Risking It All to Explore This Forgotten Place - UNBELIEVABLE Discovery After a Mountain HELL Hike

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Wow, what a hike! 🥵🚶‍♂ After miles of trekking through intense heat, we finally uncovered an incredible hidden mining site. What did you think of our discovery? Share your thoughts and any experiences of your own epic hikes below! Remember to like, share, and subscribe for more thrilling adventures and hidden gems! 🌟🔍 If you like what we do and would like to support these explores: please consider Joining this channel to get early access and other perks: kzbin.info/door/Eye2nTTPZ13TYX1axHtSYwjoin ☕ BUY US A COFFEE: www.buymeacoffee.com/pinintheatlas 🫙 TIP JAR: www.paypal.com/paypalme/pinintheatlas ✅ PATREON: www.patreon.com/pinintheatlas 🧞‍♂AMAZON WISH LIST: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3FJC5W7Z1C19A/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1

[@NeyooxetuseiDreamer]

@PinInTheAtlas is that a black SASQUATCH at 0:24 - 0:26 ?

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@ you never know!

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@@JackDaniels85-4x4Vandura good luck with your channel. Let us know when you’re up and running

[@jaidamoon2993]

Oh wow. I am unfortunately very disabled & bed-bound rn. Spent tons of time in childhood camping/hiking/etc. Would absolutely LOVE nothing more than to do things like this. So thank you so much for taking me with you & showing me something I would never get to see. I really appreciate it. Instantly subscribed so can’t wait to see what you guys do next.❤

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@jaidamoon2993 welcome to our channel Jaida and thank you for subscribing. We do a variety of adventures and post new content every Tuesday. It would be our pleasure to have you join us. Looking forward to our next adventure together

[@jerroldmcley4347]

Absolutely gorgeous place

[@tinadelwiche416]

What a lovely, tranquil place. Horseback riding country 😊

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Most definitely

[@lornahardin4563]

Just gorgeous, no other word. Those log cabins were made quite well in their day. Can you imagine mining and fishing in such remoteness and loving it. Do you know what they were mining. Beautiful video you guys. And glad you did not do the mine.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

No idea Lorna. Have no history on the place. Majestic isn’t it?

[@Post-i5t]

One of your best videos to date, this is so really unbelievable and hope no one finds this place to damage its or its contents. thanks

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thank you. They’d need to be pretty dedicated to do the drive then the hike! Took a couple of days to recover

[@JoseyWilds]

You don’t have a clue what some KZbinrs will do for clout!!!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@JoseyWilds so true Josey

[@MichealSutton-o3e]

Saw another you tuber who drove here

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@MichealSutton-o3e wonder when that was filmed!

[@raktoda707]

Still finding the mysterious buildings,caves time has hidden away...only the hardy can reach and share with us. Thank you ! Looked like a mighty steep pitch going up to the caves....you were wise to avoid entry...no video challenge is worth your health or life.Good teaching.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@raktoda707 safety first. Glad you enjoyed the explore. See you on our next adventure

[@rhondaz356]

That must have been a gorgeous, idyllic place to stay, in its prime.🏡🏡🏡 It's such a beautiful, pristine setting. Have you any idea when it was abandoned? Dave is definitely a risk taker.😲 There is some evidence of fairly, recent activity.🤗 Thank you for taking us along, Andrea and Steven. We had it easy, and did not have to endure the heat, hike and insects. excellent, enjoyable, and informative video, Andrea and Steven... much appreciated 🌿🙏🏻🤗👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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@@rhondaz356 certainly is beautiful Rhonda and yes he is. That’s youth for you. Don’t know any history on this place at all. One of those surprise finds

[@DeborahFlorian-gy6lw]

A punishing hike, bloodthirsty insects.....what you guys will do for us viewers! But i'm glad Steve drew the line at that cave. Gorgeous scenery once again, you're surely right, Andrea, that must have been a summer camp only. Imagine winter there!

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@@DeborahFlorian-gy6lw hopefully we’ll get a lots of views. We sure can do with it! And yes the snow would be 10 15 even 20 foot high in the winter. But what a view especially with the mountain lake.

