ever been taken at the Salt Tram. This control station on the west side of the tram line has been heavily pillaged and only concrete foundations too large to remove remain. Photo courtesy of the Fred Patterson family. Click to enlarge.</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>3) Salt Lake Loading Station, and hike to Control Station 1.</b> This is in Saline Valley and is be considered an overnighter. Consult other sources on the difficulty and dangers of driving in and out of this remote Valley. You can visit the Salt Lake Operations and Tram Loading Station by the Salt Lake which is inside of</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Death Valley National Park</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. Note that the lake operations and tramway have been scavenged at this site and nothing is left but concrete foundations of buildings, hidden in the salty mud, as well as a few forlorn, lonely tram towers.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This would be followed by an extremely strenuous, difficult, and optional dayhike along the Salt Tram pack trail - if you can find it. For this option, you would want to camp overnight somewhere in remote Saline Valley. Saline Valley is very hot - Death Valley hot - and should never be visited in the summertime unless you like crazy crazy fireball life-threatening heat.</span></div>
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I shall mail it to Roberta Harlan at the Eastern California Museum so that this letter can live in the same folder as the one where Mrs. Marshall's stock certificate of dubious value resides. They will be reunited for a bit more time.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enter Google. A google search revealed it to be the "A. Carlisle & Co." of San Francisco. You can read all about the companies history by <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">clicking here</span></b>. Here's a brief except from the above link to A. Carlisle & Co of San Francisco:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A. Carlisle and Company of Nevada got a start in stationery in the Gold Rush Days. By the year 1852, it was already apparent to thousands of fortune-seekers that the treasure of California’s Mother Lode just wasn’t juicy enough to go ’round. Shrewd men and talented men from all parts of the world accepted this bitter fact and turned to other pursuits, finding fortune or fame in California without the help of gold. One so fated was a New York lithographer named Joseph Britton, who in 1852 traded his pick and pan for tools he was better acquainted with and teamed up with a French artist named Jacques Rey, to start a lithographic business in San Francisco. </span></blockquote>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Above: The May 14, 1914 Saline Valley Stock Certificate arrived via Fed Ex on 2/12/2014. I'm always amazed to be touching a tiny piece of history. Thanks to WM of North Carolina for being so easy to deal with. Next, I will have it professionally scanned and correct the flaws (rips, ink, etc.) with photoshop, then have 100 copies printed in full color onto similar parchment style paper. Per Scoot's idea, I will mail out a color copy of the stock certificate to everyone who donated towards its purchase, and otherwise sell the rest for $8 each including shipping (same price as the 1st stock certificate). Finally, it will be donated to the Eastern California Museum in Independence, Calif.</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">Each Pledge below will be marked </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">RECEIVED!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"> when it comes in the mail to me. Brian and I pledge $100 EACH if and only if all the pledges below are received! </span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;"><br /></span></b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #674ea7;">As of 3/25/2014, all 23 Pledges have been collected, totalling $845. This should leave the "Friends of the Salt Tram" with $595 in our "account" with FECM to use for additional Salt Tram-related acquisitions, should they become available.</span></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span">(1) RECEIVED! </span>Count me in for $25 Tim. Btw - had nice short chat with your wife last weekend when I called you back. Heading for Saline Tuesday / hoping to ride my mtb into the springs via. N pass. We 'll catch up soon. Tim, Heck – I wasn’t even sure I would make it to Saline this year – wife’s work schedule as a nurse. SO I figured I just ride in alone so I could play it out at the last minute. Regarding the stock cert, I’m now thinking I need to get you the $25 not the FECM. Or was I right in the first place and we get the dough to you via the FECM in order the take a tax deduction (which is not critical). Let me know how to pay. Thanks --AS</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br />(3) RECEIVED! I'll be glad to donate a bit toward that certificate. Just let me know the details, and I'll send in a check. Hi, Tim — It (Bradley Gratis font) does look pretty close, doesn't it? By the way, I am happy to send $50 for the stock certificate, but I am still awaiting information from you about where to send the money. --LB</b></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />LB posted a follow-up note with the donation: Hi Tim, Congratulations on the great works you do to make history in our area richer! I'm much looking forward to learning more about A. A. Forbes. If it weren't for him, we'd have scant pictorial representation of what native cultures around here looked like. --LB</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>(4) </b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>RECEIVED! </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Hey Tim and Brian, Count me in for $25. I already have the T-shirt so helping to purchase the Stock Certificate will make me feel like a part owner of this piece a history! I'm also interested in the March [Salt Tram] tour. Hope I can make it. Now why does the comment below make me want to be there all the more!!! "Also note that all participants assume all liability for their participation with the Waag Bros., and that the world is a more dangerous place when you leave your front door. The hazards of viewing and exploring the wild Salt Tram located outdoors in the dangerous desert are countless and unpredictable - you have been warned!" -MM</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">(5) RECEIVED! Tim, I think I said a ways back I'd be in for a donation on acquiring a SVSC stock certificate. So you have a 25$ pledge from me. Glad to help --JS</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">(7) </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">RECEIVED! I can do $25. Just send the details and I'll mail a check. --RH</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Re: Eastern California Museum (ECM) Saline Valley Salt Co. stock certificate. Dear Tim, enclosed please find my check for $25 in support of the ECM's acquisition of the stock certificate. I would appreciate an acknowledgment of the donation for tax purposes. Sincerely Yours, --RH. [Note to RH: The donation acknowledgment letter will be sent by the ECM to the name and address on your donation check - unless you request otherwise --Tim W.]</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">(8) </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">RECEIVED! Please tell me how to send a $25 payment to help purchase this stock certificate. --HBG</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">(10) </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>RECEIVED! </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Hi Tim count me in for $30. --CU</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">(11) RECEIVED! Count me in for $25. Do you want me to mail the check? Or maybe I can drop it next time I'm in the area. -LE</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b><br /></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>LE posted a follow-up note with the donation: Here's the check I promised for the Stock Certificate - it's amazing they are still around, but lucky for us. We need to have a special display at the Eastern California Museum for all the Salt Tram info that has been found - people are very interested. Next weekend is the big ECM annual meeting - it's been what? 4 years since you did your historic Salt Tram presentation there?</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">(12) </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">RECEIVED! </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Hi Tim, We will donate $25 or if you need $50 to close the gap, we can do that also. Let us know when you have the process set up through the Friends of the ESM. Thanks for preserving this bit of history of the Saline Salt Tram for all of us to enjoy. --BS and DS</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">(13) RECEIVED! Put me down for $50. Check is in the mail, internet banking from RoK is cool! --MD</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>(15) </b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>RECEIVED! </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Tim, Count me in for $25. Sincerely, --BR</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">(16) </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>RECEIVED! </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Awesome!!!! I am thinking that 25 dollar donors will get a color copy?? You guys need to have stand by cash in the event another comes available. Should check be sent directly to museum?? Great find!! --SW</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">(17) RECEIVED! Put me down for $20. --MA</span></b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>(18) RECEIVED! Hi Tim, Great to hear from you. Another great find. Put me down for a $50.00 donation towards the purchase of the stock certificate. </b></span></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />BS posted a follow-up note with the donation: Hi Tim, Enclosed is my check to go towards the purchase of the SVSC stock certificate. Thanks again for all you continue to do for this great project. Best Regards, --BS</span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />The Salt Tram is truly one of the most amazing engineering feats in the greater Death Valley area. Put me down for a $100 donation - let's save as much of the history of this jaw-dropping contraption as possible! Heck, put me down for $100! --Brian Waag, E. Clampus Waagus.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Well Bro, if you're in for $100, then so am I! Who wouldn't want to contribute to this worthwhile cause - preserving a historic document from the Salt Tram era that is more than 100 years old! Yeah, a dollar for each year that the stock certificate is old (May 1914 - March 2014 - almost 100 years, anyways). --Tim Waag, E. Clampus Waagus.