Glorious Tram Mine In The Desert Mountains
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- čas přidán 24. 05. 2022
- With a lengthy hike and no shade, it would have been wonderful to ride the tram in to this abandoned zinc and lead mine. However, today, only fragments remain of the impressive tram system that once ran here. So, instead, one must now work their way up the boulder-filled ravine and then climb the huge waste rock pile. This route used to be a mule trail, but the trail has been almost entirely carried away by floods over the decades.
This abandoned mine is older than I realized at the time that we visited. My subsequent research revealed that the ore deposit was actually discovered in the 1800s. The mine operated up until the start of World War II, but the majority of the work took place in the early 1900s.
For those that do not know as much about tram systems, a complex cable system was set up over the peaks and ridges of these mountains to ferry miners, materials, equipment and ore up and down the mountains. The views would have been phenomenal and it would have been an amazing experience to be soaring hundreds of feet over the sheer cliffs and deep canyons in this area. I'd imagine that many would choose that commute over one stuck in their vehicle on an overcrowded freeway.
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You can see the full TVR Exploring playlist of abandoned mines here: goo.gl/TEKq9L
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As well as a small gear update here: bit.ly/2p6Jip6
Several kind viewers have asked about donating to help cover some of the many expenses associated with exploring these abandoned mines. Inspired by their generosity, I set up a Patreon account. So, if anyone would care to chip in, I’m under TVR Exploring on Patreon.
Thanks for watching!
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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 colorful niche of our history is gone forever. But, you know what? We enjoy 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 century, 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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“Gly”: Fantastic site! Good to see ya back at it. That area has many great locations to explore, I’m looking forward to poking around there myself this winter. Keep up the good work. 👍
Thank you. Yes, there are a lot of good spots that are tucked away back in the canyons... I hope you come across some that we didn't find. Ha, I would definitely suggest that the winter is a better time to visit than in the summer!
Do it Gly, it’ll be a nice change.
I still cannot believe your channel doesn’t have many more people watching. Really enjoy your videos.
Thank you, David. I appreciate that. Self-promotion and producing sensationalist, clickbait content makes me uncomfortable and so that limits the number of viewers I can get. It's worth it to me though!
The cigarette paper was made by a very old French company that was the leader in that business. Their name was lacroix ,"the cross", and LA+ is an abbreviation of their name. Still in business under different ownership, the papers are now made in Belgium.
Included with Bull Duram.
Thank you for the background details on that...
Cool!! Glad to Know!! 🤠👍
Good to see you’re back in it.
Thank you.
Have been dealing with a bunch of issues, this is the first time I have been able to stop by in a bit. This was an incredible mine. The amount of hard labor they expended to build the infrastructure and mine the place is staggering to think of. That first large rock wall of gobbing would have been a feat in itself.
Thank you. Yes, this quickly became one of my favorite mines. I hope the issues you described subside soon. Still a lot of difficult things going on with the family on my end, but I am not letting the sad things get me down... Life must go on. They do take up a lot of time and energy recently though!
Quick, everybody thumbs up so he puts out more vids!!!!!
One of the most amazing abandoned mine videos I’ve seen.
Thanks for all your sweat equity in making the video!
PS - Just moving all that heavy timber to the mine site must have been a difficult proposition.
Yes, this quickly became one of my favorite mines. It must have been a staggering amount of work to get all of the equipment and infrastructure into place...
I love how thoroughly you cover these mines, leaving nothing unexplored! Great job, excellent narrative as well!
thats the gamer in him....ha
Thank you. Yes, I do try to be thorough because there have been multiple occasions when I have been the last person in a mine and I want there to be a decent record of what has been lost forever.
That was a great vid, when you opened the door @16;20 what a find. all the best from a retired UK coal miner.