[@AdamSander-b3b]

My dad owned a drilling company. One time he got hired to drill a water well for a guy on black mountain in Colorado. He took my mom, my older brother and me in the camper truck to stay with him on the drill site until the well was finished. One day my brother and I took off walking into the woods and walked for about an hour until we found some old faint two track road heading into a small canyon. At the end of the canyon was a cliff face with a mine dug into it. Alongside the trail leading to the mine and on both sides of the trail were houses. Old and filled about a quarter of the way up the walls with dirt and some with the roofs caved partially in. 4 houses on each side. In each house was all the stuff these people left behind but it was strange. There were old bones on the metal plates on the tables. Cups sitting out. Clothes on hangers. It was like they all just up and left suddenly without taking anything with them. There were even guns laying about here and there and ammunition boxes on the shelves. In one house we found dentist tools and bottles with various kinds of powder on the shelves. I being just 10 years old and having a good sized bottle collection at home was stoked about the bottles and so I gathered them all up and my brother took the guns and some old cash and coins in an open safe that was half buried in another house. When we got back to camp my dad confiscated the guns and money but I was allowed to keep the bottles. In one bottle was some white powder. I tasted it and instantly my tongue went numb. My brother tried it too and quickly sniffed the entire bottle up his nose which I didn’t understand but I thought was funny. He said his whole face was numb and then he disappeared for two days. We searched and searched and finally he came back home. My parents were mad as hell. Later he told me it was cocaine in that bottle. I didn’t know what that was but now I do. My 12 year old brother snorted about 3 grams of coke and went on a run to get the shakes to go away and got lost. We never went back to that place but I’ve always wondered why those people left all their stuff and just left.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Wow. What an adventure. Thanks for sharing

[@jaidamoon2993]

Oh my goodness!!! What a trip that musta been. Esp when you learned what the powder was. Your brother is quite lucky. A ton of different substances were white powders in history. Could’ve been anything - arsenic or morphine. Also, it was likely a purity that no one can get anymore so he’s very very lucky. Obviously he knew what it was (how it’s identified by the numbness) soooooo …..lol.😅😅 it must’ve been a fun trip.

[@michaelgalea5148]

Hello Steve and Andrea thank you for another great adventure

[@DecayWithUs]

DANG that's an awesome town! Great video! "Back down to solid ground" had me rollin 🤣 😂

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Flippin hard hike though! Absolutely gorgeous. Took us the best part of the day to get there. Glad we had snacks

[@Blackwater-Bandit]

Wow, Just beautiful.

[@buckwheatsofia]

What a gorgeous place. So nice & peaceful. Thanks so much for sharing.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@buckwheatsofia welcome Becky

[@bernardofitzpatrick5403]

Who would want to,live in a city when there is scenery like this! Awesome vid guys 👌💯fun to have Dave along as well !

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@bernardofitzpatrick5403 beautiful

[@sherrilee230]

That bucket is what they used to make roads either pulled by horse or vehicle. It had two handles the stuck out and a person would guide it while it was being pulled

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@sherrilee230 thanks for the info Sherrilee

[@Bumblingdesertdweller]

From someone who has had the misery of getting to use one of those. It’s called a horse drawn slip. The two wooden handles are to dump the bucket over as it gathers the dirt and you need to empty it. It is only possible with a very good horse. My grandfather actually used one of those to dig a basement for their house.

[@sherrilee230]

@@Bumblingdesertdweller i helped my daddy build a road to our house. I drove the truck and he shoveled the dirt. I was a 17 year old girl and now 72. What an experience and shoveled rock to fill the clay in

[@kenclifford5556]

great place but as you said i can/t imagine being there in the winter. thanks for this.

[@noahcount7132]

The "bucket" beginning at 6:46 is the remains of a horse-drawn earth-moving implement called a Fresno. The broken-off pieces of wood are all that remains of handles that enabled the operator, walking behind, to control it.

[@timdavis7168]

@@noahcount7132 It's called a slipscoop.

[@richardbeee]

Thanks!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@richardbeee thank you 🙏

[@billywood9717]

Wow! Look between .23 to .25 seconds in. Some shape, black, tall, moves in cryptic fashion. Then blends into the woods. Prety wild!.... beautiful find nonetheless. Absolutely worth the treacherous hike. Thanks for taking us!

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@@billywood9717 glad you enjoyed it

[@nataliepuckett2672]

Beautiful, really amazing!

[@JesseRagan-lc3tu]

That bucket is a Fresno, pulled by horse to build ditches, roads, reservoirs etc. I have the one that my grandfather used here in Montana early 1900 to 50's building county roads and reservoirs.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@JesseRagan-lc3tu thanks for the info Jesse

[@davec9244]

You all work so hard! thank you

[@lindawatson8087]

What a beautiful piece of property. Thanks for sharing. Happy Thanksgiving!

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@@lindawatson8087 happy thanksgiving Linda

[@gaylewilliamson9183]

I tried living in a city once an way to noisy,I live in the country wouldnt have it any other way,as long as I have my mind.Thanks guys .Take care all 👍❤️

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Totally agree Gayle. Too many people too dirty too much noise and everyone is in a rush! We like the slower pace

[@kerryjacobson5465]

I bet there's some 2-headed fish in that lake! Beautiful scenery, though! Awesome, as always! Thanks for the tour.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Glad you enjoyed it Kerry

[@WyomingTraveler]

This looks like an interesting mining camp/Ghost Town to explore. Yours is the third, maybe fourth, video I have seen of this location..