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>(21) </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>RECEIVED! </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Hi Tim, Here is my $25 towards the stock certificate. Be great to have a copy - put me on the list. See you in Ridgecrest on 3/18/2014. --GB</b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>(22) RECEIVED! Hey Tim, Thanks for all your efforts regarding the Salt Tram. Still would love to hike down the West side, if ever that comes up. --FD aka FF</b></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>(23) RECEIVED! Received $50 cash at the Ridgecrest HSUMD meeting from --JK</b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Sunday, February 8, 2014:</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> The 3rd known Saline Valley Salt Company Stock Certificate was found in December, 2013, and is in the process of being acquired for the </span><a href="http://www.inyocounty.us/ecmsite" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Eastern California Museum</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> in Independence, California. If you are interested in making a donation to the </span><a href="http://fecm.org/" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;">Friends of the Eastern California Museum</a> in order to fund the purchase of the important piece of Salt Tram History, please<span class="Apple-style-span"> email us at</span><span class="Apple-style-span">: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;"><b>SalineValleySaltTram@gmail.com</b></span>, and we will get that set up - thank-you.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">This newest Stock Certificate is dated May 12, 1914, and the 125 shares were sold to Alvis Workman of North Carolina. This makes it the earliest dated certificate of the three that we have acquired for the museum. It also appears to be in much better condition than the 2nd certificate, which was dated September 25, 1914. The front and back of the stock certificate appear below (click to enlarge):</span></span></b></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />Note that on the 2nd and 3rd Salt Company Stock Certificates, in addition to the corporate stamp on the certificate, they have the corporate logo in gold. The stamped version of the logo was used to create our Salt Tram t-shirts, which you can buy by <a href="http://salttram.blogspot.com/2014/02/git-yer-salt-tram-t-shirts-while-they.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #b45f06;">clicking here</span></b></a>. Here is a closeup of the logo in gold, followed by the Salt Tram logo that is on the back of our T-shirts. Note that the gold embossed logo is more clear than the original stamped one that we saw, and that instead of a diamond at the bottom of the logo, it can clearly be seen that there is a 6-pointed star instead. Also, it now becomes clear that the lower middle salt pile is one large pile, instead of 2 piles that we merged together - sort-of. Oh well, nobody's perfect!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>This stock certificate was issued to Alvis Workman. He was the brother of my great aunt's husband, William Workman (W. W. Workman). From our existing family history research, we know Alvis was born on Feb. 12, 1847 in Orange County, NC. He died in 1920. My great aunt, Sallie, was married to Alvis' younger brother, William. William was born in 1852 - also in Orange County. William survived Alvis and his wife, Susan and other brothers. So that is why I assume it was inherited by my great Uncle William. I never knew him since he died in 1926. But I did know my great aunt Sallie B. Workman who married William in 1902 and who died in 1967 (May-December wedding, second marriage for William). My mom looked after Aunt Sallie (who lived in Kernersville, NC) in her later years. I got the stock certificate from my mom who got it from my Aunt Sallie. That is the provenance I have.</i> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The certificate is the same style with the raised gold seal as the one you obtained in 2013. It is for 125 shares. It is signed by Fred and White Smith as well. The certificate number is 2063 which is higher than the one you have (2034) but this one is dated as noted on May 12, 1914, not quite 100 years ago. I assume certificates were printed and sold as they found buyers. The number "125" is handwritten. The signatures appear very similar but not exactly as the one you found. The quality appears to me to be in better shape than the one you show. It also has a tri-fold. My guess they did not routinely use larger envelopes then. </i> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Sounds like your upcoming trip in March of 2014 will be very interesting! </i><i>Thanks for the work you have done to help preserve this history. </i><i><br /></i><i> ---W. M., North Carolina</i></span></div>
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My mother was Stella Bull Marshall (Mrs. Dale Marshall). Her father, James Robert Bull, had a sister, Sallie Bull and a brother John Franklin Bull (there were 7 additional siblings). Sallie, my great aunt, was born Jan. 7, 1880, married William W. Workman on Jan 1, 1902 (his second marriage, her first) and died Jan 19, 1967. They had no children.</span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>William W. Workman, born in Orange County, NC on Sep. 2, 1852 married my great Aunt Sallie in Guilford County (my current residence county) in 1902 and died May 29, 1926.. William and Sallie moved to Norfolk, VA after their marriage and lived there until his death. He appeared to be a man of means from pictures of them and their clothes</i> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>William was the younger brother of Alvis Franklin Workman. Alvis, who was born on Feb 12, 1847, married Susan Hall (who was born Sep 9, 1845, died Oct. 10, 1914). Alvis died Mar 11, 1920. They had no children.</i> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>My great uncle John (born Mar 19, 1885, met and married his wife, Sarah Dinkle on June 17, 1907 in Washington County, TN (Johnson City, TN). They lived there many years before moving to Norfolk, VA where my great Aunt Sallie lived with her husband, William W. Workman. My assumption is my great Uncle John's new home in Johnson City and the family of John's wife, Sarah, daughter of Calvin and Annie Gammon Dinkle, was the "Tennessee connection" to Alvis through my great Uncle William Workman and my great Aunt Sallie. </i> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Little is left of the Salt Tram and its diggin's. The Waag Bros. are actively seeking out information about the Saline Valley Salt Tram and the Salt Mine between 1903 and the 1960's, including</span>: documents, photos, articles, stories, artifacts, etc. If you can help us out, please email us at the address above - Thank-you! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Caution (PLEASE READ): Climbing around on the tramway is dangerous because its really old and defnitely unsafe, so don't even think about it. Shoot, just getting to it requires some perilous hiking, and if you don't believe me, just take a look at the Zig Zag Access Trail (or what's left of it). Plus, climbing on it weakens it and endangers your life. Also, the Saline Valley Salt Tram is on the National Register of Historic Places and should be treated with the respect that it deserves. What little remains is of great historic value, and should not be disturbed in any way. Heck, its probably against the law to move parts of the tram around, and certainly a crime to take home some of the few bits of it that remain (though you'd have to ask your friendly local BLM agent for details). So please treat it with the respect it deserves, so that future generations can enjoy whats left, without you messing it up. Really. Please. You can see its listing on the National Register of Historic Places at these web links: <a href="http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ca/Inyo/state.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>National Register of Historic Places</b></span></a> • <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.noehill.com/inyo/nat1974000514.asp">Inyo County Places of Importance</a></span></b></i></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nurse Hazel Schultz wrote this contemporaneous account of the crash-landing and rescue of a B24 Bomber on the very Salt Lake where White Smith had toiled in failure for almost half a century before. Read her first-hand account<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"> <a href="http://www.av.qnet.com/~carcomm/wreck29.htm"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">here</span></a></span></b>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was one of those blustery days in early spring -- a day when any weather could happen. My husband had just come home to dinner when he got the call. I remember how the elm tree outside the kitchen window was just beginning to drop its seeds. And how as we packed the station wagon with fresh water, food and blankets, the wind blew the seeds like a shower. They danced on the driveway, swirling in drifts like driven snow against the curb.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the time the folding stretchers, bandages, splints and plasma were stowed away it was dark -- a night with clouds and neither stars nor moon. We wore our heavy coats and took some sandwiches with us, thinking to eat as we drove along, rather than taking time for dinner. The Sheriff's posse which was to accompany us pulled up at the gate. One car would lead the way and the second car would follow behind the station wagon.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The call had said that a B24 with a crew of seven had crash-landed on the floor of Saline Valley. Apparently as their radio was damaged, they had on the white salt flat of the dry lake spelled out in letters six- feet high one word "Plasma." By this, army headquarters knew that someone was seriously injured and that someone was up and about. More than that we would have to learn when we arrived at the scene of the wrecked ship.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All eyes were watching but appearing as not to. We were drinking hot instant coffee and talking of many other things. I was watching the last of the plasma flow into the corporal's veins -- all the time talking to him quietly. First about his home in Kansas, now about California. He had never been here before and had seen very little of the state; in fact, nothing but Muroc Air Base and its vicinity. But, boy, he was going to see plenty of it before he went home to Kansas. He liked flying. He liked the army. He had just had a bit of tough luck. Probably have to be in a cast a long time. Just how long, he wanted to know. After all, medicine had made some rapid strides. They can do things now-a-days to speed healing of broken bones. He'd read about it. Why, sometimes athletes brake an ankle and with the right kind of first aid went right back on the field and finished the game.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ed. Note - This accident occurred on October 20, 1944. The B24 was on a routine training mission when it developed engine trouble. The landing caused severe damage to the undercarriage and other structures of the plane. Due to the damage and poor lakebed surface, it was impossible to fly the massive ship out, and so the army decided to abandon it. The B24 lay intact in this barren and remote desert wasteland until sometime in the late 1950's or early 60's at which time salvors dismantled and hauled it away. All that remains of that fateful night are a few small metallic parts, a tire and the memory of the "Corporal from Kansas."