Exploring An Abandoned Secret Mining Camp - Nevada

Out in the endless hills of abandoned mine shafts, shacks and bygone relics of Nevada, we were taken somewhere incredible. A well-preserved mining camp, with a complete home, a shed full of bunks and old newspapers, out-houses, a tourist mine entrance as well as a few actual mines and workshop.
The sheer amount of items left behind on the property meant this was a decent size operation, and they put in a lot of time and effort into this place.
The fact that it is still standing and items haven’t been destroyed is a testament to how far out this place is, and very few people know about it.
These places need to be preserved and are a great learning experience. It is an opportunity to see how people in the past made everyday items into incredibly innovative tools, making life a little more comfortable in the arid desert.
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[@PinInTheAtlas]

Due to continuous vandalism, we are not giving out the name or location of this homestead. Please feel free to share your memories in the comments below, without divulging the whereabouts of this “pin”. Thank you for your understanding.

[@blancarugerio39]

Watch out for chemical waste .

[@mojo.adventures]

Glad to see it is still fairly well preserved! Thank you for documenting and respecting the grounds. I'm sure you've dug into it but what a guy... served in WWII and hopefully lived out his days in peace building this little oasis. From what I can find this claim and an adjacent one were recently purchased by possible foreign investor. Could be mining corps trying to consolidate old patented claims in order to start new workings? Will be visiting soon one last time before it's all gone...

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@mojo.adventures If that's the case, then it's very sad. Open pits seem to be everywhere and bulldozing everything in their wake.

[@josephclark4225]

When we come up,from Mexico we slept over here! Beanerville!!🤠🤠🤠🤠

[@josephclark4225]

🤣🤠🤣

[@jacobshort6528]

And those old, expired phone books in the outhouses weren't there for reading materials. They were for wiping.

[@joycehussung446]

It is so sad people have to destroy these historical places. Great job exploring and reporting .

[@PinInTheAtlas]

We totally agree Joyce! Thanks so much!

[@pattymcdarment1395]

Being the claim holder I can tell you this place was destroyed after the location has been given out by KZbinrs who have no respect for anything. That cabin was livable around 2008. Also, very few people have a clue what the history of this family was. Like a lot of the welding and bottle art was done by a man that was probably artistic. The family also owned a lot of businesses including the Pepsi distributing in Inyo county. Also a veteran! We currently have hidden cameras everywhere there and other local mines because of all the vandalism, theft, and destruction.

[@pattymcdarment1395]

Were everyone sees junk bottle caps and such, was stuff they repurposed, they also owned a service station.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

We think it is amazing to see what’s left behind as everything did have a purpose.

[@ralphmonks9388]

Thanks!

[@klausvonschmit4722]

Just imagine how many trips it took to haul all the materials to build such a awesome place!

[@smonroe207]

The bottle tree is a claim marker,it's one of four corners ,the miners would use anything they could find to mark their claim corners

[@PinInTheAtlas]

We've seen hundreds of claim markers, never one as elaborate as this one. But looking at the camp, it makes sense. Thanks Steven.

[@texas6065]

Cool use of Bottles bet it. Really shines real pretty with the Son. Thanks for sharing this.

[@coppertopv365]

I sure miss when i was younger and had older places to look into. I visited some old factory with desks with drawers of stuff, old file cabinets with stuff, some old equipment, leaky water pipes, broken glass was a concern and some crumbling concrete in places.. but looked like the workers left an never came back. Been in a fertilizer warehouse that used the bottom floor, some folks found a way into the 3rd story an played paint ball an had a plywood kind of course set up but the second floor had very little at all.. but it was an old cigar factory my great grandmother worked in. Been in some older 40s an 50s homes that seemed ransacked but looked like the owners up an left an never came back. Been in a few other abandoned factories, and odd buildings. But this was a neat video to me an brought back my old exploration feeling.. Thank you, for making an sharing this video.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Would love to explore places like that! Sounds like so much fun. We are glad you enjoyed this video, it’s nearly 4 years old now and we have learned a lot since this one better mics so the sound is much nicer. Hope to see you on more adventures!

[@toddbrown514]

Kind of reminds me of the old Helter skelter campsite as far as the house and the first mine you went into.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Don’t know that one Todd!

[@davestevens4263]

My kinda place , the best & coolest abandoned mine / homestead I’ve seen .

[@PinInTheAtlas]

It was pretty incredible Dave.