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@WyomingTraveler we should have posted it when we filmed it back in July. I’ve seen a couple of those videos

[@blairtinkle4563]

Excellent.

[@candymcclure2476]

Superb explore! Thank you, Gramma Candy

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@candymcclure2476 thank you 🙏

[@BessieMann]

Such a beautiful place

[@LilyGazou]

I always carry a pack of supplies even on day hikes. In case of emergency. The ten essentials for each person and then some.

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@@LilyGazou always a good place to start Lily

[@brianshersby8979]

Hi Stevecand Andrea - what an astounding location; I should think you got quite out of breath, with steep hiking for miles at around 9,000 feet. Great to see the little marmot. Thanks for a great video.

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@@brianshersby8979 you’re welcome Brian

[@robertbarnard5731]

That mine looked like if you touched any rock it would come loose. Otherwise it was an absolutely fantastic video.

[@luciamartinez9110]

Very cool site. Where at is that in Montana? I am watching this from Roundup Montana. What a cool area. Thanks for sharing.

[@nomaderic]

Stunning. Im a nomad who travels around the country backpacking. I have a small car so i cant drive to alot of locations but boy do i try. Im obsessed with remoteness. Id sit in an empty field for days if you told me there wasn't another human for 100 miles

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Sounds a little like us

[@dezertraider]

FANTASTIC..HAPPY THANKSGIVING..

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thanks Ralph

[@warrenwilson4818]

Excellent upload. It must have been some huge snowdrifts to cause such devastation of the buildings. Sun. Dec. 1, 2024. Missouri.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@warrenwilson4818 thanks. Yes pretty deep snow throughout the winter

[@Anna-jb7ll]

I wanna live there!!!!

[@whowhatware-mi5ov]

That road is driven on regularly, if not it would be overgrown.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Maybe by ATVs. As we mentioned in the video probably hunters use the place

[@Columbiagorgekayaker541]

I drove in there in 2014 and camped while I was overlanding in Montana

[@tinadelwiche416]

The luve is in better shape than the cabins,,,,hmm I wonder why.😊🤔🤔🧐

[@Hopefloats54]

Answer to your first question Steven--to stay slim and trim??🤣😂😂 Beautiful

[@gaylewilliamson9183]

What a find ,Id like to fish there and take a swim when its so hot ❤️👍

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Beautiful place for it. It’s ice water though so cold even in summer

[@normstephens8354]

Loved the views! Another interesting video and explore! I'd think 9,000 feet would be about average for a mine in Colorado, but the snow comes earlier and stays longer in Montana. It would be interesting to find out if they spent the winter there? I tend to think they did based on the spoil pile. The period of time without snow would have been kind of short! The basement to my house and some of the surrounding houses were dug with a horse and slip scoop. My uncles dug the pond at the family homestead with a horse drawn plow and slip scoop.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Beautiful isn’t it?

[@normstephens8354]

@@PinInTheAtlas Yes ... very much so!

[@richardbeee]

Absolutely stunning location. I'm glad you made it there. Must have been a long,terribly hot hike. The flies sucking your life blood out of you and leaving little welts as gifts to remind you that they'd been there. Why heck! I was waiting for a bear to come charging out of the woods. Have to admit,if you got that on film; even I would have laughed. Great explore. Y'all be cool. See you next time. Peace.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@richardbeee did not enjoy that hike at all and those flies!!! Worth it in the end though. Amazing place

[@88billythekid8]

I appreciate the randomland hat.

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@@88billythekid8 got to support other tubers. Justin is one of our favs

[@daviddouglas4200]

Thought it was the Swiss Alps at first......

[@timbermaster6132]

I’ve been there exploring the mines above the lake. They are full of artifacts. There is another smaller mine about 1/2 mile up the canyon way up on the mountainside. I found a pocket watch up there inscribed “John F Crary 1917”. It’s an incredible place but no offense to you or other youtubers, it will be loved to death with the exposure.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@timbermaster6132 wow what an amazing find. Very jealous. I agree which is why we don’t give out the locations.

[@Corgis175]

Summer time to be sure, not now in late Nov.

[@Gail-ux2ly]

I wonder just how polluted the lake is from the runoff from the mine tailings.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@Gail-ux2ly so true Gail. It looks so crystal clear doesn’t it? And very cold 🥶

[@kanamichelle7404]

Who, or what crossed the road in front of the lady at about 0:23? Was that one of you, or something/someone else?

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@kanamichelle7404 not sure. 🤔 have to re look

[@zay2066]

i was thinking the same thing. i was like is that a bigfoot. was right after she took a drink

[@nancysmith-baker1813]

May I ask yhe mountain range your in .? Reminds me of a place you get to from the Gallatin canyon. Remote .

[@PinInTheAtlas]

It certainly is remote. Don’t know the range sorry.

