The Wilson-Gomez Mine
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- čas přidán 13. 11. 2016
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What was left of the Wilson-Gomez Mine has been destroyed by a forest fire. That old cabin was a real treasure and so I am most sorry to see that erased. More of the lower adit has caved in as well... I am glad that I visited this site when I did. I passed the remains of two other miner's cabins on the way down to the Wilson-Gomez and I am sure there is no trace of them left either. For those that would like to do more research, I believe that the original name of this mine was the Oversight Mine.
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This abandoned gold mine is near the bottom of an extremely remote and inaccessible section of canyon along the Feather River in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range. Although there was a rough trail to this mine at one time, most sections of the trail have been reclaimed by Mother Nature and hours of bushwhacking down a very steep canyon will be required for a visit (Of course, you can save yourself the hassle by simply watching the video). I do not know the history of this lode mine, but I have spoken to a local historian that visited it about twenty years ago. This is how I know about the second stamp mill and some other details.
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Growing up in California’s “Gold Rush Country” made it easy to take all of the history around us for granted. However, abandoned mine sites have a lot working against them - nature, vandals, scrappers and various government agencies… The old prospectors and miners that used to roam our lonely mountains and toil away deep underground are disappearing quickly as well.
These losses finally caught our attention and we felt compelled to make an effort to document as many of the ghost towns and abandoned mines that we could before that niche of our history is gone forever. But, guess what? We have fun doing it! This is exploring history firsthand - bushwhacking down steep canyons and over rough mountains, figuring out the techniques the miners used and the equipment they worked with, seeing the innovations they came up with, discovering lost mines that no one has been in for a hundred years, wandering through ghost towns where the only sound is the wind... These journeys allow a feeling of connection to a time when the world was a very different place. And I’d love to think that in some small way we are paying tribute to those hardy miners that worked these mines before we were even born.
So, yes, in short, we are adit addicts… I hope you’ll join us on these adventures!
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Great videos, thanx for sharing your exploration adventures- that's what I did in my younger years. Coolest thing I ever found was a Fairbanks Morse 15 hp hit 'n miss engine- got permission/ownership from owner, huge job to get it home due to remote location and it weighed 5000 lbs- restored it to museum quality and ran it for anyone who was interested. It was the most fun I had with my late father and was a huge project, a labor of love.
Thanks for the info, after watching several videos it kinda explained it. Thanks again!!
Thanks for the great video, i appreciate it very much, love watching!
The land slide was about 10-15 years ago. It wiped out the single track trail as you discovered. All the pipe was to make a water pressure powered dredge for the river by damming up the creek, but it was deemed not legal and shut down is what I was told. This mining effort was obviously long after the hard rock tunnel was dug. The fly fishing at the river is amazing too. There used to be old pumps and equipment down at the river too, but same year as the landslide most of it was buried.
The log cabin exhibits a bit of skill and knowledge . The hole in the floor is actually the food store. You kept your goodies in there over winter to prevent them freezing solid and they kept cool in summer .Theres a guy on YT who built a cabin and he has the same bolt hole in the floor too.
That is a really awesome mine site, Nice find man!
Very interesting video, thank you.
Very cool well done Vid👍. Those old folding Cots appear to be WW2 vintage -amazing history there-especially that little 3 Stamp Mill🇺🇸
Excellent videos! I wish my prospecting areas in Colorado had as many in-tact mines to explore.
Ahw, I cried at the end...
Thanks for showing everyone where to go, this is great! Now people can just rely on you to make a few bucks to expose all our secret spots!
wow, this is really neat!
Thank you 😊 interesting explore
I. Thank who. Ever. Did. This. Gave. Me. Free. Time. On. U. Tube. I. Thank. You. So. Much. Very. Kind. Of. You !!! Dave
One of your best explores. I think I see some stamp mill shoes.
I would be taking a panning kit with me on those old gold sites and especially taking some soil samples like out of that old cabin. Thanks for the videos
For a second I thought this was the Monte Cristo ghost town in WA state LOL! You got my hopes up!
What a great find and well documented! There should be some really big workings going on there, going by the tailings. Nice new stamp heads too, they don't look like they have ever been used.
Hi. I. Live. In. Granite. Falls. I. Have. Been. Up. To. The. First. Mine. Past. The. Old.. R.R. turn. Table. Wheel. I. Was. Up. There. In. 1975. It. Really. Was. Like a. Old. Ghost. Town. Then When. Things. Where. Starting. To. Fall. To. The. Ground. As well. Really. Nice. To. See. Ur. Videos. I. Couldn't. Even. Go. That. Far. Today. As. I'm. Medical. Not. Able. To. Walk. That. Far. Today. Thanks. So. Much. !!!
That metal sheeting going down the hill is an ore shoot. My mining partner Merle Brown and I rebuilt couple of these up Dixie creek north of Prairie City, Ore.