I owned the property across the highway from this mine for several years in the 1980's. At that time the mine and most of the buildings were still intact. There was still a livable cabin in the canyon, complete with a tiny refrigerator. The entire structure where the ore was washed and separated with mercury was still there. By the late 1980's the cabin had been heavily vandalized. Almost everything outside the shaft burned in the Cedar Fire in 2003. In the 1980's it was still a working claim. 2 men were murdered there for trespassing. I still have a huge ore bucket I found in the creek bed above the mine. The one time we went inside back then, it was full of bats.
Oh yeah, is the cabin you're referring to the one across the creek with the chimney? Bet that place would have been so cool to see back in the day. Too bad all the structures there have been burned down. At least the jaw crushers are still there and in nice condition. Hope you enjoyed this explore! It was awesome to hear about how this area used to be. Thanks
I was there in the early 80's used to poke around....was there the weekend after the murders and met a friend of the victims ...he questioned us about knowing anything..we didn't. I remember that cabin intact and the Mill building. The Cedar fire was terrible. I really enjoyed the time I spent there....There's a lot of history in that canyon. Cheers-
@@WesternMineDetective Was the 3 peak cabin with the large fireplace on the inside of the horseshoe bend. My neighbor was a practicing wicken, and she and the Mormons behind us had a running feud going. Cabin had been used for actual mining. The back porch had 12 bunks when I bought it. All the mattresses were made of straw. The beams in the basement were stamped "Lindberg Field" so I assume the cabin was constructed in the late 1920's. I still have 2 mirrors from there which say Hotel Del tent city on the back. Fun times!
Hello my friend, I need an answer from you, please. Is this true How everything was abandoned. Did the owner die, ask the bear to deprive me Those mines have a redundancy. Or not, how do they leave everything? How surprised I am
Definitely an older mine beautiful color and minerals. The stamps are late to early 1900s belt driven must have once been a cool mill. The stamps would be great piece of a personal museum I've collected some cool stuff from michigans oldest copper mines over the many years. When you see rail in or out of the mine check for a manufacturer date on the side of the rail. Every so many feet there will be a date and sometimes even the manufacturer of the rail. This will help you estimate a rough year your in. Have fun be safe keep them coming always been fascinated with abandoned mines since I have 4 generations of hard rock copper mining going back to the mid 1800s.
Geology is a field of science. When you are in a mine looking at rocks you aren't looking at geology, but you say at least once in each video. "look at that geology."
Thanks alot! Oh really, maybe you should show them this video maybe they'll enjoy it. It really is a gem out here, too bad the buildings have been burned but that's just what happens to these sorts of sites. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the good video. For some reason I dont get notified when you release a new video even though I have clicked on the bell . Have yourself a great day & I look forward to watching your videos! Regards from Ody Slim
Thanks man, yeah that's weird don't know why that would be. Well maybe we'll test it out tomorrow, I've got a pretty good video coming out so hope you enjoy that. Thanks for watching as always!
Absolutely awesome site! I loved seeing those cupules/morteros. So cool that you found some pottery in one of the holes too. I cannot believe you found that old adobe building - looks like an explorer’s dream. I loved seeing all the old machinery so well intact too. I hope I can visit this area someday. Fun mine explore too, beautiful rocks. Great job!
Hey Gianna, appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment! Yeah it was an awesome explore, what with the morteros and old buildings/equipment. Super glad to have seen all that
How did ore chutes work inside the mine? It appears that they rose in an upward direction from inside the main mine tunnel in your video. Did they have to make another smaller upward tunnel to somehow convey the ore out of the mine?
Hey Bonnie, thanks for watching and subscribing! It really means alot to me. And yeah I really enjoyed this quick little exploration, lots of amazing sites out here to investigate. Hope you enjoy the videos to come!
🌼Ahh, a datura in bloom beside the wheelbarrow at 1:45. I don't see many of them in the wild where I live, although I grow Datura Inoxia as a flowering ornamental with huge, fragrant flowers, which wild honeybees REALLY like.🐝 Just think, had the clerk not been shot in 1865, his store would still be open today! I had just stopped by a few hours b4 he was killed! I had to pick up some black powder, some percussion caps, some rope, and a Red Bull. He was a really nice guy.
Yeah I noticed that, didn't know the name of the flower though. And yeah after it was a store it was turned into a school and some other uses until it was completely abandoned probably sometime in the early 1900s. Appreciate you taking the time to comment!
Excellent video and thanks much for sharing Jerith, we always enjoy your content. Definitely a bucket list site explore and love the storied history of it. My girlfriend and I are hoping to explore this site soon, are people typically parking on Banner Rd to access the trail head to this site? Any information on how to find it would be greatly appreciated.
Hey Brian thanks for watching! This is one of the first sites I started exploring so I love everytime I get to see it. Let me know which outlet would be best to get a hold of you and I'll let you know.
