Nelson Ghost Town, Nevada
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*PLEASE NOTE* Nelson Ghost Town is its official name. It was abandoned for some time before being purchased by the present owners. Now it's used for movie and photo shoots. It is a tourist attraction, but it's the least commercialized as the others. The others I saw were completely rebuilt back to original state as well as roped off like a museum. This was the least touched out of them all, as stated in my narration in the beginning of the video. Exploring this place was a real pleasure.
This ghost town is in South Nevada in Nelson, El Dorado Canyon. It was first named "El Dorado" by the Spaniards when they first discovered it in 1775.
This ghost town used to be a thriving miners' town with 3 mines which operated from 1859 to 1945 at the end of World War II. It was one of the first major gold strikes in Nevada where they mined gold, silver, copper and lead yielding over $6 million. The town is made up of three (now abandoned) mines; Techatticup, Wall Street, and El Dorado Rand Group. The source of transportation for goods was by steamboat on the Colorado River just at the end of the road.
Most of the miners here were deserters from the Civil War. The town and mines had a very bad reputation as it was a lawless community being so isolated from the Sheriff and civilization. There were many killings and feuds here, so much so that it was an ordinary occurance. The U.S. Army set up an outpost here in 1867 to protect the community and riverboats' freight from Native Americans. The army left the camp in 1869 and the mines thrived once again until the end of the war.
The movie '3000 Miles to Graceland' with Kevin Costner and Kurt Russel used this area as part of their movie shoot where they blew up an airplane on-site. Remnants of the airplane were left behind and shown in this video.
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I love her narration... It's cute and very natural at the same time! She's talking out her mind which gives one a feel of actually going on that tour! Nice camera work as well! :)
Very interesting content. The camera work is excellent - no panning all over the place or zooming in and out, not even a hint of camera shake whilst walking. This lady knows how to handle a camera - fellow You-tubers take note!
Thank you, Bruce!
I was more than happy to bring you along! I actually felt as though we were all touring together. Thanks for watching! :)
i remember passing the sign for this ghost town when going from Bullhead City, AZ to Las Vegas when I lived in BHC. could not convince my husband to go down to check it out but he wasn't a taker. Thank you for checking it out!
the farm truck is a ford f6 2 tonne - produced 1948 - 1950
who needs to go on holiday when i have your videos ;) Your a legend :)
Aww, thank you so much! :)
Agree - well done!
great video, my ex girlfriend and I somehow stumbled across this place while on a vegas vacation a few years back and had an awesome time exploring the area, thanks for the video it brought back some very good memories....
Nelson Ghost Town is the official name. It is not abandoned. As stated in the description, it used to be until the current owners bought it and now use it as a tourist attraction, and is used for photo/movie shoots.
And for those interested in the restoration of classic cars, please check out my son’s channel, 57_Savoy_Fins to follow along his journey of restoring his 1957 Plymouth Savoy, very similar to the car used in the 1983 thriller movie, Christine, which was a 1958 Plymouth.
TikiTrex
What is the nearest big city?
I wonder if Phillips 66 owned them mine?
a coyote head?
That Pepsi Tiffany lamp might have been worth money
Colorado Fence was around in the 70s, I know for sure.
My husband and I explored this town ourselves. It's a beautiful, serene place. I loved looking at all of the old antiques. It's not that far out of Las Vegas and if you drive on through the town you soon come upon the Hoover Dam. Just a nice short day trip...
someone need to goin there and restore some of those old cars , since there in the desert alot of em could be saved
+Sour Man would live there. Seems like a nice place.
I got to ask, kid: "What's the deal with the name and stupid cartoon?"
Yamaha SR650 do your self a favor and let that frog die in the ocean of old forgotten memes
I'll make a note of it...
I just got to ask, kid: "What's the deal with the non-word 'memes'?" I looked in my huge, 1829 page dictionary and it ain't there. Had it been a word, it would have fallen between "membrane" & "memento".
