Exploring Desert Treasures: Off-Roading to Historic Mines in the Mojave Desert | California

[@salvesunita247]

Nice video my brother ❤great drone footage looking down the sky reflection so beautiful thanks for sharing awesome nature beauty 👍👍👍

[@CactusAtlas]

Thanks! Glenn and I are both so happy you enjoyed our video. 👍

[@northerncat974]

Thanks for all your excellent videos.

[@CactusAtlas]

Thank you! We're glad you like them and appreciate your comment. 😊

[@cherylpearson1963]

Loving the old remote dirt roads

[@CactusAtlas]

They're some of our favorite things. We're thrilled to be able to explore them now. 😄

[@keith9875]

There’s just something about watching your videos that keeps me anxiously looking forward to the next one. I’ve still not completely caught up on earlier videos , but your travel adventures are something that both my wife and I can sit down and enjoy together. Places that I have been before and places that I have yet to see. Thank you for taking the time to share your adventures with all of us.

[@CactusAtlas]

Oh my gosh, THANK YOU! That's so incredibly nice. Just don't judge too harshly on our earlier videos. 😅

[@Raptor-gd6sk]

Another great video, been enjoying your videos for the past couple of months, great content Glenn.. Thanks for sharing

[@CactusAtlas]

Thanks 👍 We're glad you like them! 😄

[@gstiles7]

Another great trip in the books! Love the drone footage over that pit mine. I can see why they say that head frame is the pinnacle...WOW!!

[@CactusAtlas]

Thanks 👍 It's pretty unique, isn't it? 😄

[@ThinBlueLaneRVLife]

Wanted to stop in and say this video was super cool ! you have a new friend to the channel

[@CactusAtlas]

Thank you! Welcome! 😄👋

[@ENJIMEEREBAY]

thanks Glen, nice presentation.

[@CactusAtlas]

Very welcome! Thank you! 👍

[@brianfow4666]

I love all of your videos. But I enjoy your AZ videos the most. This is still a cool video

[@CactusAtlas]

Thanks so much! We're happy you enjoyed the video we made! 😄

[@debramaertens893]

Love that drone shot looking straight down on the sky reflection. Also love the bird songs in the background.

[@CactusAtlas]

Thank you! So happy the birds were noticed! 😊

[@BuckJones1909]

Excellent photography of the beautiful scenery! These abandoned dwellings say so much about prior generation’s endurance1 So great that they are still available to explore! Thank you!

[@CactusAtlas]

Well said! Thanks so much! 😊

[@1949ala]

Nice job on the cabins

[@CactusAtlas]

Thanks 👍

[@lzwnn]

The beauty of the Mojave. You captured it well. Love the storm shots.

[@CactusAtlas]

Thank you very much! 😊

[@mojavemike6522]

Great video Glen. Keep them coming.

[@CactusAtlas]

We will. Thank you! 😄

[@SwiftyTravels]

YES!! We want to go in!!!!! 😂😂 those structures are in incredibly good condition!!

[@CactusAtlas]

😂 Luckily we went in! They are in pretty good shape, aren't they? Good enough for a little rattler to live under (or so we think after listening to the audio over and over afterwards) Yikes!

[@BurgundyKRO]

I love old mines! Great video dude :)

[@CactusAtlas]

Thank you! We're both so glad that you enjoyed our video. 😄

[@granthryze2694]

Hopefully you're still out there. A must see is the Death Valley Mine, just east of Cima. There you'll see forests of Joshua Trees, not burned. I spent 2 nights there, never saw a soul. Awesome buildings, the incline shaft with buckets , and if you walk south, you'll find the can dumps, and another incline shaft. I was there in May. It is well worth the drive. Take Care.

[@CactusAtlas]

Unfortunately, due to the way we have to film we were out there a few months ago. HOWEVER, we have been to Death Valley Mine in the past and filmed there as well. Was one of our favorites. 😄

[@SidetrackAdventures]

Wow, when I think of an old desert mine, that Evening Star Mine is what I think of. I'm surprised its only 80-90 years old. I'm with you on not climbing those steps. The farther I get from a hospital, the less risks I'm willing to take lol.