[@georgestevenmilliken9356]

The entire video all I could think about was snakes. I would never walk into a mine for fear of stepping on a rattle snake. If it weren’t for these brave people I would never get to see these towns. Thank you.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

You are more than welcome, George. Just to put your mind at rest, we do a thorough search for snakes and other hazards before filming. We just don’t show that. Glad you are enjoying our pins. We have many more to come.

[@doug6885]

Camped here Sunday on our way across the state to run the Rubicon trail. Pretty sure we picked up the bolt that is still stuck in our tire here. Made it to the trail, spent two days wheeling and now we are half way home and that bolt is still there. Every tire shop we’ve tried has been too busy and it’s not leaking so we keep moving on. Fantastic site to visit. So much history. My grandkids discovered 9 or 10 mines/prospects.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

This place was absolutely amazing Doug. We picked up a bolt not too long ago also. The only Tire place we can recommend in Nevada is up in Fallon. Tedford Tire. They really treated us right, there is a video of that coming out soon. Hope you are able to get that sorted soon.

[@doug6885]

@@PinInTheAtlas Still not home, bolt still there. I’m gonna have it sealed in resin.

[@doug6885]

After it’s removed of course.

[@doug6885]

Got home, used vice grips and a hammer to remove the bolt. It was nearly 6 inches long. It never leaked and still doesn't leak! It went in a tread lug and pierced the just under the first ply of the tire. Insanely lucky.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@doug6885 Definitely a mantel piece now!

[@jonlindstrom6630]

Looks like they ran out of hard rock and switched to liquid gold. That tank with the jars is def a still. If done right then that shine would still be good. And it's the perfect place. Cool, dark storage for your product and everything is contained and virtually invisible even in the case of catastrophic failure.

[@ronlawrence342]

I think those bottle caps just give a small visual of all the countless man hours grimly chiseling away at that hard rock. And I feel certain they don’t actually represent the real amount of sodas chugged down up there. Most probably rusted away out in the desert or thrown in trash. Billions upon billions upon billions of hours of labor has gone on before us on this planet. So easy to shrug that off and forget it. Hope we aren’t the generation to lose this great experiment in a republic . Anyway very fascinating places! That one cabin with the fire place I just couldn’t help but to imagine people sitting there warming themselves up and telling stories . No cell phone distractions. I do think one of those little shacks looked like it might have been an old phone booth with dry rotting phone books hanging on the wall . Love you guys. Were all watching and riding along with you.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

You're always so very kind, Ron. Thank you so much. We agree with everything you said, and always wonder what life was like at these places. How hard working they were and the sacrifices they made. Today, if there's no cell service, people have a paddy and everyone seems to be in a rush to get somewhere!

[@ronlawrence342]

@@PinInTheAtlas Aww. Thank you ! You all are such considerate folks I don’t take that compliment lightly . Yes hurry ! Hurry ! Hurry! I was just talking to my oldest daughter about that . The people we know that rush , like some restlessness is pushing them to an important event . And yet they are in a hurry to go wash one dish, or rake a few insignificant leaves etc. To busy to connect with good loving people - God first and people second the only reason really to live. I’m not saying be idle , but man , if we don’t have relationships , what’s the point ? . But I’m rambling in a bad way. Thanks again for your kindness and taking us on your great adventures . Take care and ramble on!

[@jacobshort6528]

Ron, those generations who came before us had a concept of what to do with their trash than we do. More often than not it was simply thrown into low spots in the woods up North, hollers and creeks in the Midwest, gullies and river washes out west. Old cars were used as Detroit Riprap for erosion control and property markers. Hot Rodders and Customizers bemoan finding cars rotting away in forgotten junkyards. People used to throw their trash into outhouse holes 🕳. A University Archeological student came to dig up my Grammy's backyard for the bottles, bones, and crockery back in the late 1990s.

[@ronlawrence342]

@@jacobshort6528 Oh wow , that’s really cool. Yes some of those old bottles are valuable now , all of them have a little value

[@bradbundy1471]

Wow that site had a whole lot of mystery to it. Good job guys 👍

[@nowhereman7398]

That fireplace is great.

[@mineadventures7938]

Its amazing how many old mine camps there are

[@PinInTheAtlas]

It truly is and so incredible to find them in such preserved states. Only wish we had mics back then but oh well!

