Beating the Heat at the Mine in the Sky
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- čas přidán 16. 05. 2021
- After spending a couple days at the hot springs with my buddies Daniel and Karissa, I decided to hit up this mine site on the drive out of the valley. This was my first explore of a talc mine, and it didn't disappoint in the least! Talc and steatite mines are said to be one of the most unstable and in this case that was true for the second adit I entered which was collapsed after about 20 feet. On the strenuous hike up to the upper workings of this mine I was pleasantly surprised to find an ore car and probably one of the coolest finds I've made as of yet! It's not that it was an overly impressive piece of machinery but the fact that it was suspended on the side of the mountain, to be found after approximately 70 years or so. I hope you guys enjoy this video and as always thanks for watching!
That was pretty crazy, I am 66, I would have lasted about 5 minutes and then I would have died. Really cool relics, thanks for taking us along to place a lot of us could never make it to.
Interesting that the heads and pistons were missing off both engines.
Can you imagine stretching the miles cable up the neat vertical face and bring all that equipment up there. It would be cool to go back in time and see how those ole boys did it. They were dome very tough and dedicated folks. Great video, thank you.
I am from Idaho and I love exploring old mines they are so fun and then when you see the mechanical workings and the old engines and boxes and cans there is nothing better in life than that and it just shows men from the late 1800s till about the 1940s were a very tough generation I’m pretty sure 90% of us these days would not even be able to keep up with an hour of the hard work that they’ve done
I am so glad I found your channel keep up the great work and you’re great with that camera
Thanks for your efforts, fantastic stuff! I've been going to the Hot Springs for many years and had heard of these mines but had never seen the site. Hard to believe the effort that men put into mining these incredibly remote, unsociable, brutal and beautiful parts of this amazing country. Thanks again
Young Man - you deserve an A++ for effort!! Very nice video, some great finds, and a work out all at the same time. Thanks for sharing!
Vortox made the air filter. Still in business, it started in 1918 (as Vortex). Began making filters for engines in 1922. Vortox was a pioneer in oil bath air filters.
Thanks for the info! I did a little research and that's what I found they made air cleaners for all sorts of trucks it seems. I'd reckon this one dates to the 1950s.
27:46 August 15, 1922?? Wow, that was my father's birthday!! Very cool to hear that exact date
At 4:30 odd, that's a collapsed ore bin and the FSWR running back up the mountain is an aerial Tramway that dumps into it.
Not an inclined shaft.
This is such great content for the wandering mind. Awesome.
Kool video that you made. I couldn't imagine hauling up at that machinery and those engines. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us. I like what your doing.
Top of the hat to you on what you said one of your GREATEST finds and we all came with you on this awesome find .And it is allways sad that the day is closing down maybe some day we will see more of this great adventure thank you for us all to tag along .⛏️👍 Cjd wash state
Just blows my mind how they hauled that equipment up there.
Unless the weather was totally different several decades ago it's amazing to think how these guys worked in the heat up there, no food around had to pack all that up, tools equipment, mind boggling
And all that fuel!
Oh it was for sure hot up there any way you look at it. Late spring and summer would be scorching. Them miners never cease to amaze me, if they get their mind on getting that ore that's what they set out to do. Tough bunch of men
Still plenty of people working in outback Australia in 120*f
It takes it out of you but you get used to it fairly quick
Rekon it's easer than when its ice cold
Every minute of this video was exciting and beautiful to watch! Thank you so much for sharing your adventures!
Thank you so much for the like immediately after I watched your excellent 1 year old video!
Awesome video! Thank you sir for going through all that to get there, and sharing it with us! Really love it!!!
Thanks Mark! I'd be doing this type of stuff even if I didn't have a channel it's what I love the most. Thanks for watching.
I have enjoyed your videos very much. Many many years ago when I lived in California, my buddy, and I would go out and look for all mines. We found a few, but nothing is spectacular as what I seen in your videos. I’m on a quest to watch all Your videos.
Your enthusiasm made me smile on a tough day. Thanks so much.
I'm glad to hear that! No problem dude. Always appreciate you stopping by
@@WesternMineDetective me thinks you were born a hundred years too late.. Lol
You filmed the really nice video I like to see place that I'll never ever get to . Thank you Nice
Appreciate it! Thanks for watching
Man, those views are breathtaking. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing your explore. That was a huge climb. It amazes me as to how they got those engines and mech's up that mountain.Keep finding gems like this.
25:40, that hoist, engine, & cables. Man, how in the hell did they do it? Thats crazy being up there. The old miners were some tough dudes I'll say. 29:31 that button on top of the starter motor is its start button I believe, to start the motor itself, and yes thats the car frame it sitting in still. Those buttons were usually high beam headlight buttons on the floor of older automobiles.
