Ghost Town and Mine Site of Cerbat Arizona

[@leighmitcler3320]

I like when Andrea explains the history on a place, when she has been able to find any . She is very articulate and easy to understand. Look forward to the next vlog.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thank you, Leigh. I do as much research as possible although not all of it goes into the vlogs - it would make them too long. Pleased that you enjoy our content. Lots more adventures to come

[@janblake9468]

I wonder if the small building (starting at 4:20) was the office for a truck scale. I've seen these before at 1970's desert mines. It was to make sure ore trucks were not overweight. Your use of old photos was enjoyable.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

That makes a lot of sense, Jan. Seemed just a little out of place compared to everything else.

[@gregadams5847]

I agree, common build for the time. The pipes can be both electrical and mechanical for the balance beam of the scale. The pit outside next to it is for the weigh table. Erosion has eaten up much of it. The building with the kitty litter is most likely the assay lab.

[@mxmissile4588]

Primary function was to measure what the weight of the ore being mined was for production calculations.

[@highdesertbill]

Very cool ghost town

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Glad you enjoyed our explore.Lots more to come.

[@highdesertbill]

@@PinInTheAtlas Steve and Andrea I have a 2 1/2 acre home about 20 miles from Tyro and Cerbat Mines in the mountains to the west and east. I have 2 RV pads with water, power, shade and high speed WiFi internet connection, that you are welcome to utilize to rest, recoup and charge batteries, edit videos and post videos to the web when passing by. FREE. Contact me if the need arises. Bill

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@highdesertbill Thank you so very much, Bill. That is very gracious of you. We will bear that in mind when we are next in the area. You can email us at [e-mail]

[@tomfloerchinger326]

When I was up in the canyon 30 years ago use to be a stamp mill still standing I did not see it in your video unless I missed it

[@PinInTheAtlas]

There were remains which we filmed. Could have been the stamp mill Tom.

[@EarlyRiser--]

Your channel is a step above the others visiting these rural areas. I enjoy your research of the history on your planned explores and adding additional information on the final video in text. The old photographs of the people and buildings bring everything together. Your photography is top-notch showing close-ups where others pan quickly. Plus you share a peaceful easy feeling. Where I live many of the abandoned cabins and mining areas are being taken over by large entities hoping to bring in tourists and big money and illegal businesses ruining the environment and quiet of the desert. Safe travels!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thank you so much Pat. We have an absolute passion for sharing these places and doing the research to bring a piece of them back to life. So they can be remembered, but not turned into a tourist destination.

[@kaykaylovinslots6805]

I love Andrea’s laugh!! ☺️ Very interesting place!

[@donalddostert488]

I enjoy watching, looking forward to the next adventure.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

There are lots more to come, Donald. Thank you for watching and so glad you are enjoying our "pins"

[@rhondaz356]

Steve and Andrea, I absolutely love your videos. Your prior research, your integrity, as well as your honesty about things you might not be sure of, are very appreciated. I also love your insertion of pics from the past, when possible. OMG, stealing headstones and vandalism is... As a relatively new sub, I can say I truly am delighted when you post a new video. Take care.🌞👏💛

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thank you so very much, Rhonda, that means a lot to us. We have plenty more adventures on the way!

[@leighsayers2628]

Fabulous !!! Loved your video .

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thank you so much. We really appreciate your support Leigh. This was an early video. Hopefully you will see a vast improvement in the quality with our more recent ones. Still lots to learn. New pins are posted every Tuesday. See you on our next adventure.

[@leighsayers2628]

@@PinInTheAtlas thank you ..will look for your other adventure videos ..cheers from Australia..

