I have just posted two new vidcasts: one on Konane and it’s utility not only as a game but also as an educational critical thinking tool [https://youtu.be/1TsiqwVUW4Y;
the second a vidcast version of a presentation I did several weeks ago on my Comstock Ore Road research [https://youtu.be/IZqsQqIfyQs].
The Mahele Foreign Testimony Vol. 10 (O’ahu-Koolauloa) and Vol. 11 (O’ahu-Koolauloa and Waialua) are up and available as pdfs on the site. Also note that the Comstock GEarth files are constantly updated-if you have older files, please download the new ones (late July 2026) as I had added a number of new sites/roads and also updated the info displays (especially in the Mills tab), so the total should be much easier to use and informative. Enjoy and share the files!
I’ve started adding details/data to the Comstock Ore Road material, specifically starting to add the material on specific mines and mills from the Ansari 1989 Mines and Mills of the Comstock Region to the GEarth locations, so that now when you click (on the ones updated to date) her information is included. I’ve also started editing/modifying the mill site locations from the mysterious 1989 report that was completed for the EPA Carson Superfund Project report-while the mill site location map exists (and is on this GEarth map), the mill site details, how the survey was conducted etc. are all missing-no one seems to have a copy of the actual text. The new Comstock treasure hunt… So mill sites are now being updated, and eventually Ansari’s material will be added and also some mill locations will be moved to more accurately reflect their location on the ground.
I just completed the final vidcast/podcasts for the East Asian Course (AN 357), specifically Japanese and Chinese societies, so now all three courses are done [East Asian, Peoples of Hawai’i, Geography of Hawai’i]. I am currently updating the Comstock roads map as I completed new field surveys. I have also retitled a number of pages to make the content more obvious.
I just added a new page giving access to several courses I offered in the past that are no longer available through Chaminade University. This page gives access to course materials for: Peoples of Hawai’i; Geography of Hawai’i; and East Asian Societies. The last is still in progress as I will have to rebuild the VidCasts for the course powerpoints. Hopefully some will find the course content interesting and potentially useful.
I just got around to putting up the new page tied to my newest project, the mapping of the ore road network through the Comstock Lode.
So the intro is up, and I have posted the link to the Google Earth kmz files that have all the road data interpretation I’ve done to date, along with embedding the USGS mines data.
As I find more sources I will be updating this, especially the addition of more historic named places in the region. A fascinating place, and given how famous the region is, very little work (at least by historical/cultural geographers) has been done there.
Just finished vol. 6, Moloka’i Foreign Testimony-very short (only 49 pages). I suspect the majority of claims are in the Native Testimony volumes. As with all the transcriptions, free to anyone to download and use on the Mahele page of the site.
Volume 5, the Hilo side of Hawai’i Island, is complete and available to download. That completes the Big Island F.T. volumes, next is vol. 6-Moloka’i.
Volume 4 of the Mahele Foreign Testimony covering the Kohala side of the Island of Hawai’i is completed and published-as the with the other volumes free to download (pdf). On to vol. 5 (Hilo side).
Just completed vol. 9 of the Mahele LCA Foreign Testimony for O’ahu covering Ewa through Wai’anae which is now up and can be downloaded from the page. Now moving on to Vol. 4 (Kohala side of Hawai’i Island).
