Jul 21 2010
Day Twelve on the Mural
This week I met several mural team members at The Wall to discuss our options in dealing with our mechanical snags. We formulated a plan, and after they do what they have to do, I’ll be back on the wall. While at the wall, I did a bit of sketching because I was there and the only thing worse than getting up at 5 a.m. is wasting it! It is a little risky, because my historical consultants and I aren’t entirely convinced that this is the original Mt. Whitney Power Co. cabin. It appears as such on the Mineral King Preservation Society website. The question is that it also looks like the type of cabin built by Windy Stevens, about whom I do not have adequate information. . . perhaps he wasn’t around when the Mt. Whitney Power Co. was. Perhaps the MWPC used his plans. More will be revealed (if I am diligent AND lucky!)
First I painted it in green. It was wrong, so I repainted it in brown. (Hard to tell the difference in color here!)
Might Sou Cal Ed have a picture in their archives?
Finding their archives is a trick - their historian has retired, their museum at Shaver hasn’t opened yet, and the man we’ve been told might have some info is very difficult to reach!