I LIVED AT THE HOLLAND CAMP FROM 1940 TO 1945 MY DAD WORKED THE APPACHE MINES. THAT WAS THE WORKED SHOP THAT YOU HAD IN YOUR VIDEO. OUR MAIN HOUSE WAS TAKEN DOWN BY SOMEONE IN THE 1980,S. WE ALSO RAISED CHICKENS TO BE SOLD AT MT UNCLES MARKET. MR. VOSE IN GARLOC TAUGHT MY DAD ALOT ABOUT MINING. I ENJOYED YOUR VIDEO SO VERY MUCH.
I would absolutely love to chat with you about the history if you have time! Feel free to contact me at oidium45@gmail.com. Maybe you, me and Lisa could meet up at some point to share stories?
1:55 bring a ladder or a couple of 4x4's to lay accross it and then you can cross it tied to a rope. Bring some more people back to explore that mine. How deep is the opening at 2:43 ? Bring a lighter with you and if the flame gets low or sputters you know oxygen is low. Sulfides could be a gold mine. They tell what is in the rock by getting rock samples and testing the samples. They look for veins of quarts or veins of minerals and have them tested for how much of what material they contain. Certain types of rocks in certain areas give them a clue where to sample. 13:32 is a rock drill they drill the holes for explosives with those metal rods. From looking at info online there was a lead mine and silver and copper mines nearby along with manganese and other stuff. Nice idea bringing a black light.
Thx for posting! Prospector Dean here from MN. I recently visited the GPAA Duisenburg camp and ran a Royal drywasher for the day with the manufacturer, good times! I found some gold and met some nice people. I am returning to SoCal soon to visit family and plan on returning to the Rndsburg area to do some prospecting on the GPAA claims in the Goler Gulch area and some general exploring as well..I have enjoyed watching your videos while I am stuck here in icy MN and maybe we can prospect together some time when I am out there! Appreciate your posts..
It’s funny how people from El Paso think this is Tin Mines in the Franklins 😆. The initial desert landscape looks similar but if you’ve ever hiked the Franklins you’d know the views don’t match up.
All this time I thought you were in the Franklin Mountain mines in the El Paso,Texas area until I read further down. It does look like the southwest tho. Nice video very interesting and Thanks for posting.
I’ve always wanted to prospect that area... Stan the metal detecting man just did a video of him finding a small nugget with his gold monster... your videos are really good bro and I enjoy watching you document your prospecting
I’m surprised those mines are open at this late date. I know the BLM made a big push back around 2012 or so to seal up a lot of mines in the El Paso Mountains area. In particular, they sealed up the Stephens Holding Mines. I was glad that we got in that one and filmed it before they sealed it. I think that mine was more in the Spangler Hills if I can remember correctly, but isn’t that all pretty much in the same geographical area as the El Paso Mountains? Regarding the ore car tracks that you commented on, yes, they were usually removed and used elsewhere or scrapped. You found tracks later on in the tunnel, though, so that was cool. You’ve got some good lighting, too, for these videos! Really lights up the tunnels! Anyway, great video!
Those mines above Holland camp are the Apache mines . I knew the claimant years ago . On the other side of the ridge behind the mines is nugget gulch a very rich placer area .
Thanks for posting! What level of difficulty is the road up to Holland camp? Do you think a 4X4 suv could make it? Does the road up connect to 395 or Garlock road? Interesting video, be safe.
4x4 is recommended.The first part of the pass is pretty rough on a 2wd. The road connects to Bickle Camp, Burro Shmidt tunnel and the 14 fwy on one side, randsburk/redrock on another side and Ridgecrest on the other.
What kind of detector do you use? I use to swing a Whites Goldmaster V-Sat out there .. Gohler, Bonanza, Last Chance, etc. I spent a lot of time out there but only ever found lots of bird shot and tiny pieces of rusted cans, boot tacks, etc. I finally gave up and headed north above Nevada City to the old hydraulic pits .. where I was successful digging gold nuggets up to about a gram. I never had the courage to go in any of those mine shafts in the El Paso range so this is interesting. Thanks 👍
Amazing! Great video. Having trouble finding out where in the Franklin mountains you were. Lived here all my life. Was it East El Paso? Great find and exploring.