@@WesternMineDetective Thanks again Jerith, much appreciated. I've tried sending you to my FB so you could PM me but I guess YT blocked it, twice lol. My profile there at FB is Brian Adams, or if you can't find me because it's a fairly common name, you can send a PM to my girlfriend Stacey Belthius if you would. Again, thanks so much. We just explored Warlock and Golden Gem mines day before yesterday after watching your video, and like you, "leave only footprints and take only pictures" ;)
I think government Entities burn those places down sometimes which I think is wrong destroying history like that. Great video buddy. Be safe out there. ⛏🧨💎⚒🇺🇸👍
Thank you for the awesome content. No need to reveal where exactly this was, but what part of the country was this? Looks different than what I’ve seen in US. Thank you again brother
Hey man, appreciate that! Glad you enjoy my videos. This is in San Diego, CA. Lately I've been hitting up mines more to the north of me. Thanks for watching, means alot to me!
I heard cars go by a couple of times at ther beginning of the video, so I surmise this must be near a highway. I'm really surprised the old buildings survived as well as they have. Is this a San Diego County mine? Keep up the good work, but get a helmet if you're going to enter old mines!
Yeah there's a highway near the Native American morteros. The other two spots you have to walk a ways to get to. And yes this is in San Diego county. Appreciate you taking the time to watch!
I owned the property across the highway from this mine for several years in the 1980's. At that time the mine and most of the buildings were still intact. There was still a livable cabin in the canyon, complete with a tiny refrigerator. The entire structure where the ore was washed and separated with mercury was still there. By the late 1980's the cabin had been heavily vandalized. Almost everything outside the shaft burned in the Cedar Fire in 2003. In the 1980's it was still a working claim. 2 men were murdered there for trespassing. I still have a huge ore bucket I found in the creek bed above the mine. The one time we went inside back then, it was full of bats.
Oh yeah, is the cabin you're referring to the one across the creek with the chimney? Bet that place would have been so cool to see back in the day. Too bad all the structures there have been burned down. At least the jaw crushers are still there and in nice condition. Hope you enjoyed this explore! It was awesome to hear about how this area used to be. Thanks
I was there in the early 80's used to poke around....was there the weekend after the murders and met a friend of the victims ...he questioned us about knowing anything..we didn't. I remember that cabin intact and the Mill building. The Cedar fire was terrible. I really enjoyed the time I spent there....There's a lot of history in that canyon. Cheers-
@@WesternMineDetective Was the 3 peak cabin with the large fireplace on the inside of the horseshoe bend. My neighbor was a practicing wicken, and she and the Mormons behind us had a running feud going. Cabin had been used for actual mining. The back porch had 12 bunks when I bought it. All the mattresses were made of straw. The beams in the basement were stamped "Lindberg Field" so I assume the cabin was constructed in the late 1920's. I still have 2 mirrors from there which say Hotel Del tent city on the back. Fun times!
@@suzannepetrofsky2881 very cool information thanks for sharing.
Hello my friend, I need an answer from you, please. Is this true How everything was abandoned. Did the owner die, ask the bear to deprive me Those mines have a redundancy. Or not, how do they leave everything? How surprised I am
Definitely an older mine beautiful color and minerals. The stamps are late to early 1900s belt driven must have once been a cool mill. The stamps would be great piece of a personal museum I've collected some cool stuff from michigans oldest copper mines over the many years. When you see rail in or out of the mine check for a manufacturer date on the side of the rail. Every so many feet there will be a date and sometimes even the manufacturer of the rail. This will help you estimate a rough year your in. Have fun be safe keep them coming always been fascinated with abandoned mines since I have 4 generations of hard rock copper mining going back to the mid 1800s.
I really enjoyed this. Western exploration is my passion. I'm in Northern Nevada.
Geology is a field of science. When you are in a mine looking at rocks you aren't looking at geology, but you say at least once in each video. "look at that geology."
Great video! We are friends with the owner of the Ready Relief. Been there several times. ♥
Thanks alot! Oh really, maybe you should show them this video maybe they'll enjoy it. It really is a gem out here, too bad the buildings have been burned but that's just what happens to these sorts of sites. Thanks for watching!
Your adventures are always such a blast! Keep up the good work and be safe
Enjoying watching your videos. New friend.
Thanks for watching man, really means alot!
Wonderful adventure! Definitely following for more arm chair adventures 🙏💗
Thanks! I really appreciate that. Glad you enjoy my video ☺️
Thanks for the good video. For some reason I dont get notified when you release a new video even though I have clicked on the
bell . Have yourself a great day & I look forward to watching your videos!
Regards from Ody Slim
Thanks man, yeah that's weird don't know why that would be. Well maybe we'll test it out tomorrow, I've got a pretty good video coming out so hope you enjoy that. Thanks for watching as always!