[@mineadventures7938]

@@PinInTheAtlas , finding them preserved is a treasure indeed. There was one near Baker California, much like this one, but had trucks and dozer. Unfortunately the BLM removed it all for unknown reasons, kinda sad to see it missing, they also removed one near Lone Pine California 😕

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Yeah we don’t understand that such a waste to a little piece of history. That’s another reason why we don’t give out the locations to these gems, we don’t want them to be vandalized or torn down for “safety” reasons.

[@williwanka3547]

It's good to see theere are some places left the vandals have not destroyed !

[@PinInTheAtlas]

We absolutely agree, that's why we won't reveal their locations.

[@jackdundon2261]

It will EVENTUALLY be found by kids with 4x4s Tell their kid friends and become a party site.... trashed and destroyed.

[@pattymcdarment1395]

Wow, a few years ago that cabin was livable and clean and there was a huge generator, and water tank now it IS DESTROYED. We now have cameras everywhere so that charges can be placed. If someone gets buried in a tunnel or bitten by a snake. Oh well, not wasting rescue resources on idiots.

[@janetfraser-dickma9825]

Howdy guys,been watching .Sending many good blessings for the following year.Janet from Wallace,Idaho

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Hey Janet! Thank you! You know we talk about Wallace constantly and miss it up there!

[@wlong1794]

@@PinInTheAtlas have you ever been into the hecla star mine in burke canyon out there?

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@wlong1794 No, we haven't. One for next time. Thanks for the tip.

[@kevinthompson5827]

Just can't imagine how someone going to all of these places without a flashlight. You guys seem to be so well equipped for this kind of adventure.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

On this occasion, we were taken their by friends. They did have lights. This was one of our earliest explores. We are definitely more equipped these days.lol

[@kevinthompson5827]

@@PinInTheAtlas pretty good video though. It was hard to believe that someone didn't destroy it.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@kevinthompson5827 That's why we don't give out the locations - protect them as long as possible!

[@kevinthompson5827]

@@PinInTheAtlas I wasn't asking for the location.

[@robertgarmoe13]

I would absolutely live there! That's awesome!!!

[@bobstock8622]

There are a ton of details including pics of Duke standing by the fireplace on line, so interesting after seeing this, Great work

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thanks Bob we are happy you enjoyed the video. We have mics now so the sound has gotten a lot better over the years!

[@deborabowlin8950]

Fantastic find that you for sharing

[@allengose5438]

I believe the first dead end tunnel you went was the powder room, its where they kept explosives.

[@milkonoordijk2012]

Nice video i like this places of the old times. You right of continuous vandalism of this nice places to visit. Greetings from Netherlands.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thank you so much Marceline! We hope you enjoy more of our adventures.

[@darronshirley7886]

I do so in joy taking pictures of these old places I really like seeing how they did there construction for housing and sheds and other structures that's where my interest is old wood and metal

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Steve is the same way with the construction! I enjoy the history behind them but appreciate the way they were built and always amazed at how they lived such a long way from civilisation.

[@darronshirley7886]

@@PinInTheAtlas I enjoyed everything you showed maybe a little more of the construction but I'm not going to complain about what you showed I'm actually going to leave this with a big THANK YOU VERY MUCH

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@darronshirley7886 You are more than welcome, Darron. We hope you enjoy the rest of our content, and keep those comments coming along with the thumbs up. It really does help the channel

[@TheOtherMeLV]

Love the Random Land hat lol

[@staceymay2655]

This is To Cool, Sweet footage/edit/all, Thanks tooya from Idaho..

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thanks Stacey. Glad you enjoyed it

[@johnrandolph1539]

This was such an awesome vid!! It allows one to get a real sense of what it must've been like to be way out in the desert, cut off from civilization, having to be truly self reliant while working your bum off trying to find that ever elusive gold. I would love to have met the people who had been willing to live out there in the wild, living in their make-shift camp every day! I would never have been able to do it myself. Thanks so much for bringing us this time capsule into a whole nother world!!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thanks, John. We always say the same thing, and wonder what their lives were like. Such hard-working people.

[@nopeyadayadayada1248]

I can tell you were hungry, at 14:20 your stomach growled. We've all been somewhere that a sandwich could help. Cool video. You both seem cordial.

