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Author: Admin | 2025-04-27
To have started life as an old RV trailer. The cabin is built on the side of the RV and has a door connecting the two together. Mining cabin built along the side of an old RV trailerEntrace to the cabin from inside the RV trailerWe looked up the manufacturer of the trailer. It appears to have been built In Tulsa, Oklahoma, sometime in the early 1950s. Royal Spartanette logo on the side of the trailerWhen you see an old cabin in the desert, you often find the entrance to an old mine nearby. Many old mines have been blocked off or covered up for safety. This one appears to have been filled in, though we still kept our distance. Mine entrance near the cabinsThe entrance to the mineWe have entered some of the mines but have never gone very far. Neither of us is claustrophobic but spelunking is not our hobby. And, really, it isn’t safe to go into abandoned mines. Here is a poster from the National Park Service about the dangers found in mines.We came across another unique cabin out here at another mining camp. It was a duplex! Two cabins built together under the same roof. Two separate living spaces, two front doors, a common front porch and a wall inside separating the two. Cabin duplexThe duplex cabin was up on a hill with beautiful views of the surrounding valley.Great views from this duplex cabinAn old truck was sitting nearby. The desert has done a great job weathering it – these are the actual colors! I didn’t edit this photo beyond making it a bit lighter to show how great this truck looks out here.Old truck – you can see the duplex cabin behind it on the rightThis mining camp had a rather large root cellar near the duplex cabin with a large Maxwell House coffee can on top of the roof.“Before refrigeration, people stored food in a lot of different ways. Food would be smoked, dried, salted, fermented or pickled. It would also be kept in root cellars or pits underground.” – VermontPublic.orgRoot cellar built into the hillsideSide view of the root cellar built into the hillsideThis greenish cabin is also still standing in the mining camp near the duplex. It was quite large inside.A green cabin near the duplex – The green is old paint, not mold or moss.Two large rooms can be seen
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