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Little is left of the Salt Tram and its diggin's. The Waag Bros. are actively seeking out information about the Saline Valley Salt Tram and the Salt Mine between 1903 and the 1960's, including</span>: documents, photos, articles, stories, artifacts, etc. If you can help us out, please email us at the address above - Thank-you! <span class="Apple-style-span"><i>Caution (PLEASE READ): Climbing around on the tramway is dangerous because its really old and defnitely unsafe, so don't even think about it. Shoot, just getting to it requires some perilous hiking, and if you don't believe me, just take a look at the Zig Zag Access Trail (or what's left of it). Plus, climbing on it weakens it and endangers your life. Also, the Saline Valley Salt Tram is on the National Register of Historic Places and should be treated with the respect that it deserves. What little remains is of great historic value, and should not be disturbed in any way. Heck, its probably against the law to move parts of the tram around, and certainly a crime to take home some of the few bits of it that remain (though you'd have to ask your friendly local BLM agent for details). So please treat it with the respect it deserves, so that future generations can enjoy whats left, without you messing it up. Really. Please. You can see its listing on the National Register of Historic Places at these web links: <a href="http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ca/Inyo/state.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>National Register of Historic Places</b></span></a> • <b><a href="http://www.noehill.com/inyo/nat1974000514.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Inyo County Places of Importance</span></a></b></i></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>*****<span style="font-style: italic;">QUESTION 3</span>:</b><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 20px;">Find out if the Eastern California Museum already have a copy of the blue Sierra Salt Co. brochure below (and do we have a copy?) or do we need to get a copy of this document from Bob D? <i>The ECM has a copy, but is missing page 12 and 13, which Bob D. has supplied to me and that I will supply to ECM! Thanks, Bob. </i>Supply the ECM with page 12 and 13 to complete their booklet.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 20px;"><br /></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>*****<span style="font-style: italic;">QUESTION 4</span>:</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><i>Does the showroom in Bakersfield California on Chester Avenue (the photo </i><i>showing Charles Wesley Hayes standing with a Moreland Truck out in front of the Moreland Bakersfield showroom - photo below on this web posting) still exists?</i><br />
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<i>Above: Pioneer trucker C. W. Hayes behind the wheel of the mighty Moreland Motor Truck TX-6 10-ton 4 wheel drive truck. C. W. hauled the first load of Salt trucked out of Saline Valley on June 15, 1926. Note that behind the tree to the right, you can barely make out the words "Lone Pine Garage".</i><br />
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<i>Above: The Sierra Salt Co. printed the blue-covered pamphlet above around June 15, 1926, and it contains 20 pages. The driver of the Moreland Truck is C. W. Hayes. The person on top of the salt at left is </i><i>Cyril G. Hayes </i><i> (son of C. W. Hayes) and the person at right is </i><i>Charles Hulin Hayes </i><i>(son of C. W. Hayes)</i><i>. The Eastern California Museum has a copy of this brochure, but it is missing page 12 and 13, but we got those pages from Bob D. The Eastern California Museum already had the truck photo shown above, which was located in the blue Sierra Salt brochure (page 12). However, what is new is the caption below the photo, which indicates that the first load of salt trucked of Saline in 1926 was sold to the City Market in Bishop, Calif., which explains what the trucks were doing parked in Bishop; however, we are not sure why the truck was posed for photos in front of the Watterman Bank. </i><br />
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<i>Note that "City Market" in Bishop, Calif. was owned by none other than Phillip Keough, the owner of Keough Hot Springs. Though Keough bought the Hot Springs in 1919, it hit its heyday in the 1920's and 1930's as a resort and spa. Though more quaint than fashionable, it is still open to this day!</i><br />
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<b>*****Pre-Introduction: </b>Before reading this post, we recommend that you read the section on the San Lucas Canyon Road by <span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://salttram.blogspot.com/2010/02/san-lucas-canyon.html" style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;">clicking here</a><b style="color: #cc0000;"> </b>- if you haven't done so already. </span><i>For all photos below - click to enlarge (you'll be glad you did!)</i>.<br />
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<b>*****Introduction:</b> In the early to mid 1920's, George Russell, President of the Sierra Salt Co., was desperate to save his failing Salt Mining operation that he had taken over as President from White Smith. He saw that the operation of the Salt Tram may have been too expensive to make a profit, but that the pure salt just waiting to be picked up off the Saline Valley floor was still a valuable commodity. He was certain that with the advancement of over-the-road trucking, the salt must surely be able to be trucked out of Saline Valley with less cost than the operation of the massive tramway. If they could find a short route to run trucks out of Saline Valley that avoided the long road out via North Pass, maybe they could start making some money with this operation, after suffering through business losses in the salt mining industry for so many decades.<br />
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*****New Information: We recently found documents indicating that George Russell opened the San Lucas Canyon Road to truck out Saline Valley Salt merely as a clever scheme to get the Steel Company to sell the Salt Tram to Sierra Salt at a steep discount. Mr. Russell and White Smith believed that using the Moreland 4 wheel drive trucks to transport Salt out of Saline Valley would diminish the value of the tramway, thus lowering the price during future negotiations to buy it back! I was happy to hear this news, because after looking firsthand at nightmare that was the San Lucas Canyon Road, it was clear to me that this was a bad idea and an easy way to lose money. The San Lucas Canyon Road was used merely as a pawn in the game to retrieve ownership of their beloved Salt Tram.<br />
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<b>*****Witness the Birth of the San Lucas Canyon Road:</b> George Russell convinced the Inyo County Board of Supervisors that an efficient trucking road needed to be built to economically access the various mining operations in Saline Valley, including the Sierra Salt Company's Salt Lake. Serious route evaluation resulted in the selection of San Lucas Canyon road as the shortest route out of Saline Valley where it was possible to build a road.<br />
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Just one problem: a short section of narrows presented a road construction nightmare to any potential road builders. Sierra Salt partnered with Inyo County anyways, and took 2 years to build the San Lucas Canyon road. A handful of photos exist that demonstrate the difficulties encountered in building the road. No doubt, it took longer to build than expected, and cost more money. But they did build it! Now they would need some really tough trucks to haul the loads of salt up San Lucas Canyon and over to the Salt Tram terminus.<br />
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<i>Above: I was intrigued by the unidentified yet well-dressed man in the above photo. In addition, he appeared to be carrying a few interesting items, so I thought I'd go in for a closer view. It turns out that he is carrying what appears to be a tripod in his right hand and a camera in his left! Perhaps too well dressed for a road construction supervisor, but not overly dressed for a hip photographer out in Saline Valley trying to make a name for himself?</i><br />
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<b>*****Enter professional trucker Charles Wesley (C. W.) Hayes: </b>George Russell initially contracted with trucker C. W. Hayes (of Bakersfield) to move the first bagged loads of salt out of Saline Valley. The initial photos of this effort show trucks with the name "C. W. Hayes" stenciled above the driver and passenger door of his innovative 6-wheel Moreland Motor Trucks. Later photos of Moreland Motor Trucks used to move the salt give no indication that they were owned or operated by Mr. Hayes. That is, there are no drivers that look like C. W. and no Moreland Motor Trucks that are marked with the C. W. Hayes name in the later photos.<br />
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<i>Above: photo from Bob D. of Bakersfield, showing Charles Wesley Hayes at Moreland Motor Truck Factory Showroom in Bakersfield California. The truck shown in the photo does not appear to be a new truck - among other things, the name C. W. Hayes is stenciled above the door, and it appears to be somewhat worn. Since C. W.'s trucking business was in Bakersfield, as was this Moreland showroom and service center, it is likely that C. W. was there to have his truck serviced or to pick up parts.</i><br />
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<b>*****Tough Moreland Motor Trucks: </b>After having hiked most of the rugged and steep San Lucas Canyon road, we could not figure out how the heavily loaded Moreland trucks could possible make it up the canyon grade with such a heavy load. Remember, they were hauling the salt up and out of Saline Valley, then were driving the trucks downhill (light and empty) to go back for more. From some of the Moreland truck photos, it was clear that they were not 4 wheel drive - or more specifically, that the front axles did not have a differential. We would later learn from Bob D. that the Moreland trucks had an ingenious 4 wheel drive system that drove both of the rear axles. Back in the 1920's when Moreland invented his Model S-X 6-wheel trucks, many freight auto roads were still dirt, and traction was still an issue. Take a close look at the rear axle of the truck from the Moreland brochure below.<br />
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<i>Above: Illustration of the Moreland S-X truck and its unique 4 wheel drive system that drove both rear axles. Image courtesy of Bob D. of Bakersfield, Calif.</i><br />
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<i>Above: White Smith (standing on the street at left - all suited up) with pioneer trucker C. W. Hayes (standing on the street on right); person at left on top of sacks of salt is believed to be Charles Hulin Hayes (son of C. W. Hayes), and person on right at top of sacks of salt is believed to be Cyril G. Hayes (son of C. W. Hayes). Photo shows the first load of salt trucked out of Saline Valley on board a Moreland Motor Truck. Photo courtesy Eastern California Museum, Independence, California. Note the C. W. Hayes name above the passenger cab. Liz Babcock of the Maturango Museum in Ridgecrest, Calif. identifies this photo as being taken in front of the infamous Watterson Bank building in Bishop, Calif. on the corner of Main and Academy streets, (thanks, Liz!). It was later demolished in an unspecified year.</i><br />
