Huge Abandoned Mining Equipment - Underground Explore - Scenic Hike To Remote & Historic Location ⛏️
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- After a long hike on a scenic old miner's trail high up in the mountains we came to a remote abandoned mine and miner's camp. At the camp are two cabins that have been flattened by wind and time and an interesting open portal. There is also an equipment shed that housed a huge engine and huge air compressor, both very impressive and great to see. After giving the engine and air compressor a thorough examination we head into the underground workings. This gold/lead and copper mine was primarily active between 1915 and 1918. There is a colorful mineral vein here and the miners used natural timbers for shoring and track ties in the underground workings.
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It's video day already! Time flies when you're having fun. Julie and I are out exploring again today so please leave a comment for us and we'll see it later. Thanks in advance.
Another little bat keeping you safe, have to say that shovel represents how I'm feeling 😂 such a shame to see the engine pumps etc in that state but can't save them all, another great video keep em coming and stay safe
This is big John anytime you want someone to tagalong or follow you I’m in I am very self proficient
@@Paul-cz1cg Those pieces of equipment have been there a long time and I think they will still be there for a long time to come. Most of these mines have at least a bat or two to keep you on your toes. Thanks for watching, Paul!
@@user-vz2ei3sb7r We are open to that although we never know what we are going to do next. Keep in touch and we'll see what happens. Thanks, John!
So glad you and your wife explore together better safe than sorry. Glad to see nobody has stolen anything yet and vandalism isn't around yet be safe ✝️🇺🇸
Thanks, Jim! Those big chunks of steel are still there.
Thanks for allowing us to tag along. You know i look at all the labor involved with just getting all that equipment up there and am amazed. I wonder how many trips those old burros made up that trail. So cool.
It always amazes me, too, how they could get such heavy items into those remote locations. Thanks for watching, Richard!
Amazing on those miners tenacity or gotta geeter done and food etc.....killer scenery on the trail! Thanks you two 🎸🎸
It was a fun one. The miners are amazing. Thanks, Cheyenne!
Hi Folks!! A great visual of the Mech remnants. It is amazing how they transported that equipment up into the mountains back in those days.Tom you had ladders to explore!!! Fantastic .Thanks for sharing your hike and mine explore.💜💜💜
Glad that you enjoyed it, Jake. I don't know how the miners could get such heavy items into that remote location. Haha, I got a little ladder time.
I absolutely love this explore! The views outside. The engine and air compressor. The mine with no apparent survey. A time capsule it appears to be. The next babbitt bearing I scrape for proper fit won't be the first. I'm giving away my age again. Beautiful Explore Tom and Julie!
I liked seeing all that equipment and that bearing, too. Glad that you liked it,William!
Thats a huge old engine...Imagine move all the parts up that trail!! REAL MEN!
You've got that right. They must have made a lot of trips. Thanks for commenting, Robert!
Back in 2001 I worked for Wagner mining in Portland and they were bought out by Atlas Copco out of Sweden , they had also bought out Ingersoll Rand . They shut down Wagner mining , laid everyone off , and moved production overseas , Thanks for the video , TONY FROM WILSONVILLE .
That sounds like a bum deal for you all. Thanks for the comment, Tony!
Enjoying my cup of morning Joe, while watching Tom and Julie.
Works for us. Thanks!
Amazing scenery and old equipment! Thanks for letting us tag along as we watched! And thanks for the smiles Julie!
Right on, thanks for the comment!
Lots of old interesting equipment is still there after all those years and what a lovely hike up the old mule trail, thanks Tom and Julie for taking us there hope you are both well, take care now see you on the next one
Glad that you enjoyed it and thanks for the nice comment, Keith! See ya next week.
SW Luitwieler received a patten for that little compressor in 1930!🤔 very cool 😎
That is a cool little pump. Thanks for the information, Daniel!
Unbelievable equipment on the side of that mountain. It always amazes me what the old timers moved.
You and me both. Nothing short of amazing. Where there's a will there's a way. Thanks for the comment, David!
Thank you Tom and Julie. I saw some copper.❤
Yes, I think there was some copper related minerals here. Thanks for watching, David!
I was late getting to y'all's video today, I have had a tough week with my breathing. Tom you and Julie really help me more than you know, y'all make me feel like I am there with y'all. I really liked the old equipment you showed. Until next week take care and stay safe God bless y'all.
