Pioneertown: 1800s Gold Mine On The Mountain-Two Miner's Cabins-Rare Desert Spring
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- For this mine exploration, we hiked along a steep and rugged mountain side overlooking a huge open pit mine until we spotted a miner's cabin. Nearby the steel clad cabin, there was a very old looking portal that was partially eroded shut. After crawling into the portal, we explored the very cool underground workings. After exploring the mine, we spent a few minutes looking at the cabin before making our way back to the Jeep.
We decided to take the back roads home to our base, which took us to a rare dersert spring and also to another large abandoned wood cabin. We had fun exploring the cabin where we found a couple of interesting things. We continued on the back roads through the scenic countryside all the way back to Beatty, where we were staying. We hope you enjoy the video!
Here is a link to the video of another one of our favorite mines:
• The Ultimate Mine Expl...
Thanks!
Thank you very much for your generosity, Dave! We definitely appreciate it!💰💰
Those old flashlights always worked until the suspenseful music started, then they would blink out and not come on till the bad guy was right there!!!
Haha, that's just about right. Thanks for the chuckle, Mick.🔦😬
Tom was being Very Good today he held the Door for Julie and gave Her a Nice Home!!!😊
Haha, I'll take that, Richard. I'll probably have to spruce things up around the house a bit for her. Lol Thanks for watching!👍😁
Nice little mine. The second cabin looked like it was pretty nice in a different time. And! The Jeep keeps going! Thanks Tom and Julie!
Hi William. That was probably a nice cabin at one time like you mentioned. The Jeep is ready for some tires otherwise doing fine. You're welcome, and thanks for watching!👍😁
As always, I very much enjoyed looking over your shoulders while the two of you walk about the desert and explore it's abandoned mines. I hope the two of you are doing well.
We're glad that you enjoyed the explore. Thanks for watching and for leaving us a comment!👍😁
Back before electricity, you got yourself a spring, a beautiful desert view. Heaven. And not to mention the privacy.
It is still really nice in that area. The water is everything. Thanks for commenting, Joe!👍😁
HELLO Tom and Julie, Cool Day Mine exploring today. Thanks for taking us all along today. 👍
Hi Lloyd. Yes, another fun day of mine exploring. You're welcome, and thank you for watching!👍😁
Good morning Tom and Julie, how are my two favorite desert rats doing this morning? Thanks for another fun video I enjoy them all very much, especially now that I am actually wheelchair bound. It's such a joy to see you doing the things that I used to do, that I no longer can. As always please be safe Don't take any chances you don't need to keep us old people in mind thanks again for another great video.
Hi Bob. We are both doing fine. Sorry to hear that you are in a wheel chair now. We're glad that you can get some enjoyment from our videos. We get a comment such as this occasionally, and it really makes us happy that you can re-live some things you used to do through our exores. Thanks for the great comment, and we hope you enjoy the weekend!👍😊
Hello Tom hello Julie
Thank you for the Video
A little Mine and very much good looking surroundings.
Best Wishes yours Frank
Hi Frank. Yes, it's a beautiful desert area with several mines around. Thanks for watching and commenting. We appreciate it!👍😊
Love your new home Julie. It’s a fixer upper 😂. Not much in that mine but your videos never disappoint. Interesting poo. 😂 Thanks for taking us along. Take care of each other and be safe.
Hi Ed. That's a fixer upper all right. Julie can be like a pionneer woman in this old house. Glad that you enjoyed the video, and thanks for leaving a comment!👍😁
*Sober Up Gulch!*
Man, I swear it's too long between episodes with you guys anymore....
Always such a treat to see a notification of a new one pop up!
Hope y'all are well, be safe and see you next time. 🙂
- Ed on the Ridge
Hi Ed. I got a kick out of that name, too. I guess that's where you went to sober up. Thanks for the nice comment. All is well for us, and I hope it is for you! 👍😁
Hey there Julie! Good answers to Toms questions about your new home at 9:06 :-) Have a god weekend.