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<i>Above: How did these Moreland trucks haul 10-ton loads of salt up the impossibly rugged San Lucas Canyon road? They didn't have driven front axles, but they did have driven twin rear axles with solid rubber wheels to get them up these crazy steep grades like the one above. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><i>Photo courtesy Eastern California Museum, Independence, California. Note that the historic photos of the Moreland trucks shown driving along the San Lucas Canyon narrows do not have the C. W. Hayes named painted on them.</i></span></i><br />
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<b>*****Many thanks to Bob D.</b> of Bakersfield, California for finding this Salt Tram website and contacting us. Bob's wife's great grandfather was none other than pioneer trucker C. W. Hayes. Yes, the same C. W. Hayes whose name is stenciled on the side of the truck that moved that first load of salt out of Saline over the San Lucas Canyon Road. The same C. W. Hayes who is standing next to Saline Valley Salt Company founder White Smith in Lone Pine after he drove the first salt load out. Bob pointed out which person in the photos was C. W. Hayes.<br />
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<i>Above: Image of a Moreland Motor Truck loaded with grain (not Salt!). However, the text indicates that C. W. used the Moreland trucks to haul salt out of Saline Valley on grades as steep as 15%. C. W. considered the Moreland 10-ton (20,000 pound load capacity) 4 wheel drive truck to be a "wonder truck" and the best truck that he ever operated. Photo by the Dorman Brothers Photography.</i><br />
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<i style="font-style: normal;">The Moreland Motor Truck Company of Burbank, California was originally located in Los Angeles. The Moreland trucks were sold worldwide. </i><i style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">In 1917 Watt L. Moreland was planning to move his business to Alhambra, California. When Burbank city officials heard about this news they offered Moreland 25 acres of land for free, located on the corner of San Fernando Blvd. and Alameda Ave. The city of Burbank raised $25,000 to pay for the land, buildings were constructed and the truck company moved in. The factory was still surrounded by acres of farms at that time. </span></i></div>
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<i>Above: Interior of the Moreland machine shop. 250 employees worked in the machine shop. 10 x 8 inch black and white photograph. Photo Courtesy Burbank Historical Society.</i><br />
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Moreland had branches in Los Angeles, San Diego, Bakersfield, Stockland, Oakland, Portland, Santa Ana, Fresno, El Centro, Sacramento, San Francisco, Spokane and Salt Lake City. The company slogan was "Built in the West -- for Western Work". </div>
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<i>Above: Moreland Motor Truck factory after the operation was moved from Los Angeles to Burbank in 1924. Photos show that at that time it was still surrounded only by farms and ranches.</i><br />
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<i style="font-style: normal;">Due to wartime shortages the plant had to close in 1940. </i>Virtually unknown today outside of the small fraternity of antique truck enthusiasts, the Moreland Motor Truck Company of Burbank, California was a technical innovator along with West Coast truck firms Fageol, Kenworth and Kleiber in the first half of the last century. The big Moreland TX6 featured a <i>twin axle bogey rear suspension (nice name!)</i>. The system was originally developed in 1924 for a massive 60 passenger double-decker bus and, although one prototype was built, it proved too expensive for frugal bus company operators and never reached production. </div>
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<i>Above: Details of the 10-ton Moreland Truck rear suspension, from “Automotive Industries”, February 19, 1925.</i><br />
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The design was not abandoned, and it worked great in the trucks used to haul out salt through San Lucas Canyon. The double-decker bus design was adopted to the heavyweight 1925 TX6. Moreland claimed to be the first in the industry to design, build and sell 3 axles, 6 wheel, 4 wheel drive trucks. The details of their system were certainly unique, but fellow Golden State manufacturer Fageol began producing a similar three axle truck at about the same time.<br />
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<i>Above: Moreland sales brochures explain one aspect of the operation of the rear axles - when running over a fixed object, such as a rock, the frame of the truck only rises half as high as if it only had a single rear wheel. This was a convenient feature for trucks that often moved goods over rocky dirt roads.</i><br />
<i><br /></i><b>*****Hayes Family geneology:</b> Charles Wesley Hayes (born May 7, 1885, died October 4, 1977) had a son named Charles Hulin Hayes, who was also a truck driver. Both father and son have since passed, but Charles Hulin's 2 sons, Bob and Bill Hayes, are still walking the planet, as well as his daughter Cleo. More details: My research shows that Charles Hulin has 2 sons and a daughter: son Charles W. (William? Bill?) Hayes of Denver, Colorado, son and daughter-in-law, Robert H. (Bob?) and Dora Hayes of San Antonio, Texas; and daughter and son-in-law, Cleo A. and Warren Brackett of Bakersfield.<br />
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<i>Above: Memorial for Bakersfield trucking Pioneer Charles W. Hayes. Courtesy of Bob D. of Bakersfield.</i><br />
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Tim Waaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519482487162530986noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481705257771458325.post-91470941337459828452013-05-16T07:25:00.003-07:002014-02-08T12:36:36.032-08:00New Stock Certificate Found - Dated Sept. 25, 1914!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #f1c232;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The 2nd known Saline Valley Salt Company Stock Certificate was found in April 2013. Unfortunately, it is in very poor condition. It was owned by a man in Calhoun, Georgia. He acquired it recently (within the last year) in payment of a debt of the previous certificate owner. Ironically, the previous owner contacted me about buying it, but then his cell phone number became disconnected before we could agree upon a price. </span></span></b></span><br />
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<i>Above (Click to enlarge): I scanned the front of the 1914 stock certificate before donating it to the Eastern California Museum in June of 2013. </i><br />
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The artwork for the 1914 stock certificate is dramatically different from the 1920 certificate. The main differences include:</div>
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1) Gold Corporate Seal (see below) which incorporates the same basic art as the embossed seal from the 1920 stock certificate.</div>
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2) Has original Saline Valley salt harvesting art in the oval in the upper left hand corner.</div>
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3) The paper and the print/ink quality on the 1914 stock certificate is of much lower quality than the 1920 certificate. This does not really make sense, as I would expect the initial stock certificates to be of better material quality, to go along with the original Salt Lake art. Not only is the 1914 paper of low quality, but the ink used to print it is faded and has ink drop outs in it.</div>
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4) The 1914 certificate was signed by White Smith, at the time the President of the Saline Valley Salt Company and also by Fred R. Smith, the Secretary and Treasurer of the Saline Valley Salt Company and White Smith's brother. This is the first known signature of White Smith and Fred R. Smith - a huge find! We believe that these are the actual Smith brothers signatures, because the 2 Smith signatures use different handwriting. There is also a 3rd type of handwriting used by the person that was dating the stock, the number of shares, and the name of the person the stock was issued to.</div>
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<i>Above (click to enlarge): The back of the 1914 Stock Certificate. </i></div>
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The back indicates that 500 shares were issued to Geo. Abington on September 25, 1914 (same name as on the front, and in the same handwriting as the front). We know that most or all of the major investors were from Tennessee, as was White Smith and his siblings. </div>
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There is a George Abington who lived in Shelby, Tennessee in census years 1910 and 1920, and was born somewhere between 1869 and 1884, making him 41 years old in 1910 and 51 years old in 1920; he appears to have had a wife named Mary. George Abington is a fairly UNcommon name, so I am about 80% confident that it is the person named on the stock certificate. It would also appear that Geo. Abington signed the stock certificate on the back (vertical signature on the left side of the certificate above), bringing a total of 4 different handwriting samples on this 1914 stock certificate (both front and back). </div>
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Let's take a look at the corporate logo that is embossed in gold on this certificate (below).</div>
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This artwork appears to be almost identical to the embossed stamp from the 1920 stock certificate. The main difference is that Inyo Mountains in the background are faded in the gold 1914 stock certificate seal.</div>
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This art was used to create the Saline Valley Salt Company T-shrts (which are for sale for $16 plus shipping - just email us at SalineValleySaltTram@gmail.com!). That artwork is reproduced below, and is the 4 color art on the BACK of the t-shirts (Art by Laura Waag at <a href="http://www.sidedoorstudio.com/about.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Sidedoor Studio</span></b></a> in Southern California):</div>
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<b>Condition of the Stock Certificate:</b> Unfortunately, the condition of this stock certificate, as mentioned above is POOR. It is torn on the standard vertical tri-fold (and repaired with glossy clear tape), as well as having 3 additional horizontal folds that have torn (and been repaired with taped as well). It is also somewhat worn and faded, and has a few tiny spots where the paper is missing along the folds. However, given that it is the only one known to exist, we are not complaining. </div>
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Thanks as always for the support from Roberta Harlan and Jon Klusmire at the Eastern California Museum! Also, thanks to those who have offered to chip in some cash to purchase the certificate. This time, the price was very reasonable, so I just made the purchase myself. Keep that cash ready however, should a more expensive Saline Valley Salt Company artifact become available.</div>
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Tim Waaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519482487162530986noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481705257771458325.post-26536837515155719122013-05-16T07:12:00.001-07:002013-05-16T07:14:17.018-07:00Frederick Clifton Patterson Passes Away January 5, 2013January 9, 2013 - Inyo Register.com<br />
