Wonderful video presentation, hope to get to visit next year, fed up with the east coast and the politics, your the real treasure, knowledge an history is more valuable than all the gold an silver.
got to love the engineering that went into these "stamp mills"! i see lots of non functional mills around my nevada but never seen one in operation. thanks so much....
They were lucky to get the mill out of Bland, NM when they did. The Las Conchas fire in the Jemez wiped out the town in 2011. It was a living ghost town with a few residence, in a canyon on private property. It was one of the few fairly productive gold locations in the Jemez in the late 1800's.
Larry greart stuff i wish i had have Bean available to help you with that move Bit hard to get there from Aussie land. Hope to visit with you & museum in the next few years Have followed the mysteries of the superstition moutains great info Cheers from Des from Aussie land Hope to visit the museum
And remember while moving the mill to the museum seems a herculean task, when the mills were installed there were no front loaders or boom trucks. The closest thing to a front loader was a mule and a fresno. The old miners drug those mills into the mountains with tenacity and sweat. I actually saw a stamp mill run in place, not a museum recreation, at the actual mine. The last run of the Big Butte Mill in Randsburg CA back in the late '80s. There's a lot more to a mill than just the stamps.
When prospectin in the Jemez mountains, before the 2011 Las Conchas Fire, I tried to get in there to see Bland, NM but the road into the canyon was gated off and on private property. Now I wish I had tried to contact the owner and get permission to see the ghost town, mine and mill! Due to it's protection from the public, it was a vary rare and preserved place. Now it's completely gone.
Wonderful video presentation, hope to get to visit next year, fed up with the east coast and the politics, your the real treasure, knowledge an history is more valuable than all the gold an silver.
A hugh undertaking without doubt! Thanks for your efforts!
got to love the engineering that went into these "stamp mills"! i see lots of non functional mills around my nevada but never seen one in operation. thanks so much....
They were lucky to get the mill out of Bland, NM when they did. The Las Conchas fire in the Jemez wiped out the town in 2011. It was a living ghost town with a few residence, in a canyon on private property. It was one of the few fairly productive gold locations in the Jemez in the late 1800's.
This is so cool. We found one in Maggie Gulch up near Eureka, Colorado. These are so sweet.
Know the area very well. Use to go up there and see nobody. Not so much now.
6:42 I can't help but to see the stamp mill uprights and think of the Easter Island Moai statues. I've got to visit the museum some day.
Been there to the Museum & have watched & heard its operation..so cool!
Larry greart stuff i wish i had have
Bean available to help you with that move
Bit hard to get there from Aussie land.
Hope to visit with you & museum in the next few years
Have followed the mysteries of the superstition moutains great info
Cheers from Des
from Aussie land
Hope to visit the museum
Extremely interesting!! I learned a lot!! Great video!! Thank You Sir!!
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And remember while moving the mill to the museum seems a herculean task, when the mills were installed there were no front loaders or boom trucks. The closest thing to a front loader was a mule and a fresno. The old miners drug those mills into the mountains with tenacity and sweat. I actually saw a stamp mill run in place, not a museum recreation, at the actual mine. The last run of the Big Butte Mill in Randsburg CA back in the late '80s. There's a lot more to a mill than just the stamps.
When prospectin in the Jemez mountains, before the 2011 Las Conchas Fire, I tried to get in there to see Bland, NM but the road into the canyon was gated off and on private property. Now I wish I had tried to contact the owner and get permission to see the ghost town, mine and mill! Due to it's protection from the public, it was a vary rare and preserved place. Now it's completely gone.
Besides the stamp mill we were able to save a great deal of equipment that is now at our museum.
I've got a gold watch, let's put it in there and see how much gold we get. 😂
I can tell ya, stick a gold watch in there & you'll never see it again..
if somebody did find a doosy...how would they convert it .....i wonder or would they even attempt to