Hey bud the volume videos are awesome and the video that you're doing now over here feeling like this side roll the holes are in the cage while all them caves are no Side of the Mountain I don't know where you're at but you're somewhere in the mind but thank you for taking a rest so people like me don't do that and get hurt I appreciate the fact that I can see how my living room watching all my phone and you're taking all the rest thank you again I appreciate it be safe God bless you have a blessed day
Pretty talented carpenters with huge effort. ,,.insane.
Great explore thanks for taking me along!!!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Yeeee hawww this was a fantastic display, I really like the remote canyon leading up to this mine
Friggin' mind boggling. And not a vehicle in sight. Thanks
Indeed, no vehicles out there!
Great to see you back mate. Epic exploring! Nothing better than waking up in Australia on Thursday morning and seeing a TVR upload
Thank you very much, mate. Yes, this one quickly became one of my favorites...
Definitely one of the top 10 coolest mines you've done. I'm amazed at how new the wood looks.
Thank you. Yes, this quickly became one of my favorites...
So glad to see this video. I’ve been watching your videos from 4,5,6 years ago to fill the gap while you were dealing with what you needed to.
To everyone else if you haven’t seen the videos from years ago you most definitely should watch them!
Thank you, Frank. Yes, there are some gems in there!
Glad to see you're back!
Thank you.
Bull Duram tobacco came in little fine woven burlap bags with a paper label attached through the bag's side stitches. Inside was a book of those papers with the backy.
Great to see you back !!!
Glad to see that you're up and runn'in again. Great mine and video as well. Yep, five stars*****.
Great to see you back. Hope all is well. That looks to have been like quite the complex. Multiple addits, winzes, processing plant, tram, etc. A video well worth the "weight". 👍
Thank you, Dave. Still a lot of difficult things going on with the family, but I am not letting the sad things get me down... Life must go on. They do take up a lot of time and energy recently though!
Wow, that mine is incredible!!
I live in like south Lucerne Valley....back side of Big Bear...my 94 year old neighbor said there are still small working mines and claims up the hill from me...so much to explore out here....seasonal though...
Have you headed out there to check them out?
This one was GREAT! Good to have you back!
He is back!!! What an awesome site to show off too. Thanks for doing all the hard work on these videos.
Thank you very much, Ian, for the kind words.
That was intense amount of up's, downs, ins and outs. Thank you again, long live the Orr Car.
Glad to see you back out exploring. One of your best mines yet!
Nice presentation of a very cool mine. Enjoyed. TNX
That was quite a mine and relic of history!
One of my favorites...
Brilliant again , stunning location, amazing how they mined so well in such poor conditions, we take for granted our modern machines and lighting,
Absolutely
Good afternoon from Southeast South Dakota
Love thesr long one's. Thank you I needed that
A proper bit of exploring there! What a great find, amazing to think how much they took out of there, those stopes must have been loaded with good ore to have got that big!
Thank you. Yes, this quickly became one of my favorites... Given what was involved in getting to this site and getting any ore out, it indeed must have been great ore.
What a great mine! Thank you for sharing.
My friends & I are having a good laugh .thanks🖇
Muchas gracias disfruto mucho sus videos 😊 saludos de Ensenada baja California MEXICO 👋
Good to see you back at it, that's an awesome mine 😎
Great explore, good to see you back !!!.
That was a very entertaining mine!! Thank you sir!!
It quickly became one of my favorites!
Very cool thanks for walking up those crazy hills stay safe and mine hard
That was a fun find! Great, thorough job as usual! Good to see you back! ❤
Excellent exploring video. Well worth the wait.
Awesome mine!
Great video!
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this was fascinating....faults, drifts, everything going everywhere....and in original condition......well preserved.....good job documenting in detail.....thnx.
Thank you. Yes, this quickly ended up becoming one of my favorite mines...
Great explore of this mine Justin!
Welcome back justin. cool mine
Thank you. Yes, this quickly became one of my favorites...
That was a amazing mine explore with a few very nice surprises, i think they really had a bunk house in that cave, a little hut on top as a chimney is a bit strange tho. Loved too watch this one thnx.
It would have been quite a life out there!
Excellent coverage again. Well done guys.