Great Tour, I enjoyed you taking the time to show this old mining town, really gives a sense of what things were like back then. You explained it very well. thanks again for sharing
Cyanide, mercury, arsenic and lead can be found around these old stamp mills, because these elements and compounds where used to separate and clean gold, silver and other precious metals during the mining and milling process.
Some of them were leftovers after this process.
Loving these videos! This was the sort of "ghost town" me and my brother wanted to see when we were in the US back in 2012. And there was supposed to be one during the trip, called "Calico Village" in California. Unfortunately we went there during Halloween and they had "dressed" the town up to be spooky and stuff. Really depressing. We came to watch, learn and appreciate a piece of history, not be jump scared by teenagers in costumes. :(
Another sub here! I like how incredibly steady your camera is, and the slow walk around is nice, you went to all the places I wanted to see from the opening of the vid. FYI thehole in the el dorado canyon sign are bullet holes! Possibly 5mm from an old turret rifle.
Thank you for subscribing, Callum!
Tiki I think you rock!, I so enjoy going to these places with you.I`m an older woman and I`m somewhat disabled and I`ve passed threw out my seasons have seen a many old and abandoned places but never thought to see them as you have. I`m sure I`ve missed plenty but you`ve totally brought all to light thanks tiki.
Thank you, Karyn! I'm glad you enjoy these tours.
Amazing video ! I would love to visit a place like this. Definitely on my bucket list. Even if I can't, you and other RUclipsrs making videos like this of these historical small towns, you all all make it possible for us to at least see them and explore. Thank you. I'm glad I subscribed.
I'm amazed that the tires are still blowed up and not flat on most of those old trucks and cars. Usually the tires would go flat in a year or two of sitting there. Some of those old trucks look like they would start right up and drive away. Looks like a great place to visit. Thanks for filming it.
The community was named for Charles Nelson, a prospector who was slain at his mine in 1897 by the Indian killer, Avote
Such neat old cars ! They can be restored ! Can't believe they left them there ! What a neat place to visit !
by the 17 point I was going nuts.. those "machinery" outside that one building were old oil cans you would stop at a station and they would pump your oil out of the top of it for you to buy.. oil didnt come in a can or plastic bottle then.. at about 17 the old "moonshine jug" is actually an old Clorox bleach bottle.. shine was kept in pottery jugs .. The Coor's can.. 60s..........Those scales are more than likely meat scales I know that one was . I cant see those being used for mining, like one of the prev. posters said this guy is a hoarder, most of the stuff has been brought in , it wasnt used by a mine.. interesting though, Thanks for the tour
I watched some young fella in a mustang walking around the same place complaining of urban anxiety and jerky herky camera and still it didn't show anything you showed. It was like two different places...so I know theres a lot more. This is emotional as it's like everything I ever grew up around. And it was old then...some if it. I grew up with my grandfather and he had all the old hand tools and would not buy a power drill. We have rich relatives with big Victorians and attics and basements with stuff that revolves in and out of use ...and a lot of forgotten stuff. What a wonderful wonderful place.
love this video, I like what you chose to say about the place, I love the way you film & your camera! good work, thank you!
Thank you for the nice comment, Gabriela!
I love this place and try to visit each time I'm in the Las Vegas area. I would definitely recommend this to people, especially if you're into photography. I haven't taken the mine tour yet, but one of these visits I will. They are also constantly adding new things it seems. Over the past 2 years they've re-done and acquired new things, so it's always nice to go back year after year and see what's new.
TikiTrex...I really like your explorations of cool old buildings: it's history and heritage.
I just hope a lot of millennials are watching too!
Thank you. I'm glad you like them.
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+TikiTrex Have you tried Goldfield Nevada. Its about 45 minutes outside of Tonopah Nevada. I use to live there when I was younger and use to go through all the abandoned houses and such, you should check it out.
