FOUND: Forgotten Miners' Cabins
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- Nevada is a great state for those who want to go out and explore. With over 200,000 documented mines there is plenty of old Ghost Towns and mining camps to choose from. In one small section of Mountains across the expansive Nevada desert we ended up finding several small mining operations.
What makes these places so special is the more remote they are, the more that still remains. Those that do know about these places are protective and courteous of the historic value. Hoists stay frozen in time waiting for the whistle to blow to hoist ore from the depths of the Earth. Tools lay at the ready for the next task to be done, and the small cabins still provide refuge and wonder for everyone who sets eye on their weary outlines.
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The Gardner-Denver machine was an air compressor.
another great explore ....loving that equipment ....double drum hoist and Gardner Denver compressor ....imagine the workings down below ....gotta drop the shaft on that one .... keep them vids a coming and be safe out there
Thanks Jeff! Yes it is always so amazing to see so much equipment left behind and can only imagine what was beneath our feet. Would love to explore it with a proper mine explorer sometime!
@@PinInTheAtlas we would too ....keep us posted and be safe out there
If ever there was a place Frozen in Time, it's that camp...
not a creature was stirring... It's hard to believe it was once a thriving community. It's too bad there was no indication of when it was operational, or when it closed. It always amazes me how much expensive machinery is left to rust.They got it up there, somehow... Thank you, once again, Andrea and Steven. This was very interesting, and enjoyable.
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It is always weird to think about all the stuff that cost the most gets left behind. Fun for us to discover though!
I love them old mining camps.
You two are getting so more educated on these mining camps. Congrats.
🤣 thanks
Wow, to find all that equipment still there, what a score! Definitely keep that place under your hat!
Certainly will Lesley
When we lived in a house in Northern Illinois near Elgin....the ceilings in the house ny father built were of the same "bulletin board" material as the first cabin. Also, in K through 3rd grade our school rooms had the same bulletin boards, way before cork style. This was way back in '49, 50, 51, 2, and 3. In 1954, the family moved to Anaheim, Cal. Before Disneyland. Now pushing 80 in Sep., your vids jar my memory in so many wonderful ways. So 🎉THANK YOU BOTH 🎉And.....I'm a bit taller than 5 ft 3 1/2...at.... wait for it..... 6 ft 1 1/2, and that 1/2 inch makes a big difference.....especially when I bump my head! 😅
You see Gerry that 1/2 inch is very important!
Happy you join us on our explores. Many more to come.
Thanks for another fine explore AND you actually included a loo! Fantastic! 🤣Once again you entertained and informed us during our meal. So nice to Steven and Andrea as company, but you are always walking around. We'd rather you sit down with us for a person conversation. Appreciate you videos as you place more and more PINs in the Atlas! I'm amazed by the deep, steep mine entrances. Those miners took many risks for small rewards. Bon Voyage!
They certainly did David. Few safety measures back in those days too.
When we’re heading your way we’ll let you know.
Thank you for all your kind words
Your videos are a real honest approach to how life was and thanks for not giving out locations as some destroy our history meaning buildings and property.
Thank you for the compliment. We appreciate it and thanks for watching.
Those are boilers. They boil water creating steam which drives the pump motors that pump the air through those steel pipes down into the mine to run the jacks. The steam driven motors also drive the winches and other machines involved in the different processes. At 7:19 the two big orange things are Air Compressors. You can see the orange air tank.
Ah ha. That makes sense. Thank you
Still an extraordinary piece of history. Very interesting place to say the least. It looks like at one time this was an action packed place. Thanks for sharing another adventure 😊
You’re welcome Tina
It's incomprehensible the amount of seemingly useful and valuable machinery left behind. Then again maybe the work of hauling it out would be too daunting.
Too daunting and too costly Deborah
Another interesting explore and video! The Gardner Denver is an air compressor pump not an engine. Looks like it was liquid cooled. The company is still in business. I've seen this mine site before on Gly's, or Sarah's channel maybe, maybe both? 🙂 Jonathan W has a RUclips channel and he rescues and builds a lot of old steam engines among other things. It's an interesting site if a person is interested in how steam engines work.
