An Unexpected Surprise: Pristine Stamp Mill, Headframe and Heavy Machinery
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Even though I didn't get any underground time, this was still a great explore considering all the machinery and wooden structures I found on the surface. The main commodity at these mines was gold. I don't believe these mines were too successful, but with all the big infrastructure I'm not too sure. I still can't believe the 4 stamp mill is in such great shape considering it's 120 or so years old! All the stamps, ore feeders, gears, camstamp and wood wheels seem to be intact and ready for operation. Along with the stamp mill, there was the wooden headframe, Imperial Type 11 Compressor and even hoist/hit and miss engine to see. If you enjoy seeing old machinery, this is the video for you! Hope you guys enjoy this one, and as always thanks for watching.
My God that is amazing. I am an avid mine explorer and that quad stamp is one of the best I have seen. Incredible find! Wow.
now you are in my back yard ....always loved the mines in Searchlight .....could tell you stories about all of those mines...... got a few we want you to check out
Hey Jeff! I've seen a few of your videos of the mines in this area, would love to hit up a few of them. Many cool headframes out there it seems. Would love to do a collab one day! Thanks for watching as always.
It's a shame that the government has the money to waste on keeping people out of abandoned mines and no money to restore a beautiful stamp mill to its former glory! Excellent find!
Yep it's so true, very sad. At least the stamp mill is undisturbed for now. I hope it stays that way. Thanks for watching!
Many mines are still owned by companies, people, and so forth that using tax dollars would be illegal to preserve. Most families will not sell old mine claims hoping for "the big one".
That old stuff is so amazing. Your so great at showing us everything. Thank you so much.
I'm glad you think so, I want to show all I can of the most important aspects. The stamp mill I went into great detail showing and filming just because I've never seen one like it. Thanks for watching!
Wow.. very cool find.. never seen a stamp mill in that good of shape..! Thank you!👍😎👍
I haven't either, until now! It sure was a surprise to see it out in the open like this. Thanks for watching.
This looks alot like Nevada terrain. It's so dry and arid but well preserved. If you explore California, there a ton of accessible mines to check out. As you get closer to June most will be free of snow too. I explore these types of sites for discarded beer cans. Finding a completely rusted can and cleaning them reveals quite a bit of history about the site where they were discovered. Keep up the great work.
It's so amazing to find a stamp mill with the gears still there and intact. Very unusual. An awful lot of mining machinery came out of San Francisco. Excellent explore! I loved seeing this.
The stamp mill was a pretty good find, mostly intact 👍
Hi Jerith, wow so many cool pieces of mining history all in one video. I really loved seeing that intact stamp mill though, that was a really special find, awesome.
Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💖
Yeah it was such a cool experience seeing all these pieces in the same area in one day. It was almost like going through my own little mining museum. The stamp mill was of course the best part. Thanks for watching Sue, it's greatly appreciated!
@@WesternMineDetective I loved that stamp mill too, they are so rare to find and I have never seen one with 5 only 3 stamps before. x
Looks to be a fully automated stamp mill. Very cool, thank you!
Yep it's even got those automatic ore feeders which I found interesting. Thanks for watching!
All your videos are good, this one ranks with the top ones for sure. Appreciate the research you do to make it so..
I really appreciate that man! Every bit of research gives all of us, both me and the viewer more insight on how these mines operated and more. Thanks for watching as always.
I enjoy the surface exploration's, just as much as when you're underground, sometimes even more interesting, because of the added variety of artifacts, buildings, and scenery, but whichever you do, I'll be watching it, cheers, be safe.❤
7:50 Amazing engineering, looks like a handmade differential. Thank you for all your efforts and especially for sharing this for us all to see..
Excellent surface finds! It's really interesting to see the intact stamp mill and get a good view of the mechanism. Thanks for showing the detail on that.
Of course! I'm glad you enjoyed seeing the stamp mill as I did. Thanks for watching.
Fairbanks -Morse was known for some of the biggest of the early oil and diesel engines, but I didn't know till just now that they also built some of the ore stamps, all four of which do have their data plates. You are improving with every new video, thanks for the explore, and it's not your fault the the Bureau of Land Mismanagement beat you to these mines, at least you got some great equipment studies in. God Bless and stay safe.
Yep that's what I known them for, the old engines. It was a surprise seeing the company name on a stamp. Pretty cool and rare find I would guess. Can't win them all when it comes to open holes. Thanks for watching!