This is my favorite video of yours. Please never pull it. There's one here in southern Oregon called "Gold Gulch" at I-5 milepost 35. It can only be seen if you're southbound. Private property. The late owner tried to make a little Knott's Berry Farm Ghost town out of it using pneumatic (compressed air-powered locomotives) on a short track. I went to the auction of the estate and scored a bunch of nice stuff like a 2 horse-drawn buggy, a cigar box with about 12 silver dollars, a top and bottom tool box full of US-made tools and a pallet of assorted "junk". There were lots of antique guns, cars and a Chinese BMW motorcycle clone. Check it out if you're ever this way. Contact me at daviddaveinternational@gmail.com
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It's great that you go to these trips cause no one else explains anything or does any background and some just break the law to get their treasures. Love ur vlogs!
Wow I love these old places just left alone to nature. Really enjoyed this tour had 2 cups tea..while watching and enjoying. Have to sub you after watching this. Best wishes from Eire
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caitgems1 Thank you! :)
Everyone goes through here to cliff jump at Nelsons Landing, neat little town, didn't know all that. Thank you, great job ;)
Fascinating insight into American history (sitting here in the chilly U.K.)
Thank you so much for posting this. Just visited this spot while on a trip to Vegas. would have never known to check it out had you not shared this. What a neat place. Thank you.
wow....Jeepers Creepers truck, and Partridge family bus in the same place....LOL...
My thought exactly. I have a good hunch that most of these vehicles and converted campers and trailers were abandoned at other locations and brought to this location to add to the ambiance. Interesting place indeed!
I think this was once a hippy commune or at least a squatter site. The stereo and apolstery in that one bus was way not correct for the mining period. Very nice tour!
That place is really something. Never been to that part of Nevada. Had a home up in Virginia City back in the 70's and enjoyed seeing the different mines there. Excellent job dear lady!
Your filming is VERY smooth, no jerky movements very nice. Does is mean image stabilizer?
yes
A very good video with smooth shots and ease of transition. Great collection of old vehicles, buildings all in excellent clarity and color. I would like to see more of the surrounding mountains in this desert environment. Very well done.
Why would people abandon all those cars? They must be worth a lot nowadays and even back then...
i think they must do some maintenance on those cars all their tires are still inflated
Yes, can be of good value if restored.
The great thing about this video is she is soooooooooo sincere and friendly. It is a tourist attraction and there was no way to leave it untouched especially with the paved road and vegas only minutes away. The various signs and all the cars of course are expertly placed by the owner. He has done a good job in maintaining the buildings and such but obviously the cars over a long period of time are purchased and moved there and placed. Thus no vehicles such as sitting on flat decayed tires. a GREAT place is another wash after leaving the old part of nelson but before hitting the modern homes and go left and snake sharp around and drive down the wash where there is like old movie sets and an old decaying stage coach there plus running water in the sand.
I would love to go there.
Love the old trucks , the panel truck is the same kind we have and use to travel in, but ours is updated and modified, I think we will visit this place thank you!!
I gotta go here one day. You have to be careful traveling mid nevada or at least use to. Use to be kinda Mexico like through the small town with small town cops who tried to extort money stopping innocent people/tourist through the area. This area I see is more south of Las Vegas which I've never been. I like the history here. 20:24 ya gotta love the amazon.com box LOL who knew they were so ancient?
Great video tour. You are one of the few who can take nice clear video without the camera jumping / shaking all over the place, even while walking, making everything difficult to see. I see quite a mix of old / fairly new stuff lying and sitting around, but still interesting. You get the idea that, even though long abandoned, it has never been fully taken over by time and is cared for to a certain degree.
Looks like these buses all had raised roofs for living in. Theyre not stock buses. My guess is this was a hippie bus commune long after the mining days & long before present use - the bones of the trucks were picked dry, but where did the commune go? Why were ALL the vehicles abandoned together? Something is wrong here.....
tiki, watched this vid twice, I've been to Nevada a half dozen times so i knew how hot it must have been. I wish i could have seen this ghost town first hand, but your filming was a great alternative. Thanks Alan
Stop vid @ 16:45 If you look straight ahead and center you will see 2 machines with the levers on the sides and mirrors on top, they are vending machines that you could turn the handle around the circle which had the letters of the alphabet and numbers 0 thru 9 and #$&!?-You could make a custom token sorta like dog tags.
