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
Top staff were getting bonuses. Mark seagraves has our report. Reporter d. C. Fire chief gregory dean says he approved over 20,000 in inn bonuses this year. Its the first time hes given bonuses since taking over the department. I gave bonuses to four sets of chiefs and one civilian. And that was for work that had been done. Weve been working very hard the last year and a half, two years. I felt that it was i needed to acknowledge the hard work they did. Were in the midst of contract negotiations. So if theyre giving bonuses for hard work and good work, remember the members that do the work daily. Reporter each assistant chief given a 5,000 bonus. The civilian employee received about 1,300. I rely on seasoned managers like chief dean to make the right personnel decisions at his department. If thats his judgment, i support it. Reporter the bonuses came as the department saw a spike in overtime costs. Overtime jumped from 1 in fiscal year 2015 to 23 million in fiscal year 2016. In the fir
Right now on news 4 this week, crumbling bridges. Cracks, shaky, potholes. What crews are doing to make sure your drive is safe. Overtime costs skyrocketing in the d. C. Fire department. Costing taxpayers millions of dollars. Now were learning its happening at the same time some members are getting bonuses. Billboard fight. The mayor finds herself in the middle of a growing advertising struggle in the district. Welcome to news 4 this week. Well start with spiking cost of overtime in the d. C. Fire department. It has doubled in just one year. And costs taxpayers millions of dollars. Now were learning as those overtime costs were going up, several members of t top staff were getting bonuses. Mark seagraves has our report. Reporter d. C. Fire chief gregory dean says he approved over 20,000 in inn bonuses this year. Its the first time hes given bonuses since taking over the department. I gave bonuses to four sets of chiefs and one civilian. And that was for work that had been done. Weve be
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