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Born in Bishop on June 12, 1924, Fred passed away Jan. 5, 2013. </div>
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<i>[Tim's Note: Fred Patterson was the son of Henry Clifton Patterson, who was a Salt Tram builder and left a diary that documented his work on the tramway for all time. We met Fred in on 11/15/2009 at his home in Bishop, Calif., and he kindly let us spend 3 hours in his home scanning the diary of his deceased father, Henry. Thanks also to Nancy Patterson for her hospitality and graciousness in supporting our efforts at finding out more about the Salt Tram. Below is a photo of Fred at his home on the day that we scanned the diary. May he R.I.P.] - click photo to enlarge.</i></div>
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Mr. Patterson was a veteran of World War II and served in the Rhineland, Central Europe, where his troops liberated much of Germany, including Dachau Concentration Camp. For 25 years, Mr. Patterson was the principal of Line Street and Elm Street Schools (1959–1984). Fred served as a deacon and elder of the First Presbyterian Church in Bishop where he also taught the high school Sunday school class for many years.</div>
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Fred was preceded in death by his loving wife of 52 years, Pat. Fred loved his best friend and savior, Jesus Christ and was serving Him at the very moment the Lord decided He needed Fred more than we did. Fred was a family man and it was evident in the dedication, sacrifices and love he gave his family.</div>
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He is survived by his wife, Nancy of Bishop; sister, Annabelle of Fountain Valley; daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Doug Hayward of Fountain Valley and their children Brooke, Davia and Dustin; son and daughter-in-law, Brent and Suzie Patterson of Bakersfield and their children Noah, Noelle and Luke; son, Byron Patterson of Sacramento and his children Heather and Kyle; son and daughter-in-law, Scott and Angelica Patterson of Bishop and their daughter Abigail; daughter and son-in-law, Leslie and David Apple of Fountain Valley and their children Amanda and Michael; Debbie (Sonke) Jensen and husband, Kent of Idaho and their children Amy, Cassie and John; Dave and Sheri Sonke of Bishop and their children LeAnn, Staci and Scott; and six great-grandchildren.</div>
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A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12 at the First Presbyterian Church. Pastor Peter Thomsen will officiate. Interment will follow at the East Line Street Cemetery in Bishop with a celebration of life to follow at the Patterson home.</div>
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The family would appreciate that any donations in Fred’s memory be given to the First Presbyterian Church Deacon’s Benevolence Fund (for the less fortunate).<br />
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Tim Waaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17519482487162530986noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7481705257771458325.post-54597355699313933982010-12-03T09:26:00.000-08:002010-12-03T09:49:51.319-08:00Mule Rights and Lefts<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b></b></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">QUESTION 1: Compare the text writing on this postcard to the writing used by A. A. Forbes to determine whether this is a Forbes photo or not. Right now, we sadly believe that we were duped, and that it is NOT a Forbes photo. Doc-007 indicates that this photo was taken in the Summer of 1911 when the Salt Tram was still under construction.</span></span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Update February 2014: </b>We now believe that this postcard was NOT taken by A. A. Forbes, but was instead taken by a Salt Tram "Constructing Engineer". See page 4 of Doc-007, which shows this same EXACT photo. Read about Doc-007 by <a href="http://salttram.blogspot.com/2014/02/document-007-doc-007-report-to-salt-co.html"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">clicking here</span></b></a>. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Note that this is the exact same photo that we bought as a postcard on eBay that was attributed to A. A. Forbes. It has the classic white text annotation which was generally written onto the negative of the photo, but no A. A. Forbes name on it. This leads us to believe that this photo was NOT taken by A. A. Forbes. Note that it also identifies the photo as having been taken "last summer" (which would be Summer 1911), and that "work has now been completed" [on the section of the tram line shown in the photo].</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span">On</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span">September 23, 2011</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">, I received this email:</span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Dear Tim Waag -</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Saw your blog. Thought you might want to know about this auction item, if you have not already seen it. LINK.</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">-Bob (Bob Edberg, Piedra Pintada Books, P.O. Box 1376, </span>Claremont, CA 91711, 909-620-6742, books@rock-art.com).</blockquote>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Of course, I was thrilled to get this email, then took a quick look at the link he provided for the eBay auction item. The item in question was an A. A. Forbes postcard depicting the Saline Valley Salt Tram. The caption in the photo read “Tramway under construction, SALINE VALLEY SALT CO., Inyo, Calif.”, but no mention of A. A. Forbes. Forbes, like most other photographers of his day, included his name in his photos, but its missing on this one. That omission, of course, called into question whether or not this was really the work of Alexander Forbes. Also, I was disappointed to realize that it was a postcard, and not an original Forbes photo print. Oh well.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">I emailed a neighbor who frequented eBay auctions as both buyer and seller, and asked if he could work his magic on this one for me. On 10/1/2011 when the auction closed, my friend Nick G. had won the bidding, overpaying at $78.77 plus $2.95 shipping and handling, for a grand total of $81.72. But it was mine, and it arrived in the mail yesterday (10/8/2011) and I was thrilled. The seller was a Robert Varlotta of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.; you can bet I’ll be following up with Robert to see what other A. A. Forbes or Salt Tram stuff he might have.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">My plans for the postcard are to scan it at high resolution (done), then donate it to our friends at the Eastern California Museum (done) and take the tax deduction! In the meantime, a few observations about the postcard:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">1. RARE HISTORICAL PHOTO:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> I wanted it, not just because it was the work of Forbes, but because it depicted a section of the tramway on the west (Owens Dry Lake) side, which has largely been decimated by vandals and scavengers AND we don’t already have historical photos of this section of the tram route. It was filling in some missing information on a section of the tram that turns out to be unique.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">3. TRAMWAY CONSTRUCTION ERA</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">: The tow tall towers in the foreground of the postcard are similarly missing today. However, they are shown without any tram cables attached in the postcard, neither traction nor track cables. This means this is a construction phase photo, which are also more rare than operational photos. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">4. ON-SITE PHOTO EVALUATION:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> We’ll be taking this photo out to the Salt Tram and investigate the particular location in which this photo was taken, as well as examine the two-tower and ten-tower cluster site. Its possible that there were ultimately additional towers in this section of the tram that were not built yet. Historical photos show the addition and removal of towers over time. This was surely done on an “as-needed” basis in order to fine-tune the operation of the tram.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">6. MAP SECTION:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> The area in the postcard is in Section IV of the Salt Tram. I’ve included the map showing the exact part of the tramway depicted in the postcard. The postcard photo was looking west (towards Owens Lake). The map is from the 1917 ACME article, and it only shows 8 towers where the postcard shows the 10 tower cluster. The 2 large towers in the postcard foreground match the 2 towers in the map.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">7. MANY THANKS TO</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">: Bob Edberg of Piedra Pintada books for alerting me to this eBay auction, Nick G. for winning the auction bidding for me, and the folks at the Eastern California Museum for being such excellent caretakers of Salt Tram history.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ca/Inyo/state.html">National Register of Historic Places 1</a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.noehill.com/inyo/nat1974000514.asp">National Register of Historic Places 2</a></span></b></span></span></i></div></div></div><div style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>QUESTION 2:</b> We believe that Cliff stayed in the Owens Valley area for the rest of his life. Brian needs to investigate the Census records to see what he lists as his occupation.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>QUESTION 3:</b> Perform periodical search of the Owens Valley Herald for Salt Tram information.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">QUESTION 4: The tram was re-started on August 11, 1916, after the weak grip problem was solved. However, the newspaper article indicates that the tram also had new cables installed. Why? The tram should have had minimal wear, and new cables should not have been required. The only thing that makes sense is that they had new grips, which required different traction cables than the ones currently installed. If this was the case, they would have had to install 13.5 miles x 2 or 27 miles of new 3/4" traction cable, which would be very expensive and labor intensive. Also, it appears that the original 3/4" traction cables are still on the line, so this mystery continues.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>Above (click to enlarge): Cliff Patterson reports in his diary on October 25 - 26, 1913 that he is packing up his stuff, unloading the tram line, and heading down to Swansea. That can only mean one thing. Here's the diary entry for those dates.</i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>"If you have made it this far in reading Cliff's diary, then it is my sad duty to inform you that Sunday, October 26, 1913 (see diary page above) was his last day to ever work at the Salt Tram. That fateful day marked Cliff's completion of a grueling 2 years and 7 months of dedicated work committed to the planning, construction and operation of the Salt Tram. He notes on October 25, 1913 that he "worked all day packing my duds", then the next day "ran [the] tram and unloaded [the] line", then "gathered up [my] tools" and "came to Swansea" (the location of the discharge station show below right). Cliff gave us a clue that all was not well with the Saline Valley Salt Co. when he indicated that he "unloaded [the] line", meaning they moved the tram buckets off the track cables and into the control stations until the time when the tram would run again."