Absolutely awesome site! I loved seeing those cupules/morteros. So cool that you found some pottery in one of the holes too. I cannot believe you found that old adobe building - looks like an explorer’s dream. I loved seeing all the old machinery so well intact too. I hope I can visit this area someday. Fun mine explore too, beautiful rocks. Great job!
Hey Gianna, appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment! Yeah it was an awesome explore, what with the morteros and old buildings/equipment. Super glad to have seen all that
Western Mine Detective You’re welcome! I look forward to the next one!
Dam this is way cool. Love seeing these adventures. keep it up bro. Doing Great!
Thanks my man! Appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment. Many more adventures to come 👍
How did ore chutes work inside the mine? It appears that they rose in an upward direction from inside the main mine tunnel in your video. Did they have to make another smaller upward tunnel to somehow convey the ore out of the mine?
new subscriber here. this is awesome. never been out west before this is so amazing. thank you.
Hey Bonnie, thanks for watching and subscribing! It really means alot to me. And yeah I really enjoyed this quick little exploration, lots of amazing sites out here to investigate. Hope you enjoy the videos to come!
🌼Ahh, a datura in bloom beside the wheelbarrow at 1:45. I don't see many of them in the wild where I live, although I grow Datura Inoxia as a flowering ornamental with huge, fragrant flowers, which wild honeybees REALLY like.🐝
Just think, had the clerk not been shot in 1865, his store would still be open today! I had just stopped by a few hours b4 he was killed! I had to pick up some black powder, some percussion caps, some rope, and a Red Bull. He was a really nice guy.
Yeah I noticed that, didn't know the name of the flower though. And yeah after it was a store it was turned into a school and some other uses until it was completely abandoned probably sometime in the early 1900s. Appreciate you taking the time to comment!
Very cool explore
Great stuff👌
Thanks man! Appreciate it.
Excellent video and thanks much for sharing Jerith, we always enjoy your content. Definitely a bucket list site explore and love the storied history of it. My girlfriend and I are hoping to explore this site soon, are people typically parking on Banner Rd to access the trail head to this site? Any information on how to find it would be greatly appreciated.
Hey Brian thanks for watching! This is one of the first sites I started exploring so I love everytime I get to see it. Let me know which outlet would be best to get a hold of you and I'll let you know.
@@WesternMineDetective Thanks again Jerith, much appreciated. I've tried sending you to my FB so you could PM me but I guess YT blocked it, twice lol. My profile there at FB is Brian Adams, or if you can't find me because it's a fairly common name, you can send a PM to my girlfriend Stacey Belthius if you would. Again, thanks so much. We just explored Warlock and Golden Gem mines day before yesterday after watching your video, and like you, "leave only footprints and take only pictures" ;)
enjoyed that.shame we dont have these sort of old mines in the uk
Glad you liked the video! Yeah these types of mines are quite cool. The ones over there have that cool stonework sometimes right?
@@WesternMineDetective yes thats right mate
I’ve heard them called rough or natural timbers. Thanks for exploring!
Yeah natural timbers is what I've heard most of the time, thanks for the input!
I think government Entities burn those places down sometimes which I think is wrong destroying history like that. Great video buddy. Be safe out there. ⛏🧨💎⚒🇺🇸👍
Great video
Thank you! I really appreciate you taking the time to watch. I really enjoyed this explore. Saw lots of cool stuff that day
@@WesternMineDetective thank you for sharing the video
No problem!
Very Great!
Thanks alot! Appreciate it 😊
I want you to answer those mines, how were they abandoned and did they have them? Whether or not, how does this happen?
thank you
No problem 👍. Thanks for watching
Thank you for the awesome content. No need to reveal where exactly this was, but what part of the country was this? Looks different than what I’ve seen in US. Thank you again brother
Hey man, appreciate that! Glad you enjoy my videos. This is in San Diego, CA. Lately I've been hitting up mines more to the north of me. Thanks for watching, means alot to me!
I really hate that people have to be grafitti vandals. It infuriates me. Thanks for this. Good explore! Please be careful going in those mines.
Yeah same, graffiti has no place at amazing historical sites. Glad you liked this video, more to come in the next few months!
Awsome indian stuff bro
Thanks man! I jus had a hunch that there was gonna be something on these rocks, as there's a creek next to them as well.
I heard cars go by a couple of times at ther beginning of the video, so I surmise this must be near a highway. I'm really surprised the old buildings survived as well as they have. Is this a San Diego County mine? Keep up the good work, but get a helmet if you're going to enter old mines!
Yeah there's a highway near the Native American morteros. The other two spots you have to walk a ways to get to. And yes this is in San Diego county. Appreciate you taking the time to watch!
Are there no laws in that part of the country, that protects sites of historical significance?
It's not a tunnel. A tunnel has openings to the outside at both ends. Cool mine and a good video.
You didn’t go in the chimney
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