[@photobuzz]

Wow, you two were just up the highway from my house. You did a very good job of exploring and showing the site. I've been up in there many times in the past 25 years, or so. The old black & white picture of the long narrow building wasn't the Cerbat post office. It's an old building in the mining camp of Golconda, which is about 1.6 miles north of Cerbat It was still standing, the last time I was in there (about 15 years ago). There are four or five old collapsed cabins in Golconda and some fairly substantial mill ruins. The joneses were the first people who lived in the Cerbat area. Their cabin is still standing, but roofless, way up a pretty steep and sketchy road. It stands next to their mine. That whole area is very interesting. Lots of history and interesting things to see. On a side note, if you know where to look, there are still a couple of original cabins left at Mineral Park. If you're in this area again, I'd love to meet and talk with you. As always, I enjoyed your video.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Andrea found the photo of the "Post Office" from a historic website. Even they can get it wrong at times then. Thank you for the correction and info. We did go to mineral park and found a few of the cabins posted those on instagram. Once the weather cools down we will be back Arizona way again.

[@RaoulThomas007]

Golconda! So did the founder’s anticipate a Gold Anaconda strike?

[@SantaFe-wi1ve]

That was a fun adventure, thanks for sharing it with us.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thank you, we are glad you enjoyed this one!

[@raymondcoggins297]

Another great adventure thanks for taking us with you

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Hello, Raymond. Thank you for your comment. We love exploring historic sites. Those miners back in the 1800s early 1900s had a tough life. Hard workers and a lot of moxie.

[@edwardparkhurst9804]

What a wonderful way to start the weekend, outstanding job sir. Glad to see things you are experiencing it's quite interesting. Thanks for sharing this with us that watch your informative channel.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thank you, Edward. We enjoyed Cerbat.Lots of history in these old mining towns.

[@danasheets5478]

nice adventure

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thank you, Dana!

[@artyoung5923]

Been there several times , I was born and raised in kingman .

[@PinInTheAtlas]

This was a very fun place to explore, Art and we really like Kingman!

[@artyoung5923]

The burnt wood you seen is what’s left of what was a massive ore bin , If I remember correctly. The Golden was also had so doings with one of the same investors in the reopening of the Tyro mine in the early eighties. I’m sad to see the ore bin burnt . The pile of sheet metal used to be the mill from the 1970’s . Cypres Mineral park used to be called Duval mine and a partner named L. W. Hardy had a turquoise pit on the north east side of Duval mine . They both closed in the 1980’s and I can’t remember the year cypres mineral reopened it . I have been gone from KINGMAN since 1998 . Anyway, love your videos and like seeing my old stomping grounds .

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@artyoung5923 It was suggested to us that the "new" owners may have burnt it because of taxes. How true that is, we don't know. We love the Kingman area, especially R66. You may like some of our written blogs too. We wrote about The White Cliffs, Seligman, and others around the area. www.pinintheatlas.com

[@davidbell9130]

great job as usual

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thanks David we really appreciate that.

[@SueMoe]

Great video. I call you two the Zen Explorers. I love the calm you bring to your adventures and I so appreciate the history that Andrea gives. Gives a fuller picture to the experience! Thank you! Happy travels!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thank you very much, Sue. I really enjoy researching about the places we explore. For us, it adds more life and we visualise what it would have been like for the people who once called these places home.

[@bernardofitzpatrick5403]

Wow, so interesting! Awesome that you were able to get photos and to link with people and buildings. Vandals totally suck. Liked ure speech about people In the cemetery, Steve. Sad that they lie out there all alone and forgotten. Hey Tonto 🤙🏽🙋🏽

[@PinInTheAtlas]

It is sad - all those lost souls. We feel it is important to keep their story alive.

[@jnolette1030]

The cinder block building with underground conduit coming up probably had generator in it for power

[@amac9085]

wonderful love you thank you

[@desertdawg3409]

5:40... Larger I believe galvanized electrical conduit... Electric, controlling plant motors, possibly water Water most likely wouldn't be in galvanized steel pipe.... I would guess a control room .. Windows only on front and sides overlooking wash. Maybe had a drag line or conveyors to bring material up to process? 7:39 of the duct hood when working with acids to evacuate fumes to outside

[@PinInTheAtlas]

That is very possible, was a very strange building being so close to that wash. Seen so many of those duct hoods on science shows and things those zombie movies!