These are actually the El Paso Mountains in California, not the Franklin Mountains in El Paso...confusing, but it is what it is. I clicked here thinking the same thing but the geography looked too unfamiliar to be anywhere near El Paso.
I live in El Paso TX and I have no idea where you are..can't be to close to town..if you can send me directions in a PM that would be cool..I have heard that the only thing around El Paso was Tin mines
I knew the correct word was Teutonic reference of Earth. Plates .but sometimes everyone Have to let go. We all. Do a lots of typos due to The.care less Speed But it's all Good. This subject it's very interesting mire for us decendents of miners from the major mineral site of Parral and the whole state of Chihuahua.. The geology of the Franklin mountain it's. Amazing I haven't finish to explore the whole mountain and the apache caves .in front of Coronado higher peaks.
I'm located in El Paso and I've hiked many of the very well known hikes in the area including the Oregon Mountains in Las Cruces. How would I go about finding these that you stubbled across. I'd love to explore not only the ones you show in this video, but many others you have on your channel!
waste all that walking when you could a been detecting all that. It all looked juicy. Speaking of the mines, back then they didnt have detectors so what they reported could be way off. I always detect the mines. Found plenty of little chunks that way.
I don’t know what they were mining for in El Paso, I do know that there are a lot of heavy metals in that era especially in the old volcano in (sera Blanca) I don’t know if I spelled that correctly, in that town, before they got water from a pipe line , they used to use wells and there teeth would turn a dark yellow or brown
I often ask myself how many mountains there are in El Paso because I get many questions from people in Texas. These are the El Paso mountains in California. Thanks for watching! Heavy pans!
Now it makes sense. 😆 I thought it was El Paso, Texas. The Franklin Mountains are part of the Rocky Mountains system. Basically this is where the. Rocky Mountains start or end depending on how you look at it. On video though the geography is very similar. There are many abandoned mines too in the area.
@oidium45, I would like to get in contact with you. I regularly detect the El Paso area and have some good places to hunt that have been passed down to me. I just dont have a partner to go and dont feel comfortable going alone most of the time. I also would be interested in exploring some of these places with you.
The Apache mine would have killed you .It has poison gas . In fact a friend lowered a bird down in a cage years ago from a fishing pole and the bird came up dead in about 2 minutes . Typically I stay out of mines that have black dirt in the tailing pile
Rancho Cucamonga it's in California right ? Takes a pots of coordination to organize a group And to name a guide persona Iam staying in ELP Texas now and I do some visits. In the east side of the mountain. Thank you for reading my humble opinion. Feed back .
Fun video ruined by some finger from nowhere that kept wanting to be in the video. I will never understand the overuse of finger pointing as if i cant see what you point your camera at.
I LIVED AT THE HOLLAND CAMP FROM 1940 TO 1945 MY DAD WORKED THE APPACHE MINES. THAT WAS THE WORKED SHOP THAT YOU HAD IN YOUR VIDEO. OUR MAIN HOUSE WAS TAKEN DOWN BY SOMEONE IN THE 1980,S. WE ALSO RAISED CHICKENS TO BE SOLD AT MT UNCLES MARKET. MR. VOSE IN GARLOC TAUGHT MY DAD ALOT ABOUT MINING. I ENJOYED YOUR VIDEO SO VERY MUCH.
I would absolutely love to chat with you about the history if you have time! Feel free to contact me at oidium45@gmail.com. Maybe you, me and Lisa could meet up at some point to share stories?
So Beautiful there,!! I love the desert!! Find these old mines fascinating!!😀❤
Thanks for the video takes me back to the good ole days looking for gold 👍
Love your videos! I’m getting the bug again!!! 😀👍🏻
Explored all the mines back in 1965 awesome place
Sir I am astonished on these videos I am a local. I am determined to go and look for them but I will be more than happy to follow you along..
That whole area is awesome. Interesting mine shafts and that twisty bit of canyon at the end reminds me of Utah.