Oh no, Jimmy. We hope you get better soon. We glad that you're enjoying the videos. That old equipment is fun to see. Thanks for the comment and blessing. 🙏
Awesome explore! So much cool equipment and artifacts outside the mine + all of those burlap sacks near the minor collapse. Thanks for the great video, Tom and Julie.
Yes, a fun explore and a great hike to get there. Glad that you enjoyed it and thanks for commenting!👍👍
Beautiful scenery on the hike up 😍 I always enjoy that. I like your attention to machinery details too, thanks for that. That was also a good mine. 👍🏻
5:36 I love that bee hive in the old equipment. Great way to repurpose it!
I kept hearing a buzzing sound around there and finally spotted them. I'm glad they let us look at the equipment. Thanks for watching!
Hi guys, the parts left outside were really cool to see, it must have been hard to get all the equipment up there.
The mine itself was cool and you even managed some ladder action too, awesome.
Thank you for sharing, much love. xx ❤
Sue! You're back. Hope all is well. Yes, very difficult to lug that heavy equipment up the mountain. Haha, I got in a bit of ladder time. Thanks for the comment and good to see you back. ❤️
@@TomandJulieMineExploring thank you, I hated not being able to comment. Much love to you both. xx 🥰
All the artifacts made this adventure a very good one. Thanks for sharing.
We're glad that you liked the adventure, Pethoviejo. Some good artifacts here. Thanks for the comment!
Hello Julie and Tom. That slab that Julie pointed out looks like it might not be there much longer. Looks like it can go any time. Cool equipment outside that's for sure. Nice video indeed.
That slab was ready to slide. It wouldn't go very far though. The old equipment is always fun to see. Thanks for watching and commenting, Stephen!
Absolutely stunning scenery, simply gorgeous cinematography! 🔥🔥
Thank you, Ervin. Glad that you approve!👍
Thanks again for sharing!
You're welcome and thanks for watching!
I like the way you guys start out the video with a hike and some really beautiful scenery and then explore the mine.
Glad that you enjoyed this one. Thanks for the comment!
After struggling with covid-19 for the past two and a half weeks, I know exactly what that shovel Julia is holding feels like!
Oh no, hope you make a full recovery. You don't want to be like that old shovel. Thanks for the comment, Brommear!
Great explore and equipment Can you imagine getting that stuff up there?!!
Thanks you two!
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Thanks, George! I don't know how they get all that heavy equipment up there. 👊👍👍
Thanks Tom & Julie. Like all of the others I really enjoyed the video. Regards from Ody Slim
Thanks, Ody! Glad that you enjoyed the video.
Another awesome adventure! Thanks :)
You're welcome and glad that you enjoyed it, Chris!
that second miners bed is abrasive sizing screen used to keep the 3/4 " and bigger from passing, sand pits in ne use a similar stuf to screen their sand down to size.
Thanks for adding that. I couldn't think what it was for, but I know miners like it for a bed. Appreciate the comment, Bill!
Love the machinery another great video !
That machinery is great. Glad that you liked it. Thanks for the comment, Richard!
Cool explore!
Thanks, Mark!
you should ask her if we are almost there and she should say ....just over the next hill.....hahhahha yep thats an old hit and miss engine... another fun explore and as usual we smashed that Like button real good like ...take care you two
She always pulls that on me. It's just around the next bend and miles later we arrive at the mine. The old engine was fun to see. Thanks for the smash but please don't break my like button, Jeff.👍
very nice and lots of cool stuff thank you
You're welcome and thanks for watching Jerry!
It's amazing how much heavy equipment they managed to get up into these high places for mining. The must have disassembled everything and hauled it up piece by piece, then re-assembled it. I also wonder how many mules and burros they worked near to death in the process too. That is a very interesting machine assembly at that mine. Motor, air compressor, some kind of water system, etc. and a big flat belt to connect it all together.
I think you're correct in that the heavy machinery had to be hauled in pieces. Glad that you found it all interesting. Thanks for the comment, Charley!
What a maze going through this mine, too bad when you go so far then you come face to face with a collapse! Very interesting mine and all the remnants at the mine. I like the machinery that is left behind, the condition is still mostly intact. Doesn’t seem like too many people explore this area. I’m glad you both enjoy your travels and stay safe! Thanks 😊
Thanks, Ron. Glad that you enjoyed this one. While we are never happy to see parts of the mine caved at least we got to see some of it.
Love all your videos. You really get out to some remote places nice to see the history before it is all gone.