Wow, great explore, amazing machines.
They are truly amazing. Thanks for watching!
That was really cool. So many neat things. That stamp mill looked awesome
Hey Naomi, I'm glad you enjoyed! The stamp mill was very cool to see especially in such great shape. Thanks for watching!
Great surface explore. Awesome to see the machinery.
The machinery is my favorite. I just found out that engine for the hoist is a Fairbanks Morse, 15 horsepower I believe. Thanks for watching!
Excellent finds Jerith! I always am impressed with the craftsmanship of the miners. They built stuff to last and work, but simple enough that you did not need an engineering degree to operate it. Again - great job on the finds and the recording of history. Looking forward to more of your adventures!
Exactly Charlene! Those miner's were a different breed. They had alot of ingenuity and know how to make these operations work. The stamp mill was a great example considering it was pretty much completely automated with the automatic ore feeders. Thanks for watching!
Hard to imagine old time prospectors wandering those hills in hope of spotting a good ore body!
Virginia City supported ! Awesome explorer.
Awesome! Appreciate the love from VC. Thanks for watching.
Hello it was very nice to see and hear about the stamp mill in detail and the rest of the mining equipment .p.s. one time I found avery old ball mill .p.s. can't wait for another adventure come are way ⛏️🇺🇸 Cjd wash state.
The stamp mill was by far my favorite, I wanted to show as much as possible. I'm glad you enjoyed this one, thanks for watching as always!
That is a amazing stamp mill. Thanks for sharing
It sure is! Thanks for watching
Good finds, Jerith. Very nice mill. Those ore feed systems are pretty sophisticated to keep each stamp fed with the right amount of ore for the mill to run efficiently. I didn't get a good look at what powered the hoist. Hit and miss engines will have a spark plug, or other igniter, and a water tank, or some kind of cooling system, plus a fuel mixing valve. Some hoists are run on compressed air and will have a cyclinder that looks similar to a hit and miss. The "sand" in the leach tanks are tailings. That's how fine the mill crushes the rocks. Did you say there was a jaw crusher nearby? Usually a jaw crusher will take the ore down to a size that the stamp can handle. Thanks for the nice tour!
Hey Tom! Those automatic ore feeders were super cool to see first I've seen of those. I believe someone said that the hoist is powered by a Fairbanks Morse 15 horsepower engine. Can't confirm or deny that. And then I was referring to some jaw crushers I seen over in San Diego that I found with the Joshua Hendy mark on them. I didn't see any jaw crushers at this site. Thanks alot for watching!
@@WesternMineDetective A 15HP Fairbanks Morse hit and miss is huge in physical size. Have you seen my video of a 15Hp Fairbanks? You might want to take a look at it just to see the size of that engine so you know how big they are for future reference. The man in my video is Ron Morefield and works at the Law's Museum. Very cool place. I have three videos with him explaining engines.
I have a 1-1/2HP hit and miss that I bought in Barstow a few years ago. It was sold under the Montgomery Ward's label, but it made by Sattley.
2:40 steam driven air compressor! Great find!
Yep! Many cool finds on this explore
Nice video, been over 60 years since I have seen a stamp mill like that. Sure wish the audio was a little bit better, loved those old engines and compressors. Keep the videos coming.
That equipment is eminently restorable.
Most definitely!
Gettn to be my favorite
Glad to hear it! I'm really working hard on it
What a great find. It would be a great project to get the stamp ,ill and the hoist /make and break engine working. they don't appear to be to far gone. As a graduate of mining school I am always interested in old mining equipment. In Ontario Canada we had an old gold mine that had a twenty stamp mill. It stopped operating in the 20's a nd was destroyed in a fire. The mine was called " The Ore Chimmney" .Thanks for the vid.
Great video thanks from from 3 thousands miles away back east
Wow! That's a long ways. Thanks for watching!
Ultimate relic!
There used to be a hoist like this one, as well as a nicely preserved metal headframe, at Seven Troughs. Sometime around 2013, metal thieves took all of it. Very sad. At least I got to see it and get pictures before it was gone. Great find - I hope thieves and vandals don't destroy this wonderful piece of history!
Yeah it's really a shame when scrappers get a hold of them. I hope they don't destroy these pieces of history as well. Hope they'll be preserved in some form or fashion. Thanks for watching!