[@RalphGuest]

Hi guys! Ralph here. Just saw you on the Belmont Mill episode with Wonderhussy and thought I’d pop on over and ‘let’s take a look’ at what you’re doing. I just subscribed. I have a KZbin channel too if you’d like to take a look. Ralph Guest is the channel name and my name too. I bought a 2004 Tacoma brand new and she’s still running like a top 18 years later. Look to giving you a proper look when I’ve got the time. I just discovered Wonderhussy a couple months ago and I’ve been watching her episodes chronologically from the beginning so I can take in the whole Wonderhussy story from start to finish. So I’m up to May 2021 and moving fast up the calendar to 2022 about 150 episodes away. She has about 770 of them! I’ve been binge watching her since I found her. She is very entertaining and you can’t help but fall in love with her. So I wanted to give you a a shout out and look forward to seeing more of you. Cheers, mates!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Hi Ralph and thanks for subscribing. Hope you will enjoy the rest of our content. We obviously have totally different personalities than Sarah, therefore our take on things will be different. We have lots of adventures to come. Enjoy….

[@RachelLovesJesus]

Such an awesome video, I love the details and editing. You both are so brave! Andrea, I'm so glad I met you! Can't wait to see your next adventure!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thank you so much!!

[@melissag171]

This is great!! So glad I found your channel. Thanks!!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

We are glad you found our channel, too, Melissa. We have lots of pins and more to come. Hopefully you will continue to enjoy our explores.

[@senthilnathanviswanathan4924]

i am always fasinated by remote, abandoned and aloof locations...i could sense the pulsating peace in those places....your video is superb and you took me on a free ride to those remote desert location, which i could never go on my own....thank you so much

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Glad you enjoyed this video! This was a early video and we have plenty more since then!

[@bonnieharris8112]

I love how proper Andrea is, making sure to sign the guest book. That's exactly what I would do. It's good manners. Your video, as always is so cool. I love those old cabins.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

"Manners maketh man" is how I was brought up. I can hear my mum saying it! And "manners cost nothing, but mean everything" is another saying that my parents used to say. Thanks Bonnie, glad you enjoyed the video. We love these old cabins too. Always wonder what life would have been like back then.

[@michaeljimenez1203]

From Dear Abby(original), ' Good Manners, never go out of Style. '

[@grandmakellymcdonald]

Very interesting 💕👵

[@joeadams1225]

Thank you for your courage coming up on a remote mining camp in Buttf&$k nowhere and exploring. Love your work!!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thanks, Joe.

[@lorigiltner1117]

Just want to say thanks Steve and Aundrea for being so accurate and honest with your videos love watching you two please keep up the good work can't wait for your next adventures !!!!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Our pleasure!

[@elizabethlisak2598]

Wow I like the place. they have a fireplace cool place to lived at

[@PinInTheAtlas]

This was an incredible find must have been great back in it's hey day Elizabeth.

[@mschaper53]

Very interesting video. Not many mines ( at least in California ) with ore tracks intact. I think most have been pulled up and sold for scrap.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

This was one of our old videos Grant. Not sure what’s left there now. Too many people trashing these places which is a shame and why we don’t give out the locations. So glad you enjoyed it. There are lots more you may find interesting and hopefully you’ll find the quality improved!! 🥹see you on our next adventure!

[@craigd1275]

I think they used the mine tunnel as a natural refrigerator. That is why there is so many salad dressing jugs. Kinda like a wine cellar, but they drank all the wine before they abandoned the place. .

[@josephbingham1255]

Interesting Video 0:26 Gravesite for a person or pet? Sometimes under a rock pile is a can containing a paper claim marker. Nice lady :)

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thank you Joseph.

[@jacobshort6528]

I noticed that you said "the outside. All pressed tin." Did you notice the dimpled hole on the top frame of each panel? Those were 5 gallon tar or paint buckets 🪣 , peeled open and flattened out. The dimpled holes are where the bucket bail handle went.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thanks Jacob, we just love the way all materials were re-used in such ingenious ways!

[@michelemcneill3652]

What a beautiful fireplace. Watch where you step, rattlesnake area

[@PinInTheAtlas]

We always check before the camera starts rolling Michele.

[@chrisblack8390]

Strange place. Maybe the hippies lived there in the 70s. No wonder they decorated with bottles after seeing all those bottle caps. The boxes in the mine gave me the creeps. All the jugs in there too. Thanks that was real good!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thanks Chris this was in fact our first ever mining camp explore. Before we purchased mics glad you still enjoyed this one really raised the bar for us to find more places like that!

[@pmae9010]

That shack is not covered in 'pressed tin', those tin pieces are cut up 5 gallon buckets, flattened out, you can see the bosses for the handles.

