#613

Welcome to Wonderhussy Adventure #613
Date of adventure: 2/23/22
Exploring an abandoned cinder mining operation way out in the middle of nowhere...in the middle of an unseasonable snow flurry! Who lived here, and what would there lives have been like?
Join me as I speculate wildly about two martini-swliing mine wives...and be sure to tune in next time for Part 2, when I investigate the mine itself!
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[@riddlegunnermanuel6503]

The Mojave Desert is a harsh, but very spiritual, place. It’s as much a matrix as anything else in my life has been. Growing up in the desert has a different gestalt than growing up in a temperate zone, with its humidity and rainfall. As children growing up in the Mojave, we chased lizards and snakes, instead of frogs and squirrels. There is an arid openness about it, and a true feeling of being alone, that you don’t get in any other type of environment 😁

[@maggiesfarm7970]

Agree!

[@tammymcdowell9469]

I would have loved to grow up there!

[@Hi_Mommy953]

The trailer was built by a company called Hallmark there in Redlands California on Redlands Boulevard that's just a code for the cabinets I work there 40 years ago

[@HammerHed13]

@@techreviews.heretoday.gonetomo They towed it behind a truck.

[@kathyc1109]

@@techreviews.heretoday.gonetomo You could tell by the conveyor system and overhead hoppers that a lot of trucks loaded there and hauled the aggregate from there while the quarry was in operation. The access road would have been maintained. The trailer toter would have had no problem delivering the trailer to the location.

[@EricDaMAJ]

It’s so weird that as a child living in the desert I used to explore sites like this around Death Valley in the early 80s that had old 1950s junk. Only to see Wonder Hussy explore similar sites but contemporary to when I was a kid.

[@jenn7754]

Will never understand why some people vandalize and damage old abandoned places such as this one. I can just imagine what a cozy home it once must have been, sitting all alone out in the desert, under the beautiful starry sky..Thanks for taking us to these places Sarah, your vids are pure enjoyment..Stay safe exploring out there.

[@edwardcarranza3697]

Individuals with too much time on their hands.

[@jasonbanks6291]

Because they are morally bankrupt!

[@edwardcarranza3697]

@@jasonbanks6291 also, another possibility

[@dolphincliffs8864]

Never been stranded and in true need as well. Pigs.

[@charleschampion4682]

If the greedy mine owners wouldn't have left mostly trash after they got the $. Then the painters would not have anything to spray...

[@jimmyraythomason1]

I haven't read all of the comments so somebody may have already said it but I think that "23" is actually a symbol for a heart signifying love for the dearly departed.

[@drmoore4025]

Many years from now, someone may be walking thru your compound wondering about the folks that lived there!

[@SCSlimBoiseID]

The old Chevy pickup looks a lot like one my dad bought new in 1965 and still had well into the '90s. Lots of happy childhood memories of riding in the back (bed) of that old truck - going to the fair or up to the mountains to cut and haul back firewood for the winter, all piled high above the level of the cab and me and my older brother riding all the way home on top of the load of wood. Poking around in the ruins of what was someone's home must evoke visions of what their lives might have been like - echoes of bygone days, the laughter of children playing, the sounds of daily life. I wonder if, on a quiet spring day, one could stand very still and maybe hear some of those sounds. Nice video. Cheers.

[@marycompogno5665]

That was interesting. Like your imaginative comments as you go exploring. Thankyou! 😎

[@thomasthanes6737]

You are too funny... oh Mom, Cinders again? Sarah, a little dusting and cleaning for the afternoon and you have yourself another vacation spot... LOL... Another wonderful Adventure. We love you!

[@allenthibault9523]

Love the video. It can only be a ghost town if it had a post office and residents ... Otherwise it's just an abandoned spot. Your awesome sara

[@charleyfolkes]

I love the way you piece together a story of how people lived there from what’s left behind. Especially like the underwear and Martini connection story! 🍸

[@Katseye102]

Sarah I just want you to know, I love your videos! I’m so glad I found your channel….a couple of years ago now I think. You find some very interesting places, so glad you bring us along with you! Stay safe out there!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@joewenzel5142]

We got that snow the same day in Daggett, CA lasted about 5 to 10 mins and I made sure my dogs who've never seen snow got outside to see it.