Glad that you enjoy our videos. Thanks for commenting, Steven!👍
Love that old equipment. You guys always find fascinating things. Thanks for taking us along.
Glad you liked it ,Ed! Thanks for watching.
That is very cool to see all that equipment I sure like to see that work back in the day. And when you climbed up that ladder that was a little sketchy. Danger but that's what makes your video is so interesting. I know you guys are keeping it safe out there, Peace out.
Hey Eddie, what fun would it be without a little danger. It would be great to see and hear that equipment up and running. Thanks for the comment!👍👍
Ingersoll Rand also made Water Pumps - it looks like a water pump to me
It very well could be. I always have trouble telling a water pump from an air pump. Thanks for your input!
Good video. Think how hard it was to bring the equipment to the site.
It's almost unbelievable how they can get big items into that location. Thanks, Brad!
that motor and the IR compressor were brought to the n\mine in pieces and assembles there, and it could run on low actaine gas. 45 or better
Thanks for your input, Bill!
Tom, I to make that engine run so badly, I need to get this work done here so we can hit the road.
I wish you would get up there and get it running, too. Thanks for commenting, Mick!
Man the effort envolved getting that big equipment to that site is remarkable.
It really is, William. Thanks for the comment!
Always enjoy your videos, all of them.
Thanks very much, Bernard!
Hello Tom Hello Julie
A nice little Mine.
The trail the view absolute great ..
Thank you for that.
I hsve a question .
How did they get this heavy mashinery up in the mountains
No road no Helikopter
How did they do it
Take care have a good weekend
Yours Frank Galetzka
Hello Frank. Glad that you enjoyed the scenery. Good question how they got the equipment there. They must have taken the machines apart and made a lot of trips with animals and wagon. Thanks for commenting and have a great weekend!
Nice find !
Yes, we were a little surprised as we knew nothing about this place before we went there. Thanks, Dave!👌😁
Another good one guys. Very nice hike up and looking at the equipment make me tired thinking about getting it all up there. You can just break the large equipment down so far and you still going to have some very heavy peaces. Your video's are getting better and better and Julie's comments are much improved. Like
Glad that you enjoyed it. No doubt the heavy bases and bigger parts of those machines would be crazy heavy. Thanks for the encouraging xomment!
Cool alot of stuff to see thanks 😊 👍
Yes, some cool stuff. Thanks for the comment, Wendell!👍
You guys are finding some really cool mines! It's so nice to see at least some of the infrastructure still intact. Keep 'em coming!
Thanks, Lesley. We're working hard to find places like this. Thanks for watching!
Are there guide books to these minds, how do you find them, and how do you rate them for safety? Be safe
There are books about mines, but we usually research a particular area and then go there. Sometimes it takes a couple visits to figure out what's happening. For safety you have to use your own best judgment. No old mines are really safe. Thanks for commenting, Jake!
You know Mark Twain's definition of a mine: "A hole in the ground with a liar on top." (picked up hanging around a group of uranium miners in Wyoming)
Haha, that's a good one. Miners are full of stories.
Nice hit and miss motor back in older time use have forchanteller's that could Read the Bump's on One's Head don't know of any still around but I bet it's good luck if you got a bunch!!!; )
Love that hit and miss. Thanks, Richard!
At 3:19, the upper word looks like Ingersoll.
Thanks for your input, Mr. B. Hope all is well.
Must have cost a lot to helicopter all that cast iron up there back in the day. Did you find the wine cellar?
I bet they would have liked a helicopter back in the early days. Haha, still looking for the wine. Thanks, Roger!
Just came on to your channel and enjoying your mine explores so I subscribed and going back and watching others…. Found this one and thought, that mine looks familiar…. Looks like Brent’s ‘hideaway’ improvements didn’t last since last year’s video. You missed the crystal wall at the top of that stope ( past the tight squeeze). Check it out to see what was up there. Enjoying your videos, keep up the good work.
Thanks for subscribing and going through some of our back catalog. I'm not sure what Brent's hideaway improvements are. I think someone else commented that Brent had visited this mine at some point. I don’t watch very many mine explore videos, since we spend enough time in mines in real life. Thanks for the comment!👍👍
I always wonder how the heck they got that HUGE equipment out there to begin with, myself....
I mean, if they were using donkeys and the path is that narrow out there, how the heck did they
transport that giant stuff?
Great fun as always, T&J. See you on the next one!
- Ed on the Ridge
I wonder how they got that heavy equipment up there, too. Probably made a lot of trips with smaller pieces. Thanks for the comment, Ed!