They used the high/low beam switch as a starter switch to start the engine's.
660 is a Ford farm engine and not sure on size of the other one but it us a Ford I'd say modle T truck
The button looks similar to hi-lo switch but it would be a spring loaded starter button with 2 heavy terminals on back. They are heavy duty enough to carry starter amperage and were often mounted on the floor, generally before the days of magnetic solenoids used in the last 60 to 70 years.
...What a great explore...! Thanks so much for all the effort that you put into bringing this to us, ...much appreciated by all I'm sure...!
I appreciate this so much! I put so much effort into this video most wouldn't believe it. Drove almost 9 hours to get there just because this is such a long dirt road. Well worth the trek out there!
Really cool explore and fantastic views of the mountains. I always look forward to a new video from WMD.
Thanks alot Steve, I greatly appreciate the support!
Bro. That is so sick. When you got to the top, after seeing that cable, all I could think was "zip line to infinity" (but more likely death). Great vid
Super cool finds! You know you wanna go back and explore the rest of the mountain, curiosity always wins...lol. The cables looked like they were for a tramway of sorts, it wouldn't make sense to put the hoist so far above an incline shaft. Anyway, great explore!
Haha now that I'm out of there I definitely do wanna go back, that'll be most likely in the near future. I've got so many other spots to hit up. And I do believe it was part of a tram, with buckets going up and down, transporting all sorts of tools and equipment I'm sure. Would be interesting to see what it was like back in the day.
...amazing amount of work !, especially the location of it...seriously hard workers...
awesome finds, another great video
The view at 28:49 with the machine in the foreground is just amazing. Appreciate you taking the time to show us these treasures.
The views are definitely the best part! Thanks for watching.
Amazing views. Great video. Those engines are really cool
Awesome location. Great to see you back.
Great to be back! Thanks for watching as always!
now that looks like a great find ....was wondering what happened to ya there sonny Jim.....no time to explore .....next time .....they always pull the heads off the engines ....most valuable piece ...... keep us posted
I think they purposely took the heads off of most of those engines so nobody else could run them after the mine closed . And they didn't want to drag everything off the hills .
Thanks for watching Jeff! First time I've taken off of CZcams for the last several months. Sucks that they took off the heads, but hey at least the main attraction is still there. That hoist was so cool to see
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@@rastamanralph6670 Howdy
Yeah, and they always take the wheels off the ore cars.
Virginia City watching Western Mine Detective. Another Great adventure!
Appreciate the love from VC! Thanks for watching.
Pretty Amazing Adventure you had in this video.Thanks for sharing!
Yeah man definitely! It was such a fun explore, glad to see you on here. Appreciate the support.
Your gold classic, Jerith. The lower chute where you started the climb is at 2428 feet and the top hoist level is 2958 feet, so a 530 foot climb in a few hours. You'd think they would have placed that hoist first - God only knows how - and used it to drag everything up....incredible. Best of luck to you in the Navy and thanks for so many great vids!
Excellent discovery Jerith! I was just as excited as you were when you were discovering everything! FYI - Patent Dates are good for 20 years up to the 1980's. I know you said you would not return to finish the upper levels, but I have a feeling you will when it starts to cool down. The upper levels must be the original holes and machinery. Everything appeared to age as you climbed higher. Too bad you did not zoom in on the newspaper for a date - that would have been cool to see. Great job on the recording and sharing. Thank you.
What an awesome find.
Man thats flipped! How the heck they get all that stuff up there anyways.....amazing
Another great video with some amazing artifacts.
Thanks alot man! Appreciate you stopping by.
Thanks again WMD. You really out did yourself!! Hard to think how they managed to build all the infrastructure to make all that happen. Your channel continues to be the bomb. Scenery totally incredible and that electric bike was awesome. !! Please be careful and really excited to see your channel again. !!
Looking forward for your next adventure,,. Take care
I really appreciate that! This whole explore was sort of surreal. I've got a few more great ones in store so watch for those. Thanks for watching as always!
Pretty freaking cool!
Awesome thanks for sharing this 🤟✅
This is an amazing explore! I really enjoyed this one. Well done!
Hey Cindy, glad you enjoyed! Appreciate you stopping by to check this one out.
Fantastic!
