Exploring Death Valley Mine and Camp
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- čas přidán 10. 07. 2022
- On Memorial Day weekend I finally got the chance to check out this mine I've had on my radar for a while. The site holds several structures and mining remains including a large metal headframe, double drum hoist, several engines, conveyor belt system and much more! I did get a bit of underground time, but even if I didn't the surface explore would have made the trip worth my time. On the way back to the car I decided to head up to the top of a hill so I could get a good shot of the surrounding mountains. To my surprise, I heard some rustling in the bushes and you won't believe what I came across. I'll leave that for the video. Hope you guys enjoy this one!
That is not a trommel it's a swamp cooler AC young man love your videos keep up the good work if you ever have time read about Butte Montana hundreds of shafts all in one town going down a mile on a few mining copper and silver
As soon as he said trammel I started laughing. Yeah that’s a swamp cooler. Love the content too !
Thanks for the correction next time I see one I'll know better!
@@WesternMineDetective Specifically what you had your hand on is a squirrel cage fan. It is mounted inside a blower housing. The intake is in the center of the fan, the output is the square opening in the housing (pointing up in this case.)
Yeah. The squirrel cage gave it away quick.
@@SoCal_FPV Is it possible that they repurposed an old rotted out evaporative cooler and turned into a ventilator for the mine? I don’t have your experience, so I don’t know if that is even possible. Thank you so much for your input.
you will never live it down.......KEEP UP THE GOOD WROK ! Do not stop ! You got this "Gly" sent us....
Fabulous ..I love how you appreciate the old stuff ..most young people would have no idea ...most enjoyable video ..ooh ..and thanks for offering him some water ..
That "furnace" was a forge. The pipe on the side is for air to blow through the coal (or charcoal), and that galvanized cone was probably the hood that went over the forge. The bar arrangement , or rack, on the side was to rest long pieces like drill rods while they heat up in the forge. At the moment it's raised, the middle piece is actually a leg that supports the rack.
so glad you always respect the animals that you see
Of course! Who doesn't love animals
@@WesternMineDetective lots of peoples
@@georgescott249 sadly..
Im most impressed with the Joshua trees they either planted or transplanted all lined up along the front. Great building, and location 👍
I'm curious what those vines are they used for shading that survive without irrigation?
Not a trommel, it's an old swamp cooler cage. The motor running the hoist was not electric. That was actually a front engine compartment of a Case tractor. I only briefly saw that back end of the engine and it had a transmission that was attached to a smooth wheel. That would have had a belt around it and would have driven the hoist. That used to be an old placer mine. That's what the pit and the bucket belt were up to. As the particles got larger with depth they decided to sink a shaft. When they reached a certain level, it flooded. Pretty cool place. Been there a time or two myself. House used to be in pretty good shape and the it went through a period of vandalism. Looks like someone may be fixing it back up. I did wonder about that even while you were filming cause of all the tire tracks. There's a book i highly recommend you get titled: Drills and Mills by Will Meyerriecks. Really informative especially if your going to keep your explores up. Love the explores, keep them coming. Just an old retired assayer and mill super. Peace
I can't believe this site still exists, unmolested...no graffiti or trash, site was like a time capsule. Not even packrats took over - an extremely rare find! thank you for making great content!
Gly sent me 🙂 to watch your exploration of this mine camp
The nail you picked up at 14:30 is a horseshoe nail, which is still in use. I explored that site 10 years ago. It has obviously suffered much vandalism since then. The "Big House" was built in 1910 for the mine manager. The final mining activities occurred in the 1950's.
That is not horse shoe nail just stamped square nail I have hundreds of them took down an old black smith shop it was built out of them horse shoe nail are smaller
@@kendrawilliams1348 You're correct. That nail is too large.
You need to know. The first item you called a trammel was not a trammel. It is a squirrel cage fan. The second item is a old forge. There would be a coal fired forge most likely with a fan attached. the third item by case was not a genset. It is the gas engine and transmission to operate the hoist.
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Sun Mountain!
The vines look like hops. maybe for shade and brewing. It's cool that it's still able to survive out there.
nice find !!!!!!1 the cooler was halirous!!!!!!! the tortoise was cool too and the amount of water in the mine was surprising!!!!!!!
