Warren Hinckle

Hobbes kept the budget down by using what he had available on hand as well as his community connections.

He was well known and liked in Virginia City because he'd helped co-author a book alongside the legendary journalist Warren Hinkle, called The Richest Place on Earth, about the history of the Comstock Lode silver mines that made the city a boom town in the 1860s.

He was able to pull strings in the community in order to film during the tourist season and capture the ghost town attraction at its liveliest.

It was truly a community affair.