Returning to the Bell Wright Mine and Workshed

[@joshuairon1443]

I love how you really have respect for old relics and want to preserve them as they are found in the wild frozen in time.

[@rs2143]

That engine was probably a straight 8 Pontiac engine maybe the 38 . My dad had a 1949 pontiac when we where kids never forgot those huge back seats wool upholstery and backseat heater and foot rests what a car it had a straight 8 engine dad 90 and I'm 65 . Things have changed over half century.

[@josephlipetzky2825]

Love to see that people are bringing the artifacts back into the workshed

[@markm-ci6rj]

That compressor in the shed is so cool, should be in a museum

[@rs2143]

That engine at 17 min was a compressor converted from an engine and the tank sat on top .

[@rs2143]

1938 Pontiac hub cap . And the wheel was to it . THANKS FOR ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO .

[@GRosa250]

That was a Curtis air compressor at the beginning. Curtis has been making air compressors in the US since 1854

[@georgesmith8113]

That was fun. Some great artifacts. That air compressor and the wooden ore cart are really awesome!! Excellent video. 👍👍👍👊😎

[@minerscampkoipond6999]

Looks like a Curtis air Compressor cylinder. Cool Video !

[@donaldmesserschmidt3890]

At 21:30 that was a straight 8 general motors engine, used in Pontiac cars. Cool! Amazing old air compressor with metal wheels. That would look good in a museum. I think you are right, there must be more mine somewhere; too many engines and other equipment for just a short prospect. Nice video, thanks for taking us along!

[@SueGirling68]

Hi Jerith, some very cool finds, it's good to see the air compressor is still in situ. xx

[@ArdcoreGaming]

I love what you do and how respectful you are to the sites. I am looking forward to your future visits/finds

[@bebeandjohnnotsonomadiclif5287]

@1:05 Old air compressor...? Great video (s). Thank you. Please keep it up.

[@TnTMyers2010]

Another great explore Jerith! Many awesome finds, but that wooden ore cart takes the cake! I don't think in all my years that I have seen a wooden one at or near an actual mine. Great documentary! Looking forward to your next adventure.

[@Dave_9547]

That compressor with steel wheels likely dates from around 1920, give or take a decade or so. Nice find, thanks for the video.

[@NaomisAdventures]

So many cool finds. It's really neat to see the engines

[@casedoumasr656]

Great explore boy the compressor on the steel wheels ready to roar up to life boy the work to get it there .next time I bet you might find another portal has to be ⛏️🏆🤔

[@cdd4248]

You really are a fantastic photographer. Your stills have a nice quality and feeling you are able to capture.

[@williamlloyd3769]

Serious amount of work required to bring material up to the mine site.

[@stevehuffman7133]

Hub Cap - Pontiac with a depiction of a Native American. Similar depictions were used by Pontiac for hood ornaments.

[@macfilms9904]

I'm with you, it seems unlikely that they would have built that workshop & hauled that huge compressor in for that 30' prospect. Plus all the extra engines and whatnot - gotta be a collapsed adit around there somewhere (and you know how much park & forest managers like blasting, gating & bulldozing mine entrances to "protect" us).

[@clintonneuhaus1818]

What an amazing artifact.

[@RickNelsonMn]

Fantastic revisit!

[@rosalindafaye5668]

This was an awesome adventure! Thanks for sharing 😊

[@oculusangelicus8978]

You found a Ford 4 cylinder, and then a straight 8 GMC Both of them are flatheads. There most likely was more portals into the mountain, but judging from the amount of erosion down the side of that hill, it is more than likely the adit to the mine has been covered over by the falling rock and soil from higher up the mountain. Cool little site though. Thanks for sharing!

[@alexenaku]

@westernminedetective awesome video! I know where this place is but haven't gone yet. I am hoping it's still in one piece and plan to check it out soon. Thanks for your vids, I am recently hooked.

[@MikeOrkid]

17:53 air compressor flywheel (fanned for cooling)

[@JohnShinn1960]

Stayin tuned! 🤠👍

[@raymondsmith6504]

That would be awesome if you were able to do a few minor repairs to the cabin and help preserve it for future generations.

[@overtheGarage-ue8lh]

I think that Curtis engine is part of the air compressor in the shack.

[@stevemino142]

If it says Delco Remy it's probably a GM of some kind good video

[@randyc8171]

The cylinder head identifies the straight eight as a late 1930's Studebaker engine.

[@InTheOldCandyFactory]

That piece of a car is the cowl section of a '28-'29 model A Ford. The part facing up now would be the door pillars. No doubt it is related to the engine you found.

[@janblake9468]

The small Curtis (one s) engine is water cooled. The second auto engine you looked at is a "straight 8" made by GM.

[@jasonk5979]

Air compressor? I can't find any information that they maid engines. Doesn't mean anything I realize.

[@janblake9468]

@@jasonk5979 Could be, maybe. A mighty small one. Channel author said 'engine' so I assumed he was correct. There is a modern Curtis engine company. but they began in the 1940's.

[@ryanreesor1703]

When you were walking up to the “bucket lid” you missed the cowl to the truck that engine might have been in to the left of the bucket lid, great video though

[@drewconrad7093]

Crazy to think how they got that stuff up there.

[@kearnsey64]

How in the hell did they get that compressor up there?? Obviously in pieces by mule but wow!

[@crazyfvck]

@kearnsey64 Either that, or they had a winch in place at the top to drag everything up. Of course, the winch itself would have needed to be brought up there first in pieces ;)

[@kevinlockwood1434]

Is it a coincidence that when you called out Hey Bears, you sounded a bit like Ranger Smith?

[@markjensen399]

Curtis 2 cyl. air compressor head in creek. Delco Rhemy starter generator combo. starter to start then becomes generator for power.

[@campervanbug7658]

That third engine looks like it was converted into a compressor and the tank was above it as an air tank with one lead coming out the top

[@Rob-n3h7d]

The air compressor is around 1917

[@jimmyrivano3477]

😲😲👏👏👍👍👊👊🏆🏆🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@metingokbulut837]

🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷💯💯💯👍👍👍

[@MikeOrkid]

I'm assuming that it was an air compressor at the in the very beginning.

[@overtheGarage-ue8lh]

Wouldn't be cool to be able to find information about the car / owner or dealer with that serial number?

[@hamsterman2008]

You found a Used Car Lot .

[@bustersmith5569]

What did they mine there ? TY

[@WesternMineDetective]

The main commodity that came out of this mine was molybdenum.

[@kelleysmith9187]

That's probably a air compressor not engine

[@campervanbug7658]

It's a compressor not an engine

[@georgescott249]

why does everyone leave all of their broken trash laying around everywhere

[@crazyfvck]

@gerogescott249 When you are out in the middle of nowhere, it is often too difficult, or time consuming, or too expensive to remove all of your broken/unused/unwanted stuff. Especially for the time period that this mine was being worked, which was 100 years ago. And with wood and metal stuff, it's not really a big deal, because over time, it will degrade and break down, and eventually return back to the earth.