Glad to see you back miss your videos, hope everything is ok.
Thank you. Still going through some difficult times with the family, but there is a light at the end of the tunnel and I'm not letting the sad events get me down... Life must go on.
This was a fun exploration
That must have been a huge under taking with a string of mules hauling the supply's to first start a trail then to get it all up there small pieces at a time.and then looking at the vast open area's that are huge in the mine the tram area was and still is awesome as ALL your adventures and Discoveries are take care ⛏️💣🇺🇸thank you 🏆🤔
Thank you. Yes, it must have been a staggering amount of work. Hard to imagine...
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Ver cool mine, great explore and coverage of interior as well as exterior.
Wow! What a great place to explore! The gobbing and those pillars were incredible. I never knew about the turn sheets for the ore cars but what a great idea. I can imagine it still took a good amount of effort to wrestle one of those cars to a different set of tracks. Thanks for the video!
Indeed, never easy to just push a loaded ore car around!
Another excellent video sir! Thank you so much for posting it and hope all is well with you!
Thank you very much. Still a lot of difficult things going on with the family, but I am not letting the sad things get me down... Life must go on.
Awesome video!
All this hard work by these miners that are no longer alive ...strong determined men just trying to survive and now all gone..
Love rooting around in them old mines 😅😅😅😅
Very inovative workings. Those miners did some heavy work and as you offered, they stayed on the site rather than making more trips then nessesary for "vittles" and supplies. How the heck did mules pull that large trommel up to this height!??
Its hard to fathom how much energy and inovative thinking went into developing this mine. Large workings!! Thanks for being so thourough and showing us it all.
Yes, this was a special one, to be sure... It is indeed hard to imagine all of the equipment and infrastructure there being muscled into place.
Great explore. Thanks for sharing
Thank you. Yes, this quickly became one of my favorites.
Fun Video's VERY VERY Beautiful Mineshaft and Remains of Cool STUFF Too !
Cracking video and a lovely mine. Good to see you.
Thank you. Yes, this quickly became one of my favorites.
Another great video... I've seen this mine before and it's nice to see it's still virtually untouched.
Thank you. The untouched mines are getting harder and harder to find... Fortunately, there are still some of them out there. We're going to try for a particularly difficult one in two days.
Hi Justin, Great video and excellent mine. WOW, Very cool, that place looks like it belongs in a Indiana jones movie with rocks ready to fall on you. What a great spot like Swiss cheese. You find some of the best places. Thanks again for the video
That is a really cool mine
Astounding, absolutely astounding nice explanation
The cigarette "roll your own " papers are La + . pronounced La Croix. And I have used Crater compound years ago. .It's still used to lubricate the gears in Locomotive traction motor gears. When the weather is cold,you can hear it crack when the locomotives move off from an overnight stand still. 😁😁
Thanks for the background details! I'd love to hear the sound of that crack...
Awesome
At 11:41 that is one of 2 thing's. Either a mounting pillar for a small anvil or the mounting pillar for a large vise.
That's going on the 4 mounting holes on the top. With its height and clearances all around it could be used for holding in place many item's, even holding a pulley shaft/axle in place while mounting the pulley and aligning the keyways then fastening it.
Thanks for the analysis!
Awesome exploration; i was waiting for slee-stacks to come out from behind those columns.
Dude this was fricken epic!
Yes, this quickly became one of my favorites!
Good video. 🇨🇦
That was a good one!
Yes, it quickly became one of my favorite abandoned mines.
Was wondering about you. Hope all is well as can be!
Thank you very much, Benson. Still a lot of difficult things going on with the family, but I am not letting the sad things get me down... Life must go on. They do take up a lot of time and energy recently though!
Cool video, Well done!
@ TVR- That triangle structure was likely a mount for a Crank Wench and cable system to turn the loaded ore carts on the slide sheet. The likelyhood of the miners turning the loaded ore carts manually was zero and none, they are too heavy when loaded with unrefined ore. The crank wench likely looked like a ships anchor Capstan or a modern day boat wench like the ones you see on modern day boat trailers, only equipped with steel cable not rope. Based on the design, I would likely favor the Capstan type just for sheer ease in engineering.
very cool!