Regards from Ody Slim
Hi Scott. Thanks for the comment, we appreciate you!👌😊
Hello Tom and Julie, Great to see you out and about. Fairly nice roads to just drive around and see the sights.
Hi David. Yes, the roads in this area are pretty good. Make for a nice time out looking around. Good to hear from you!👍😁
Thanks guys!!!
You're welcome, Phil!👍😁
Another great video tom& Julie take care looking forward to seeing you both soon
Hi Richard. Glad that you liked the video. Thanks for leaving us a comment !👍😁
Another great little adventure, I
Hope you guys are keeping well see you in the next one Tom and Julie take care out there
Hi Keith. Glad that you liked the adventure. Thanks for watching, and we'll see you next time!👍😁
That second cabin was well built, even a double wall stove pipe, thanks for the tour you two, stay safe.
The cabin is waiting for you to come and fix it up. Thanks for watching, Mick. 👍😁
The views are spectacular!!! Thanks for sharing guys!!
Hi Trudy. You're welcome. Glad that you enjoyed the views!👍😊
looks like wm lahti's old claim off pioneer rd, records indicate gold and silver was taken out, by the extensive workings they/he produced some decent amounts, many of these types of mines were usually worked by one or two miners, and actual figures of how much gold and silver that was taken out was usually kept a secret, for many reasons, the tin piping was used for mine ventilation, i would have to say that those big rocks piled up in the metal shed may be some decent ore that was meant to get processed later by either the former mine owners or high graders in more recent times, the old cabin is in the crystal springs complex, and you are right about the rare springs considering the elevation, this cabin was supplied by a spring even higher in elevation, where the water was piped downhill to the cabin using gravity and nothing else to have year round running water, pretty smart stuff, 10:42 i have that exact picture with myself standing in the same doorway, amazing, the location was used in a movie that was never released called back tracks by clark vandergrift productions, the cabin itself appears to be a sears robuck kit home, although i have no proof of that, nor do i know who built it, the reason i am so familiar with this episodes locations, is because i used to live off pioneer rd right by both places and spent tons of time exploring the entire mining district, another thing about the cabin is there used to be a bunch of chuckars that would hang out under the floors, and a red tailed hawk with a northern harrier mate would hang out in the cabin and wait for the chuckars to pop out and make easy meals of them, ravens would then pick through the scraps afterwards, and sober up gulch has some secret petroglyphs on individual boulders very similar to the ones in sloan canyon, the location is not on maps or well known about locally, lower indian springs is another group of springs like crystal springs, scientists and hydrologists have done studies on them both and so far no one know where the water originates from other than they are called perched water tables, the water quality for these springs is fantastic and the upper, middle and lower indian springs supplies some of the water for the town of beatty, if you have not explored the bare mt area yet, check out the mine just below species springs on the right after you cross the wash, and if possible check out the old gold ace mine, i had a great time watching this episode as you are showcasing my back yard, i still live in the area, feel free to hit me up if you would like to know about some more interesting locations nearby, regards
Hello, and thank you for the lengthy and detailed comment. It sounds like you know this area quite well. It's fun to hear some first-hand accounts of the goings on around here.
We have been to most of the mines that we could find in the general area. I'm not sure of the mine you mentioned near Specie Spring. We have videos of the nearby Telluride, Daisy, and Gold Ace. All are interesting. We also found several interesting workings in the Pioneer area. We've hiked around the hills near Rhyolite and also Chloride City. I'm always willing to listen to someone like you who has local knowledge of an area that we have visited. You didn't say your name. Here is our email address:
jwigren40@gmail.com
I'll include a couple links to videos from the area.
ruclips.net/video/Y9Px1wwamXQ/видео.htmlsi=ySRT6h-rSG4HCLHt
ruclips.net/video/4Juhec_dbYU/видео.htmlsi=WRp41sBHXIEI9jr6
Another great adventure guys, thank you 😊
Hi Linda. You're welcome, and thank you for watching!👍😊
We love your videos, we are also adventure seekers and hunters of history. Keep up the good work!!
