Im jamie colby, and today im driving along the Columbia Mountain range in esmeralda county, nevada. Im going to meet a man whose strange inheritance is a patch of semiabandoned ghost town, population 268. But it used to be nevadas largest and richest city. Why . Well, they tell me it has something to do with the towns name. Welcome. To goldfield. My name is jon aurich, and i inherited a gold mine. Jon, hi. Im jamie. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too. So, i made it to the middle of nowhere. Can you imagine inheriting a gold mine . The heir, jon aurich, shows me around. Can i walk right up to it . You can. How far down is that . 1,650 feet. Whoa its called the Florence Mine, named after the daughter of an old prospector who discovered it in 1903. This is the original shaft of the florence. Bureau of mines estimates about 17 miles of workings underground. So, how much gold came out of this mine . About 9 million, and that was at 20. 67 an ounce. Jon tells me that to understand the b
With. Holy christmas. Im jamie colby, and today im driving along the Columbia Mountain range in esmeralda county, nevada. Im going to meet a man whose strange inheritance is a patch of semiabandoned ghost town, population 268. But it used to be nevadas largest and richest city. Why . Well, they tell me it has something to do with the towns name. Welcome. To goldfield. My name is jon aurich, and i inherited a gold mine. Jon, hi. Im jamie. Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you, too. So, i made it to the middle of nowhere. Can you imagine inheriting a gold mine . The heir, jon aurich, shows me around. Can i walk right up to it . You can. How far down is that . 1,650 feet. Whoa its called the Florence Mine, named after the daughter of an old prospector who discovered it in 1903. This is the original shaft of the florence. Bureau of mines estimates about 17 miles of workings underground. So, how much gold came out of this mine . About 9 million, and that was at 20. 67 an ounce. Jon tells me th
Im jamie colby, and today im out in west texas, about 50 miles southwest of abilene. Im here to hunt down two strange inheritances submitted by viewers whose stories converge into a single tale, a tale born straight out of the wild, wild west. My name is garland richards. In 1998, my dad passed away, left me and my siblings a large cattle ranch and a giant part of history. Well, i got your letter, and im dying to learn more about your inheritance. What is this place . This is the richards ranch, and this is Fort Chadbourne. We will be glad to show you around. Im ready. Garland tells me Fort Chadbourne was built in 1852, during the Great Western expansion. [ gunfire, horses neighing ] the area had become a hotspot for violence between the pioneers and native indian tribes. The u. S. Military came in here and set up Fort Chadbourne as a buffer zone. And unmistakably, i do see bullet holes. There was a comanche warrior that was killed in this officers quarters, and thats part of the histo
Illegal immigration while donald trump and senator ted cruz followed a different direction. Well show you that clash among the candidates. Also tonight, a teacher has resigned after she was caught on video blocking a student journalist at the university of missouri from taking pictures during demonstrations. Can i talk now is. No, you need to get out. You need to get out. No, i dont. You need to get out. I actually dont. Hey, who wants to help me get this reporter out of here . I need some muscle over here wow. It turns out shes a professor in journalism. We take up whats happened to freedom of speech at the university of missouri and radical rule and are the liberal mobs on campuses going to have their ways across the country. Were going to talk with among others foxs Juan Williams here in just moments. And president obama today spending much of his day saluting the men and women who have served in this countrys Armed Services on this veterans day, but theres still a lot of concern ov
Illegal immigration while donald trump and senator ted cruz followed a different direction. Well show you that clash among the candidates. Also tonight, a teacher has resigned after she was caught on video blocking a student journalist at the university of missouri from taking pictures during demonstrations. Can i talk now is. No, you need to get out. You need to get out. No, i dont. You need to get out. I actually dont. Hey, who wants to help me get this reporter out of here . I need some muscle over here wow. It turns out shes a professor in journalism. We take up whats happened to freedom of speech at the university of missouri and radical rule and are the liberal mobs on campuses going to have their ways across the country. Were going to talk with among others foxs Juan Williams here in just moments. And president obama today spending much of his day saluting the men and women who have served in this countrys Armed Services on this veterans day, but theres still a lot of concern ov