Stunning Setting For This Gold Mine In The Peaks

[@myflightinstructor]

I was there about 20 years ago.. it a beautiful area and there are many adits in the area. Have enjoyed many of your videos, keep up the terrific work.

[@uwillnevahno6837]

Do you have any photos that you can share to compare the change over time?

[@hdvette64]

The amount of work it took just to build the road is mind boggling. Can you imagine what it took to build the cable system alone. Unreal

[@katherinekinnaird4408]

That view alone is worth tuning in. All that beauty and a mine explore! Good stuff. Thank you for the expense of gas and more. Safe travels.

[@nofortunatesonII]

It always amazes me how people could tunnel through solid rock and build these mines. Pretty amazing what people can do.

[@StirlingLighthouse]

What a beautiful location. It’s cool to see the mini miner/adventurer with you. The skeleton timber is likely pine and the turpentine remains concentrated in the knots of the branches and heartwood as fat wood. Cool wheelhouse and artifacts! Again, what nice vistas! Thank you 🙏

[@stevebaseley]

Them views are amazing lovely little mine thanks for sharing 👍 🇬🇧

[@santaclause5743]

Really enjoy your material. What amazes me is the way those miners constructed the rock wall with great skill amongst a lot of others things. You have to remember how they got all the lumber, large wheels ETC. Up on those very steep and ruggged terrain. My hats off to those people. Very difficult, dangerous work. And living conditions. Thank you!

[@judeodomhnaill9711]

The Western landscape is so amazing. You're blessed. I do anthracite coal mines. A whole different monster.

[@TVRExploring]

Anyone doing coal mines gets an extra level of respect from me... "Monster" is a good adjective.

[@judeodomhnaill9711]

@@TVRExploring hahaha thanks. Almost 19 years exploring. The Thrunites changed the game a few years back now. Every now and then we get good internal rock haulage tunnels or rock slopes, the shale and coal are difficult to say the least. Love your channel.

[@tutekohe1361]

That large Pulley Sheave at 18:30 had twin brake bands on it, which implies it was at the control end of the Ropeway. The lack of a Boiler or Engine may say it worked under gravity power and it was the weight of the ore in the skips that drove the Ropeway. Stunning scenery, great video.

[@jamesthompson8008]

@Tu te Kohe That's a pretty keen observation there; after rewatching that part, I agree with you. It strikes me that between the quality of work & the size of those foundations, it speaks to a significant operation there in it's day(especially at that elevation).

[@rickbauer7976]

I'm always amazed to see the extent of effort put into mines for the gold!!

[@grizzleypeak]

Been almost 30 years since I hiked down to where those bull wheels are.... Looks pretty much how I remember. It's like a whole other world up there. That's one of the best hidden gems on that mountain.

[@ralphpatrick3071]

Reminds me of my Sierra backpacking days. Yeah, I guess you could run into a timber rattler or two. The snow tends to flatten any all objects foreign to the landscape. Your lucky to find what you did. Thanks, for your physical effort! Always good work. Thanks, Justin..

[@williamwintemberg]

Beautiful views, rock walls and the remains of the tram system. Very, very nice Justin!

[@TVRExploring]

Yes, this one definitely made it to my favorites list.

[@michaelcoker3197]

Still the best in this genre.

[@volktales7005]

Absolutely beautiful country there. Nice to see the old machinery still there. Very cool!

[@worldtraveler930]

I am impressed with the scenery!!!

[@SueGirling68]

Hi Justin, wow that scenery is stunning, it's so cool that you can still see remnants of the tram station. Another fantastic video, thank you for sharing, much love. xx ❤

[@GramCanyonSam]

I love going out on cuts like that they always lead to something cool

[@mikewinings4120]

I want to see this place so badly,what a grand view,thanks for another great video!

[@markattardo]

Incredible workmanship in an incredible environment! So impressive to see how well the roads have held up.

[@justfinley1]

I’ve been exploring the northern sierra mines, (north of reno and south of carson). Unfortunately i had to move to arizona, so im hoping there’s some within 2 hours. Love these environments.

[@judeodomhnaill9711]

Probably are. Good stuff though from one explorer to another. Stay safe man.