Great....fantastic rock formations, enjoying your videos!!
Thanks for sharing your adventures. Be care and stay safe
Out there.
Ron
Great video thanks for sharing
1:55 bring a ladder or a couple of 4x4's to lay accross it and then you can cross it tied to a rope. Bring some more people back to explore that mine. How deep is the opening at 2:43 ? Bring a lighter with you and if the flame gets low or sputters you know oxygen is low. Sulfides could be a gold mine. They tell what is in the rock by getting rock samples and testing the samples. They look for veins of quarts or veins of minerals and have them tested for how much of what material they contain. Certain types of rocks in certain areas give them a clue where to sample. 13:32 is a rock drill they drill the holes for explosives with those metal rods. From looking at info online there was a lead mine and silver and copper mines nearby along with manganese and other stuff. Nice idea bringing a black light.
COOL LOOKING AREA. THANKS FOR SHARING.
Really enjoyed the video. Nice to listen to someone who knows geology.
Thx for posting! Prospector Dean here from MN. I recently visited the GPAA Duisenburg camp and ran a Royal drywasher for the day with the manufacturer, good times! I found some gold and met some nice people. I am returning to SoCal soon to visit family and plan on returning to the Rndsburg area to do some prospecting on the GPAA claims in the Goler Gulch area and some general exploring as well..I have enjoyed watching your videos while I am stuck here in icy MN and maybe we can prospect together some time when I am out there! Appreciate your posts..
Love it beautiful country 😅😅😅
Great job on filming, awesome video !
Your video was very interesting, makes me want to get out there more often, I am subscribed, thanks
That one with the A frame is over 400ft long and the most spectacular thing I have ever seen.
It’s funny how people from El Paso think this is Tin Mines in the Franklins 😆. The initial desert landscape looks similar but if you’ve ever hiked the Franklins you’d know the views don’t match up.
I have been shocked with the remarks.
The tin mines are off of Martin Luther King on the old Bowen lease Northwest of North Hills. It doesn't look anything like this area.
30:33 That's some very interesting geology with those wavy layers
I never think about the radiation. Thanks for the videos on gpaa claims. Subscribed
All this time I thought you were in the Franklin Mountain mines in the El Paso,Texas area until I read further down. It does look like the southwest tho. Nice video very interesting and Thanks for posting.
It seems like much of the naming out here may have been due to home sickness.
Awesome explore!
Straight torture dude, picking out bedrock with your fingers and blowing the dust out 😆
Great video !
God bless you
The calcite under the UV light is cool!
You should see the veins of autunite in the Uranium mine near me. I will try to upload a vid soon.
I love rocks!!
I’ve always wanted to prospect that area...
Stan the metal detecting man just did a video of him finding a small nugget with his gold monster... your videos are really good bro and I enjoy watching you document your prospecting
Thanks, I will have to look him up and see what he found :)
What are the coordinates to this mine
I’m surprised those mines are open at this late date. I know the BLM made a big push back around 2012 or so to seal up a lot of mines in the El Paso Mountains area. In particular, they sealed up the Stephens Holding Mines. I was glad that we got in that one and filmed it before they sealed it. I think that mine was more in the Spangler Hills if I can remember correctly, but isn’t that all pretty much in the same geographical area as the El Paso Mountains? Regarding the ore car tracks that you commented on, yes, they were usually removed and used elsewhere or scrapped. You found tracks later on in the tunnel, though, so that was cool. You’ve got some good lighting, too, for these videos! Really lights up the tunnels! Anyway, great video!
Thanks! We should be hitting a few in the San Gabriels pretty soon.
Oh, as far as the lighting goes. Emisar D4S. Love it!
Oidium45 Cool! Thanks for the lighting info.
Those mines above Holland camp are the Apache mines . I knew the claimant years ago . On the other side of the ridge behind the mines is nugget gulch a very rich placer area .
That channel at the end was really cool.
Thanks for posting! What level of difficulty is the road up to Holland camp? Do you think a 4X4 suv could make it? Does the road up connect to 395 or Garlock road? Interesting video, be safe.