[@Hi_Mommy953]

Sweet Valley Bubble Up 1919 out-of-business 1979 I remember drinking this as a kid in California lemon-lime drink it was delicious

[@PinInTheAtlas]

All of those bottle tops made us thirsty William.

[@Hi_Mommy953]

Her Channel reminds me what Wonder Hussey's Channel used to be I think I'm going to delete her and add you don't get me wrong I love wonderhussy but her channel is about desert life and your channel is about old ghost towns and mines and cool things thank you so much I'm disabled that's why I love watching stuff like use it really interests me thank you

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@Hi_Mommy953 You are so very welcome, William. We do explore other things which interests us too. Some hikes - as long as there is something at the end! Native American sites, anything historic or abandoned - things like that. I do hope you continue to enjoy all our explores.

[@BlackdogADV]

Very cool! I can’t resist exploring a mine either. Keep it up!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

There is something that is so fascinating about mines isn't there? Thank you so much!

[@34ofaninchofbrain80]

Hippies will have been there for sure at some point. Bet they had a blast

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Quite possibly.

[@unitedstatesdale]

Great Post. Thanks

[@glenacebrown9995]

Thank you for your respectful, careful, explorations! Diminished mobility prevents me from exploring myself and I love being able vicariously discover new places through you. You probably already found information on "Bubble Up," but it was a lemon flavored soda that I believe came in tall green bottles in the "return for deposit" days. Stay safe, and happy trails to you.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

We really appreciate the compliments Glenace, and so glad you can come along on our adventures. Thanks for the info on the bubble up and we’ll see you on our next adventure.

[@conniewolf7300]

Too bad those return for deposit days ever ended....🙁

[@creativityindy9483]

From other mine videos, I believe the tags at 5:52 were used to keep track of those miners who went into the mine: each set of the two tags had the same number and the miner would carry tag #1 with them into the mine, then return it to beside tag #2 when they exited, so at any time the management could tell who was in the mine

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thank you so much for the info!

[@senthilnathanviswanathan4924]

oh that is ingenious way

[@bassackwards0193847]

Haha , you made a flowing rock into a pissing rock ! Another fun video .

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Glad you enjoyed our vlog

[@richardainsworth7052]

I'm jealous you guys look like y'all having so much fun!! Be careful but y'all know that. :)))

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thanks, Richard.

[@explorewithdelton4443]

Lived near here and visited. Sad to hear its getting vandalized and ransacked

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Always sad when things get vandalised and ransacked! Another reason why we attempt to document as much as we can.

[@Katseye102]

A little bit of loving care and the big cabin could be a wonderful volunteer cabin. Been a long while since anyone has been there looks like. With a touch of vandalism thrown in, very sad. Of course the desert critters have found a safe haven from the elements. Nice find in our desert, isn’t it amazing?!!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

You're right, Catherine. This would make an excellent volunteer cabin. A lot of work would need to be done though, and lots of artefacts that would go "missing" .

[@mandujanojuan437]

Nice explore...i was born in 71

[@hallieyoung9607]

This is way cool! I loooove abandoned places, I'll def check this place out! Thanks for telling me about your channel!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thanks Hallie. Will be exploring the town you've recommended next week.

[@charleyfolkes]

Cool trip ! The place does seem to be unusually artistically embellished for just a mining camp.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

One of our first videos Charley. Sound quality is poor. But the place was pretty amazing and yes, very artistic. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@charleyfolkes]

@@PinInTheAtlas Yes, thanks for the great videos ! I haven’t seen every single one yet, but this one has stacked up a huge number of views ! 🏆

[@bagpipes978]

Thank you so much for this fascinating tour of the old mining camp!! Great history and artifacts! I'm a new subscriber and look forward to your next adventures as well as viewing your previous ones. Brilliant!! Thank you.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Welcome, Jennifer and thank you for the sub. This was one of our earliest videos. The quality now, is far better, but we are still learning as we go. Hope you enjoy the rest of our content.

[@jacobshort6528]

My Dad worked in a iron mine back in the twentieth century, and he told me that those tags were numbered for each miner for safety reasons. They'd put the tag on one hooked board when they went down, and then on another hooked board when they came up and out. That way, if there was a cave-in, they'd know whose family to notify.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

We did film at a location where 3 miners lost their lives, and just inside the haulage adit their tags remain. It was quite a touching memorial. We also had some unexplained issues with all of our equipment at said location!

