Whats that white stuff on the ground? - Beyond Tiki

T tikijackalope Tiki Socialite KS/MO Joined: Oct 23, 2003 Posts: 835	T tikijackalope Posted posted on Thu, Jan 19, 2006 9:10 PM Gigantalope wrote: I know that area well, I think it's salts, deposits from standing water, and gypsum. Probably...and that pile in the background of the photo in my first post could be mine tailings. I did notice lots of what looks like gypsum around the north end of Victorville on Rt66 (below)...didn't know if it was natural or overspill from a concrete plant. There are some cool mines out that way that you can still tour, along RT 666. (Avoid Roy's at Amboy...cool looking but it sucks) Funny you'd mention Roy's; I just got through blogging it. http://thelope.blogspot.com/2006/01/amboy-california.html Its closed, you know, and supposedly under a slow restoration process by its new owner, Albert Okura, owner of the Juan Pollo Restaurant chain of California. It still looks googieriffic in its desolate splender, but is rapidly going ragged around the edges. There are several stories of there once being an inland sea stretching from that area down to Mexico. Not like a billion years ago, but in the time of human habitation. (it's one of those things native americans chat about at the swap meet) The American heritage Dictionary defines the Mojave Desert as: "An arid region of southern California southeast of the Sierra Nevada. Once part of an ancient inland sea, the desert was formed by volcanic action and by materials deposited by the Colorado River." Amboy crater is supposed to have been formed 10,000 years ago in the Holocene ("age of man") and projectile point data from the area does indicate human habitation that long ago, so that part fits. What I haven't found in a casual google search is a reference to how recently the inland sea receeded or dried up. Since you know the area, any idea what this structure is? Its in Newberry Springs, very close to the Bagdad Cafe and the rooflines and materials are similar. It's been branded "Polynesian" on some travel sites, but I don't think so. This is a mystery building in Daggot; it looks Alpine - the roof seems as if its designed to shed large amounts of snow and ice. I've read it used to be a cafe years ago. Neither it nor the previous structure seem logical in color or form to avoid Absorption of heat, although thats one huge attic vent. Thanks for your other travel pointers, if I get back out that way, I may be in less of a hurry to make a beeline to LA. http://www.thelope.blogspot.com [ Edited by: tikijackalope 2006-01-19 21:11 ]

Gigantalope wrote:

I know that area well, I think it's salts, deposits from standing water, and gypsum.

Probably...and that pile in the background of the photo in my first post could be mine tailings. I did notice lots of what looks like gypsum around the north end of Victorville on Rt66 (below)...didn't know if it was natural or overspill from a concrete plant.

There are some cool mines out that way that you can still tour, along RT 666. (Avoid Roy's at Amboy...cool looking but it sucks)

Funny you'd mention Roy's; I just got through blogging it. http://thelope.blogspot.com/2006/01/amboy-california.html
Its closed, you know, and supposedly under a slow restoration process by its new owner, Albert Okura, owner of the Juan Pollo Restaurant chain of California. It still looks googieriffic in its desolate splender, but is rapidly going ragged around the edges.

There are several stories of there once being an inland sea stretching from that area down to Mexico. Not like a billion years ago, but in the time of human habitation. (it's one of those things native americans chat about at the swap meet)

The American heritage Dictionary defines the Mojave Desert as: "An arid region of southern California southeast of the Sierra Nevada. Once part of an ancient inland sea, the desert was formed by volcanic action and by materials deposited by the Colorado River."
Amboy crater is supposed to have been formed 10,000 years ago in the Holocene ("age of man") and projectile point data from the area does indicate human habitation that long ago, so that part fits. What I haven't found in a casual google search is a reference to how recently the inland sea receeded or dried up.

Since you know the area, any idea what this structure is?

Its in Newberry Springs, very close to the Bagdad Cafe and the rooflines and materials are similar.
It's been branded "Polynesian" on some travel sites, but I don't think so.

This is a mystery building in Daggot; it looks Alpine - the roof seems as if its designed to shed large amounts of snow and ice. I've read it used to be a cafe years ago. Neither it nor the previous structure seem logical in color or form to avoid Absorption of heat, although thats one huge attic vent.

Thanks for your other travel pointers, if I get back out that way, I may be in less of a hurry to make a beeline to LA.

http://www.thelope.blogspot.com

[ Edited by: tikijackalope 2006-01-19 21:11 ]

Post #208899 by tikijackalope on Thu, Jan 19, 2006 9:10 PM