4x4 is recommended.The first part of the pass is pretty rough on a 2wd. The road connects to Bickle Camp, Burro Shmidt tunnel and the 14 fwy on one side, randsburk/redrock on another side and Ridgecrest on the other.
That was awesome
Yep that's the Apache, nice find with the drill bit.
Still up for grabs unless I make my way back up there soon ;)
Lol, I haven't been able to get out I couldn't find it anyway. I want to get out by Johannesburg, a lot of old mines in the area. ⛏✌
@@Cheese_based_lifeform I hesitate to explore up near there. Those guys don't appreciate anyone near their claims.
That was great thank you!!!!!
Oidium45 brother that sure looked like gold under the loupe. I thought exposed copper would have a greenish tinge. Just a thought
Is this El Paso, Texas?
What kind of detector do you use? I use to swing a Whites Goldmaster V-Sat out there .. Gohler, Bonanza, Last Chance, etc. I spent a lot of time out there but only ever found lots of bird shot and tiny pieces of rusted cans, boot tacks, etc. I finally gave up and headed north above Nevada City to the old hydraulic pits .. where I was successful digging gold nuggets up to about a gram. I never had the courage to go in any of those mine shafts in the El Paso range so this is interesting. Thanks 👍
What part of El paso that?
When you crush your copper? sample, how do you tell if it has copper, or perhaps any gold in it?
Fluorite stops glowing when the uv light is removed calcite keeps glowing for a few second's after the light has been removed.
Amazing! Great video. Having trouble finding out where in the Franklin mountains you were. Lived here all my life. Was it East El Paso? Great find and exploring.
These are actually the El Paso Mountains in California, not the Franklin Mountains in El Paso...confusing, but it is what it is.
I clicked here thinking the same thing but the geography looked too unfamiliar to be anywhere near El Paso.
Hi new to the video by any chance you know the exact coordinates of the mines
I live in El Paso TX and I have no idea where you are..can't be to close to town..if you can send me directions in a PM that would be cool..I have heard that the only thing around El Paso was Tin mines
El Paso mountains California
Lol I was wondering where in El Paso TX you were at too lol oh well
Amazing -
take care.
¿What are rats been doing there? mining?
Are you near el paso now?
Rite @ 9:12 you can see what they were chasing that band of "ites" as I call them..... great place wonderful parent rock and titanic plates.
Spell check...lol
Teutanic?
The free gold is in the sulphide and sulphites and in the quartz.
I'm just starting out please correct me if I'm wrong....I love your video....
I knew the correct word was Teutonic reference of Earth. Plates .but sometimes everyone
Have to let go. We all. Do a lots of typos due to The.care less Speed
But it's all Good. This subject it's very interesting mire for us decendents of miners from the major mineral site of Parral and the whole state of Chihuahua..
The geology of the Franklin mountain it's. Amazing I haven't finish to explore the whole mountain and the apache caves .in front of Coronado higher peaks.
I get a kick out of people wondering where this is in Texas. "Cartel hole." Nyuk nyuk
Most of the questions that I have received were asking about Texas.
That's 3 stooges. Curly sound? Better than lol. I like that it's funny
why you did not turn on the metal detector?
I'm located in El Paso and I've hiked many of the very well known hikes in the area including the Oregon Mountains in Las Cruces. How would I go about finding these that you stubbled across. I'd love to explore not only the ones you show in this video, but many others you have on your channel!
This is the El Paso Mountains in CA.
@@Oidium45 well, damn...thank you for the information and awesome videos!
@@Ghost987654321 I came across this and was thinking the same thing, too bad it's in Cali lol
They use a bunch of this rock for the Rail Road
waste all that walking when you could a been detecting all that. It all looked juicy. Speaking of the mines, back then they didnt have detectors so what they reported could be way off. I always detect the mines. Found plenty of little chunks that way.
for your own safety I'd have another person with you, as far as messing with the old mines, cool video my compliments sir
Todo. De México. Territorio.