Thanks for the nice comment. I'll go have a look at your channel right now. Stay safe out there!👍😁
Hi Tom & Julie, that 1st cabin was kind of cute, I bet that rattled at night in the wind. I think you guys would be quite comfy in that other old cabin lol.
That coke bottle was a pretty cool find, I think the view just about beat it though. Thank you for sharing, much love to you both. xxx ❤
Hi Sue. I am trying to get Julie to move into that second cabin. It even has running water nearby. It's always fun to see the old Coke bottles, even a broken one. Thanks for watching, and we hope you are doing well! 👍😊❤️
@@TomandJulieMineExploring I'm doing great, thanks for asking. All you need is maybe a generator or candles and you're good to go lol. xx ❤
I have one of those old coke bottles in prefect shape from eureka ca. made in 1947. Nice find be safe out here my friends have a great week
Hi Vincent. Glad that you have an old Coke bottle. They are fun to find. Thanks for watching!👍😁
Hey T&J, that was a nice little explore, especially the trek just moseying around the desert country, very nice! stay safe guys!
Hey Raiderman. Yes, it's always fun to wander around the desert roads to see what you'll find. There is usually something interesting out there. Thanks for the comment!👍😁
Nice explore Y'all ...
Howdy from southwestern Oregon and the Gold Hill mining district.⛏⚒⛏
Thanks for watching. Glad that you enjoyed the explore. We love Oregon.👍😁
Thank you, Tom and Julie for that great little explore. Love the views they’re awesome really like the fixer upper cabin Julie. Stay safe out there.👍🍺🍻🍻⛏️
Hi David. You've got to love the desert views. That cabin is just waiting for you to fix it up. You even have the spring nearby. Thanks for commenting!🍺🍺🍻👍😁
Nice little mine, I bet at one time that cabin was pretty nice. That coke bottle was pretty neat, back in the 60's when a bunch of us guys bought cokes we would see who had the one the farest away got his free. The town on the bottom was where it was bottled. Until next time be safe and bless you both.
Back when I explored the WWII Desert Training Center, 1980's, I found whole Coke bottles made in the late 1930's. Had 8 of them that were later donated to the desert history museum at Goffs.
Thanks for the stories, Jimmy and Francis. It's always fun to find an old Coke bottle. Too bad this one was broken. Hope all is well with you both!👍😁
I would like to compliment you two for a videography well done! Your interaction and mutual commentaries are a great improvement over some of the beginning presentations. Good job Julie, we like to hear what you have to say; it brings a balance. Your editing has improved, your audio is generally very good, and your overall knowledge of your subject matter has improved over time. Some of the forgotten technologies and "one off" items can be very difficult to identify without research. I believe I have observed you adding comments with more details of finds later. Sometimes it takes a few days after the trip to figure everything out! Any way, keep doing what you are doing if it brings you happiness and reward. -CwD- If you need any special hardware, I have a machine shop..
Thank you very much for the detailed and complimentary comment. We both appreciate it!
It takes some time to figure out all the necessities to make a mine exploring video. It takes place in a hostile environment where lighting is very difficult and often changing. I don't carry a big fancy camera, so sometimes the audio isn't the best. I do try and focus more on the video part of the filming. Julie is naturally kind of quiet, so getting her to talk to the camera is not the easiest. She has a great voice and people love to hear from her, though. Identifying artifacts and equipment is definitely a challenge. Especially at some sites where you get overwhelmed by the number of things there. It's always easier back at home to understand what you just saw when you're not hanging on a rope or climbing a sketchy ladder. Anyway, thanks again for the comment and for the offer of your fabrication skills! 👍😊
Just seeing the desert views are fantastic. What a beautiful day!
Thanks, Lesley. Glad that you enjoyed it!👍😁
fun day out!!!!
Hi Zackson. Yes, indeed, it was. Thanks for the comment!👌😁
Another interesting tour as usual. Thanks!
Thank you, Brian. We appreciate the comment!👍😁
Hello from the Oregon Coastal Mountains of the Pacific Northwest Tom and Julie,
I've been laid up again temporarily, I had knee arthroplasty/ total knee replacement surgery. A year before that a laminectomy/ back surgery.