[@nancysmith-baker1813]

@PinInTheAtlas thankyou .may I ask the Nearest town ? Or county .?

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@ we try not to give too much away but it’s not too far from Virginia City

[@djmossssomjd8496]

Its thanks to explorers like you that old guys (in the UK) like me get to see these locations. Thank you and stay safe out there 🙂

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@djmossssomjd8496 glad you enjoyed it

[@lesleyrobbins1137]

😯 👀 👍🏼

[@pixelpeter3883]

9,000 ft? I would have been complaining all the way up there too..That'll knock the wind right outta ya! Stunning place though, especially because everything is still (relatively speaking) in 'pristine' condition, meaning like how nature intended it to decay :-)

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Yes all nature which is great. Would love to have seen it in full swing

[@wirebrush]

There's been a few videos of this place uoaded recently. I have to wonder if someone took down the "private property" signs or something. I have been to this place, but have only seen it from a distance - behind the gate across the trail going in.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@wirebrush must have done then. We didn’t see any signs.

[@tonyhill6300]

Beautiful country. What state is that?

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@tonyhill6300 Montana

[@JMVideos7676]

Wow, did you bring any form of supplemental oxygen when up that high?

[@PinInTheAtlas]

We should have 🤣

[@CraigGlover]

I wouldn't leave that place

[@davhuf3496]

I spent time in Montana years ago, may I ask what part of the state this is in?

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@davhuf3496 north of Virginia City

[@davhuf3496]

@@PinInTheAtlas TY

[@mikekares-b8q]

The Kid says he's got Heath Insurance . But how's he going to get help If he gets injured . Dave's a real hero ,At least that's what he said.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Remember what it’s like when you’re young and indestructible and no one can tell you otherwise!

[@DeborahFlorian-gy6lw]

Invincible!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@DeborahFlorian-gy6lw that too

[@HAPPYPLANTGAL]

Lol😂 biggest lou i ever seen Was in Alaska a 12 seater😅.

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@@HAPPYPLANTGAL now that’s impressive!

[@nikolanikolov4287]

Could it be possible someone to get there with a quad ATV or UTV? Like Can-Am or Polaris.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Possibly. The road was pretty jacked up when we went.

[@Hondodawg]

NEVER, NEVER, NEVER ENTER AN ABANDONED MINE. PEOPLE ARE KILLED EVERY YEAR IN ABANDONED MINES. .

[@larryhoffman9481]

Risking all what? It's a hike, but on a good trail for ATV's. I walked in and out when I was 71. Ah, but what sells better on KZbin than melodrama?😁

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@larryhoffman9481 not sure how long ago you walked in. They had mass washouts. We don’t have an ATV either plus you have no ideas what injuries we have

[@BurleyBob0010]

It's a cave or mine. Not a portal.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@BurleyBob0010 it’s definitely not a cave as you can clearly see. It’s a portal to the entrance of a mine. Its also called an adit.

[@michelleharrell8452]

Where are bars. This is an illegal act of not having bars by ID Mining Association. Could down miles & be lost forever.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@michelleharrell8452 it’s not in Idaho Michelle

[@tonyramirez4160]

I'm a gamer, and it almost resembles an area in Red Dead Redemption 2. It is very beautiful and probably very peaceful place.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thank you for sharing. We’re not gamers - no space and no internet! Glad you enjoyed it. See you on our next adventure

[@The1234567890patrick]

So you should have brought a gun. There are big bears there you could get attacked

[@PinInTheAtlas]

We are always prepared

[@scottwagner6302]

Can't get keeping this "secret" for a privileged few. Difficulty of access limits visitors. These treasures are for ALL lovers of history. My 2c, tx

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@scottwagner6302 yep agree. It’s on google earth for those who want to do the leg work like we did. In more ways than one. That hike was exhausting

[@CraigGlover]

Are you British.. how do U manage to emigrate I've been looking to emigrate to Canada by it it's not easy for a Brit, you have to have a job application open

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@CraigGlover yes I am. I’ve been here a long time.

[@CraigGlover]

@PinInTheAtlas I'm jealous this is the wilderness I long for , there nothing in the UK like this this country is so depleted of wilderness

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@ England does have some beautiful areas and plenty of history though. Have you been to the South Downs? Wide open space and great hiking and camping

[@CraigGlover]

@@PinInTheAtlas No I'm in Notts so peak district is our closest national park, will have take a trip down.

[@markthompson2079]

Lord dude that music almost made me move on.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thanks for hanging in there

[@peterwaroblak166]

You said "Have no history on the place" how did you find it? Who left the toilet paper?

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@peterwaroblak166 google earth and probably hunters

[@superjet2771]

Answer: You do it for content, likes and views.

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@@superjet2771 and the adventure

[@AdelongloPrado]

I tought its russia