At age 67 I could make it up there with you still but that loose talus would be treacherous for an old man like me, one slip and I'd slide back down the side of the mountain. The balance of youth!
excellent video young fella, i think you might even put mountain goats to shame, you certainly have some amazing stamina to be able to climb these dizzy heights to explore these locations, i guess you have your fill of shredded wheat
i have to say i may not be that into the mines themselves, but i am a fan of the Cerro Gordo (Brets' channel, 'Ghost town living'), and i really appreciate what the miners achieved back in the day, its incredible when you see first hand the intense climb you have to do, and think its all been done before, possibly by many folk who had to establish these mines using there bare hands and possibly mules - getting kit to the top to begin building these aerial lines and cars so they could haul up all the materials, just looking at the timbers alone makes you wonder the efforts some folk went to to install them just to earn a days pay, there's certainly an element of utter madness, and a mass of no fear of the terrain they were working in, do you wonder if the engines were taken up piece by piece and rebuilt, the mind boggles at the accessibility
the platform next to the engine hoist looks precarious today, but back then, before health and safety went mental, it was probably a great place to sit and have a smoke, a coffee, while minding the machinery that ran the mine, bringing folk and materials and taking out the ore to be processed - quite an education to think how it was done then - today they'd probably not get permission for one, but if they did, no doubt a heavy lift by helicopter would bring in folk and a container full of kit to get things started and make things happen
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Distributor cap? My guess is thats the oil cap. Cool find!
I noticed this entry on Facebook this morning, thanks for the video. As I recall this was a talc and soapstone mine.
Talus is the larger size stones that tumble further down a slope when they get moving, scree is the smaller gravel size stones that remain higher on the slope because they are lighter in weight.
A great adventure that was.
You certainly got a great cardio workout and see your part billy goat 🐐👍Great video Thanks
Oh for sure! Got a great workout out there. I've been training for hikes like this, going to places most wouldn't dare to go.
your camera is so clear Awesome footage! liked and subscribed!!
It will always amaze me how they got that equipment up to those beautiful places,miracles of ambition!
It's insane. Did they pack that hoist with the cables up by hand a bunch of em taking turns
@@buffalokrisgoldprospecting Mules
@@vaughn28oz ah haaaaaa. Thank u
it's unbelievable, just hiking, never mind them hauling that engine up there and everything else.For being the 60's, they would have helicoptered all of it up. But that doesn't fly for the 1800's mines, that was all muscle.
I didn't know you were gone because this is my first time here!
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I am with you or how Beautiful it is up there. The ore cart looked good 👍
Yeah it definitely did! Too bad it was missing the wheels. Other than that it was quite the find.
Good find, appreciate the effort to climb up there. can you imagine what a chore it was when they started mining that claim.
Thanks alot, I couldn't imagine the amount of effort it would have taken. Thanks for watching as always.
Good video thanks.
What I found interesting, other than how the heck did they get all that up there, was the double drum winch was turned at 90 degrees to the direction all the cables ran. That tells me there was either a pully somewhere out in front of it, or they used it for another function. As others have suggested, there must be more on top of the mountain as it looks like there was a tram, but no evidence of towers and the remains should have been still there. Double drum winches like that were often used in logging as it could pull cable in both direction, main (load) and haulback. It could have been used to power a tram, if it was not a gravity design
Nice adventure very cool place to investigate and document
This whole area is a wealth of cool stuff to see. Thanks for watching!
@@WesternMineDetective Right. I am still watching near the end and more cool stuff keeps coming up amazing
Very good video. You need someone to go with you. Great climb up that mt.
My buddy was right behind me, but not literally. He was going to leave a bit later and if my car was still there he'd know I was up there. Would've loved to have someone accompany me to this one
That was cool,thank you
Very Great! What a Great Time Beautiful!!,Thanks ! Time For a drone!
It's amazing how they ever even got that stuff up there, just with thier hands and basic tools winches and maybe horses.
Some of the mines you explore would be the perfect setting for a scooby doo episode.
Missed me some WMD videos! the view at 20:30 just incredible!
Dude seriously! It just got better and better the higher up I went. Thanks for watching.
That ore cart kinda looked homemade. I know how those 1,000 foot hikes are. Where I used to live I was at the top of a 1,000 foot butte that was riddled with old abandoned mines. I would hike down to the bottom to pan for gold and fish for trout. The hard part was hiking back up. The last time I went I ended up staying at the bottom for two weeks because I didn't feel like hiking back up that hill.
Yeah I was thinking it might be homemade. Those straight elevation hikes can be hard sometimes, especially in the heat! Thanks for watching man.
Right on brother
Glad you’re young! This old fart would be waiting in the car..lol. Another great video, thank you!