Can't wait to see what you have in store..
I recognize that place from a Wonderhussy explore! as well as Gly coolness.. cool digs!
Great work young man, it's good to see productive youth expressing interest in our seemingly dying history... keep going! learn and teach as much as you can.
Learn from the old timers, they're a wealth of knowledge and history!
Another brilliant, fascinating video. I've become a huge fan of your work. So many interesting facets to this one. Thank-you for your efforts.
7:36 That's a big office desk, they're built like tanks, made to last for many years. The drawers were like filing cabinets.
14:47 Not a harmonica reed, but a harmonica comb. It's the part that the reeds attach to. It's unlikely that you'll find any reeds. They are so small and thin that they would have disintegrated by now.
17:49 That's just a big squirrel cage fan for blowing air, not a trammel. As others have pointed out it was probably a swamp cooler.
1840 A kiln. Possibly for melting gold to pour into ingots.
20:32 "Pneumatic Air" is saying the same thing twice in different languages. "Pneuma" is Latin for "Air".
21:04 The Case isn't a generator, it's just an engine that powers the winch directly. There is no electric motor so no need for a generator. If it was a generator that powered an electric motor then there would also have to be Braking Resistor banks. The hand crank on the front is for starting the engine. Very cool winch though.
The foot pedals and levers on the Case and Wisconsin winches are clutches.
Pretty cool seeing the tortoise :>
If you look closely you can see reeds attached. Cool find
That tremmal looked pretty new. LOL
Love the way you broke it down. His careless discriptions are irritating but he is young. Most of the items came and went before he was born. He might have some "mine" sense but mostly it nonsense due to lack of experience.
That wasn't a ball mill. Not constructed heavy enough. As the name plate indicated, it's some kind of a mixing device. Good video, I enjoyed it.
You just gained a new subscriber. You're thorough and the video quality is nice and it's great seeing a young person interested in old mines and the equipment.
Now I have to go and watch your other stuff. 👍
Most things that are referred to as cranks, are more likely engagement levers. Cranks mostly refer to things that turn to get for example, and engine running.
It's pretty cool that the power lines run all the way out there :) And it's interesting that the big house had an outhouse, but the small one had an interior bathroom. I'm assuming the small house has a septic tank underneath it. Anyway, I loved the conveyor, the ball crusher, and the winches/hoists :) I'd say you were definitely standing on a skip car in the shaft, because it looked like there were rails for it going up in front of the ladder.
Cool video. I’ve been to this mine before, and it had water in the shaft then. Glad to see what was at the bottom.
that table with the newspaper on it looks like a butcher's block
17:53 That is a big squirrel cage fan, not a Tromel. I bet it was an old Swamp Cooler for the bunk house.
Love the adventures but it looks like an excellent place to get snake bit! Love the old machinery you find!
Gly Coolness sent me over. Little did he know, I'm already subscribed and a fan. Great work dude, and by the way, that tortoise encounter was probably a once in a lifetime occurrence. Lucky, lucky man! Hello from New Mexico!
Gly sent me over too lol
@@jenniffer9034 me also ...lol
14:33 That is a masonry cut steel nail. They are still made today.
Gly told us about your channel. Nice job!
Some very cool finds there.👍
It’s common to see a tandem out house, but now a triple? I don’t think I know anyone I want pooping next to me. Lol. Awesome video though.
So cool to see the desert tortoise. That was a really cool place with so much neat stuff
beautiful video
The Joshua's were moved and replanted, which is hard to get them to grow. There is a root cellar out back.. Awesome, the chopping block is still there. The stairway is really steep. It is a swamp cooler, not a trammel. I didn't have any gear with me to go down when I was there about 5 years ago. The ladder is ore cart track with rebar welded to make the ladder rungs. Copper World slag pile is on the other side of the I-15 up Cima Road.
Thanks for the video. IMHO it does not matter if you are exploring 10,000 feet below the surface or checking
an abandoned mine camp ot cabin. I just enjoy hanging out and seeing what you found! Have yourself a
great week and I hope to see you this weekend coming! Regards from Ody Slim
Great video Jerith! Every adventure is a learning experience. Loved the tortoise! Still get thrilled when we see one! Thanks for sharing with us!