[@emitchell6730]

The bottle art could be what our locals often do in our small town. Bottles are placed in the sun and over time they turn different hues of blue.

[@williamguillIII]

Or, it could be a grave site that someone decorated.

[@bmartin1663]

Grave site. Similar to what can be found in Mexico.

[@pattymcdarment1395]

NOT a gravesite the guy was autistic!

[@dezertraider]

VERY COOL GUYS..SAD THEY DON'T KEEP IT CLEAN,..SAFE TRAVELS

[@Prodibber]

Wait, who do you mean by “they”

[@olliespackrt5763]

Very hard to resist those bottles but they're only from the 70s so probably not all that grand still a cool find I wish people wouldn't vandalize so you could share the location seeing it on video is cool but to step into that has to be way cooler

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Totally agree, Ollie. Sometimes when we return to locations, we see how much destruction and theft there has been. We do give enough clues in our videos, though, for people to research.

[@matta.5363]

Bubble-Up was a lemon- lime drink from the 60's and 70's. Sort of a knock-off of 7-UP. It was pretty good, but not as good as 7-UP.

[@williampockoski5029]

Pretty cool, thank you for the access

[@jdhinckley1954]

Terrific!

[@adventureswithgoat8515]

I absolutely love this vidy. You guys did a great job. New to your channel and i am looking forward to catching up more. YEEYEE

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thank you and welcome to our channel. This is quite an old video now. Our production quality has improved a lot but we still have so much to learn. Hope you enjoy the rest of our content.

[@danb715]

Cool camp and I like the bottle tree too. Put that in the back yard. Greetings from Ohio :)

[@PinInTheAtlas]

The bottle tree is fab. Glad you enjoyed the vid, Dan. Lots more adventures to come.

[@thomascramer7485]

It looks like it would be a cool walk thru the country their and behind.

[@moonshinefuel]

Well if you lived there you could certainly keep cool in those tunnels when it got too hot. Quiet too around there. All you'd need is to be able to provide sustenance I guess. Nice place to visit, living there though yea I don't know about that.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Absolutely! They certainly did know how to find some incredibly beautiful areas to call home though!

[@stevemino142]

This camp is still almost turn key great video good channel 👍

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thanks Steve. The weather is taking its toll though. Floor boards are rotten and the ceilings are starting to crumble. We filmed this a year ago, so don't know the condition of it now. Hopefully no vandals or looters have gone there!

[@ernestogarcia2500]

Good video thank you keep up the great videos

[@coppertopv365]

WOW, Very nice Place!

[@rickobrien4025]

To anyone reading this , I'd think twice , 3 times , 4 times , before opening ANY of the bottles on the mantle at 7:05 . Anytime there's a long straight-away on any desert highway , you see the same thing along the shoulder , lots of bottles filled with piss from the truckers . In the early morning or late afternoon , they twinkle in the sunlight like gold sparklers .

[@PinInTheAtlas]

That is so true, Rick. You never know what's in those bottles.

[@MGreen-vz6yb]

Need flashlight! Those are narrow gage railroad tracks for the ore carts.

[@seebreannarowdscrosshere6312]

Very cool find, best one ever!!!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

This is one of our favs too, just wish we had mics back then.

[@recycled3654]

The outside siding is from tin cans or any old tins that could be found. I've seen a few cabins made from disassembled pallets and flattened tomato cans in NM homesteads and ranches.

[@glenncarver3896]

I Love This ………metal detecter Heaven……….My Heart……….

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Unfortunately, metal detecters are a no go. Anything over 50 years is covered under the antiquities act. Plus we never take anything from any site. Sorry to disappoint Glenn.

[@glenncarver3896]

@@PinInTheAtlas : Yes I can see your point ……….never thought about It……….I used to go to Bodie California way before they made it into a State Park……….I always left things like I found them………I went into buildings that are roped off today……….

[@jamessupernor6681]

I'm sure I would enjoy doing that.

[@westho7314]

the bottle sculpture was likely a grave, i noticed a 6"x6" patina'd plaque on the rail at the head of the arrangement

[@PinInTheAtlas]

I guess it is possible. We didn't notice the plaque - well spotted

[@westho7314]

Cleland 's are an old Bishop family, One of many claims they had in the area for decades.@@PinInTheAtlas

[@mothertisfast]

it is the claim marker, not a grave.

[@stein-fredrikholm2042]

Woooow, that was an interesting place. All the jars with liquid in....cud it maybe be shine......?

