i m jamie colby, and today i m driving along the columbia mountain range in esmeralda county, nevada. i m going to meet a man whose strange inheritance is a patch of semi-abandoned ghost town, population 268. but it used to be nevada s largest and richest city. why? well, they tell me it has something to do with the town s name. welcome.to goldfield. my name is jon aurich, and i inherited a gold mine. jon, hi. i m 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! it s 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 ounc
with. holy christmas. i m jamie colby, and today i m driving along the columbia mountain range in esmeralda county, nevada. i m going to meet a man whose strange inheritance is a patch of semi-abandoned ghost town, population 268. but it used to be nevada s largest and richest city. why? well, they tell me it has something to do with the town s name. welcome.to goldfield. my name is jon aurich, and i inherited a gold mine. jon, hi. i m 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! it s 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 th
i m jamie colby, and today i m out in west texas, about 50 miles southwest of abilene. i m 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 i m 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. i m 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 quarter
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