The machine was called the (METAL TYPER) and usually cost a quarter to make a token...
I know they don't allow links here but the website that has a lot of info on these machines is www dot metal-typer dot com...
I used to love and hate these machines as a kid because it was so easy to make a mistake with that alphabet dial and make a bad misspelled token or if you didn't get that pointer dead on it would stamp half of one letter and half of the next one (AB CD etc)
I wonder if maybe the miners would wear one like a dog tag for ID in case they got blown up or killed and dismembered in a mining accident?
But Mom...can't I have one more quarter to make another one...LOL!
I remember those, you would find them in Grey Hound bus stations and similar places, back in the '60s I don't think it cost a quarter though
sniper152 I think the machines that stamped the colored tokens may have cost more, like 50 cents maybe. I don't remember if they had a way to choose your color token or not...I imagine that the machines that generated less revenue didn't warrant the cost to change out the coin mechanism and they continued to operate in a time warp like from the 40s or 50's...
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The ones I remember were just plain aluminum, no color. I also remember the machines that would squish a penny and imprint words on them.
sniper152 I remember those penny machines. You would put the penny in one slot and a dime in another slot to make it work. They had one of these machines at the Museum of Science and Industry/Chicago. I had ones with the U505 German U boat and the Coal Mine impression. These were the 2 big attractions at the museum. Cheap souvenirs to take home and show all your friends you went to the museum. Lincoln Park Zoo also had these inside the the main entrances to the Lion/Ape/Reptile/Fish/Bird houses etc. You can guess what the impression each penny had on it...Us kids would make our own smashed pennies by sticking a wad of bubblegum and placing it on the rail hoping the next train would come past soon.
when I saw the end of your comment I totaly heard cartmen's voice in my head hahaha "but mooommm"
Nice video I do a lot of history videos here in Pomona, I like exploring also myself. I drive around in a 62 Ford e100 unitruck, love the old trucks.
Great Video. Thanks. Derek (Actor) U.K
Nice Vid, Luv the old Willy's that are out there. Amazing to see all that is left from yesteryear.
another ace upload :D just out of curiosity have you ever found anything that you couldn't upload...there was a guy who used to do these a long time ago now and he stopped due to finding human remains and he couldn't upload the video.Have you ever found anything suspect?
Lily Morris Thank you. No, I haven't come across that situation, fortunately.
***** your welcome and your lucky then lol :D hope you dont have to witness anything god awful keep up the good work im literally watching your entire channel haha im sad like that :)
Lily Morris Haha! That's awesome. I hope you enjoy.:)
I loved to travel and poke around old places like this. Now I'm disabled and can't go out, so I use my computer. Thanks for this video TikiTrex! This town is featured in a video game, Fallout New Vegas. Cool.
Nope..if you moved out west to the territory's you weren't consider a traitor, you were considered a little nuts maybe for enduring the hardships or leaving your family maybe. But both sides needed gold and silver to finance the war, so you worked for a company who was independent, and no posse's were looking for any deserters, all the men were needed for working.Mark Twain was one of these people. He escaped his Missouri militia and got out of the horror of the senseless war and worked in the mines before becoming a writer.
Enjoyed the tour, very interesting. Seen a lot of things that I haven't seen for a while.
Now, I gotta get a drink of water and cool off! LOL!!!
Thanks
Nice video , really like that area. I have been going there since the late 70s and new the previous owners and the current ones, Tony and Bobbie Werly. We use to explore the old Techatticup and Savage mine after school and have old video of the mines inner workings. We also made a more current video on it if you would like to see it. Here is the link and thanks for watching. Jeff and Slim
ruclips.net/video/wyz0EO2lyX0/видео.html
Awesome! I'll check it out. I really like the area as well. I didn't have a chance to check out the mines, but hopefully next time. Thanks for stopping by.