</i></span></blockquote>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Corroborating Evidence of Cliff's Departure:</b> Our intense periodical search has revealed corroboration of Cliff's (and his brother, Earl Patterson) departure from the Salt Tram workforce, in the form of an article from the October 30, 1913 edition of the Inyo Register, which announces his return to Bishop in the column that Chalfant labels "TABOOSE". This column also announces the return of Ambrose White (White Smith's older brother) from the Salt Fields as well. Scroll down to the section highlighted in yellow </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The above article gives a plausible explanation for the sudden shut-down. It implies that the Salt Tram is working so well that too much Salt is being accumulated at the Discharge Station (i.e., the end of the Salt Tram line, i.e., the "delivery end") in Owens Valley at Swansea. It goes on to explain that the massive 5,000 ton accumulation of Salt has to be sold and shipped before the Salt Tram restarts its operation. This story is convincing, as the photo archives of the discharge station repeatedly show massive salt piles. Photo Courtesy Eastern California Museum (click to enlarge):</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The above 1920's photo is just one of many that gives evidence that the conveyor system alluded to in the article was never built. What was built is seen in this photo: a conveyor system designed to dump salt all over the ground. This is what our photographic history of the Discharge Station tells over and over again: Salt is piling up at Swansea, its pure salt contents getting contaminated with the persistent dust of Owens Valley. Where are the storage bins to keep the salt pure and protect the product? Where is the conveyor system and the automation required to process a large volume commodity such as Salt? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">First, that little automation detail was never fully dealt with, and as they say, the devil is in the details. The pre-occupation with the salt collection operation at the Salt Lake, along with building and operating the monsterous 13.5 mile tramway over the Inyos apparently precluded serious thought about salt processing operations at the "delivery end". This problem would never adequately be addressed, and in fact, we believe that the salt piled up in the above photo was wheel-barrowed (!) to the drying facilities - yikes! Evidence for this is in the form of multiple historic photos of workmen and their wheel barrows moving salt from the pile to the dryer. Here's one of those photos, courtesy of Eastern California Museum of course! (click to enlarge):</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Grip Problem Rears Its Ugly Head: Unfortunately, the problem of salt accumulation at the discharge station was nothing compared to a much larger problem: the grip mechanisms on the buckets were failing, causing the salt carrier buckets to fall off the line! This problem would be solved by designing a completely new grip mechanism, but it took years to do it. More on this elsewhere in this website. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ca/Inyo/state.html">National Register of Historic Places 1</a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.noehill.com/inyo/nat1974000514.asp">National Register of Historic Places 2</a></span></b></span></span></i></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<b>Basic Characteristics:</b> Station 18 is classified as "C", meaning that it is an Anchorage and Tension Station. The <i>anchorage</i> features still needs to be field-observed. Station 18 tensions the 2 track cables that run from Station 18 and through Station 19 and up to the Summit Station (Station 20); it does so with 2 Weight Boxes (see photos). The larger, heavier weight box tensions the heavy 1.25 inch North track cable, and the smaller weight box tensions the lighter 7/8 inch South track cable. <i>Below: view of Station 18 looking North (click to enlarge).</i><br />
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<b>Current Condition: </b>The larger weight box is still attached to the heavy track cable, but the smaller weight box is detached from its cable. Both weight boxes are generally intact (and full of rocks), but sitting on the ground. The structure in general is intact. <i>Below: 1st photo below shows large Weight Box with track cable still attached; 2nd photo shows the smaller Weight Box withOUT the track cable attached.</i><br />
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<b>Dimensions: </b>Station. 4 Sections Long. 4C. 4l. 14'.<br />
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<b>Unusual Features: </b>There is a large wood water pipe lying on the ground adjacent to Station 18 to the South. It is believed that this was "back traffic" used for water operations from Hunter Spring to the Salt Lake and Loading Station. It is believed that this water pipe may have fallen off its tram hanger and was never re-loaded onto the tramway for shipment to Salt Lake. Noted in 2006 field notes that trail was hard to follow up to this Station.<br />
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Also on this blog, see <a href="http://salttram.blogspot.com/2010/05/salt-tram-table-of-contents_29.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Wood Water Pipe Mystery.</span></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Below: Station 19 with Saline Valley in the background.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Basic Characteristics: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Station 19 is classified as "F", meaning that it is a Curved Rail Station, the most boring and featureless of stations! Curved Rail simply means that when the carriers go off the track cable and onto the fixed track inside the station, the fixed track is curved to allow the buckets to traverse the ridge with the least amount of resistance by matching the angles of the incoming and outgoing track cables - got that? More later.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Below: one of the many buckets littered around Station 19.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Current Condition of Structure and Features: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">The structure in general is intact. There are 2 more-or-less complete buckets in the Station: 1 hanging from the structure, and 1 on the ground. It would appear that there are 1 or more hangers tangled up in the structure as well. Station 19 looks very similar to Station 18, in that they are both similarly structured and surrounded by a pinon pine forest, including saplings surrounding the tramway itself; its likely that pinon pines were cut down at this location to make room for the tram station, and that the seedlings have taken root, and this is how much they've grown in about 100 years. There are 2 buckets inside the Station on the ground, an one bucket hanging up in the air in the station.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Dimensions: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Station. 7 Sections Long. 77 feet long (14 feet wide???). </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Unusual Features: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">There is a massive coil of 3/4 inch traction cable lying on the ground just to the West of Station 19. It was intentionally coiled around two tree stumps, and we estimated each coil at 500 feet long, and at least 14 sets of coils (ie, 7 loops), making the total length of cable approximately 7,000 feet of track cable. Speculating, it was either there as spare cable (unlikley, as they would have stored it on cable spools at the Summit Station) or it was one of the track cables that frequently snapped (according to the Patterson Diary), and when the cable was replaced, they coiled it up out of the way, rather than take it down the mountain. </span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Below: piles of traction cable spooled around the tree stumps at Station 19 (seen in background).</span></i></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><div style="color: black; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><div><span style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Salt Tram history is rapidly disappearing, and we are striving to rediscover the efforts of our forefathers in order to give proper recognition to their hopes, dreams and abundant sweat from an era that is rapidly fading from our memories. We are actively seeking out information about the mining of Salt in Saline Valley between 1903 and the 1950's, including</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: documents, photos, articles, stories, artifacts, etc. If you can help us out, please email us at the address above - Thank-you! --Tim and Brian Waag, the Waag brothers (aka E. Clampus Waagus).</span></div></div></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Caution (PLEASE READ): Climbing around on the tramway is dangerous because its really old and defnitely unsafe, so don't even think about it. Shoot, just getting to it requires some perilous hiking, and if you don't believe me, just take a look at the Zig Zag Access Trail (or what's left of it). Plus, climbing on it weakens it and endangers your life. Also, the Saline Valley Salt Tram is on the National Register of Historic Places and should be treated with the respect that it deserves. What little remains is of great historic value, and should not be disturbed in any way. Heck, its probably against the law to move parts of the tram around, and certainly a crime to take home some of the few bits of it that remain (though you'd have to ask your friendly local BLM agent for details). So please treat it with the respect it deserves, so that future generations can enjoy whats left, without you messing it up. Really. Please. You can see its listing on the National Register of Historic Places at these web links:</span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-style: normal;"><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>QUESTION 1:</b> Examine mining prospects and shaft along the Old Charcoal Road and look for signs that it was at one time could have been the Flagstaff Camp during the Salt Tram construction phase. Let’s call this location Flagstaff Mine - North. In particular, we would expect to find signs of a dump in the area with cans and other material from the Salt Tram era.</span></span></span></span></i></span></div></span></i></div><i></i><br />
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<i><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">******************************************************</span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Flagstaff Mine: </span></span><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b></span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Background information on the mine itself. A report from the State Mining Bureau (of California) shows that their museum collection includes sample silver ore from the Flagstaff Mine in the Inyo Mountains near Swansea. This publication is dated April 16, 1881 and was published in Sacramento in 1882. It clearly identifies the Flagstaff Mine as being of rather old vintage, and certainly establishes that it existed prior to the construction of the Salt Tram in 1910 - 1913 timeframe. A 1986 reference puts the Flagstaff Mine in Inyo County as producing the commodities of Silver (Major), Lead (Trace) and Zinc (Trace), and its current status was as a “past producer”. <i>Below: Brian and Mark at a portion of the Flagstaff Mine (click to enlarge).</i></span></span></span></div></span></b></span></span></i><br />
