Something is out There - Big Dick Mine

[@gerryhartung736]

I think the effort you both go through to entertain viewers is special. As a person at 80, I like to explore also. Enjoy your vids immensely. Most viewers cannot travel as you do, so they live vicariously through your efforts. The last one with the shaking bottle.....hilarious! As the great traveler Rick Steves would say....KEEP ON TRAVELING!

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thanks so much. We really appreciate your views and comments and glad that you enjoy our explores. If there are places that you'd like to see us visit please email us Gerry.

[@kerryjacobson5465]

Somebody had a sense of humor, when naming that mine! Great explore!

[@gerryhartung736]

That kitchen table may be 50s or 60s. My family moved from Illinois to Anaheim in 1954. I was 10 at the time. Six kids, we sat 3 per side at a table almost the same as that one. A faux marble formica top in gray and white, chrome legs, 8 chairs matching.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Very cool Gerry.Funny how certain things stick in our minds

[@richardbeee]

Thanks!

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@@richardbeee ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@DeborahFlorian-gy6lw]

Already watched this one twice, can't get enough of this particular brand of wilderness! Gotta say, though, you guys are brave to venture so far out there. But thanks for doing so! What an incline, such a workout!!! ✨️🌟✨️

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Yep we felt it for a few days! Got to get fitter lol

[@caryward8251]

Hello, Stephen and Andrea. Magnificent scenery in this exploration and such a wonderful physical workout to top it off!! At 15:47, if certain people wouldn’t ravage the artifacts there, that would be a beautiful Washing Machine to enjoy viewing! Missing the Wringer-Head for the shaft on the left corner, the Agitator inside, and the Lid on top, too! Back in the 1950’s, we had to go to the Laundromat that had about 20 of these types of machines to do our clothes. Otherwise, my Mom had to use a No. 3 Tub with a Scrub Board to clean clothes and then hang them on a Clothes Line!! The ‘Wonderful Good-Old-Days’ !!

[@missy183]

Awesome video, Thank you for sharing. 📹❤❤

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@missy183 thanks for watching

[@RaymondCoggins-xd2re]

another Awesome Adventer with my PIN and beer great vidio

[@brianshersby8979]

Hi Steve and Andrea - great video as always, and some stunning scenery, even if it was raining. (but I didn't get wet!). I love the way you studiously tried not to laugh Andrea, when you told us the name of the mine.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@brianshersby8979 was trying to be professional Brian! 🤣

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[@mikehunt8375]

Whatever people call Bigfoot. I used to think it was ridiculous until I had my own, unbelievable experience deep out in the woods by myself. I 100% believe something is there, sometimes we can see it, sometimes we can't, we can only hear it and sense it. Truly scary shit... I'd rather meet anyone in the woods alone than something I can't see...

[@olliespackrt5763]

Awesome site thanks you for the journey!

[@gaylewilliamson9183]

I bet a man named this mine don't you😂that is a beautiful place,and that tall building was a pain to build ,I think Did you notice if they used square nails?I love that old trucks huge steering wheel.I don't do heights well either.Take care love you guys 👍❤️

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@gaylewilliamson9183 didn’t see any square nails Gayle. And probably 🤣

[@michaelgalea5148]

Steve and Andrea thank you for another wonderful adventure. Glad you weren't hurt Steve, you pulled it off in a grand manner.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@michaelgalea5148 thanks Michael. Yeah he was fine. Put a hole in his trousers though!

[@michaelgalea5148]

Well that's the least of his worries. Trousers can be patched or replaced.

[@WyomingTraveler]

Beautiful country as well as interesting. Mine remains, thanks for taking me on your Audi. I enjoyed it.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Happy you joined us.

[@granddad-mv5ef]

Chrome dinettes became popular in the the 40s and continued through the 50s, by the 60s they were beginning to show their age. And as you said, they have regained some shine with the retro lovers. The washing machine had both an agitator and a wringer, think we are looking at the mid-50s at newest.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@granddad-mv5ef thank you for the info. Retro is definitely back in

[@candymcclure2476]

That table most likely from the 40's. "nice leather chair" made me chuckle! Gramma Again

[@katielin2379]

That's right! No trip is complete without a trip to the lew.

[@richardbrobeck2384]

great video !