***** .. Lol. Yep. You and Jeff both need to go and check out those mines.
He definitely can teach you a few things about those ol mines. That guy can get gold off the sidewalks of New York. Lol. Definitely knows what hes doing..
Keep on trekkin Tiki.
TikiTrex - I'll search, but have you visited/videoed Bodie Ghost Town?
We go there a lot and we have a nice video on it too. ruclips.net/video/V7MM8U64K1k/видео.html
Jeff and Slim
Thanks Jeff and Tiki... This is interesting; my wife and I visited Nelson back in 2001 but I don't remember it looking like this. Was planning a trip out west in March 2015 and would like to visit again. Are the owners you mention above generally agreeable to being approached with requests to take still photographs on the property?
Wow! There are 1940s and 1950s cars and trucks that still have sorta fresh paint! I like older cars. They interest me
19:21 is that a "stock" for punishment?
Great video again thanks for sharing.
johnny leaf
That was a great walk through; I love the lawn mower made with the Black&Decker drill and the old "International" truck :)
Bet the inside of that bus is creepy as hell come nightfall
id sleep in that bus love 55 chevy wagons wooo inless u ment the ford then ya it would be scarry rofl
***** I think you would hear children's voices from 1950 ... sketchy!! haha
I've watched quite a few of your videos and this has to be the coolest one yet!! Excellent job filming it too. I'd like to go there someday. Thanks for sharing this! LS
What's the secret to your steady camera?
When we were over never knew about this old township . Would have loved to have seen it myself, this is the next best thing..Thanks....
Were you given permission go onto the property? Was there a caretaker on the property? I can't believe they would leave the property so unsecured. The American Pickers from Antique Archaeology would have a hayday in this place.
+Rich Gregor Yes, I was given permission. It's a tourist attraction that anybody can visit. They do photo shoots here as well as movie shoots and mine tours.
American Pickers is fake. It's a scripted television show. Their "store" doesn't exist. Sorry. You should have known.
Thank you TikiTrex,, that was fantastic. Great photography and narration. I always wanted to visit a ghost town and your video made me feel like I was there.
ive been there
in a videogame
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rare af Fallout
Nice tour and great narration. Interesting to see so many relics of the past. Loved the old vehicles. Thanks for posting video.
Can anyone take any of those old vintage vechiles or is the property owned by someone? I would like to get that 1948 farm truck and do it all over,it looks to be in not bad shape.
The property has owners.
You are the reason people have to put up fences and keep out signs. Yeah it's just there for random people to take stuff they want. They leave the gold and silver by the shed for treasure hunters like you to take cause you want to.
YNOT100026~ These truck are beautiful... You are 100% correct, look but don't touch anything and leave everything for your grand children to hopefully see one day...
That's what I said those trucks are in good shape
***** Oh okay, thanks, I just noticed this answer after already asking the same question. Not surprised I am not the only one asking about the trucks.
Nice video. I live in Vegas I think I'll give this place a visit.. again really great video
And thank you for watching! It truly is amazing what people leave behind for sure. I'm glad you enjoy my tours :)
Absolutely awesome! The American Pickers would have a field day out there, haha.
The guy that owns that place wouldn't give those guys the time of day!
If it wasn't for all the old odd stuff, hardly no one would stop for his mine tours. Or snacks or whatever.
That place is really well preserved! Thanks for sharing!
First I'd like to say great camera work and the resolution of your camera gave it a 3-d look as in many of the shots the curvature of the car bodies were well define from the background. HD I'm assuming. Most of what you see is from the 50's and newer. It was originally named El Dorado City and was the site of the El Dorado Mills or Colorado Mills, first stamp mill in the canyon, and perhaps in all of Arizona Territory. In late 1863, Col. James Russell Vineyard at the time a State Senator from Los Angeles, completed a mill from parts of abandoned or closed mills brought from in California, at what became El Dorado City, to process the ore of the Techatticup Mine and other mines in the canyon. That cut out the cost of shipping the ore down the Colorado River by steamboat, and by sea to San Francisco for processing, thus cutting costs in half for those mine owners. (wikipedia)
Wow, great tour. What an interesting place! The guys from "American Pickers" would have gone crazy looking at all that cool old stuff. Thanks
Very good camera work. I enjoyed watching.