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</span></div></span></b></span></span></i><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">******************************************************</span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>Patterson Diary References to “Flagstaff” Camp:</b> </span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b></span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Cliff Patterson references numerous construction camps, including at least 3 references to “Flagstaff”. Control Station IV (CS IV) is also known as Station 29, and is not far from the “Flagstaff Mine” on a current topographical map. CS IV is also only .9 miles by pack trail from what we consider to be the likely location of the Salt Tram’s Flagstaff Camp along the Old Charcoal Road, and only 1.3 miles from the late 1880’s Flagstaff Mine.</span></span></span></div></span></b></span></span></i><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><i><br />
</i></b></span> </span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Below: 3 entries from the Patterson Diary that mention Flagstaff:</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">July 21, 1912 (graph paper): Sun. Reed & one of Ben’s gang put up tent at Flagstaff.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">July 21, 1912 (ledger paper): Sun. Put up one Tent & moved the other at Flagstaff.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">July 22, 1912 (ledger paper): Mon. Moved To Flagstaff and excavated on Station # 29.</span></span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">There are 2 entries on separate diary pages for 7/21/1912 and 7/22/1912. The reasons for this is unknown, except for the fact that the diary pages are not bound, and in fact, the diary uses 5 different types of 3” x 5” paper! We speculate that he simply misplaced the original diary pages and reproduced them from memory, then subsequently found them later. Under this scenario, he chose to keep both of the duplicate pages in the diary. Obviously, the statements for the same day from the 2 separate pages are similar. </span></span></span><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b></span></span></i></div><i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><div style="display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Below: Diary Page from Henry Clifton Patterson Diary, which references the Flagstaff Camp:</span></span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Friends of the Saline Valley Salt Tram</span></span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">SaltTram.blogspot.com SalineValleySaltTram@gmail.com</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As the years pass, researching the true story of the Salt Tram is getting more difficult, as the abundant photos and written first hand accounts from that era find their way into landfills (instead of museums). We are striving to rediscover the efforts of those who built and ran the Salt Tram, in order to give proper recognition to their hopes, dreams and abundant sweat from an era that is rapidly fading from our memories. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We are actively seeking out information about the mining of Salt in Saline Valley between 1903 and the 1950's, including</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">: documents, photos, articles, stories, artifacts, etc.</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> If you can help us out, please email us at the address above - Thank-you! --Tim and Brian Waag</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">, the Waag brothers (aka E. Clampus Waagus). </span></b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Caution (PLEASE READ): Climbing around on the tramway is dangerous because its really old and defnitely unsafe, so don't even think about it. Shoot, just getting to it requires some perilous hiking, and if you don't believe me, just take a look at the Zig Zag Access Trail (or what's left of it). Plus, climbing on it weakens it and endangers your life. Also, the Saline Valley Salt Tram is on the National Register of Historic Places and should be treated with the respect that it deserves. What little remains is of great historic value, and should not be disturbed in any way. Heck, its probably against the law to move parts of the tram around, and certainly a crime to take home some of the few bits of it that remain (though you'd have to ask your friendly local BLM agent for details). So please treat it with the respect it deserves, so that future generations can enjoy whats left, without you messing it up. Really. Please. You can see its listing on the National Register of Historic Places at these web links:</span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ca/Inyo/state.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">National Register of Historic Places 1</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.noehill.com/inyo/nat1974000514.asp"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">National Register of Historic Places2</span></a></span></span></div><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Stayed at "Ray's Den Motel" in Indie - the unofficial home of the Friends of the Saline Valley Salt Tram! (yeah, Linda!). Okay - not really a Salt Tram bullet, but kinda...</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Field observation of the pack trail below Control Station IV, including power pole route, pack trail, Station 30 and 31 (54 feet high - thanks Mark!), tram towers, cable spool, misc. buckets down canyons, interesting artifacts, etc.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Discovery of the likely location for the so-called "Flagstaff Construction Camp" referenced in the Patterson Diary.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Exploration of the famous Swansea Petro site (INYO-272) that is referenced in a historic Salt Tram photo below (probably photographed by longtime Keeler resident Lillian Hilderman).</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">4x4 Drive to the Salt Tram summit in preparation for the next day's "Summit-to-Salt" hike (hey, I just gave it a nickname!).</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Brian's desert-famous "Death Valley Chili" - the colon cleanser! (also not a Salt Tram bullet).</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Summit-to-Salt Dayhike - with numerous observation objectives, a few of which were actually completed - see below. For a link to Corey's unlisted U-Tube video of the trip, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yuCWXEzNXk&feature=youtube_gdata_player"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">click here.</span></a></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Observation of the Temporary Tramway System from Chuckawalla Hollow Camp to Control Station I.</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Brian and Mark hike up to the Zig Zag trail and put in fixed ropes to aid the hikers coming down from the Summit (Thanks, guys!).</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Tim's desert-famous "Death Valley Burritos" (also not a Salt Tram bullet).</span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">We can't end the list with lucky number 13, so I added this one: everybody got home - either driving, flying, or getting dropped off. Thanks to everyone who helped out on this trip! Awesome experience - again :-)</span></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">A1 - Find the Swansea petro site and explore?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> Done. Ironically, we became curious about these petros because of a historical Salt Tram photo that made reference to them! The photo mentions pictographs, rather than petroglyphs, but that still got our interest. We are not able to match the photo to the mountains in the area to see if we could identify where the photo was taken - that'll have to wait for another time. <i>See photo below.</i></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="http://harryhelmsblog.blogspot.com/2008/12/petroglyphs-at-swansea-california.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Harry Helms Blog</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"> </span></span></i></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Reminder:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> <i>the Swansea Petro site, like so many others, has been heavily vandalized and abused. Please respect this site. I know it sounds obvious, but don't walk on the petros, and certainly don't re-peck them, as has been done here. Sadly, the real damage was done to the site by a mining operations that used this site as a gravel quarry (so I've been told - I do not have independent confirmation of this, but it looks right).</i></span></span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span">A3 - Detailed exploration of the lower west side tramway and facilities?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> Progress made (area below CS IV). We explored the area shown on this map below, including the towering Station 31, which we measured to be 54 feet tall!</span></span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span">A4 - Find failed friction grip - uh, yeah?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> No (no time to look).</span></span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span">A5 - Examine temp tramway between Chuckawalla Hollow Camp and CS I?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> Extensive progress made. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">B. Saturday Thru-Hiker Trip Observations (Alan, Jim, Fred, Corey, Alex). Brian notes tha </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">the drive from the Summit Station to the base of the tram in Saline Valley took around 2 1/2 hrs. Brian and Mark left the summit at around 6:20am and arrived at around 9am at the base. For the hike for my buddy Mark and I to fix the ropes at the top of the zig zag was around 3 1/2 hrs with a few rest breaks in the middle (Brian wasn't in his best "fighting shape", although Mark always is - he works out 5 days at week at 5am - discipline!). Tim and Corbett took 3 hours to make the same drive in our twin white Broncos!</span></span><br />