[@machinegunhippy]

Tons in az .. im in north phx let's go brother lol

[@alexandremoore6818]

I’m up in Prescott and I’ve explored some awesome ones near Mayer. I have a list with about 20 mines that I’m gonna be exploring soon

[@Porty1119]

What part of AZ?

[@justfinley1]

im down here in gilbert. getting the truck geared out since i lifted it; so once that’s done here im going to start looking for mines. thanks for mentioning where to look; i’ll prob start around flagstaff since i want to see what’s going on up there!

[@davegrummett1263]

Hi Justin. Thanks for the video. Beautiful spot. It's interesting how the timbers in the mine rotted leaving the branches. I have an old cedar log on my front porch that rotted the opposite way. All the branch points rotted away leaving a Swiss cheese looking log with the trunk intact.

[@bebeandjohnnotsonomadiclif5287]

Thank you.

[@davekreitzer4358]

Outstanding explore this time ! Very KOOL to see most of the equipment there , it's getting rarer these days !

[@AbandonedMaine]

Just ran across a few old silver mines here in Maine and these working a far more extensive

[@ismewhat1234]

Crazy cool looking place thanks for sharing👍

[@brucet8551]

fantastic scenery.you have to admire the miners working rugged country like that.thank you for sharing

[@goldcountryexplorers8332]

I've stumbled across several angry rattlesnakes wandering around that big mountain looking at the old mines & petroglyphs

[@patruddiman4228]

Another great video

[@rebelhorse1882]

Home sweet home .. best place ever to ride

[@SueCooke]

Great video. Outstanding views, beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Stay safe.

[@jacobjohnson6649]

Great video! Gnarly drive! No bunk houses up there! Those crazy old guys walked up from town below every day!

[@darinday6930]

Another awesome video sir!

[@dereksimpson1284]

Man that's a pretty view

[@markcantemail8018]

Wow stunning Scenery . Thank you for the Video .

[@dyannejohnson6184]

My goodness enjoyed very much

[@bryanreynolds8034]

Awesome views thanks for sharing that's some tough country it rocks literally. 👍

[@weshawkins7165]

Great video. Love that area. I’d have my metal detector swinging over those veins. Imagine what it took back in the day to get that equipment in there, unbelievable.

[@janaburritt6939]

Beautiful territory. Nice mine ☺️

[@jodywales6760]

Amazing thank you.

[@scotttaylor8498]

Amazing views thanks.

[@David-jn4fx]

Love every video and always look forward to the explore man! The earth is so awesome and the miners who saw the same..✌

[@rayarthur586]

I can add nothing to the comments. Love this stuff keep it up. Many thanks.

[@GTGibbs]

Love this content. Thanks for sharing it with us! Be safe man.

[@georgesmith8113]

Awesome location!! Great video! 👍👍👍👊😎

[@briscoelcamino7850]

What a beautiful spot!

[@joshuajackson6442]

Great views, thank you for sharing

[@ericcorse]

Those views were amazing along with those stone walls. I wonder if the miners took the engine with them when they left the mine.

[@Rambogner]

Jesus that scenery is unbelievable. Did you take any high resolution stills of it by any chance? If you'd be willing to share of course?

[@parkerottoackley6325]

Thank you for your vids Beautiful

[@johnbrownlee7623]

Thanks....................

[@joepipito7431]

WOW AMAZING STUFF ALWAYS AWESOME VIDEOS STAY SAFE GOD BLESS 🙏

[@tmar8953]

I have an old claim map of that area -- maybe 1920. The map shows a string of lode claims that goes from the valley floor up to the road level just above the adit you explored, and then the string of claims goes up and over the ridge above the road. On Bing Maps, I can see trails that go from the road, near the adit you explored, that go up over the ridge. Did you explore the area above the road or any of the other side of the ridge for adits? (I think there was a rich lode gold mine in the next valley.) ..... and AWESOME PHOTOGRAPHY

[@chrisexplores619]

Beautiful 👌

[@markelec95]

Great video

[@gerardange]

I was up at the quartz outcropping but didn’t drop down below… Love that high altitude country those Rich mineralize hydrothermal deposits are so twisted and layered beautiful like Art !!! I would of loved to hit those deposits inside there with my detector !!! The Large Wheel is called a bill wheel. Also, as for snakes > I have never run in Rattlesnakes at those High alpine elevations just bears and cats = plenty of those!