[@gaylewilliamson9183]

definitely 50s table,and yes a washing machine ,was there any chairs to match the table?we had that kind of table when I was growing up and a square washer I love the metal crispers in the frig.too ,now everything is plastic ,love,love,love you r videos👍😊🇺🇸

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@gaylewilliamson9183 didn’t see any chair’s Gayle. Thanks for the compliment and your support

[@tinadelwiche416]

You’re in Bigfoot country!! I hope you s didn’t spend the night. I d be scared 😮. Quite delapitaded, but we can still imagine what it was at one time. Ty for sharing.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@tinadelwiche416 didn’t stay up the mountain but we camped in the area

[@DecayWithUs]

Dang Steven, how did they know you would show up someday? They named the mine about you and everything!

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@@DecayWithUs 🤣

[@candymcclure2476]

When Steve started sliding down that hill and barely got it under control twice, I was worried. If either of you got badly hurt it would be incredibly hard to get medical help. My prayers for you both, Gramma Candy

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Thank you. A little of that was for show I think. You know how guys are!!!

[@gerryhartung736]

Many raised chimneys for wood stoves have caused fires back i-t-d. Mine was made of 18x18 concrete blocks that started below floor.

[@normstephens8354]

Interesting video and explore! I went for a mountain hike in Montana once about the first week of August and the light rain soon turned into snow! Once I saw the fence along the road ... I kind of figured the entry portals would be closed. Those marshy areas are often the best place to find snakes. I think the table is late 40s on to early 60s. The washing machine is the type that ran off a gas engine. I did a search on KZbin for "Big Dick" and your video turns up as number three on a rather unusual list of videos! 🙂 I think you got a bit of a crossover on viewers there! I tried to look up when it was being mined, but the results were far from conclusive. I think it is a case requiring a real library visit. I found one source listing production in 1927 and another talking about ore processing in 1940. My guess is the war ended production there. Looks like there are lots of mines in the area ... and sometimes when a mine closed and an ore body was found in another mine ... they would go back to the closed mine and look for the same rock sequence.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

Most definitely snakes, yes! I can only imagine Norm! are the other videos of a rude nature? That is the thing about researching on line - it is so difficult these days and lots of wrong information too. Libraries are always the best way. Unfortunately difficult for us seeing as we are on the road and normally in the middle of nowhere!

[@normstephens8354]

@@PinInTheAtlas The other videos are pointedly off the subject of lead and silver mining! lol I suspect you would not have the time needed even if a library was convenient. It can take a lot of time to follow the sources to the facts ... and often when you are dealing with old sources ... they are often protected and more of a problem to access.

[@rhondaz356]

As I was watching this, I couldn't imagine how they got all of those materials, furniture, and equipment up there, a century plus years ago.🤔 The road must have been very serviceable back then. I was looking at the refrigerator, the leather chair, etc. So, whose things would those be, if the mine closed in 1930? Andrea suggested that hunters might have used those cabins back in the 1950s, and maybe even later. That makes sense.🤔🤫🤗 BTW, as much as we enjoy your adventures, none of us want to see either one of you put yourself in questionable, dangerous circumstanes, more than you already do, Andrea and Steven. 🏚🙏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻💚

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@rhondaz356 always careful Rhonda. Well as much as we can be.

[@theozarkduke]

Table is 1950's. and beautiful and worth a little money there. and yes that was a old 1940s wringer washer. i still have one now.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@theozarkduke thank you. Does the washer still work?

[@theozarkduke]

@@PinInTheAtlas yes it doe's i use it to wash shop rags and some times rugs.have had it fixed 2 times since we got it 30 yers ago.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@ they knew how to make things last back then

[@AaronKnowlton-r4r]

The mine was a gold but it's solfide ore not free mill. Also it's been claimed up for awhile.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@AaronKnowlton-r4r thanks for the info Aaron

[@johnmonaco1028]

Andrea owns this title..

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@@johnmonaco1028 🤣

[@michaeljimenez1203]

In my best British Accent,(Frankenstein) " It was the Monster, I tell you. " And such language Andrea, My, My. Lots of buildings, and lots of wood. It must of looked like something, in it's Heyday. All that activity going on, so high up the Mountain. Reminds me of " McCabe and Mrs. Miller ". Got me on that first slide Steven. I thought that was Sasquatch. How big Are your feet, if you don't mind me asking ? I wear a 10-10 1/2 Sorry, I've been limited. I have one more thing to do before I can relax a little. I hope you are well, and as always, Please Be Safe.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@michaeljimenez1203 definitely would have been something to see in its heyday

[@ynotcougar]

That is absolutely Beautiful Country, Big Dick Kinda looks like Dildo Newfoundland!

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@@ynotcougar 🤣

[@Britcarjunkie]

You know, the name of that mine can make me think of way too many funny names for mines, but since this is a family channel, I'll refrain... Yup, I'm leaving it alone.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@Britcarjunkie just as well Charles 🤣

[@craigbrowning9448]

@13:56 the refrigerator looks newer than the 1930s, more like late 1950s or 60s.