Thank you so much for sharing. Your narration was fantastic. Wish others would narrate their videos. Thanks again :)
Very cool video! I may have to go check this place out. I'm truly amazed with all the cool stuff up there that the place hasn't been looted! A rare find in today's world. Nicely done! Thanks for posting!
great video ! thanks for taking us along. I just wish all the cars and trucks were mine.
Wow this was really cool, thank you for the video. I pass this town time and time again to go cliff jumping at the river, next time i come through I'm definitely going to stop and take a look around.
LUV your work Tiki!!
Awesome !!
I did not know it that many buildings and houses just sitting ,and empty!
WOW!!
Thank you for bringing these great old buildings into focus...
Wow really enjoyed that tour, those metal signs and trucks are worth a bit and lots of collectors finds.
Glad you enjoyed! :)
Love all Your vids. This one is really cool. I'm from Thunder Bay Ontario Canada. Also. I find Your voice to be very soothing and soft spoken. Very good narration.
Thanx for posting this Tiki. I'm going to Nevada in Nov. so I'll be sure to try and check this town out for myself. Great to have you back on here, I love your videos.
I've been watching your videos for several days now and enjoy them a lot. I went ahead and subscribed to your channel. I have my favorite videos and watch them over and over. I find what you do very interesting and have even got my 4yr old niece watching your explorations. Be safe and now I'm gonna watch all the videos I've missed so far.
Wow, sounds like you've been busy. I'm glad you enjoy my videos! Thanks for so much your nice message. :)
Thank you so much. I fell in love with Nevada when I attended the Tuscarora Pottery School. I so want to go back to Nevada and you took me there! Many thanks for an awesome video.
I wanna go explore places with you!!! Thanks for all your effort! It feels so surreal watching your videos.
I absolutely love Ghost Town videos and just now discovered that you had one to watch. You have some hidden gems in your video log! This is a wonderful treasure! Thanks again, Miss Tiki! :-)
Btw, that truck is a 1948 Ford F-3 (Part of the F Series) 3/4 Ton.
outstanding video job well done look forward to watching more of yours in the future
Tiki I always enjoy your trips though the old and abandoned places. Its interesting to see what people leave behind when they move on. Thanks for making them. :o)
Nice Video. I always wanted to see a Ghost town myself and I did last week. It sure felt nice walking through that ghost mining town ! I took tons of pictures of it !
Nelson is such a great place. Go a couple miles further to the Colorado River. Don't forget to check out the freezer in the old store.
I've watched so many of ur videos and enjoy every one of them. Thank you.
wow great tour tiki. I like the old trucks. Gives you the def feel of a ghost town.
You are the only person who says Nevada right that is out of state! Everybody else says nuvoda. Thanks for touring my state!
Thanks for sharing very interesting place.
TikiTrex, glad to see you made it! The rusty stuff is probably stuff they found there. Miners left. This is interesting to me. There are other places you can see too. Find tourist information.
That panel truck at 7:00-ish is a 1946 model Ford. They look cool when they're made into a hot rod with a killer paint job and nice rims.
Nice old trucks sitting around. Wouldn't mind buying one of them.
wow, what another interesting find!!! thank you for finding and sharing this with us :)
Really interesting video, excellent job with the camera, thanks for sharing...
Truly the best abandoned property on RUclips
Whats funny is that all the mid century cars and tricks have not sunk into the ground like they do in humid areas. Being dry and on gravel they stay pretty upright.
Awesome movie-set location.
Wow! Thank you for sharing this wonderful video👍
live down the road a bit from nelson. Now I want to really check it out! just not after a massive rainstorm! thanks for the great videos