[@bruceanderson7762]

Spent time at Cerbat couple years ago...thx for the memory...is the blue boat still up there?

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Glad we brought back some memories, Bruce. We didn't notice any boats there.

[@AdventuresRUs]

Another great video guys. It was nice how much information you knew about this old town, adds to the experience. Take care and have a good weekend!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

So glad you enjoyed it. We enjoyed doing the research on Cerbat. Love keeping alive the old mining history and the people who helped carve out this country.

[@pixelpeter3883]

Aha, bonus video this week! Always enjoy exploring with the two of you. Have been wanting to compliment Stephen before on his camera (euh phone) work: love your smooth and deliberate way of moving the camera about, very cinematic. You also do nice and slow panos which work much better than fast ones as you get the time to absorb the view and details. Well done sir! Loved the low 'flying' shot over the tailings (around 18:13) which ended where the pile ended; with a quadcopter ("drone") you could have finished that shot properly ;-)

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Maybe one day we will get a drone, but only for recon purposes. We'd have to get a licence to use footage on KZbin whatever the size of the drone as it's classed as commercial use! Thanks for the compliments. Hopefully we are improving all the time.

[@Qusin111]

the one room 5:30 was electrical, all the boxes and wiring was removed

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Ah ha. That explains a lot. Thanks for the info.

[@williamsmith306]

and the pipes that you mentioned are conduit, someone has pulled the wire likely for the copper.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@williamsmith306 Thank you it makes sense now, at the time we just thought water.

[@tomfloerchinger326]

Well we have 2 volunteers you two to clean it up thanks for thag

[@PinInTheAtlas]

That’s great news Tom. The volunteers are amazing and keep these historical places alive

[@kingmanaz1488]

I really like your videos.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thank you very much, we have plenty more to come!

[@roundmidnightsuttree]

That white rectangular box with a glass or plexiglass window and vent hose out the top in the cinder block building is a laboratory hood probably used for some steps in assaying ore samples. I don't know what types of lab tests were used for the ores coming out of the late period mining but often different acids were used to dissolve any minerals that reacted leaving quartz and heavy metals behind for further testing. The conical tank that shows up later in the video is a flotation system. In heavy metals processing where it makes sense to use flotation the recoverable metals came to the surface of the tank as a froth and overflowed onto the launder that surrounds the outer perimeter of the tank like a gutter. The waste or tailings reported to the bottom of the tank and were disposed of. Any flotation process requires significant amounts of water so they must have had a water source or well at the mine. Often, the issues around processing the ore and getting decent extraction were almost as challenging as the actual mining. Water and reagents are exceptionally difficult/expensive to find/transport to remote mine sites. Likely the early mining of high grade ore was pretty simple with stamp mills crushing the ore and mercury used to collect the gold. This worked OK when there was a lot of free gold and small nuggets but many gold deposits have the gold distributed in very fine particles often encapsulated in arsenic and those deposits required much more sophisticated processing. It was economical if the deposit was huge and reasonably rich but many deposits were too remote and not of sufficiently high grade to justify mining & transport to milling and concentrating facilities. I think working as a miner or being the family of a miner in the Southwest was probably some of the hardest living that a person could choose. Most of those folks were chasing a dream that never materialized.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

We definitely appreciate all of that information, and will keep that for our records to refer back to! We agree that life was one that really defined a persons character and will to make a living.

[@jnolette1030]

The loo is certainly holding its own.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

That it is. Standing proud!

[@Danny.Spurling]

Another great video, love the outtakes, poor Andrea might need grippier shoes to protect her bum, stay safe,..Danny in Alabama

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thanks, Danny. Fortunately, I slid rather than fell.