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</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">B1 - Which Station has the wood water pipe next to it? Station 18.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">B2 - Document anchorage of 1.25 inch (heavy) track cable and 7/8 inch (light) track cable between Summit Station and station to the East? Done, but awaiting photos from Alan Station 18 has 2 Weight Boxes which would tension the 2 track cables that go to the summit station; both Weight Boxes are sitting on the ground. The heavy track cable is still attached to its Weight Box, but the light track cable is not attached to its Weight Box. See photos. New Question: Station 18 Weight Box for 7/8 inch track cable is not attached - where is the detached cable?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">B3 - Evaluate pack trail around the hump near “cut limb 14” waypoint on map? Did not find. Alan indicates no discernable trail at all. I’m surprised by this answer, as I've seen it several times, and its hard to believe its completely washed away. Its possible that Alan was either looking in the wrong place, or just didn’t have enough time to find it.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">B4 - Hike from CS II to Station 13, 12, and 11 and identify trail in confused area? Did not make the hike.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">B5 - Identify original trail on final approach to CS II from above? Did not have time.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">B6 - Photos of “May Pole” (temp tramway structure) next to CS II from various angles? Done (awaiting photos from Alan).</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">B7 - Examine lower dump below CS II above trail? Did not have time.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">B8 - Historical Zig Zag photo - recreate photo? No. Tried but ran out of time.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">B9 - Structural integrity of CS II - photos? Done (Alan reports only 3 support beams below the station deck appear to have any damage whatsoever - a very small number). Awaiting photos from Alan.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;">We had a short amount of time to drive up the Swansea Grade and hike the newly discovered pack trail that ran from Control Station IV (CS IV) to the modern Swansea Grade Road below (note that the trailhead located at 36 33.630 117 54.023). We have a goal of making detailed observations of the entire Salt Tram route, and the newly discovered pack trail gave us a good reason to cover this area next. On previous occasions when we have hiked along the West side of the Salt Tram, we would find snippets of pack trails (single track) to go along with the numerous wagon (and auto) roads that were built to construct and maintain the tram. It slowly dawned on us that there was a pack trail along the entire West end of the Salt Tram. The extensive Salt Tram pack trail on the East end of the Inyo's existence is well known, if not well-defined! However, the pack trail's existence on the West side is probably known only to us. The diary of Cliff Patterson tells us that Cliff worked as the operator at CS IV when it first began operation in 1913, and it is likely that he used this pack trail extensively when he traveled between CS IV and Swansea. Knowing that we were walking along a trail extensively used by Cliff was exciting! </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-weight: normal;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">As the years pass, researching the true story of the Salt Tram is getting more difficult, as the abundant photos and written first hand accounts from that era find their way into landfills (instead of museums). We are striving to rediscover the efforts of those who built and ran the Salt Tram, in order to give proper recognition to their hopes, dreams and abundant sweat from an era that is rapidly fading from our memories. <span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>We are actively seeking out information about the mining of Salt in Saline Valley between 1903 and the 1950's, including</b></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>: documents, photos, articles, stories, artifacts, etc.</b></span> If you can help us out, please email us at the address above - Thank-you! --Tim and Brian Waag, the Waag brothers (aka E. Clampus Waagus).</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Caution (PLEASE READ): Climbing around on the tramway is dangerous because its really old and defnitely unsafe, so don't even think about it. Shoot, just getting to it requires some perilous hiking, and if you don't believe me, just take a look at the Zig Zag Access Trail (or what's left of it). Plus, climbing on it weakens it and endangers your life. Also, the Saline Valley Salt Tram is on the National Register of Historic Places and should be treated with the respect that it deserves. What little remains is of great historic value, and should not be disturbed in any way. Heck, its probably against the law to move parts of the tram around, and certainly a crime to take home some of the few bits of it that remain (though you'd have to ask your friendly local BLM agent for details). So please treat it with the respect it deserves, so that future generations can enjoy whats left, without you messing it up. Really. Please. You can see its listing on the National Register of Historic Places at these web links:</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><a href="http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/ca/Inyo/state.html">National Register of Historic Places 1</a> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.noehill.com/inyo/nat1974000514.asp">National Register of Historic Places 2</a></span></b></span></span></i></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Dorothy, the donor of the certificate, hadn't thought to look on the back of the certificate. We knew there was something back there, because it bled through to the front! Here's a photo of the back, which isn't so great (click to enlarge), but some day I'll bring my scanner up to ECM and scan the back. Until then, this has gotta do:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Here's what the <b>back</b> of the stock certificate says:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">For value Received, __________, hereby sell, assign and transfer unto</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">______________ Shares</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">of the Capital Stock represented by the within Certificate, </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">to transfer the said stock on the Books of the within named </span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Corporation with full power of Substitution in the premises.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">In Presence of_____________</span></span></span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>2010.09.16:</b> [Email correspondence from Dorothy from the state of Georgia] I just googled this company [Saline Valley Salt Company, we presume] for the first time, and found your website [this site], and your request for information. I have a stock certificate, number 135, dated 6 May 1920, for 250 shares of this company, par value $1.00 each, made over to my grandfather, E. B. Houseal. The secretary's signature looks looks like "Jno. M. Ray" and the president, "J. A. Goodman." It's a good-looking stock certificate. I could not figure out how my grandfather would know about such a company, since he lived in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1920. I have only skimmed over a couple of articles so far, but have already found a reference from a 1910 newspaper article referring to Tennessee investors, and in another to a "go-devil," [for more information on the origins of the Salt Tram's Go-Devil, click on this link Go Devil] a term my grandmother used - she grew up in the Texas panhandle on an early cotton farm (1900 or so). From her description, I thought of it as a plow, but now I think it was something used to clear land. I inherited the certificate about 20 years ago, but was unable to find out much at the time. This was before I had access to the World Wide Web!!! This is so interesting! Thanks for the information, Dorothy, Georgia. </span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>2010.09.16:</b> [Email correspondence from Dorothy from the state of Georgia] I am confused. The Saline Valley Salt Company stock certificate I have says the company was incorporated in Arizona on 16 June 1903. Was this an Arizona company or a California company, or both? [Answer: Incorporated in Arizona but operated in California; held board meetings in Arizona, probably as required by law?] </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>2010.09.17:</b> [Email correspondence from Dorothy from the state of Georgia]... I will investigate scanning the certificate, etc. Dorothy</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>2010.10.18:</b> [Email correspondence from Dorothy from the state of Georgia]... I dropped the stock certificate off at a local photographer's to get a "high resolution scan" on a disk, which I am prepared to mail to you this week. After I make myself a photocopy, I think I'll take your advice and donate it to the Eastern California museum in Independence, California. Do you have contact information for the museum? Since no one here has any idea of the history involved, I suspect it would eventually get lost one way or another, as so many artifacts do - water, fire, landfill. This has been a lot of fun, Thanks, Dorothy, Georgia.</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>2010.19.21:</b> [Email correspondence from Jon Klusmire, Museum Services Administrator, Eastern California Museum, Independence, Calif.] Ms. Dorothy *****: The Eastern California Museum would be delighted to have you donate your family's stock certificate for the Saline Valley Salt Company. We have a substantial collection of photos, documents and some artifacts from the mining operation and the stock certificate would be a nice addition to our collection. I'm sure that you could simply mail the certificate to the Museum (maybe put it between two piece of light cardboard), and when we receive it, we will provide you a confirmation of your donation and other necessary paperwork to complete the donation. Our mailing address is: jklusmire@inyocounty.us </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>2010.10.27:</b> [Email correspondence from Dorothy from the state of Georgia] Tim, I need an address so I can send the disc to you, it's ready to go. I have sent the original stock certificate to Joh Klusmire, who contacted me recently via email. Yours, Dorothy ------</span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">[We emailed Dorothy back, and thanked her profusely for her donation of the stock certificate to the Eastern California Museum, and for the scan of the stock certificate for us; we will post the stock certificate on this website as soon as we receive the scan of it - yeah! </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><b>2010.10.27:</b> [Email correspondence from Dorothy from the state of Georgia] Tim, the newspaper clipping is great! [Dorothy is referring to the image at the end of this post]. Thanks so much. My address is ... Georgia. The disc will arrive inside the photog's envelope. We were in San Luis Obispo many years ago, and stayed at that inn Madonna Inn [Tim lives in SLO, Calif. and takes any chance he can get to promote the town!]. Unforgettable! Gosh, that was 20 years ago. I hope we can get out West at least one more time. I am deeply involved in researching my family history ... I have an MA in history and have done a lot of historical research and writing. Perhaps when I've gotten more of my family history completed, I can help you out with historical research on the Saline Valley Salt Co.. Just ask me what you want to know, and I'll try to find out. The internet is a wonderful thing ... put me on your [Salt Tram] mailing list ... Till later, Dorothy... </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />
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