Surprising Discovery
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- Опубликовано: 25 янв 2021
- One of the very few sections of this mountain range I have not fully explored. With good weather I decided to fix this so I headed up to a mine that I have never been to. I was surprised with what I found.
#desert #trails #explore #mining #underground #travel #abandoned #ruins
I just happened across your videos....I am so very much enjoying them! I live in Nevada and am disabled and can't explore like you do but I feel like I'm exploring too . thank you!!
Cindy you should try watching videos with a VR headset. There are many tours that you can subscribe to and it sure makes you feel like you are there especially when you can turn your head and look all around yourself.
another fun channel is (las vegas area trails) no music just some great scenery and views
You're a braver man than me - no way would I be going into an old mine without a buddy on the outside in case something bad happened !
I sure hope he doesn't scuba dive.
Yep, always take friend, just in case something happens, even a sprained ankle. Hard to believe these miners would dig and dig, often to find nothing
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Are you by any chance a fellow subscriber of Mr Ballens channel 🙃
@@user-rd6dh4hq1j No. Not interested in cave dwelling. Do like to watch though.
Those wooden supports can be dry-rotted, and it only takes a thump to break one...going in as far as the blasting is probably OK, though, but yes ALWAYS explore any old buildings in pairs.
What a view from the site of the main tunnel. Miners were a hearty, tuff, fearless bunch in my opinion.
20:30 Dynamite store. They'd build those away from the mine entrance for safety. Kept the dynamite handy, dry, and far enough away in case the store exploded.
I love seeing history that people haven't trashed..plus if I'm not mistaken that tire was still aired up. That's impressive!
Me too. My grandpa got me into exploring abandoned mines, mining ghost towns, and Native American caves in the late 1950s. Most places were still intact back then, not tagged, shot up, or all the windows broken like now. Some of the old ghost towns I explored in the late 50s and 60s you could have moved in and lived there.
I enjoyed exploring the mine with you.
It's only a tunnel if it goes all the way through the mountain and comes out the other side. Otherwise it's called an adit. The entrance to the adit is called the portal. 8:40 a stope that goes up all the way to the surface is called an open stope. 16:29 Not an ore chute but an ore bin. If you go in an extensive mine that would be easy to get lost in the way to keep from getting lost is called the "right hand rule". When you come to a split always go to the right. Go to the end of that drift then come back out and go to the right. In the end you should end up back at the portal. Worst case you just go left left left and back-track your way out.
Excellent advice and terminology. Almost 60 years of mine exploring myself and that is what I was taught.
@@TnTMyers2010: I explored abandoned mines, mining ghost towns, and Native American caves for about 50 years. I had enough near death experiences I figured I had pushed my guardian angel to her limits and should stop while I was ahead.
I like that you know the proper terms.
I work for a mine In Colorado in maintenance role and water treatment. Its been closed for many years. People are constantly trespassing,I'm guessing this guy is doing the same thing.
Worked for a surveyor in the mountains of SW Colorado back in the late 70's early 80's. Had the opportunity to poke around in an number of old workings, some small, others quite extensive. Couple other mining terms I recall; raise and winze. It was all fascinating, some quite precarious, but an amazing journey back in time!
You can share your adventures on RUclips. I think a lot of people would be interested to know about them. Try it.
It's incredible as to how much of our history in the southwest was tied to mining, both large scale and very small private claims. What a hard life these people lived. Just imagining what it took to get this equipment and machinery up into these canyons. I hope you're letting family/friend know of where you're heading when you set out, considering how far you hike from your truck. Have you ever spooked a bobcat or mountain lion that's taken up residency in some of these abandoned structures? Take care and stay safe out there!
What were they mining
@@ljtreewalker847by Rick type I assume gold or silver maybe platinum too if it’s Nevada
Love the desert & what is forgotten from a time ago hold so much mystery & beauty, ,very neatly ✔done.💛
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The composition of these shots is EXCELLENT.
The motor and your defined shadow.
Love it !
There is something to be said for limited editing, no music, and just raw video. Nicely done, new subscriber.