[@Ed_in_Md]

I think that room behind the steel door may have been the assay office. I thought I saw bars on the windows too. That boxy thing at 7:35 is a fume hood. They would work with chemicals inside and the toxic fumes go out the steel pipe at the top.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thanks for the insight, Ed.

[@timlanglois5643]

Like these buildings fix the roof and clean it up it's all block constructed it looked good and sturdy

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

5:00 bld lift or weight station

[@ronniecardy]

Looks like a guard shack. Big block bilding kinda looks like a jail.

[@timlanglois5643]

On some of the videos they have old tin cans are those like recyclable I was just wondering

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Anything that is over 50 years old is covered by the antiquities act, therefore has to be left exactly where it is.

[@martingindulis5310]

the cinderblock building was a scale shack for weighing in and outgoing trucks

[@haroldishoy2113]

A loo with a view, one of the best built buildings on the site. The cinder block building was a weigh station and the pipes which are electrical conduit. The building with the workshop was obviously the office with an assaying laboratory.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thank you, Harold!

[@rogerdavies6226]

My guess on your small building is a scale house where loads were weighted before being processed your complete building held an assay lab, the white cabinet to vent lead fumes to the outdoors

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thanks for the info, Roger. Makes sence.

[@gregraymond428]

G’day again Steve and Andrea. Lovely sunny day. This place looks like the big bad wolf huffed n puffed and blew the joint down.(Ha) What a mess. But if there’s any copper found you should make a pile and flog it off to a scrap metal biz and make some moola. I sure would. Copper is worth a bit now. So Good Luck. But stay safe. Mind the snakes. This abandoned mine is kind of spooky. Interesting video.👍🇦🇺😁🤩😜

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Glad you enjoyed it, Greg. Amazing history. Lots more to come.

[@001desertrat3]

Steven and Andrea , do you know what the ONE thing that we didn't see at Cerbat was ? ---- Sir Bat ! Lol .

[@PinInTheAtlas]

😂

[@candymcclure2476]

I also have a terrible fear of heights! How on earth did I fall in love with Colorado? Gramma Candy

[@PinInTheAtlas]

So does Steve lol

[@slowcountryboy476]

I forgot to tell you that when you visit Cerbat and need to use the lue mention my name and you'll get the best seat in the area.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

😂

[@gregpeterman1102]

I've always heard that the purist gold mined is in North Georgia.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Wow. We haven't heard that. Thanks for the info, Greg.

[@retirementbootcampoff-grid237]

I am moving to Chloride shortly. I searched for a Cerbat town video I always feel a little sad seeing all that work making the buildings went for nothing.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

It is always a shame when we see very little left of a once thriving town. We like to feel that we can still learn a lot from those who dedicated their lives in a foreboding area so it isn’t for nothing. We hope you enjoyed our adventure and continue to come along on our explores.

[@retirementbootcampoff-grid237]

@@PinInTheAtlas Hearing what the early Arizonans went through, the harsh climate, limited or no medical help, general privation, I think I should be grateful. I understand that as the town of Chloride was shrinking drastically in the 1920s, a fire then burned down a good part of it. Somehow, it came back and never became completely abandoned. More recently, it is growing again partly due to it's proximity to Kingman, which it appears is exploding.

[@retirementbootcampoff-grid237]

@@PinInTheAtlas Did you see any evidence of homes in Cerbat?

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@retirementbootcampoff-grid237 Just what we filmed. A few foundations, the old jail (we think) and the cemetery

[@retirementbootcampoff-grid237]

@@PinInTheAtlas Makes me wonder if the town was partly seasonal, with a good portion of the residents leaving during the hot, hot summers. Or living in tents, never building. Thanks for a great adventure!