Great video ,love that mill ,what a find.
There is a beautiful stamp mill above Silverton Colorado near the top of Maggie gulch. Nice video
Incredible views and finds!
Thanks bro! Really appreciate it.
After I watch you finding equipment, I spend ages looking at Patents and images of old machines, thanks for finding the advert of the Ore Feeder. To compare the weight of that feeder, it would be the weight of a of a commercial lawn tractor with a 54" deck. Amazes me that the equipment gets down in a mine, Deep down and put in place. I can only imagine they are assembled together like Ikea furniture. And then to get to the mine site on a flatbed truck with wooden spoked tires over land with rocks and Joshua trees to go around.
Pretty cool finds!
Thanks alot! Hope you enjoyed this one.
Awesome site! Great video!
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Awesome explore. Amazing that the mills and engines are in such good condition.
Yeah seriously! Almost everything is in exceptional shape for being 100 years old or more.
I bet that stamp mill shook the ground ... thump - thump - thump - thump.
Oh no doubt about that! It surely made a big ruckus.
Awesome video thanks for sharing 👍
Thanks Sandra! Always appreciate you taking the time to check out my vids
That 4-stamp mill looks like it could be restarted with a little TLC. It would need a primary crusher like a large jaw crusher to break down the big rocks. There is a 10-stamp mill at Skidoo Mining District in the Panamint Mts. that you should check out. I saw it in 1997.
You got some great mind videos I like it I look forward to see more videos
Thanks alot man!
Once again, pretty awesome stuff. Looks like they just buttoned her up and then walked away. Out of ore, death, the War? Makes me wonder what their story was. That was a pretty expensive operation, with expensive equipment and timbers that was more likely brought in with horse/mule and wagon(s) over quite a long distance. It looks like there had to be several people working that mine with all its operations.
Also appears that the trail, the path and the road have been frequently traveled of recent.
Good video. Stay safe.
Thank you! I sure will.
A great video keep up the good work
awesome explore!!!!!
that looks like your about in my nebigorhood!!!!!!!!! vary neat!!!1
What a cool find!!!!!....
sure looks a lot like kern county?
This is in Nevada. But yeah sure looks alot like it. Thanks for watching!
The engine hoist combination is a Fairbanks Morse N series
Fairbanks Morse Type N hoist. Guessing 10-12hp.
hit miss engine is Fairbanks Morse type N maybe 15hp
Is this Nevada ? Been to Delamar ,Belmont Mill, Berlin, Belmont court house. Need more off the beaten track sites. Hardly anybody devulges locations. Any help ?
Yes this is NV. One of these days I'd love to go to Delamar the mines there are truly massive.
Enjoyed the mining history if this gear was in England UK it would be in the beamish industrial museum full restored in county Durham england Atb jon
Would love to restore that equipment.
I've watched the majority of your videos on my TV where I can't give you a thumbs up so I do that on my phone so you do get my thumbs up. Being such a young man I'm wondering how you've learned so much terminology in understanding of what you're showing us, could you elaborate a little bit. What you call flywheels are really flat belt pulleys.
I often wonder who the person was who shut down the last machine running and walked away.
Did he know it would never run again ? Was he filled with sadness as he turned another page in his life ? Was he ready to begin again tomorrow at another job to start over again ?
Yea I heard that with that paranormal phenomena on that one video it wasn’t your friend it said rails that sounded creepy
That Victaulic clamp on the shaft of the first stamp tells you that it was likely in use sometime after the first world war. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victaulic
Funny how much money in equipment they leave behind
Does anyone now how they moved the heavy machinery up one the hill
Western mine detective!!! Where are you!!
It's been 2 weeks now, are you ok? We have no other way to contact you!
Let us hear from you please!
Thanks for reaching out I'm doing fine! I just got done with an amazing explore yesterday, that video will be going up next week Monday. Sorry for the hiatus with no videos sometimes we need a break every so often
I can stand the windy audio.
Yes i wont be abel today in a couple of days i can
Where was the stamp mill filmed?
I'm located in Livermore California and looking for motivated people to find and explore mines in this region. If you're interested...hit me up! Peace. 💯🤘🔥
Imagine the mentality, driving all that way , Into nowhere, and then defacing a historical relic with graffiti. Smh...
Yeah it's very sad. At least most of what is there is free of graffiti and hasn't been disassembled or vandalized. I always try to look on the bright side.