Hey, that was a good video!! Thanks for taking me with you.
Oh jeez, when you go into those tunnels I get nervous but then at the top going down into that hole...nail biter! I love exploring and hiking but the unknown & excitement makes me nervous! Thank you for taking us along!! 🙏 I love the information about the area & mining & vehicles and your exploring/hiking ethics. 🙏
Exploring old mines are fun, but be on the lookout for the 2 legged and 4 legged critters that may be lurking in them.
And the no legged. But the two legged are the most dangerous.
Keep a glock at all times
It's not safe I had a friend die in one back in the 80s
Let's not forget the critters that don't have legs at all. They are called Rattlesnakes!
Great video true 5 stars ... Thanks
That music with those still pics at the end was priceless. I call that "Desert Music". Sad and haunting. That vastness and loneliness is so.... I can't find the words....
All the abandoned mines I have been to are ridiculously difficult treks. So the ore must have been very valuable to make it worth while. Thats why this guy should be acompanied by a geologist and miner so we know what we are seeing.
Enjoyed everything about your exploring,thank you for filming it
So glad I found your channel. All your videos are so fun to watch. Love the history, must be great living in that area.
The outside view is beautiful. The inside a bit bum puckering but fascinating how hard these people have worked to create these tunnels.Thanks for the view and BE SAFE SIR
I love the mine exploration, but it gives me great anxiety!!!!
Thanks so much for sharing your video I enjoyed watching you keep up the good work I love lot of places that you've been going too
Omg. Thank you for filming. But I'm worried it dangerpus, to explore I would get lost in them and couldn't get out.
The shack you found is the dynamite storage bunker, FAR from the actual mine.
On a previous video, you identified a plant that was high in vitamin C and gave a brief description. Would like to know what the short, and from what I could see, bright white bushes are in this video. Not being able to see them up-close makes it hard to identify. Also, living in the East doesn't help. Enjoyed the video.
@@annasnyder968 -- Both Rose Hips & Pine Needles are rich in Vitamin C . Pine Needles are normally brewed into a Tea . Check Wikipedia for the Many ways of preparing Rose Hips .
A great narrative on your travels well done 👏 Thank You 😊
Amazing stills you captured
I Hope You Have A Gas Dector For Them Old Mines , Some of Them Have DEADLEY GASES In Them
Great videos! My son and I have been with you on some of your explorations. You always have knowledge and stories of the areas we visit! Great job!
A whole lot of water comes down that road during floods. Don't be there when one hits.
Once you do that a few times, you'll likely be jaded having experienced that so often, that you'll not feel the need to mention the part about, "does not appear on any maps",
Beautiful shots at the end.
Awesome video... doing what I finally get to do. Recently retired and looking forward to doing some serious spee lunkin in Nevada.
Enjoy your video's very much. Thank you for your dedication and hard work. Cheers.
I am a retired mining geologist and formerly spent considerable time evaluating abandoned mines. What you are doing is incredibly dangerous for two reasons.
1. You are not carrying air monitoring equipment or a self rescuer. Bad air, not cave-ins is the biggest cause of death in abandoned mines.
2. As several others have pointed out, you are alone and have no one who could potentially rescue you or go for help.
Good luck!
Everything is correct!
Nice little discovery! That wash seems like a fun hike up as well. Area does look like the El Paso's but farther East towards the Rands. Maybe northern Rands deep towards Inyo
Next time please do a close up on the engine placard. It will tell the date, and type of engine.
I agree, we can investigate and figure out what they were doing with it.
Or your looking to run off with it
@William Mulvaney guess you have never met a good thief. It doesn’t matter were or what if they want it they will find a way.
Awesome video Sir! Thanks for sharing and stay safe out there. God Bless.
Thank you for the tour.
Beautiful places. I also enjoyed it. Watching from the Russian Federation. I'm going to visit the place where my ancestors mined gold in the summer.