[@larryharp7878]

That was a great place, loved the old vehicles, trailers, furniture and that fireplace! Bummer it was so vandalized

[@johneason6540]

Your storyline are always humorous. Love following your odd adventures.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

The first time I ever saw snow falling was in St. Petersburg, Florida, one morning in the latter 1970s. I was in high school at the time, and was getting ready to leave for school. The snow melted before it could accumulate on the ground.

[@williamskk1]

You have such a great imagination WH. I love it!! No wonder you can't sleep at night, your mind must be always going. I loved the tease for part 2.

[@richwhitaker1506]

Winter wonderland with Wonderhussy? Looks as if someone tried to make a comfortable home there. Guess the cinder market bottomed out. Part 2 of this story should be good. Thanks Sarah.

[@briancooper2112]

Your videos make me laugh when I'm down. Thank you!

[@bensavage6389]

Wonder hussy is my real life superhero and her force is to fight my boredom

[@pixelpeter3883]

Cool to see your sister was able to join you on one of your desert explorations :-) Loved the PART2 tease!!

[@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756]

I pictured it as it once was and you can tell it was a really nice place to live. And well...there's not a lot of entertainment out there so I guess they "made due" with what they had.

[@TheOtherMeLV]

What a shame. That Datsun 510 Wagon is a collectors item. Too bad it's full of bullet holes. Love the videos Sarah, hope to run into you someday while I'm out filming.

[@dolphincliffs8864]

Bondo!!

[@carolynnunes3922]

Thank you for producing these ever-so-entertaining videos! God bless you and your family!

[@danlewis9304]

I am constantly amazed at your stories that you come up with based upon stuff you come across in exploring.. I really laugh at most of them pretty hard. Been subscribed for 3 years now....Keep up the good work and thanks for letting everyone tag along....

[@rareroots]

Bill Williams was the mine boss and met his end when the crew found him wearing Victoria's Secret

[@larryhutton8776]

Your imagination equals Sarah's.

[@tammymcdowell9469]

@@larryhutton8776 I was thinking the same thing. LOL

[@lisaschippert9426]

Bahaha

[@6610stix]

Bill Williams faked his own death and carries on his work at the mine in secrecy and will continue to do so despite Sarah and all you other meddling kids!

[@paulmullins8434]

Love the videos. It's weird how so many different things from different times all come together in the middle of nowhere. Blows my mind. Oh, and I like how you say it's 40 and cold lol. Best wishes!

[@frankconti6591]

For a moment there, you made it feel like ‘Christmas’ ❄️❄️❄️

[@paulsimonds9270]

You sure know how to pick them Sarah and I am glad to know it snows in the desert, not being so hot and dry. You also do have a vivid imagination. It seems like it was a housing place and next will be more the work area or mine.

[@bigtex4058]

Joshua trees look so nice with a dusting of snow.

[@desertrose9499]

Wow! Amazing find. Love it. Looks like they had a wild party 🤣😂

[@FindingNorcal]

Another fantastic Wednesday video!! ✌️😎🇺🇲💓

[@spencerc.3473]

I just found your channel a couple days ago and love your videos!! You're a true traveler inspiration ms. wonderhussy

[@larryhutton8776]

Y'all got a lot of catching up to do on Sarah's travels aka Wonderhussy

[@spencerc.3473]

@@larryhutton8776 sure do!!

[@larryhutton8776]

@@spencerc.3473 Sarah has lots of videos and they are all interesting. Enjoy

[@spencerc.3473]

@@larryhutton8776 Thank ya Larry!

[@629GSMITH]

You have lots of homework

[@bigiron8831]

39 degrees is jeans and t-shirt weather here in Northern Hellinois...... Stay safe out there Sarah, looking forward to more videos. ✌

[@judizzstuff]

Its always nice to start my Wednesdays out with the huss. I've been watching for a few years now and always look forward to the videos. The cinder mine still looks like it did when I saw it a few years back. Love the old trucks and signs up by the mine area especially the old yellow dodge , the only difference seems to be the graffiti on the tank by the Mobil home that wasn't there last time . By the way I read the Aware guy from Indecline died last year so I believes so he won't be doing any more graffiti. Just makes the stuff he did more ironic and sad.