[@haroldishoy2113]

You and Angela are walking around what was once the mine or mines. The mounds are all waste rock piles from mine workings, there are obviously haulage adits exiting the mines where the ore was separated from the rock. There is evidence of cyanide leeching operations going on in various places. The vertical shaft you were looking at was a typical three chamber mine entry with two skip car carriers and one man-way. The stone building built into the hill was likely dynamite storage, these were set away from the main part of the workings for a good reason.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

We weren't able to spot any of the adits only the shafts, but the waste rock was pretty sizeable. Exploring these places is so much fun to us, putting the pieces back together and gaining knowledge into what everything is with the help of these wonderful comments makes them even more special. That makes sense as to the dynamite storage, a historic site made mention of it being the jail. We try to get the facts as straight as possible, but we are known to miss a few. Thanks Harold!

[@BadBrad23]

I am big fan of your channel. Came here when Wonderhussy introduced you. Great videos, I know you said that you are working on your mic's. They are getting better. I am not judging you just my opinion. But some people freak out when super loud if they are wearing headphones etc. I haven't uploaded a youtube video so I don't know but if its to loud etc. they are immediately turned off of the video. My local news station. news9.com when you want to watch the weather video they do a commercial which is at full volume and you can't turn it off unless mute it. Then when it goes to the weather forecast you can adjust the volume. I have written them several times with no response. Just my opinion. Keep up the videos as I am watching all of them.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thanks, Brad. Glad you are enjoying our content. We have mixed comments about volume. Some say too quiet, others just perfect. No one has said too loud. I guess it depends on their device and, as you say, headphones.

[@randomvintagefilm273]

I hope you two have someone checking in on you when you go to the far off the road places. Can you get cell reception out there?

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Yes, we do we send our GPS coordinates and length of time scheduled and contact back right away when we get into cell range. There was only 1 time we can remember being way up in the mountains that we did get reception, which was a bonus, but the majority no.

[@johnkeane8275]

That small building ,Im going for a weigh bridge office looking at the ground works out front .John Keane AUS.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Ah ha. Never thought of that.

[@retireordont]

The white pipes could be evidence of modern core drilling in an attempt to find more ore within a new claim. Drilling to map out reserves is the first step to securing funding to develop a claim

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Hi Nick. That is quite possible. There is a huge mining operation a couple of miles down the road.

[@rikspector]

Steve and Andrea, It is nice to see those old photos, they really tweak the imagination. Loads and loads of prickly Pear(Texas ) cactus. Large flowers, purple fruit in Spring. Attract Hummingbird an Butterflies. Eaten by Native Americans and Mexicans. Scrape or burn off the fine spines then skin and cook Appetizers , salads desserts and beverages The fruit produces candy which you can get in the shops around your exploration towns. I'm from the Pine area of New Jersey and we had Prickly Pear in many areas, native t o the state, but no where near as abundant as the ones there. I used to get those prickly thing in my finger as a kid:) Time to "chow down" ehh? I've been around a while and am rarely surprised at the mindlessness of some people. Stealing Markers or Vandalizing Grave yards is disgusting, Cheers, Rik but a least the Jones Family may be remembered because of you.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

That is really great to know, we will have to see if we can get some of that Prickly Pear sometime. Thank you so much Rik.

[@richardbeee]

Tried to comment yesterday, some"one" had me turned off. Great video. I used to live straight east of there. That big building had a hood in it. Probably some kind of testing or refining facility. Looked like slag on the floor. The white post are either boundry corners or a location monument. What ever it was to bad they didn't make it.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

We were wondering why we hadn't heard from you Richard. Been having a few issues with misplaced comment ourselves. We go to reply and they disappear! Hope it is all sorted out now. P.S. Keep an eye out on Patreon!

[@richardbeee]

@@PinInTheAtlas Will do. Whats up with that?

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@richardbeee No idea!

[@LUCKYB.]

1 ford frontend yellow Color. 1970s. Front end

[@DecayWithUs]

I've never understood people who vandalize cemeterys... it's surprisingly common unfortunately 😕

[@PinInTheAtlas]

We completely agree it is so unnecessary.