[@gregphillips.1312]

I beg your pardon, the what Mine? How rude 😂😂✌❤🙏🍻🇬🇧

[@PinInTheAtlas]

🤣

[@kenclifford5556]

i think and elk sounds right. they could be in rut. thanks for this.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

That's certainly possible Ken.

[@SunCityOffroadRecovery]

I've seen that dump bed on the barrels before.......

[@tinadelwiche416]

That s a sound Bigfoots make. No joke

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@tinadelwiche416 it crossed our minds

[@waynebender8835]

I'm confused. The sound at the beginning of your video. Was it you? What a find. The truck from the 1930's . The table early 1950's. . The large building has the look of being built in the late 1880's? Now I wouldn't be able to do what you do there.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@waynebender8835 not sure what sound you heard. Great place to explore. Shame we couldn’t get over to the others

[@waynebender8835]

@PinInTheAtlas At the very beginning before you speak. Some kind of screaming or yelling.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@ other people I guess. There’s a campsite at the bottom of the mountain and sound carried

[@waynebender8835]

@PinInTheAtlas At least I didn't make it up.

[@bobcat9314]

You guys find some absolutely beautiful locations. Very cool. Watch your feet..a hand spike through the foot will put you down for a week..oh boy does it hurt..

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@bobcat9314 our brown boots are steel toe with a steal base

[@bobcat9314]

@PinInTheAtlas i was watching the camera man slide down the gravel hill i thought oh man hes gonna jam something in his foot..smart thinking with nail protector shoes-boots ..how are they to hike in?.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@bobcat9314 they’re great actually. Really comfortable

[@richardbeee]

Oh ? I really wanted to say something. Really, I did!😊

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@richardbeee just as well you didn’t 🤣

[@richardbeee]

@PinInTheAtlas No fun at all!

[@victoriamaaske7420]

12.01 Ringer 😊washer. Needs a head to squeeze the water out of clothing then put in rinse water andcrepeat ringing out.

[@lesleyrobbins1137]

Man, what a setting. Beautiful. Maybe the mine was named in honor of Bigfoot, don'tcha know? Get your minds out of the gutter!!!!!! 😆😆😆😆😆

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@lesleyrobbins1137 🤣exactly Lesley

[@kenp9469]

Walk across a tree? Glad you didn't. Part of the reason I watch most of what you post. Is you use common sense.

[@danasheets1774]

1950’s table

[@MontanaDirtRoads]

Probably shouldn't call out the names of these places as this is how they get destroyed.i know this area and I'm sure the private land owners above this wouldn't want to see this area trashed.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@MontanaDirtRoads we only give names out of places that are really well known. But thank you

[@MontanaDirtRoads]

@PinInTheAtlas pretty sure this isn't "well known".

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@ with a name like that it’s pretty well known. it’s on the map. But we get where you’re coming from

[@pixelpeter3883]

Everything ok with the ear?

[@JesseRagan-lc3tu]

Probably Bigfoot.

[@ronnie22able]

Relatives have told me never go hiking unarmed in Montana. You never know where grizzly bears might be hanging out and need to be prepared just in case. That could have been what was watching you.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@ronnie22able I guess we’ll never know!

[@williamschuh4413]

Matag Washing Machine !!!

[@Kitty-h9c5s]

Hey guys, my old cellphone died, and I have a new phone and email address. It's me, Diane, now Kitty. I hope all is well.

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@Kitty-h9c5s hi Diane. Thanks for letting us know. You can always email us too

[@Kitty-h9c5s]

@PinInTheAtlas I don't know your email address. If you can help with that, great. I hope you'll eventually get to see Wolf House, Jack London's former home that burned to the ground, only leaving the stone walls. It's in Northern California.

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@@Kitty-h9c5s [e-mail]

[@jerroldmcley4347]

Big foot?

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@jerroldmcley4347 maybe 🤔

[@SteveZeko-nr6uy]

Very beautiful who is that lovely woman?

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@SteveZeko-nr6uy thank you ❤️

[@box4859]

I've seen bigger.

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@@box4859 🤣

[@DecayWithUs]

😂😂😂

[@davec9244]

Look like drowned rats, you guy got wet! But you trouper on good job! thank you

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@davec9244 totally saturated!

[@Tort4Short]

can we say, bigfoot?

[@PinInTheAtlas]

@@Tort4Short maybe 🤔

[@tombabcock4967]

As compared to Little Dick Mine?

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@@tombabcock4967 🤣