I remember when I was living in the little town of Beatty NV... Haven't been there for many years... What I learned about walking around in the desert, I don't know how many giant holes litter the desert floor around the area...I know you don't want to fall into one... Some of them go straight down for hundreds of feet..I noticed that none of those pits were fenced around the edges... It would be suicidal to go walking around after dark... I remember hearing that a dirt biker went down one... The authorities decided it was too dangerous to go down and retrieve his body... The camera they dropped down the shaft also reported another body was down on the bottom...Scary and a strong reminder to be very careful and stay alert when you're walking around the old mining areas...☠️💔
I’m great full that you hiked up there and recorded it so that I can enjoy it from my recliner.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great Finds!
Loved the video. Look forward to checking out more.
More to come! Thank You
Very cool. Thank you for doing these really cool videos. It is our history. May God bless you and KEEP YOU SAFE. 🙏
Cool video ! Definitely a rugged area . 👍🏼
Incredible find! Untouched.
Gosh that was wonderful hiking with you, hearing your breathing, listening to your explorer's thoughts. Sincere thanks for your channel. Subbed.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for the adventures... imagining not needing to worry about the daily grind... only creating as many Blissful moments... for oneself and others, equally~!
I still have a very bad habit of seeing a trail or what was trail and welp "what's down that way"? I've ran across more places in the toolies running around on my old Suzuki PE250 enduro. Lots of fun and even more found. Most folks get off on climbing rocks with 4 wheels. I like hoping around on 2.
I had a '80 PE! It was a hoot.
I do the same on my quad when I'm out and about in the desert. I bring my Garmin with me and mark various locations and found plenty of unmarked mines and shafts.
I had a Suzuki 1974 TS 250 Savage enduro, loved that bike..... it was red
@@Speakno12 The '72 Savage was my first.
Spent $50 on a Bassani Torque pipe and off we went.
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😁👍
I had one too!!!
Bought it in '77 with 1200 miles on it. $450.oo. Rode the s*it outta it.
Only problem I EVER had with it was it kept spitting the baffle out for some reason. 🤫😂😂😂
LOTS of good memories.
Thanks for the journey, It's about impossible to find places like that where there's something to explore !!
That was fun thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love your desert adventures
Thank You
Thanks for letting us tag along on this interesting video
Beautiful expression of how difficult it is to access these remote gems you shar with us.Fine photography!
You did some heavy/duty climbing up that ravine to get to this mine. (the road was up there and apparently came in from over the rim). That was a very impressive adet those miners put their effort into. Imagine getting those beams hauled in over this rugged country. Wonder what they were mining in this high country. Thanks for sharing your "adventure" on film for us.
Just found your channel, subscribed, now looking to watch all your videos. Thanks
Stumbled across your show. I like it. I can tell true desert wanderers by how they hike. When you walk you tend to utilize shade when its there. Amateurs tend to not use natural paths and resources
Wow really appreciate your brave investigatinig
I still can't believe that old compressor was intact as it must have been sat there for a good amount of time, amazing.
Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💖
In some States, a mine, whether underground or open-pit, can be called "active" so long as a piece of "major" equipment is still there. This lets the operators of the mine off the hook for all of the final, environmental cleanup as well as filling in of pits and shafts, and removal of hazardous waste. Leaving behind one, worn-out compressor is far cheaper than going through the process of formally shutting down the mine.
Loved the photos at the end
Great video. I'm a little north to make those a days trip, but this is exactly my idea of a daycation.
It appears a lot for very little when you see the diggings. Your right about the size of the bracing… it’s massage compared to other mines. Happy Christmas to you. 😁👍🏻🇦🇺
Great hiking with you. Looking at the walls on the last tunnel you entered, it seemed the color of silver ore was present, not very much. They most likely took all the good stuff. Incredible finding that compressor there still. Good job friend. Thanks. Take care.
Very cool find with the compressor. I'm in Northern California and I find a lot of cool stuff on motorcycle adventures.
should have been there in the early 60s.Man it was amazing then
The motor in the wash looks like an air pressure water pump, and the sheets of steel in the mine drive are blast sheets placed on the floor in front of the blast to make hand bogging easier. Regards (an old time miner)
The Hills Have Eyes!