[@rogersienkiewicz305]

Pretty sure that last building was a guard shack

[@davidbaysinger3381]

5 min or so the pipping is electrical conduit!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thanks David!

[@haroldishoy2113]

The fire is likely a simple range fire

[@Scalihoo]

You should pick up a metal detector , I wouldn't be surprised if you found some cool things there even gold ! :)

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Gold would be nice to find. But we do leave everything for a couple of reasons. We know how excited we get when we find something, and we want other explorers to have the same experience. Second - the Antiquities Act - anything more than 50 years old should be left.

[@desertdawg3409]

That cracked rock... Water gets in a tiny crack and at night freezes and pressure of expanding ice opens the crack ever so slightly each time this happens... Come back on say 50 more years and that just might be broken pieces of that stone on the ground.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Such a shame, but that's Nature's way I guess.

[@garycooper6109]

Appears to be a weigh station for truck loads

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thanks, Gary. We hadn't thought of that.

[@danasheets5478]

looks like electrical to me

[@alexshatzko1381]

aha --looks like Ponderosa territory

[@haroldishoy2113]

Beware of the Cholla Cactus!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Yes the jumping teddy bear cactus. We learned about this one in Joshua Tree. We wrote several blogs about our trips there on our website www.pininthetlas.com if you are interested.

[@haroldishoy2113]

@@PinInTheAtlas -Somehow the link does not work, further investigation required.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@haroldishoy2113 Sorry about that, I spelt it wrong. Try this www.pinintheatlas.com

[@conniewojahn6445]

What amazes me is the lack of graffiti.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

We’re always happy when we find an area that hasn’t seen much hooliganism Connie. Shame more places aren’t the same.

[@davidturney9813]

scale house

[@UNFORTUNATELYITME]

Andrea, You are too cute I LOVE THIS CHANNEL HOW IN GOD NAME CAN ANYONE GIVE THIS A THUMBS DOWN GIVE ME A BREAK

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Sharlene you are just the sweetest! Thank you so much. P.S. be sure to keep an eye on Patreon!

[@rogersienkiewicz305]

Leach pit

[@knopper28]

Just curious. Why do you hate the graffiti? It's very artistic. Putting art on something no one cares about can't be a bad thing!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

There is a fine line between art and graffiti. Some graffiti is created by an absolute artist we agree on that and it should be showcased in a gallery somewhere. But scribbling misspelled curse words and needless sayings just bothers us. It's a personal preference of course. We do still care about these places, thats why we search them out, film and share them so we can remember their place in history.

[@retirementbootcampoff-grid237]

Year 2000 graffiti on a stone building hand built by the original residents of the county, in this case Mohave County, is vile and utterly disrespectful. This family lived, and some (at least one) died here. If an artist is serious he will respect the artful work and brutal labors that these people put into creating their homes and work places.

[@retirementbootcampoff-grid237]

​@@PinInTheAtlas I had to rework my comment several times as my feelings about these, in my view, sacred places is unequivocal. You cannot recreate antiquities. Thanks for video, and by the way, the Jones family name is from the country of Wales which you probably know has an ancient history of mining. I would expect that given the evidence that they had small children here, this family was following their passion. ⛏️

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@retirementbootcampoff-grid237 thank you for your comment. Yes Jones is a very popular name in Wales. Glad you enjoyed our explore. It’s a very old one. Hopefully we have improved in our filming techniques

[@royceiscool554]

I am not trying to be mean and I am trying hard to like your channel. However, I find the content as dry as the desert that you are in. You could show a bit more personality, smile, be silly a little. I am truly sorry to sound so negative. As I stated, I am trying hard to like the channel.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

That's OK Royce. Thank you anyway. It's not everyone's cup of tea. Like that old saying goes. "You can't please everybody all of the time, only some of the people some of the time." We are still learning and getting comfortable infront of the camera.