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some nit·wit almost· ruined them with a bulldozer. The lower fall is easy to reach but the upper ones are a bit tricky with lots of rock climbing. I'd advise bringing along tennis shoes because MX boots just won't cut it. After the falls an attempt to ride over to Lookout was made..Bad luck began to haunt us: The temperature shot up to over .100 0 (108 0 at the Cal Trans station on Highway 190), the din road needed just disappeared (flash flood in April) and what remained was almost unrideable. We gave up and started our return to Darwin. Seven miles from our pit site a broken throttle and oil injector cable resulted in a long, hot tow job. My 185 pulling a big ~60 sled up a rocky, rutted canyon with a 2000 foot climb wasn't easy. My bike complained bitterly. With the nearest bike shop 85 miles away and if parts were to be had, we wrote the tri p off and decided to come back' at a cooler rime and with better maintained bikes. We returned on Oct. 8 to complete the trip. Shortly after arrival we gassed up, lubed the chain, filled our canteens and headed for Cerro Gordo via San Lucas Canyon. We rode north out of Darwin to Highway 190, turned right for 4.1 miles then left on the Saline Valley Road. Follow the pavement for 8.2 miles to the White Talc Road. There used to be a sign but not now. Many of the signs have been removed so mileages are very important. Go left here and after ~.6 miles you drop into San Lucas Canyon. Go right for 4.7 miles and a road will appear on your left. Tum and start up. It's up all the way now, but not bad, just soft and rutted. After passing two. mines and climbing ~OOO feet, you'll top the crest and drop into Cerro Gordo, M.6 miles from Darwin. The town hanging on the £lank of 9184' Buena Vista Peak (now called Cerro Gordo Peak) is fantastic. In 1865 Pablo Flores found silver and filed a claim. From then on Cerro Gordo has had a kind of a roller coaster history. Abundant ore. one year, slim pickings the next. Shortages of the necessities from time to time. High silver prices, then prices so low it didn't pay to dig it. Lawsuits, skullduggery, claim jumping and bankruptcy were the normal happenings. High times for some, death for many. Still the miners came. Finally the silver days were over. Several attempts to revive the mines ended with many companies deep in debt. Some high rollers came to "Fat Hill" (a liberal translation of Cerro Gordo) and became even higher rollers. They lived high, carried considerable weight, controlled many lives for years. Most died penniless, some went into total obscurity. A couple whose names still are well known (Beaudry and Nadeau) went into other careers and did very well if not better in their new ventures. In 1866, Victor Beaudry opened a store to handle the needs of the miners and also opened the first toll road up from the Owens Valley. This road later became known as the infamous Yellow Grade. It was the main artery and still is to Cerro Gordo. A couple of years later Remi Nadeau began his freight operation and Mort Belshaw built the firSt smelter. Population was now 1500. The American Hotel was erected in 1871 and stands today. E~en the old cook stove is still in place. So many people were coming and going that two daily stages made trips up the steep hill. During 1873, Nadeau and his mules were moving 700 tons of cargo per month. The long 225 mile trip to Los Angeles took 10 .hard days. A transportation problem developed in 187~ and 18,000 ingots, each w.eighing 85 pounds, stacked up on the shore of Owens Lake at Cartago. That must have been a sight to see. AM1 WESTERN UNITED STATES CHAMPIONSHIP VIEWFINDERS DPRIX ....•• ", RIVERSIDE INTL. RACEWAY tRt ., APRIL 4th & 5th 1981 ENTRY INFORMATION official -ENTRIES OPEN FEB. 21. 1981 Ute only AND CLOSE MARCH 21. 1981 -MAIL ENTRY '24.00 PER RIDER ('2.00 discounl 10 AMA das~ified riders. DISTRICT & AMA PROl Enlr)' indudn '1.00 rOf Disl. 37 ( PLl..ASE PRurr ) Ic::gal ddcn~ rund. 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