Kathi and I are still watching all your videos together, and as usual enjoy them immensely!
We care for you two!
Dave and kathi.
Hi Dave and Kathi. Good to hear from you. You're going to be the bionic man with the new body parts you have. Hopefully, you will have a speedy recovery and rehab. Thanks so much for leaving us a comment, my fellow Oregonians!👍😊
Well Tom and Julie i was reading the comments about the guys uncle that had a Quonset cabin out there with the letter W that just might be the one 🏆🤔Love the tag along adventure p.s. Good eye finding the letter W . Thank you
Hi Case. I guess I found the W. Thanks for tagging along. We appreciate it!👍😁
I cannot imagine how those huge rocks got into that cabin.
Hey Scott. It seems like they must have rolled down the hill, and someone fixed the wall afterward. I can't think of another way.😆👌
Very Very Beautiful. Thanks for taking me along with you. Be safe..
You're welcome. We're glad that you enjoyed it!👍😁
Great explore you two! Thanks for taking me along.
You're welcome, Bill. Thanks for watching and commenting!👍😁
Excellent video as normal your on favorite on you tube 👍
Hi Donald. I'm glad that you enjoyed the video, and thanks for the nice comment!👍😁
I think the every other week schedule is really working well. You both seem more comfortable and excited, relaxed. 😎
Another wonderful adventure with Tom and Julie! That 2nd structure might have gone up right after WWII? Perhaps replacing or a remodel of the previous? I wonder if they got a return on the investment into whatever workings? And, where miners went after, or were before? I like to imagine these things after all these years watching mine adventures.
Hope you're both well and things are going as you hope.
Hi Rick. Doing a weekly mine explore alone is a real grind with traveling, hiking, and recovering from the explore itself. Now, when you add in the making of the video, it really becomes a challenge. I think we had about three years that we did weekly mine videos, and that was enough.
It's never easy to find the history of these old cabins and mines. So we are left to imagine all the details of the people who lived and worked in these places. Thanks for the nice comment. All is well with us, and I hope it is for you, too! 👍😁
always nice to see water in the desert! / you probably saw Rox and i went up to see the lake at DV last weekend. no video though, plenty of others already got it... tiny opening on that one mine, time to dig it out! thanks for showing us around
Hi Thorn. Yes, water changes everything in the desert. I did notice that you two, along with a load of others, made the trip to Lake Manly. I bet it's cool to see in person. Thanks for watching this one!😁👍
Thanks for the little tour of the mines and cabins, Tom & Julie!
You're welcome, Jimmi. Thanks for watching and commenting!👍😁
Thanks for Sharing!
Hi Jim. Thanks for watching. 👍😁
Great job you two.👍
Hi Mark. Glad that you liked the video. Thanks for the comment!👍😁
Another great explore. Thanks for taking us along!
Glad that you liked it, Chuck. Thanks for watching!👍😁
Nice adventure! Thanks did the share!
Thanks, Jeremy. Glad that you enjoyed it!👌😁
Getting over a case of PSV, best treatment? Dry air and exploring some interesting underground workings...cheers!
Hi Steven. I hope that treatment works. I have not heard of PSV. Thanks for the comment!👍
Good morning and thanks T&J!
Mornin', Ralph. You're welcome. Thanks for commenting!👍😁
thank-you for the video.
Hi Tony. You're welcome. Thank you for watching!👍😁
Very nice video, the weather did not look too bad for your outing.
Hi Steven. Yes, the weather was cooperating on this day. Glad that you enjoyed the video!👌😁
That was nice thanks 😊
You're welcome, Wendell. Glad that you enjoyed it. Thanks for commenting!👍😁
Looks like Ring Tailed Mine Cat Scatt to me, when I was a Kid my Uncle Waymon had Mines all over Nevada, some in Mina, Gold Field and Death Valley, he had a Pet Ring Tailed Mine Cat that followed him everywhere. If you ever find the Initials W.R. in a Mine in Nevada might be one of my Uncles Mines. I know that he had a small Quonset Hut at his Mina Silver Mine but that was in the 1960's and I can't remember what it looked like but when you showed that W. it made me wonder if that was one of Uncle Waymon's Lodes? As always Thanks for another Fun Explore and most of all for me all of the Memories of Mining with my Uncle in Nevada.