[@quailshootr6389]

You never disapoint.

[@CornishMineExplorer]

Just stunning views up there, I bet the old miners were glad to see that after a hard days work underground! That road must have taken a age to build, really well made to withstand all the elements being so exposed. I bet there is loads more mine there to see, you need to get the drone up over that area and scout for some portals, bet there are loads more that aren't listed on the maps!

[@breadcat6454]

God level content as usual

[@rolfsinkgraven]

Can't beat the views,, nice explore and nice things too see, perhaps you find more tunnels when roping in sometime, if those entrances stay open that is............................

[@MikeOrkid]

That view reminds me a ton of the old Paramount Indiana Jones intro. Absolutely beautiful stuff.

[@slimwantedman6694]

Good morning from Southeast South Dakota

[@knowlesmineco.]

Im loving it. Keep up the awesome content. That looked lile it used to be a good road sucks that its sluffed off. I would love to go up there and explore.

[@leejohnson229]

Awesome

[@Red-Corporation]

awesome

[@martynnotman3467]

Pretty in summer. Im not sure id want to be up there in January

[@DFDuck55]

I've always been a big fan of stack walls. It's amazing that these ones are 100 to 150 years old and still mostly intact. I watch some European just to see stone fences, some that date back to Roman times, stone buildings, etc. You see them more in Northwest England, and Wales than anywhere else. One stack wall, or as we call them here "gobbing" I was that really impressed me was in a Welsh mine and was at least 80 foot tall. I've always enjoyed comparing European vs Asian stone stacking. There are some Chinese made stone fences here in the North Sacramento Valley, made with volcanic stones thrown here from the 1915 Mount Lassen explosion. There used to be remnants of a stacked stone Chinese mining camp at the north end of Butte Creek Canyon, but University of California Chico has pretty much destroyed all remnants of that, roping off sections and digging ever last inch of it looking for artifacts. Never tell a college or university about anything historical because they "will" claim it and destroy it. An Inuit friend told me a story of when her grandmother's tribe found a frozen wooly mammoth with fresh flowers still in it's mouth. The college found out about it claimed it and took the whole thing. Which didn't make their tribe very happy because to them it was a lot of fresh meat they could have eaten. As though their life wasn't hard enough trying to get food in Northern Alaska, so the college thought it was cool just steal that much food from them.

[@DFDuck55]

@Mark Hepworth: another old time skill that fascinates me is Hedging (the building and maintenance of Hedgerow Fences. Here's the video that first got my interest into this lost art; kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaDTo4mepbR-f80 I was told that the term "gobbing" is not used in the UK because that is a somewhat vulgar term used for spitting out a mass of saliva and phlegm from the throat, which is sometimes called "hocking a loogie" here in the U.S.

[@97-20-media]

best views yet

[@alexb.1320]

That is some fantastic scenery! And the work on the road, and stonework, pretty darrn cool. About how many miles to some sort of civilization?

[@davidmicheletti6292]

Super

[@carsonhoward2884]

Cool area! Amazing views cameras don’t do it justice. The tram would of been made by I believe riblet but not to sure about that. At 18:09 that would of been an ore loader for the buckets which would of gone into a ore bin. Quite surprising the never emptied it.

[@gregwilson6306]

At 3.45 there looked to be a tram line going up the mountain

[@perstaffanlundgren]

I would guess that the site has been exposed to snow avalanches several times. The lack of trees suggest that It has been" swept over". Also the remains of the tramstation is so totally flattened.

[@markbrennan8392]

What a really Beautiful area. I was thinking about the men and mules lugging that big steel bull wheel first to the base of the mountain and then all the way up that slope. As we've mentioned before Damn those old boys were tough and determined. Do you figure it came in pieces and then assembled or man-handled?? TFS as always 😎

[@RageKage1776]

1:26 WOW!

[@RageKage1776]

3:00 WOW WOW!! Justin, that scene is breathtaking from a handheld device I could only imagine in first person!