Even with me being young it was one hell of a trek. Plus I had many hours to drive after this which was fun. I'm glad you enjoyed this one, thanks for watching!
scree is sometimes used more broadly for any sheet of loose rock fragments mantling a slope, while talus is used more narrowly for material that accumulates at the base of a cliff or other rocky slope from which it has obviously eroded. I would say you are on scree because you are not at the base of a cliff. However, most likely at some time during Pangea that was probably a cliff face of a Mantel Plume.
I wish you had a drone so we could see what was up higher.
Makes you wonder how they got everything up there to begin with! Cool video but wouldn't have been for you in that temperature at the time.❤💛💚👊 subscribed👍
Thanks for the subscribe! Glad you enjoyed this one.
Looks like Mars... all you need is a rover. This is probably one of the most interesting videos on CZcams.
Awesome work. Did you do another video with an ore bin, pipe feeding it and a winch to pull a hauling truck up to the ore bin?
Dope find! The fact they got that iron up that canyon and trail is straight crazy.
Is this a San Bernandio mine or out in DV area? Similar terrain
You cal always tell how big a mine is by the tailings, this was a huge mine with over a mile of tunnels. Also at 10:31 when he was pointing at the switch back thers a foot trail going around the hill.
Beautiful footage. Makes me want to be a miner . . . almost. Where is this? I must know.
Awesome spot there! Pretty neat treasures in there. You said a 7 hour drive home? Where abouts is that?!
Did the cable you were going up (looked like there was 2) end at one of those platforms? Like a tram? Can you imagine trying to figure out where the rock jam was in that chute??? They must have been real careful feeding ore info it.
Thanks for taking me along.
The one cable ended at the uppermost engine. I'm sure it must have been quite the process dropping the ore down those chutes. Thanks for watching!
You should pack a hang glider with you so you could ride off those mts.
Cool share, how in the world did they get that heavy gear up on that mountain? Someone either stripped out the guts on that winch motor or it failed and we're going to refurbish it but never did finish it. Would like to see the remainder of this mine. Thank you.
That's what so many people are asking! I'd have to guess they put the tram in place first and transported all or almost all of the machinery and equipment up there. Crazy to think about. Thanks for watching!
With the yellow paint on that Eng. I'd say it maybe a Caterpillar diesel.
How the hell they get that stuff up there lol. Cool video buddy
most riveted stuff is really old = arc welders only happened about 1890 so ships - trains - manufacturing ! went to arc welding before world war 1.
Thank you.
Of course! Thanks for watching!
That engine was air cooled similar to a VW bug engine. There would have been finned jugs on top of those piston holes and the rods bolted them down.
Never knew that, appreciate you sharing the info!
Actually it would have been water cooled, can’t see enough of it but could be Caterpillar gas from 20s thru early 30s. Would have had 4 individual cylinders or 2 sets of 2 with 1 head for all 4 or some similar configuration. There would have been a water manifold connecting water jackets of each cylinder. I’m thinking Caterpillar due to side covers on crankcase as on some the rods and pistons could bee removed from bottom of cylinder and pulled out thru the side. But it may be some other make as this type of construction was used by other manufacturers and it appeared to be an automotive type transmission between engine and drum winch.
How did they get all that heavy equipment and timber way up there??
Mind boggling?
Pretty cool! It's too bad you can't partner up with some "historian" person that could look up the history of these mines. For me, it would be double cool if we could find out a little bit about the people that were here and the era, etc. I am always wondering about the people that were there back in the day...their stories, etc. That would be the complete package. Thanks for going up there. As other have mentioned, I would have never been able to make it up there. Thanks for going up there for "us."
How in the heck did they get that heavy winch and cable stuff wat the freaken up there in the clouds. Whoa!!
It would have been great to see if there was a date on the newspaper.
How the hell did they get them all the way up there ,amazing skills from the old timers
@robmez I'm guessing they probably disassembled the engines and hoists, and brought them up in pieces. Then, after they had them reassembled at the top, they used the cables from the hoists to drag all of their wood beams and other supplies up the side of the mountain.
The road to this mine looks like an abandoned railroad right of way - gentle constant grades...
The valley floor looks very similar to bad water basin in Death Valley.
Probably used mules to haul heavy weights. They were used in WWII in Burma to haul supplies and 75 mm pack howitzers.
That is insane high up there
Most definitely!
Do you use a drone to scout for mines / debries fields?
Yeah I wouldn't even make it out of the car after the ac was turned off, those engines are flat head engines so they maybe late 20's to early 30's engines but still cool to see just think how hard it was to get them up there, those miner's were though men.
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That place looks cool but be careful.
28:32 deisel motor minus the heads, pistons......imagine lugging it up there
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man you were really up there
Was there a date on that newspaper?