Thanks for sharing Norm. Lots to see in this area.
Hello there nice seeing the turn key operation of its day.Now way back when the Steam trains ran and the diesel locomotives took over the miners could get a good running steam source steamsupply cheap even so used oil could supply the fuel love that steam power great find . Will go thru all this a couple of times to get the old time feel to take it in ⛏️🇺🇸🤔P.s. maybe i can get the old times working well at least in my mind .🚂toot toot till next time 😊
It is always so refreshing to find a place with some much intact equipment left behind, makes it easier to picture how the operation ran.
All in all, that place is pretty intact! Let's hope it stays that way for a long time. You two looked very "in your element" there 😊
It was one of those places we love finding with that beautiful natural decay!
A good look around folks. Thanks for sharing your explore.
Welcome Jake
The right hand side orange thing is the compressor head not an engine and it is driven by the orange engine on the left . The compressor right hand side also has a radiator to cool the compressed air down before it goes into the large orange air receiver in front of the compressor.. the compressor can load and unload as it runs so as not to let the safety valve blow each time they stop using air . In an electric compressor a small one the motor switches off. But in these large industrial ones they load and unload the compressor head as the need for air arises . This allows the engine to run at co stand speed all the time without blowing off the safety valve on the air receiver tank.
It's amazing how all the equipment is still there. You'd think when the miners moved on to another mine they'd take it with them. That's a lot of money involved at the time.
Probably cost too much to take out. Could have closed down for the war and never reopened. Not sure. Don’t know the history of this one.
Finding the machinery in place as it was used is incredible. What a find and a peak into how the mines operated. Outstanding work and video.
@@brucebarnes9638 thank you so much Bruce. Really appreciate your kind words and thank you for watching.
Hi Steve and Andrea, fascinating look at the old hoist machinery - I'm sure the engines could be made to run again. I wouldn't want to trust the hoist wire on the drum though.
No neither would we. Long way down!
Good one without graffiti
Thanks for the trip, doing my dream!
Glad you joined us Don
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Thanks Ralph
Pretty neat! Thanks for the tour.
Good video!
From what you said about how much ore it produced, and the amount of machinery is there, I can't see that it was a profitable enterprise. I could be wrong, though. Cool explore, anyway! Thanks for the tour!
Probably not that profitable Kerry. Like most of these places. But hats off to them for making a go of it
I will not pretend to understand what the setup is in that last machinery building. But, I do know the Gardner-Denver piece is an air compressor. The engine to which it is connected by the four V-belts drives it. The first engine you showed appears to be the engine/transmission from an automotive application grafted on to the winch(es). I wish you had seen some info plates on those!
Thank you for the info Grandad. Always amazes us how they get the equipment out there!
Great Explore!
At about 1638 the orange machines one is a air compressor the one next to it with the crank is a diesel engine to run the compressor you also see the orange tank the compressor is pumping into to store a large volune of air.
Thank you for the info. Amazing how they got all that stuff up there!
When you went in the mechanical room, I was like, let there be a 70 ls6 SS Chevelle in there 😊 no but seriously, where was that place? I'd like to get that flathead engine running. Starting my own RUclips channel in the process.
Good luck with your channel Keith. Let us know when it’s up and running.
9:06 Looks almost like a locomotive boiler. All those pipes are what the hot air and gasses flow through inside of water jacket, which is missing here. I don't know why they needed so much steam at a mediocre mine or what they found to burn in the firebox. Not much out there.
A lot of nothing to burn 🔥 you’re right Evan. But those miners always found something to use!
So you came back Steven.
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Man they had it going on there for just a mining camp
You should keep your fingers away from those cables that on still had tension on it
Bwfore tjat little engine drove the hoist drum it was possibly driven by a steam engine and thise outside boilers couod have been used to power the stram hoist . When the engine was implemented it was too much work to remove the boikers so they just keft them there
Actually you should stand near it
Stand near what Jerrold?
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You have a lot of explores to catch up on David.
This was a very cool place, thanks for sharing! Do you think the stone building with no windows was for storing explosives?
It could have been used for that. Not sure.