[@purpherder]

hey really enjoy your vids im curious about the map you speak about in this vid?

[@maryfinchum9741]

It looks like a big deal mine there . Lots of workers by all the work that's been done 👍

[@BrainsofFrank]

Awesome view for sure. From the comforts of my home I vote that you go back with some rope and gear a couple shovels maybe and some younger mine exploring friends to help dig out the haulage audit. Maybe?

[@edwardmckenzie3402]

The branches are full of resin so they outlast the rest of the log.

[@robertlittlehawk7713]

Pretty site Lotta walking though

[@greenfeilds...1]

what mountains are those? beautiful scenery. looks like montanna/wyoming but im guessing its california

[@AB7524EVA]

I’m at the start and I’m pretty dam jealous lol

[@chet2201]

From my own interest in dating sites that used Corrugated metal roofing. The Patent ran out in Britain late 1840s Mass production started 1880s in Australia. It came to U.S. by numbers Then. In the 1860 South some Corrugated Metal was imported from England. The earliest being Tin Coated. Also Note Fish Oil Base Leaded Paint. Still around historical buildings today. Zinc coated metal came about for least Cost and longevity. Also older Corrugated metal is heavier duty.

[@TVRExploring]

Oh, that's interesting. The corrugated metal is a lot older than I realized. Thank you very much for sharing those details.

[@frankgaletzka8477]

This mine lies in a amazing area. The mountains the vegetation absolut amazing. Okay the mine is shut by Material but i think about the work the effords the Man Made to build up this mine . The Material to get up this mountains. The road they build to get there . What amount of money they spend to bring this mine to work. Than abandond all of this and nature take all back . Absolut amazing Video Thank you for that Take care Yours Frank Galetzka

[@ronwhittaker6317]

judging by the size of the bolders all around I wonder just how often that mountain chain shakes and how hard and if there's a record of it. its looks to me that chain is active. I'm no expert but eyes tell me things.

[@lesbendo6363]

Good video. You need to use your drone to check things out before doing your walk about. 🇨🇦

[@Gainn]

Surprised they got any work done with views like that.

[@anthonyhitchings1051]

the sawblade section looked like the ratchet for a brake lever

[@rogersmith7396]

A Colorado style road, the difference being in CO. the sheer drop off can be 500-1000 feet. Almost looks like a rail bed with gentle slope. I prefer a motorcycle for those roads, safer.

[@AGDinCA]

@2:17 - look at those different rock types! Basalt, I'm guessing and... red rhyolite, maybe?? PS - hi, Justin! 👋

[@TVRExploring]

Definitely some basalt... I'm not sure about the rhyolite as I don't know it well enough. Hi back at you! Always good to hear from you.

[@AGDinCA]

@@TVRExploring Always good to know you are on the right side of the dirt... well, _actually..._ now that I come to think about it... maybe that's just not a phrase I can use for you. LOL! Please say hello to your lady love for me. I do hope she's doing well. One of these days I WILL get some sample materials to you. I keep forgetting until I watch one of your adventures - and then I kick myself because you always pass up such prime microbio habitat. LOL

[@davidprothro5939]

Anyone know the name of this mine? I'm an underground miner in Nevada and love exploring these here at home. I'd love to take a look at the rock.

[@Oldpolcat]

All I can say is Wow! What was the elevation there? ...Roughly.

[@larryhanlon7776]

Is most gold found in quartz or other rocks

[@cutthroat2273]

very nice, my backyard

[@TVRExploring]

Yes, it seems like not many people realize how beautiful the mountains of Florida can be, you know?

[@gibsonbros7783]

@@TVRExploring Yep. gotta love that Florida manzanita!

[@NPC-mt1cz]

"He either died or found something cool" 😂

[@duaneayers6117]

There's plenty of space, shelter, food an water for a family of Bigfoots to be living all throughout that forest.

[@rh5563]

👍👍👍

[@larryhanlon7776]

Where is that, state & near what town

[@gibsonbros7783]

One hint: "Manzanita" and granite.

[@danielfmyers]

Awful dramatic opening scene 👀

[@aaronkeeth651]

FUCK YEAH BUDDY!