Don’t get me wrong. I’d kiss a pig to have a NYC $3 bil holding/ Ad company writing over expansive slick shit. Would add immediate $1.50 to a 5 cent PPS like G Q $145 mil est costs still in DESIGN stage. Entire exploration stage since 09/09 to 12/13 was well under $14 mil and has been looking for about $4-5 mil to complete production. On similar mine basis should be coming in $120 million under cost and NO 15% wiggle factor.
Know Tehachapi well. G’dad, 2 sons and mom’s brother drove weekly ’40-’41 to construct big hangers at Muroc Dry Lake (Corum backwards) became Edwards AFB. Drove up grade winter ’41 to see first snow and toss snowballs at brother. Something strange for bare foot hot tar roads, cheeks of tan, boys.
Bakersfield had odd RR stations with Sante Fe mid town from San Francisco via central valley and coast rt So Pacific E side town down to LA and over Tehachapi grade to Barstow/Needles. Had to transfer via Trailways ( Santa Fe bus) to leased SP track to continue until ’60s. Driving across nation I’d visit G parents in Oildale and cut across T’ch summit to Vegas then Flagstaff or Phoenix depending route to E .8