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Oh wow we never thought of that! That is definitely a possibility.

[@rowanlocke9376]

Did you check what was in the bottles In the mine might be shine

[@PinInTheAtlas]

We didn't open any so we wouldn't disturb anything.

[@artmerrill1508]

Amazing place! We call it HeeBee JeeBee's because our friend who first told us about it said it gave him those. It has been found and ravaged since our first visit.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Hi Art. Such a shame that people feel the need to destroy and steal. That’s why we don’t give out the locations. Thanks for commenting and see you on our next adventure. We post every Tuesday. Happy Christmas.

[@rickyjohnson4767]

Awesome video. Wish I could go to those places. 👍👍

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Glad you came along with us Ricky.

[@sandysue202]

I wonder what became of the folks who spent long hours digging in those hills? To accumulate all those bottles and caps, there must have been several people over a number of years.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

It all adds to the mystery of these types of explores, Sandy. There is documentation online about the people who mined here. But if we give out that info, it will give the location away for vandals and scrappers. So we are asking people not to do that in their comments.

[@IdahoHillbilly]

WoW 😳 That is a AWESOME PLACE

[@BB99234KJ]

Don’t ever leak this location. In my state the KZbinrs and TikTok’s have ruined abandoned site exploration by drawing vandals in. The DNR and state are demolishing buildings and filling in caves left and right.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

As you saw from our video, we didn’t and won’t give out locations. It is such a shame that people feel the need to vandalise and loot. We even delete comments who say where these places are and block them if they continue to do so.

[@pattymcdarment1395]

They have here as well

[@pattymcdarment1395]

@@PinInTheAtlas Thank you

[@SurvivenTerry]

I agree. Thankfully the community is starting to push back where I live. We try to make them into living museums so they stay around another 100 years

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@SurvivenTerry that is a wonderful idea. We know of quite a few “adopt a cabin “ where people have done up old mining cabins. People can stay there overnight. Most respect the cabins, clean up after themselves and leave some cans of food or emergency supplies. Could save someone’s life in the middle of the desert! Obviously there are those who don’t have many brain cells and want to destroy! We are losing so much of the history that’s another reason why we document these places. If you do feel like sharing other historical sites with us please email [e-mail]

[@amygawalko]

Awesome video, thanks

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Glad you liked it, Amy. One of our older ones so the sound quality isn't as good. Hope you enjoy the rest of our content.

[@lorettadrouillard2548]

Thanks

[@Justme85857]

Excellent video

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thanks Paul. This is one of our earlier videos. We post new content every Tuesday.

[@DanielHernandez-ki3ch]

At night must be very creepy

[@MaineOffGrid.]

This looks like a place between Nipton California and Searchlight Nevada I camped at a month ago.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Please email us where you camped. [e-mail]

[@johnmckenna8989]

....Before they invented synthetic bottlecaps, they formed naturally and were mined...The southwest U.S. was the world's supplier of bottlecaps and those piles are just the tailings....What a rare find it is that you stumbled upon, eh......

[@PinInTheAtlas]

LOL

[@jacobshort6528]

Hahahahaha!

[@eileenegger1466]

Bubble-up was very like 7-Up. It was around when I was a kid in the fifties.

[@philliphall5198]

Cool water storage in mine

[@ronniecardy]

Like this place, house close to the mine. Not far from the job

[@FetchTheSled]

bottle tree looked like a grave site to me. The rocks, iron bars over it.

[@mitchellgranda607]

I thought the same!!

[@HeubieASU1984]

You are correct. It was quite a common site (sans bottles) in Arizona. You can still see grave markers like this all over AZ if you get back off the road far enough. I used to find these all the time 30 to 40 years ago when I did backroad Jeep tours.

[@mitchellgranda607]

@@HeubieASU1984 thanks for the awsome video. Got a new subscriber

[@Vivianblue.]

I thought the same. In outback Australia we have lots of graves which often belonged to bushies or swaggies(transient workers or bushrangers/unemployed/etc) scattered around in desolate isolated areas.

[@davidm106]

All the jars of ranch dressing is water storage. Pretty common. Especially circa 1988

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Oh, thanks for the info, David. We wondered what they were being used for.

[@JPER-cv2lq]

most likely a silver mine it's Nevada. thanks for sharing this with us in Germany

[@MrJamesmaco]

Saw some refrence to gold in the old signage.....