Used to explore the old uranium mines around Moab when I lived there. Very cool.
That I have not done. I have been to Moab and spend a lot of time in the Arizona Strip, but never went into one of those 1950s uranium mines. It is on my list of things to check out.
@@DesertTrailsExplored There are several uranium mines in the Arizona Strip area, still on the NV side.
Isn't uranium radio active and you can get radio active poisoning from it? Just saying that heard you could die from that stuff.
we used to find garnet sand in a certain creek bed in AZ. when we were doing all that camping back in the day.
First trip w/you on your adventure. I kept hoping you’d find something shiny and glittery! Maybe next time. Maybe you already have & I need to binge watch your previous videos 👍
Always a great video when i can smell my local dirt. just went in a small mine the other day but was unprepared so i couldn't explore it well
Glad you enjoyed it! Just be careful when exploring a mine.
This looks like an area I explored in the El Paso Mountains near Ridgecrest California. It used to be open for off roading, shooting and prospecting. All state parkland now. Great place to explore.
PS: if it is near the El Paso range or Red Rock Canyon, check out Burro Schmidt's Tunnel. A tunnel thru the top of a mountain. Nowhere to nowhere else.....
great pictures towards the end here. Good eye.
First, great Video , imagine the life of a miner, very tough life. Thank you for sharing your adventure.
Amazing, it don't take that long and the desert takes back over.
I love that area , like to have spent more time exploring years ago. Please point out ore they mined. Death Valley has many unconventional ores.
Image getting that air compressor up there!
Just subbed & 👍
I must be a wuss, no way would I go into that mine alone! Beautiful video, thanks for sharing
Thank you for taking us along. It was very interesting!
Be safe!
Glad you enjoyed it
Your so lucky to be able to explore all this.
I wish I had never moved from states that had BLM land. Now I'm in Texas where nobody🤥😟wants to let you explore their land.
I really dig your videos cause you almost always seem to take us viewers places that are either relatively interesting, are of somekind of Historical Significance & or that posess extreme beauty from a scenic perspective. On this 1 it seems like you took us viewers to a place that was both tough as Hell to get to & it also most likely was a place where mankind hasn't set foot in a really long time. I would definetly say that that's what made this 1 in particular so interesting. Just a suggestion because it's obvious that you're in good enough shape that you wouldn't Need 1 but in an effort to make your job easier in scouting other locations prior to filming have you ever thought about employing the use of a drone 1st to scout the area from above?? That way you wouldn't have to place yourself at risk in getting to the mines or exerting yourself unnecessarily. Obviously you can't use the drone inside the Mine but that topography looked quite unforgiving if not Bordering on Treacherous. Obviously I truly dig your videos so please don't take my posting of 2 of someone else's in this comment as my trying to upstage you or some shit but have you ever seen these 2 vids of the Horton Mine?? On Both Occasions this guy encountered some pretty crazy Paranormal shit & I honestly don't think he could've faked them?? Here's the 1st 1 Enjoy!! ruclips.net/video/ReYbrlG4BAU/видео.html Here comes the 2nd video now in this 1 I'm not sure if what he encounters is Paranormal or instead possible proof that substantiates the allegations that the Military Industrial Complex has an Electromagnetic Rail System that runs Underground from Southern California all the way across the Country that supposedly connect all of the Deep Underground Bases they've Built or (Dumbs if you Will). The allegations made in Dr. Steven Greer's Witness Testimony went on to state that these Maglev Trains traveled at an extremely high rate of speed that even put modern Jet propulsion to shame. The reason I think what he stumbled across could've been that as opposed to something Paranormal is because if you listen closely you'll hear Electronic tones. Now this could either be somekind of old school mine alarm warning him to get out or instead here in New York where I'm from Everytime the Subway trains come to a stop they announce the stop & then say stand clear of the the closing doors. So In closing my Assesment of the second video is that if it wasn't a case of Paranormal activity as thought to be by most then the only other plausable explanaition is yet another equally outlandish 1. I hope you Enjoy these!!! Hit me back with your thoughts with a reply in the comments!!! Once again Enjoy!! ruclips.net/video/yCy8iWxf1Us/видео.html
very cool
I settled in NV in 1087 in Heavenly Valley, but l always could be found in Virginia City. I was always fascinated by the mining industry. A lot can be learned at Virginia City.