I don’t know what they were mining for in El Paso, I do know that there are a lot of heavy metals in that era especially in the old volcano in (sera Blanca) I don’t know if I spelled that correctly, in that town, before they got water from a pipe line , they used to use wells and there teeth would turn a dark yellow or brown
There was a tin mine in the early twentieth century.
Are there still a good amount of open mines in that area? I'm heading thru there soon.
There are but I would not recommend anyone enter into any of them.
I see Azurite and led, I,d say Copper mine.
What are the coordinates to this location??
Where exactly is this? I live in El Paso and would love to find these shafts
I often ask myself how many mountains there are in El Paso because I get many questions from people in Texas. These are the El Paso mountains in California. Thanks for watching! Heavy pans!
Now it makes sense. 😆 I thought it was El Paso, Texas. The Franklin Mountains are part of the Rocky Mountains system. Basically this is where the. Rocky Mountains start or end depending on how you look at it. On video though the geography is very similar. There are many abandoned mines too in the area.
Whats the exact location of those mines
I'm a local and never seen this
Get a Jeep gladiator and drive up them hills 😃
excellent stuff, but can you please pan a little slower.
Thats a cartel tunnel forsure. Welcome to El Paso
My friend find out where that black sand is coming from that's a good indicator
Where is this location at. We wanna go explore
I do not mind giving up gold producing spots but sharing dangerous vertical shaft location is not something I am prepared to post openly.
@@Oidium45 where are the gold producing spots at.
are you cooking anything up there walter white? lol
Is that a radiation detector? Legit.
Yes sir. Not my best one but it is compact.
Are you in East El Paso? Might move to East El Paso one day ?
This is the El Paso Mountains in California. Thanks for watching and good luck on your move!
Ah yes! Bout halfway through your video I figured that out. Oh well - I learned something. 😁
Omg! 😩😩😩 you scared meee!!! Get your self out of there!!! It’s dangerous.
Are you alone or do you have backup
All by myself
Sulfides.
@oidium45, I would like to get in contact with you. I regularly detect the El Paso area and have some good places to hunt that have been passed down to me. I just dont have a partner to go and dont feel comfortable going alone most of the time. I also would be interested in exploring some of these places with you.
If you go to the "about" tab there is an email address and facebook link for contact. Much easier than chatting here.
The Apache mine would have killed you .It has poison gas . In fact a friend lowered a bird down in a cage years ago from a fishing pole and the bird came up dead in about 2 minutes . Typically I stay out of mines that have black dirt in the tailing pile
Seriously? I would love to hear from your friend!
What does black dirt signify?
I live in Rancho Cucamonga. If you ever want a partner let me know. I hit up that area at least 10-12 times a year.
Steve
I appreciate the offer. I have been eyeing Lytle creek. Perhaps a group effort could be arranged.
@@Oidium45 I'm not that far away, either. My primary interest would be the geology of the mine(s).
Rancho Cucamonga it's in California right ? Takes a pots of coordination to organize a group
And to name a guide persona
Iam staying in ELP Texas now and I do some visits. In the east side of the mountain. Thank you for reading my humble opinion. Feed back .
That’s not a place you want to go walking at night you’d fall in the hole
So, EL PASO MOUNTAINS IN CALIFORNIA! What a disappointment! 😂😂
I was unaware that El Paso Texas had mountains.
@@Oidium45 We have the franklin mountains which are beautiful. We also have the organ mountains in Las Cruces as well. Thanks for replying.
@@geragarcia9542 I will look them up thank you. Every time I have visited Texas it has been flat land as far as the eye can see.
Mi
Fun video ruined by some finger from nowhere that kept wanting to be in the video. I will never understand the overuse of finger pointing as if i cant see what you point your camera at.
👍
Is that BLM land or what? Cheers.
Yup
If this is in Texas I highly doubt it's BLM land?
@@texasfossilguy El Paso Mountains California
@@texasfossilguy what is BLM?
@@TioGrassiente bureau of land management
MAYBE THIS WHERE THEY TRANFER THEIR DRUGS
Omg! 😩😩😩 you scared meee!!! Get your self out of there!!! It’s dangerous.
Omg! 😩😩😩 you scared meee!!! Get your self out of there!!! It’s dangerous.