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
A man is charged with the murder of Kelly Mary Fauvrelle the 26 year old who was eight months pregnant when she was fatally stabbed at home. Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are martin lipton, chief Sports Reporter at the sun, and ruth lea, economic adviser at Arbuthnot Banking group. Many of tomorrows front pages are already in. And its a picture of england winning the cricket world cup which dominates the front pages of most of the newspapers. The Financial Times also leads on carrie lam offering to resign after weeks of protests in hong kong. And of course its another picture of the triumphant England Cricket Team on the front of the independent. Theyre leading on their investigation into Immigration Services which are being outsourced. The times leads on borisjohnson suggesting he wants the uk to rebuild a relationship with the us in the hope of a prospective trade deal. Out of this world says the express, with englan
Michelle have the day off. Jessica flores is live with the latest. Jessica. Reporter the fbi have been iw the family is included to the north club shooter. Neighbors heard the commotion. Thats when the fbi arrested her at the home behind me i want to read you what it says. It says im glad to see that omar mateens wife has been charged with aiding and abetting her husband in the commission of the brutal attack on the pulse nightclub. Shell be charged with obstruction of justice. According to jail records, she was arrested on suspicion of tampering with a witness. Shes head in jail at douglas. Gunman mateen in 2013 they had a young son together. Mateen died in a shootout with police after he killed 49 people inside of the pulse nightclub. She was interviewed after the nightclub shooting but not charged we heard from her neighbors whod the mother and her son take a listen. Very quiet. You dont see problems at all. So the blinds were always [indiscernible]. She leaves at 8 00 in the mornin
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