Thanks for posting this clip. Uber-neato!
Glad you liked it!
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Love these shots of the air compressor and desert vista.
Someone spent lot of time and hard work bringing all that heavy timber to those drifts. These places where have to hike to generally are not vandalized the people who go around doing that sort of thing are generally too lazy to hike anywhere. Most of the historic sites here in AZ where you could drive to all been destroyed or gated now with the big spike in UTV's like razers bunch of city people come out to the deserts wreck it.
I am trippin over how your walking around like no prob with altitude and traversing g that mountian side also that is so cool what you have discovered
There are some pretty colors on them rocks by the main tunnel.
BRAVO!
My luck I would go down in one of those holes and find a big rattlesnake .
I hope he always tells someone exactly where he's going, just in case he falls into something.. and can't get out. Cell phones don't work in caves.
127 hours 😨
@@alexasmachine He found out the hard way what a wild animal will do to get out of a trap and survive to live another day. 😨
glad i got to explore the mining areas and mines in the west desert of utah (70's-80's) before side by sides and the state sealing them all up ruined it. might. heading to death valley for a couple week is high on the priority list.
I used to go into the california sierra nevada mtns(marysville to Laporte and around, where the original old buildings were plenty,even letters ,papers dating back to 1900-40s until the usfs took many apart in the 70s or 80s. And during the 70s I explored the northern half of nevada doing wagon trail research from Utah/Nev border across nev on the regon trail then lassen trail ending in Vina California /Lassens terminus of the lassen trail.In In the mid 60s Nevada I was exploring mines on my then new new 1963 Harley davidson Scat 165cc dirt/road bike .Put on 2000 miles then parked it when I had to get a real job,married .
I find this hard to believe,but we just didnt know any better. No phones,internet gps, On back roads the only tech we had were flashlights. If you broke down for any reason you hiked until you found evidence of humans and went from there. That is why we used to see lots of vehicled back in desolated areas. When their vehicle stopped,got stuck,they never came back for it. A tow would have exceeded the price of most cars,or a mechanic..no way. Thats why then and even now dont go alone for starters.
I like the rock formation on the right @ 1:38 plus that looks like a dinosaur or dragon.
Thanks for taking us along and for the beautiful photography.
But "Be Safe" is more than a cliche. Always take a good mate with you when you go out in the bush👌😎
None of this would have been worth it had you smashed yourself or needed a hand. Hope you at least let someone know where you were going and when to expect you out🤔
That's putting the popular phrase "Be safe mate." To a real and practical use. Safe adventures and keep up the good work 👌😎✌❤
I’d be interested to see what gear, equipment etc you bring on these trips to be safe etc. nice pics at the end!
Coming soon!
I would carry an analog compass and flare gun for starters.
I love the history of the "old"d west. Was lucky enuf to hike into Apache Pass in 1999.
As a kid spending the summers in our cabin near Taos, New Mexico we explored endlessly and found several abandoned miner's cabins..calenders on walls, a few plates, empty cans and even a few unemptied, chairs, tables ect....we left them as they were...too bad they now have been plundered and no longer exist
Great videos. I enjoyed you knowledge of the ruins and the mines. Have you visited Riggs Mine North of Baker, Ca?
The only time I have ever been truley happy was when I lived out in the desert and used to go for long hikes out into the desert in the winter and the isolation and barren desolation was wonderfull.
Me too!
Man thems ALOT of rocks on that road!! I made it up to Panamint City when you could drive up there and this was when the Manson gang was over in the next canyon. I see now there looks like there was no way was there ever a road that could be driven. Totally flipped.. I just subbed!
This was a lot of fun
thank you
Put the GPS away and pull out a compass,,, it's becoming a lost art. Keep the phone for safety though. Nice video.
The majority are clueless when it comes to reading a map and using a compass and protractor.
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