[@John-Nada]

Cinders have been used on track surfaces and roads to provide additional traction in winter conditions. Cinders are also employed as inorganic mulch in xeriscaping (wikipedia)

[@Scrambler49]

The Servile refrigerators ran on Propane, that is why you find them in the old abandoned buildings you go through.

[@gep27]

That's the catch in desert temperatures. The dry heat makes 100 degrees tolerable, but a dry cold is hard to take.

[@ElwoodAndersonNV]

I guessed the Chevy truck because I drove one on the farm when I was going to high school in North Dakota. I remember driving it into a snow filled ditch in the middle of a North Dakota winter blizzard. Bill Williams is the name of a tributary of the Colorado River near Parker Dam in Arizona. There's a state park there where you can camp.

[@davebruins8623]

Really love your channel...you take us to great places...love your attitude. Best youtuber!

[@matbasterson520]

When she opened that fridge, I thought she was going to find "Bill Williams" remains!

[@raulgomezpineda1775]

...strange...I had the same feeling...

[@1962mrmongoman]

I love seeing the Nevada area through your videos. Thank you Sarah!!

[@Trehugindrtlvr1]

Ms. Hussy - you're adorable! The writing on that fridge, "

[@David-eh2ku]

Well, once again I have been enthusiastically educated, informed and entertained. Thanks there WH!

[@charleshicks3492]

Great video; great area; massive snow storm; and you; nothing could be better:: Keep it up.

[@kimballamram552]

The Explore With Us crew also did a video here and the former cinder mine was shut down in the early 200s. I recognized the old Chevy truck and the early 1970s Datsun which are still there. The mine had supplied much of the cinder blocks for buildings in LA.

[@charleselms2400]

Guys use clear polish in the cold to keep nails from splitting.

[@milesandhikes]

I love your abandon places videos! Here's an idea for one of the "Tales from the Casita" series: what is the weirdest thing(s) that you've come accross at an abandon place?

[@norm5785]

Wow, what a find. Interesting collection of buildings and cars. Must have had a reliable power source. Thank you for sharing your awesome adventure with us today from Henrico County Virginia

[@Gryphonisle]

Looks like a 64 Chevy. I learned to drive in one of those in 1979. And my Dad had a Datsun wagon like that, around the same time

[@Corgis175]

Despite the mess, those two housing units were pretty nice.

[@bobmalone6076]

You are one brave gal to have looked inside that fridge. Good thing it was cold. Lol

[@oldguyBMX]

1965 or 1966 Chevy truck. The little station wagon, is super collectable! Yup, 1969-1972 Datsun.

[@277mitchell]

Sarah you are AWESOME! I love your video and your imagination is great keep the videos coming I'm living the exploration side of my life through you thank you.

[@dieterkoch6563]

Just had an afternoon of binging on old KZbin shorts of Elvis when she made me spew my Beaujolais with the "Return to Cinder" That girl is dynamite!

[@fostercathead]

Did they mind cinders for Santa to give to the naughty children? I wonder how much a stocking full would be worth...

[@harrytruax5195]

"See if there's anything in the fridge"......"Hey! It's Bill Williams!"

[@ralphcrosby4051]

thanks for the vid always love your adventures stay safe

[@Snake.br549]

Love your videos!

[@moonedward63]

No one ever needs a dead mouse...except maybe my cat.

[@pitstop_calvin]

Just for fun, everyone take a shot every time she says “cold” LOL 😂 I feel better now!

[@elbarto4394]

That old Buick looked like my first car, a light blue 82 Regal

[@Qusin111]

The handles on the fridge were cool but that was a locking closed fridge, the handles are the release for the latch (aka death trap)

[@danofiremano]

Great video! That "Ham Number" is most likely the Model info (name/number) for the mobile housing unit that you were exploring. Should've taken the mouse & preserved him in resin! Also, my Grandpa had a 1963 Chevy pickup that was really similar to the white one here. The "23" looked to me like a keyboard heart (

[@raulgomezpineda1775]

...Hi there Wonderhussy...love your videos...I live in El Salvador and yes, we have lots of volcanoes here and lots of lava rock everywhere...but Nevada?...Are there volcanoes there?...Love the way you bring to life the stuff you find abandoned....And at 22.30 you have a picture perfect pic there...Thanks for your videos!!