Nice footage. Anyone out there who thinks the desert Southwest an interesting place to see?
Hi Jerith, what a cool area, sometimes the old miners would put the gold/silver or money that they had underneath the floorboards of their cabin to keep it safe.
I would hazard a guess and say the second house could have been the mine owners cabin or a managers perhaps. What on earth was that thing at 13:27 above the entrance arch ??? a plane or maybe a fly or even a UFO ????? A real shame that the shaft was partially flooded but the cool machinery more than made up for the visit. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💖
Hello as you walked into the larger house and you were walking in and it was somewhat dark it reminded me of the Hardy boy mystery book about the counterfeiters and then as you went upstairs in the Attic all the newspaper at first glance look like the printed sheets of counterfeit money at first I guess it was just a throwback from when I was a kid reading the Hardy boy mystery books the counterfeiters .p.s. loved seeing all the machinery of the mining days ⛏️🤔 thank you for the tag along great finds 🏆⛏️
Its a Forge , Black smith shop... You doing good.
Don't mess with the Poopers. You never know what you will find .
@ 18:36 that would be a Forge. The pipe coming in the side would be for forced air to help super heat the steel. Fun explore. Love watching your vids!
Just wow! Great job of documenting this mining camp. The random tortoise was frosting on the cupcake. Thank you for posting.
Looks like someone has been in there stripping stuff out,.as usual in these places. Would have been a nice house. People used newspaper for wall insulation. Love the cellar. I've always wanted one. Interesting place. I had a desert tortoise decide to take up residence in my back yard. Good explore. Well done!
awesome find!
Fun explore and great video!
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That is a fan
It would be nice to remodel that house looks pretty neat
Those Wisconsin engines are probably out of the '50s
Loved seeing the tortoise, a real treat .
Wow that shaft! Shame about the flooding... I was really hoping for a level
Hello from Denmark
I think that "dandy quick mix " thing was part of a cement truck that someone adapted for use in ⛏️ mining !!!!!!!..…................Erik
I wondered if the first big item was a cement mixer rather than anything else. Could be wrong but just wondering what others thought?
Your trammel is a swamp cooler just saying great video
that nail looks like the kind used for concrete, they're still like that I have some someplace. that thing you spun looked like a blower fan to me.
To start with that was not a trommel it's a blower for the burnout furnace where they sis their smelting
That was a fan
4:15 This house looks like one of those old Sears kit homes. What is called a bungalow.
the Case genset looks like the motor and front body work off a case tractor
edit: continued watching. lol.
1:22 that would make a nice home for someone.
@2:59 Below the KO pic it says Las Vegas Review-Journal May 17, 1975
At 2:25 you look at the stairwell. What was that flew by you and hit the stairwell? Odd looking.
Ali Trained at Deer Lake a gated community on US 40 near Farmington PA about a 40 minute drive from where I live.
neat place i bet that was a busy mine would love to see old pics how it was this could be a home again get that well fixed.who owns this place?
Awe I had a Russian tortoise! The desert tortoise was a big one
Hello, Gly sent me! New subscriber here.
yup spent alot of time near the old swamp cooler....the hotter it was, the better it worked
The grate at 11:27 looks like something that you put over a funnel to keep the big rocks out.
4:39 that definitely was an old brick.
Case tractor powered winch not a generator
18:00 that’s an evaporative cooler. AKA swamp cooler.
There is literally an 'Old' brick. Lmao. Epic....
the thing after the ball mill is a swamp cooler
That CASE Engine directly runs the winch. it is NOT a generator. There is no GENERATOR attached to it anywhere.
Desert Tortoise 🐢 Made the video!!!
I wouldn’t mind having that piece of property. Not a too awfully bad fixer upper. Not a soul for miles absolutely nothing but piece and quiet.
That was a blower fan
Swamp Cooler
I was told to say, Gly sent me. He said you’d know what that means.
That was an air conditioner bro lol😂
4:58 Literally.
Not a trammel. It's a blower.
Lol that's a swamp cooler.
so , who owns any of this ??
At 12:40 it sounds like a kid giggling??
LOL
Please stay away from the desert tortoises. They can get scared and pee which can lead to dehydration and death. Just FYI
It's a concrete nail, not old at all, also the case is an engine and not a generator.