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Up in front where the
old piano used to be, we put in three glass cases for our gift shop area... We moved the old antique-galvanized, painted red, disassemble and move to another town, portable bathtub, from underneath the back bar to above the front door. We used to fill it with ice and beer for the large panics before we got the old Coca-Cola cooler. We would like to put a female mannequin up in it. If anyone has any lying around they would like to donate or knows where we can get one please let us know. We put in four old library tables. Two on each side of the stage, and put cards and chips and other games in the drawers for everyone to play. What we’re short on, are old, or semi-old, wood chairs to sit on. Anyone who can help us out in that department would sure be greatly appreciated. Walt had an old 1909 Brunswick pool table in storage for ten years. Now it’s set up towards the rear in front of the Piano Bar. We’ve had old relics in storage and lying around all over Gold Point. Now we’re putting them up in the rafters and hanging them on the walls. Now everyone can really see a lot more than they used to. While you're sitting down having a drink, playing pool or just listening to the band you can look all around and see relics from the past. We had one couple that came up for a visit and then came back and donated some old cookie tins and stuff. We will gladly put your donations of old rust up somewhere, if you bring them. Around the street side of the building we moved in heavy old mining equipment to look at. It also helps keep people from bumping the building with their autos when parking. Around the back porch and other side of the building we’re placing other antique artifacts. Since the back porch is 3 feet lower than the ground we had to make it difficult for someone to walk around to the back and fall in. Ken put up a nice overhang. The retaining walls are made out of old railroad ties from the old roadbed they took out from Mina to Hawthorne 30 years ago. I think we will also put in a cactus garden. In the evenings it’s a great place to sit and watch the moon rise up over Mt. Dunfee. Eventually a friend of mine, Kenny Payne, who works Caesars’ in Las Vegas, is going to get me some Victorian type wall covering to put on all the walls. This should really spiffy the place up. We had a lot more time to do the gingerbread stuff than I thought we would have. This was nice. We worked hard and long hours to finish the construction. Now we were able to take our time in the decor and final details before the grand opening party Memorial Day weekend. Sandy arrived Tuesday night with the final load of supplies. For the next couple of days we prepared for the upcoming weekend. I had the time, so Friday morning I wanted to play a little. My friends Steve and Lorie Baird came out for breakfast that morning. We had planned on going down a local mine and giving H.E.R.B., (Hornsilver Extraction and Recovery Buggy) a test. This is when the tragedy happened... We put all the mountain climbing equipment in and headed out around the mountain. There was an incline up to the mine opening that any two wheel drivel could make. H.E.R.B was a FWD and shouldn’t have had any problem at all. Wrong. It might be four wheel drive but it’s GVW was almost 20,000 lbs. It didn’t want to go up. We even tried backing it up. No go. Too much weight and it wasn’t geared for that kind of work. We went around the
front side of the mountain. It looked like a little easier of an incline
but not easy enough. Half way up it happened. Crunch bonk boink snap. We
twisted the drive line and broke it off. Needless to say, we were done
playing for the day. Fortunately, Stan, a friend of Dave, the donator of
the truck, was up with Dave and his friends in the back country with their
motorcycles. On the way back to his home in the Gardnerville area, he took
the drive line with him. He is going to make us a new and stronger one.
Next time we take H.E.R.B. out for a spin we’ll have to be a bit more
careful I guess. |