[@sissydrago2567]

I think the “23” on the fridge is actually a heart:

[@rossjudd6049]

Bill Williams played Kit Carson in "The Adventures of Kit Carson" from 1951-55.

[@everettnichols9062]

That Water Spigot in the yard could have been like Jerry Clower's Grandpa Ledbetter who drove a pipe into the ground out front with a spigot on top so that people would think they had running water!!!

[@tommydorsey5055]

"Return to Cinder", pretty good. I think Elvis has left the building though.

[@dolphincliffs8864]

39 would have been nice today at our garage door install,15 and very windy. Mn sucks in the winter!

[@b-radumuck7903]

This place looks like a great place to reoccupy..

[@rudedog062]

I was out there Feb, 80F shorts and flip flop weather! Next stop Valley View Ranch!

[@eddieh1530]

You always make my day when I see your post. :) fun.

[@susanmumper8334]

Wow nice woodwork, in that old Mobile. 🙃

[@adamtereska8734]

The truck is a '64-'66 Chevy truck. Yellow is a Datsun. Great videos, every one of them.

[@riverbender9898]

Nice work CINDER-ella.

[@clothestravel]

I love that Datsun station wagon!!

[@raulgomezpineda1775]

...my father used to own one...it was brown...

[@cheycasters]

Its 10 degrees in NW Montana now and COLD!

[@jimschnurr3512]

It is called a ham radio Call sign. My previous one was WB4NHu but since changed.

[@duck539]

Welcome To Tweekerville !!!

[@thisoldnurse1521]

White Wall Tires, cannot remember when I last saw those rolling around the streets. I live in Atlantic Canada and yes it does look cold there and not much difference in our temperatures today either.

[@gusmpls]

Come and spend a couple of winters in Minnesota and you will look at 39 degrees in February as a heat wave.

[@bman2321]

That beer can is old huh…relatively. Thanks for you Videos. Funny

[@koilamaoh4238]

The fiesta ware red edition was the good "radiated" collector edition, cause of the radiation it would give off.

[@MiamiMillionaire]

The house looks like it was never completely finished (but it would probably be easy to fix with a few simple steps)

[@barbarasummers280]

Lived in a cinder block once, they aren't really that insulated, unless it is done right. The one I lived in was not!

[@629GSMITH]

I know. It's getting to 29degrees in N. Texas. Love You.

[@duck539]

66 Chevy 4x4 ... Pretty Rare . if I knew where it is I would Rescue it !!!

[@jefflogue4884]

Return to cinder. Lol that's a good one.

[@stephenesler1125]

Now I'm homesick thanks a lot

[@Lez_Laura]

she sings "return to cinder"! at the end...

[@sambuchanan8179]

Nice house

[@rickreese5794]

Datsun 510 wagon, wow ! 1970 ish ?

[@raulgomezpineda1775]

...wow...my father used to own one of those...

[@TomTobin67]

I would love to snag that bumper rail on that truck. I'd restore it and put it on my chevy truck.

[@johnconnolly6011]

Oh Sarah 39° isn't that COLD. It's been 24° a few times during the night but mostly around the freezing point you get used to it.

[@lutherlutes7568]

You lift my spirits!

[@GeorgiaRidgerunner]

My friend had a datsun wagon it was even yellow like that one Damn thing was incredibly slow In all honesty with the way people drive today and cars being so much faster The little wagon would create a hazard the 4 speed model could run 65 but the engine was running about 4500 rpm In all honesty after 45 mph fuel fuel mileage would start dropping off pretty severely

[@davidsquire2107]

Bud Cans have the place where they were filled on the bottom. Soda cans have some kind of code on them too.

[@lexusdevotee]

12:07 the 23 is actually

[@chrisleggett685]

Been there! About 15 years ago trying to get home from Vegas. Fwy was shut down so we tried to take a dirt road. Ended up at a rock waterfall and had to backtrack many miles .

[@danasheets1774]

Cool area