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Relentless Hike To This 1870’s Ghost Town (Part 2)
Relentless Hike To This 1870’s Ghost Town (Part 2)
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“Western Mine Detective”
On this second video of this series, we head down to the ghost town and check out the remnants of the structures and mining infrastructure. The best find of the day was the 5 stamp mill which has been standing there for at least 130 years or so! We came across several cabin sites in varying…
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Where bouts is this please ?
34:08 – seriously, that cabin – with it's mold and packets and mice gives you the exact taste what living there was like – I love old bothys/cabins/gites/refuges in the wilds – so very interesting.
Way cool.How did they get that stuff in?Men were men back then.
Quick professional writing suggestion: Don't use the jargon word "literally" – it means nothing.
What do the yellow signs with "Warning" on them say?
You remind me of my younger years when I could hike like a mountain goat. Now I'm too old for that. Loved exploring this historic area vicariously with you. Keep on doing this!
That was a neat cabin. Lots of cool artifacts
What differentiates a muleshoe from a horse shoe?
Can you imaging lugging all that equipment out to that remote location? I'm guessing those guys weren't whining and complaining about 4 day work weeks…
Enjoyed this mate,what an amazing site,Merry Christmas from an entirely mountain less and gold free North West Essex,England.
At 28.00 the base of bottle is a Warners safe kidney cure bottle from N.Y.
Very nice video ❤thanks for sharing
Makes me wanna have a cold “ Beverage “…..😏. That’s a grueling hike to that town , I recognized the place from the one seater outhouse …. Looks WAAAY overgrown now from brush from when I last saw it . Pretty cool video here , and ask Johnny if he’s in anyway related to Lucy Garcia , the Bar maid who used to work in the bar on west side of Highway 395 in Lone pine . I remember her saying she had a couple of sons , and was just curious. Thanks,& stay safe guys 😎👍
So cool, I had to look up what a stamp mill did. Found an awesome video of the Cossak Twenty Stamp Mill demo . How brutal it was to bring that up the mountain and keep all the parts in working order.
Yeah, what he said.. The Blacksmith 😊
Great job of documenting all the old rusty stuff. you didn’t spill the beans on the name of the town.
Wild Bill from Trona is a good friend of mine. Yep you will see his name all over the place in Panamint and Death valleys. He grew up and worked in Trona and owns a piece of the Argus Range. He was present when the Manson raid happened at Barkers Ranch. That man is a walking history book. When it's at his place in the Argus range he monitors 146.520 on two meters if you are a licensed ham.
Good stuff. Thanks!
Haven't seen any video or blogger post of the way I suspect you exited from that cabin. Did you find anything interesting?
If anybody knows, why is it called a stamp mill, shouldn't be called a crusher
That's amazing, i will do a hike like whit with the family soon! thanks for posting!
Nice vid guys. I liked the still shots added. It would be a good idea to bring a gold metal detector to this place. And take a few samples from that mine.
Well for one thing you're supposed to clean it up and put that flag outside when you're there and if more people weren't like you that would clean it up instead of just complain about it it would be a really nice cabin think about it
The blower is for a forge that's probably where they made their tools had nothing to do with blowing air into the mine 777 And you got that right but it was the blacksmith shop
Too bad you didn't turn the horse shoe rusty nail back down to protect paw, hooves and feet.
That blower is for a blacksmith forge
Some speculation that there are heavy metals from the mining operation in the water up there but if you're close to the source, likely fine. Rough place to get into. How was the drive up top?
What an incredible journey Jerith and Johnny. Kudo's to both of you. Thank you for sharing such a grand history with the rest of us. And, yes, the 5 stamp mill was unbelievable! ♥
26:46 the Buffalo Forge hand crank fan, is for a blacksmith forge. It’s too small to provide air into the mine. The blacksmith would only crank on it a short time to get his fire hot.
Great way to get antivirus going in with that pack rat mitten inside that cabin respiratory kill you within 48 hours quid Auto amigo
Beautiful! Thank you for taking me to place I will likely never see first hand!
Blower was for a forge , blacksmith would have made tools,sharpened drill rods
A wood fired Dutch oven over tube boiler
Old net is a bed
What mountain range is this?? Looks super familiar..
Horizontal Firetube boiler and the tank atop is the steam dome where the safety valve and the main steam pipe would have been attached.
well done
Did you guys come across any snakes. Have not watched all the way through yet still watching
What you were calling a steam engine looks more like a large hit and miss engine they were very common back then.
Another great video! Not the ghost town I was thinking of, but I do know of. Heck of a hike into and out of that little town for sure, hard to imagine all the work involved getting the heavy equipment up there back in the day! Keep up the great work.
We appreciate your dedication and efforts very much. A big thanks to you guys.
I watched this twice because I forgot I watched it last night lol. Great video bro
24:49 Some sort of shaft coupling, like a very crude clutch to engage/disengage the engine
26:37 I would say that is a fan (ie bellows) for a blacksmith's forge, and with all the odds and ends around, that was likely the shop/forge cabin
37:15 Half of a pair of blacksmith tongs… like a very extended pair of pliers
That’s not like walking on a sidewalk in St. Paul,Minnesota. Million thanks. From St.Paul,Minnesota.
Great job! Is this the same Johnny as in the Cerro Gordo videos?
What amazes me is how in the world they were able to transport those extremely heavy/awkward pieces of equipment way up there… no expense was spared in any way that's for sure. Of all the places you've been, this one especially reminds me of the movie The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Nice to see a younger person with this passion and interest in the past and documenting what remains. These places will be completely lost in the future so documenting is important work – thanks so much for great videos and your work.