Thanks for the detailed comment. I'll keep an eye out for any WR miners' graffiti. The ringtails are pretty cool cats. 1👌😁
When I was a kid I thought that they were mini Racoons 😀@@TomandJulieMineExploring
Cool explore 😎. Thanks for sharing. 😊
Hi Richard. You're welcome, and we're glad that you enjoyed it!👍😁
Hello you 2. Enjoyed the video!👍👍
Hi Mark. Glad to hear that you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching!👍😁
very nice thank you
You're welcome. Thanks for watching, Jerry!👍😁
really nice vistas!
Glad that you liked the views. 👌😁
Awesome video !!!!
Thanks, DR. Glad that you liked it!👍😁
Very scarry....stay safe
Will do. Thanks for watching and commenting!👍😁
Think Gly was in that Saturday, surprised you didn’t run into him
Hi Robert. We didn't see Gly. We don't generally see many people when we're out exploring. 👍
Someday in the future, your kids will know what you have been up,too!
Yes. RUclips is storing my home movies.
I don't think you'll trade your Oregon home for that one !!!
Haha, no I don't think we would. Thanks for the chuckle, Grant!👍😁
Covered some ground in this one, and a mine...
Hi Max. Yes, we always cover a lot of ground on the mine explores. I don't always show a lot of it so as not to make the videos too long. Thanks for watching, my friend!👍😁
It would be neat to take a metal detector and search in and around the mines and cabins for coins, artifacts, and gold
You might find some things around the cabins and mines. This is not Placer mine country, so you most likely wouldn't find gold nuggets. The gold in these hard rock mines is very fine. Thanks for commenting!👍😁
🎸🎸 howdy you two!
Hey Cheyenne!🎸🎸👍😁
Hey my Geeter Brother!!!!!
@@TomandJulieMineExploring
Hi Tom and Julie. I have watched most all of your posts and I keep going back to the same thing. Tom, where did you find her at? She is an awesome adventure partner. Most of my adventures were solo. I can only dream about the adventures I might have had 50 some years ago if I would have met someone with her ambitions. I hope you two continue to have a great life together.
Hi Bill. To answer your question, we met standing in line at Taco Bell in 1991 after bar closing and have been together ever since. She is definitely a good exploring partner and strong hiker/ climber. There have been a few times where I've had to convince her we would survive the day's activity, but for the most part, she's pretty game for anything. I can't imagine doing all the things we have done by myself. Thanks for watching our videos and for the nice comment.👍😊
Great luck for you. I remember standing in line for Tacos many times after the bars closed and as I recall, I never found anyone there beside my friends and others that needed food to make up for a long night of drinking and dancing. I guess I just went to the wrong Taco Bell.
I hope you two can enjoy many years of exploring to come.
Sorry I missed this great comment, Bill. Better late than never. Thank you!😊
Are the springs safe to drink from? Love that old cabin, I could live there.
Hi Jake. I would think the spring would be safe to drink from if you were at it's source. This one has been running across some land and the road, so it might have picked up some bacteria. Thanks for the comment!👍😁
Remember the Black Cat Eveready batteries?
Sorry I'm late!
Yes, they were not the best, as I remember. Thanks for commenting, Dave!👍😁
Your jeep needs 1 ton axles and 4 link suspension, be safe my friends.
Hi Jaque. Yeah, probably not going to happen until something breaks and needs replacing. Thanks for your input!👌😁
Thanks for taking us along with you nice video. Are you doing any caving in Mexico?
Hi Eddie. You're welcome. Thanks for taking the tour with us. We have only gone to one cave here in Mexico a few months ago. It was pretty cool. I made a video of it but have not put it out yet. It's always good to hear from you, brother!👍🎸😊
@@TomandJulieMineExploring very cool I can't wait for the video. I wish I was hanging out in Mexico drinking Coronas on the beach. You guys are living in Paradise enjoy yourself tell Julie I said hello.