Thank you. It was a hike getting in, but it was worth it. You're not exactly a stranger to hot hikes in to remote mines though!
THOSE GUYS DID SURGERY" WOW TRULY IMPRESSIVE! THANX! newsub from Idaho!
What a great mine. I suspect that large structure towards the end of the video may have been a hoist-house and station for the tram system? The foundation blocks look like they may have support some type of hoist and drive system. The relation to where the slip plate to the structure also may indicated that the ore was dumped into a bin and then loaded into the buckets on the tram?
I second that motion!!! 🤠👍
Was just thinking this morning that I hadn't seen a Wednesday post from you in awhile and here you are. Trusting all is well with you and your family.
Thank you very much. Still a lot of difficult things going on with the family, but I am not letting the sad things get me down... Life must go on.
@@TVRExploring I'll keep you and your family in prayer!
Hey bud I was thinking the video with the train tracks you up for the war cars and all that for you know for the mine that's pretty cool how you told us how they slapped on a piece of metal and they turn it whatever Direction they need to go thank you for the knowledge I really appreciate it now I'll take you sure it's awesome thank you I wish I had teachers like you I'd be all right God bless you have a blessed day
Spectacular Justin, …
Was this a gold mine do you know?
…..this explore is in my top 3 favorites on here. Good to see you back at it, even if its not the regular weekly upload, this was most definitely worth the wait. Looking forward to more
Thank you. This was primarily a zinc mine... And, yes, this quickly became one of my favorite mines.
just bloody awesome mate im always amazed at the work and shows that were just beat into submission for profit or loss damn the had a good go at it awesome vid as always cheers
Thank you very much. We were in awe at the amount of work done at this site...
great
Lariat!
41:35 Texaco Crater Compound was a heavy sticky asphaltic lubricant commonly used for open gearing, cables and slow moving bearings.
Bonjour l'ami très beau bon courage bisss
Great last video of the 2033!!!! Happy new year guys!!!!
Loved this explore so much mate what got me was the rocks held by wooden planks cause that looked sketchy
Ha, yes, considering the amount of rock being held back, it was sketchy!
Thank you so much for sharing this incredible mine! It is not that often that my interest can be held for almost an hour and I could’ve kept on watching even more from this fascinating place!
Please tell your buddy that I really liked the style of his forearm tattoos from what I could see on camera.
Thank You Justin! Another great video! I would like Discovery or Mike Rowe or the equivalent to make a show out of what you are doing. Maybe call it, Mine exploration w Justin. For the purpose of calling attention to the history that is being lost by the elements and the Forest service and to bring you some financial reward for your efforts. Keep up the good work! Mel the Ice Man. Acton, CA
Always go to the end. What looks like a end from a distance, can be hiding a opening. Always go to the end.😁😁😁🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🚚
I second that motion!!! 🤠👍
Hope all is well with your family. Sure have missed your video's.
Thank you very much. Still a lot of difficult things going on, but I am not letting them get me down... Life must go on.
In that area you referred to as a living quarters, many years ago there used to be a scatter of Popular Mechanics magazines dating from the early 1940's and a variety of kitchen ware utensils.
Oh, I'm sorry that we didn't get to see that... Those being present would seem to support our assumption about those being living quarters. Thank you for sharing those details.
Corrugated metal must come over on the mayflower. Every time a mine site is visited there’s corrugated metal everywhere!😮
Sure do love your videos I just watched your video from a year ago. You found two large nuggets to give away should would love to have a chance to get one of them.
Good to see you back / hope all is well 😊🐿
Thank you very much.
There are timbers at Mesa Verde and Chaco Canyon which are 1000 years old.
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I believe they used the trommel for classifying - maybe the fine-grained ore was processed on site, or transported differently.
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