[@CactusAtlas]

Absolutely a wise rule to live by. It's fun having a little adventure but no so much when getting first aid is hours away. 😅

[@movingforwardfco1587]

A volunteer cabin is a thing out west I guess never heard of but how Awsome.

[@guipe43]

"esperanza" ("hope" in Spanish). A woman can also be called "Esperanza" Open and beautiful landscapes! Thank you for sharing!

[@CactusAtlas]

Thank you too! 😄

[@jamesriggsdds2337]

Nice video! Keep it up! That’s an ore hopper at the top of that head frame not a crusher. No drive mechanisms and crushers are made out of steel. The ore is dumped into it and then funneled down to the bottom where it’s collected and transported elsewhere. There may have been a crusher nearby but those things are hauled away and repurposed if possible.

[@CactusAtlas]

Thank you! 😊

[@guswatts]

This place had no graffiti. The decor in the shacks was unique “if you like that sort of thing”. So Glen liked the clown in the Goldome mill but no nods to the mask and saw in the shack? 😊 A great venture to add to the library. Your hobby is turning historical as things change. We have photos of the old car in the prettified forest when it still had a steering wheel and the twin arrows when they were still standing. Seems some landmarks will all but be erased in the future. Thanks for the catalog of change.🦖🤡&🪶🚀

[@CactusAtlas]

We kind of have the same outlook on history changing things and documenting them while they still exist. We've also seen things disappear from times we visited places before filming to now. Of course, sometimes they change for the better, such as Vulture City. Years ago, that was a mostly dilapidated forgotten about old town.

[@williampink1042]

The stone and concrete structure is a powder magazine for storing explosives. A powder magazine is required for mines using explosives and a mining operation could be shut down if it didn’t have one.

[@phillipmurrieta1]

Hey, just wondering if you have ever visited the Delamar and Helene mines in Nevada? I think you'd really like them. Interesting ruins, a graveyard near Helene, and you can walk quite a ways back into the Helene mine, seems quite safe, I have done it a few times.

[@CactusAtlas]

We haven't, no. Though they sound like our kind of places! 👍

[@LaLuna2510]

So happy to have this video to watch tonight. It's so much better than all the coverage on the 4x indicted ex-president's mugshot. Thanks Amy and Glenn!

[@CactusAtlas]

🤣 We aim to please. Glad we could provide a distraction. 😊

[@SteveKennedy949]

You have directions to the Esperanza? Can't locate it.

[@CactusAtlas]

Well, dang. It used to be on Google Maps but it's not showing up anymore. Try these coordinates -- 35°22'59.9"N 115°28'39.5"W. Sorry about that!

[@richardbeee]

I think that ranch was bought out by the old 88 ranch. That's what I heard. Hence 88 on the water tank. Watch yourself in the heat.😊

[@broletsdiginasmr5366]

You and SUV RVing have the same voice man. 😂If I close my eyes I thought I'm listening to the same person.

[@CactusAtlas]

Hm. Interesting. Can't say I hear it. 😅

[@ronr7623]

That is from the 40's. I believe it was 1945 that it was built.. It has been awhile since I was there, but definately from the 40's. And no, they didn't crush it up there.

[@CactusAtlas]

Thanks for the info! 👍

[@charlielaudico3523]

Alot of people do not know or how to use the great paper maps

[@CactusAtlas]

We actually have a great number of paper maps. Thankful for online maps as it's not always the easiest thing to keep one's attention on while also operating two GoPros and concentrating on making a video for an audience to enjoy. 😅

[@bradfordbarrettluckotheIrish]

Sure was relieved an old and dusty miner didn’t jump out of the closet

[@CactusAtlas]

That would have been an entirely different kind of video. "Nightmare in the Desert! He Came Back! #notclickbait" 😂😂

[@jp-wc3lh]

If your a AAA member then you can get unlimited maps from them. They have an extensive selection. Just stop in an office.

[@CactusAtlas]

Unfortunately we are not. Don't mind purchasing maps though. 😊

[@millerkay647]

I know we're that mine is. It's got ,had shitload o of blue. rocks quartz piled up.

[@brianfow4666]

Ha ha. Always gotta to listen to the female

[@brianfow4666]

Ha ha. Turning off the female