@eddie9903 will do. She says "this Corona is for you, Eddie" 🍺🍺🍻
So many questions... How do they get all the rock out as they blast? Carts? Then where does it end up? Any value to sell or is there a giant pile of blast rock nearby? So narrow, had to be a tough job!
Hi Matt. Removing the rock after blasting is called mucking. The muckers would shovel the material into ore cars that ran on tracks leading in/out of the mine. The unwanted material, or waste rock, would get deposited in the mine dump, sometimes creating huge waste rock piles. The valuable ore would get sent to an ore bin for storage to be hauled off for milling or processed on site if they had the equipment. Sometimes, the waste rock gets reprocessed years later as more sophisticated methods for removing fine particles of gold become available. Some of the old mills were only recovering 75% of the gold from the ore, so the mill tailings could be valuable. Don't confuse mill tailings with waste rock. Two very different things. Thanks for the questions. See you in a bit for beers and dinner!👌🍺🍺😁
Hello. I found your site accidentally but enjoy them very much. You mentioned you were from Minnesota. Are you Native American? I'm tribal from Oregon.
Hi Ray. Thank you for watching the video and commenting. Both Julie and I are from Minneapolis, although we relocated to Oregon several years ago. We are not Native American. 👍😁
Do you carry over night provisions in case of break down? Or a satillight phone? Just curious
Yes, we definitely carry enough food, water, clothing, fire starter, extra batteries, shovel, and other things to last a while and to self rescue. 👌😁
Hello Julie and Tom
How are u today? Hope u are well and safe.
Could I go.with you on a mine adventure in the future, with u two? Please?
Thank u
David
Hi David. Thanks for your interest in joining us for a mine explore. We are currently in Mexico, so it's not possible until next fall. Keep in touch!👍😁
Ok will call back in late Aug first of Sept 2024
Have fun, be safe on you
Mexico, Outing
There's a mine in the mountains in California only seen it on you tube all the trees keep it hiden there's an ore cart out front and lots goodies in side from what eye seen there's still Gold in it eyem in Texas so getting there's impossible for me
Hi Kenneth. When you find out where the gold is, you had better keep it to yourself. Thanks for the comment!😄
Tom, Do you know why? they are tapered on the end?
What are we talking about, poop? If so, yes, I do know why they are tapered. Lol 😆😬
@@TomandJulieMineExploring I wondered the same thing if you knew why where I love you guys
like that POOP ! is rather large - a big cat might be using it as a ? TOILET - i would want a hand gun , big calibre ! = KEEP SAFE AND WELL - thank you BOTH !
Hi Ronnie. We see it fairly often, which is why we both carry when we're out here in the desert. Thanks for watching and commenting!👍
What kind of lights are you using?
Hi William. I have a fairly powerful spot style LED that is highly diffused and fixed on a piece of wood, along with the camera, to always aim where the camera is pointed. We also both carry Coast brand flashlights with focus style lenses. We also use inexpensive and small profile Vont headlamps. We generally don't use any headlamps for video lighting, though. It's difficult to get the lighting right for videoing inside a mine. It's not about getting the brightest light or the most lumens. You want enough light without getting hot spots or washouts.
I believe that Scott their looks more feline than canine
That's probably correct, Mike. Thanks for your input!😁
Yeah we will use Tin Can Bottoms in the old Granary on the farm when the mice would chew through the would we put a t i n Over the Hole
Hi Mike. Yes, a can top or bottom and a few small nails have fixed many a mice or knot hole. Thanks for the comment!👍😁
Eat/work/crap!
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First
Speedy Joe.
Tom & Julie , so nice to get a bit more sun and blue sky as at this time of year it's thin on the horizon, it gives the feel good factor for the good times a coming.🙏🌞🏜️
Plenty of blue sky and sun on this one, John. Thanks for watching and commenting!👍😁☀️