Another interesting explore.
It's always interesting to see the machinery and the ingenuity used by the miners to make it work for their purpose.
The hard work put into the development of these remote mines is impressive. Some would call it foolhardy.
Thanks for sharing with us.
The ingenuity of the miners always amazes. I think many times gold fever caused men to be foolhardy. The scammers who salted the mines and drove the stock price up are the ones who made the money. Thanks for the comment, Rob!
Tom & Julie
You are more than welcome.
The "entrepreneurs" of the time who supplied the miners got rich too.
I read that after the Bullfrog strike near Beatty, NV. at one time the going price for a burro was $500!
About 6 hp flywheel engine or 10 hp kind of looks like a Fairbanks morse
That sounds about right. I don't think we ever found a make on the engine. Thanks, Bo!👍
had to laugh when you said that julie says it just around the cornor ,when you ask how much further is the mine, love that machinery a little wd-40 and its good to go,
She always pulls that on me. It's just around the next bend. Haha, maybe more like a lot of WD40. Thanks for commenting!
A first for me, I have never seen a vertical style air compressor in all the mine explores I have watched. It is an Ingersoll Rand, but most have horizontal pistons. It appears the miners had to bring it up in pieces as it would be far too heavy for a single animal and the trail is not wide enough for a wagon or sled.
it looks more as if it's a water pump than a compressor.
It could be. I saw the Ingersoll Rand and assumed air compressor. They are both pumps so I have a hard time telling those old ones apart from each other.
How in the world did they move all that equipment up there on that mountain.
That's a good question. Probably in pieces on an animal or early truck using a long gone road. Thanks for commenting, Dale!
Hi guys.. was it a copper mine? Lots of blue in there..thanks again for squeezing yourselves into life threatening situations for our amusement 😂😂
Hi John. You're welcome, and thank you for watching! There is a lot of blue in the mineral veins here, which usually indicates that copper is present. This mine, like many other mines, produced more than one metal. Gold, lead, and copper were all produced by this mine. There is more information for you in the video description. 👍👍😁
Nice trail. Not for the faint of heart though.
It really is a fun trail. Thanks for the comment, Fred!
The engine is a witte headless hit miss engine guessing 12hp or bigger maybe
Thanks for the information, Eli. Much appreciated!
S.W Luitweiler Co manufactured Pumping machinery. 1901.
That was a cool little pump up there. Thanks for your input, Richard!👌
That mine was kinda bad shape it didn't hold up like most of the other ones but that also goes to show you when you go into them old mines always be prepared just encase you go through some sketchy spot it could cave in
Good advice, John. We always carry enough food, water and clothing to be able to spend at least one extra day/night should we become trapped in a mine. We also carry a collapible shovel that comes in quite handy. Thanks for commenting!
Just curious where is this mine located? i didnt see anything in the description.
@FarmandSpeed Hi Ryan. I generally don't include mine names and locations in my videos if there are any important artifacts there. I will say that it's not terribly far from Cerro Gordo, if that helps. Thanks for the comment!👍
@@TomandJulieMineExploring Looking at google earth it all looks like vast desert! I do watch some of Ghost Town Living's (cero gordo) videos. Are mines like this one in your video still privately owned or does the state / BLM take them over?
@FarmandSpeed I believe this is either BLM or Forest Service managed. You are allowed to hike in to this one.
Huge water cooler hit & miss engine
Yes indeed. Thanks for watching, Don!
i was worried
No worries, Ted. 😊👍
Seriously, how did you guys find each other? If my wife and I say in a motel without room service, she calls it camping!
Haha, I understand. Not every woman would do what Julie does. To answer your question, we met standing in line at Taco Bell after bar closing 33 years ago. 😁
The engine is a head less Witte a big one ! just guessing maybe a 15 hp they made many different HP and they all looked the same from small to big there's a guy in Ma that has a hole collection I had a 2 hp that looked just like that but just much smaller. That engine would run again with not much work.
Thanks for the information on the engine!👍👌
That looked to be a really beautiful hike you ugys had on the way up, i wish i could do stuff like that again.
I wish you could, too. Glad to have you along even if it's virtually. Thanks for watching!
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I love how. She just walks right in to places
Them other Nome guys.. cry and do nothing but talk how dangerous it is. And how they are the only people who can walk and talk...I've found I will not watch..the rest of the clowns any more.
Haha, right on, James. Julie is a good mine explorer. Thanks for watching!