Exploring Nevada's Abandoned Belmont Ghost Town Mill Full of Old Machinery, Cars and Surprises!

[@timenglert8998]

The Ford wagon was a "fake woody" to replicate the look of the cars with real wood on the sides, wood being replaced with metal since real wood became out of style plus it could rot and was labor intensive to build. Love the automotive detective work, gives the old codgers who are now sidelined in their armchairs a chance to show off their knowledge of old cars, earned first-hand back in the olden days. What fun.

[@hestheMaster]

For urbex explorationists this place is the bomb. Car number 3 is a 1963 Ford Country Squire Wagon with fake wood vinyl trim package. That would be an awesome ride travelling the west in if it had AC. Thanks for the video Sarah. That was totally awesome!

[@debbiemclaughlin3460]

How well.built . Still standing after all these years.

[@aicsusa]

That big building is the old wash plant/processing plant to process the silver out of the pay dirt. That bin is full of pay dirt to go into the wash plant. Back then they would use dynamite to blow up areas where there were silver veins, load the material into the boxes to transport it to the wash plant where it would be processed to remove the silver. from the rock and dirt. There would have been water running thru all that plant and filling the areas you see the big drums with the agitators to wash the silver off the rocks and out of the dirt. The land is owned by the BLM and people would file claims to mine there. I own a mine out in the desert by the tri-state area. I have 20+ square miles of claims there. I also own 55 acres of land outright out there where my mine is. I really like seeing all your trips out in the desert there. Brings back a lot of old memories now. Thanks for sharing! Take care and God bless you all! David

[@geoffreydonaldson2984]

Thing that’s so cool about arid areas is how long wood lasts-even outside in the weather. I live on the Wet Coast (a little Island a mile from the Big Island of Vancouver) where if you leave leather shoes out on the covered veranda, they’ll be gone by spring-well, almost. And of course wood rots continuously when exposed to the weather. One would NEVER venture into an abandoned structure without giving it a good shake first (I’ve actually collapsed a few old cabins just by opening the door). I used to work on the rain shadow side of the Coast Mountains where it’s cold desert in the valley bottoms (boiling hot it summer, but they call it “cold”-like interior of Oregon and Washington). Lots of old gold workings around, log cabins invariably without roofs (crushed by snow). We found a cable crossing a hanging valley near Goldbridge: went up to a mine way at the top of a tall, tall scree slope. Reported it to the Forest Service (we were cruising timber at the time) cuz helicopters can’t see cables from above. Unfortunately, a few years later (after I’d pushed on to other things back on the Coast) I heard on the news that a heli-skiing chopper had indeed hit this cable and crashed, killing two. I was reminded when I saw the cable in this vid. Anyhow, do be careful! Great show!

[@douglasurbani6278]

Great video. The mill has been restored by the US Forestry to stabilize the mill. That’s the reason for the newer lumber and bolts seen on the rafter area.

[@prospector41]

The staircase seemed RISKY, YIKES!

[@tugboatgirl1296]

Wow....I hold my breath when you're climbing....Stay safe

[@roundmidnightsuttree]

Wow, these are my favorite Sarah Jane adventure videos. I am a mechanical engineer with about 24 years of experience in mining/milling but none of it in metals extraction and am now retired. I love to explore in the SW and find mines and mills very interesting. The big wooden box filled with ore is likely a counterweight used to tension the cables for the tramway that delivered ore to the mill. About 5 years ago I commissioned a belt conveyor system that used a steel box filled with ore to achieve the same end. That rectangular, vertical wooden column looks like a bucket elevator. They typically have a head shaft at the top of the elevator with a toothed wheel that drives a chain (or belt) and on the chain are mounted steel buckets that carry ore out of the boot (bottom of the elevator) and raise it up to the discharge point at the top of the elevator. All of my experience has been with elevators built from steel for the housing but I see no reason why wood would not have been used in earlier years. I have experience with certain types of classifiers and screening systems but know nothing about rake classifiers. Assume since the silver/lead fraction was heavier than the native rock that the "accepts" (the stuff you want) reported to the bottom of the rake classifier and the "tailings" what is rejected was pulled out the top. That would have been sent to a belt or similar and discarded to tailings piles. There is so much of this milling & extraction technology that was not documented and I wish more information was available. I would love to see a flow sheet for the Goldfield Consolidated Mill which had 100 stamp mills and was commissioned in 1908. The remaining foundations and vast hydraulic tailings fields are clearly evident on the way into Goldfield from Tonopah on the left side of the highway. Can't imagine how many tons of heavy metals have washed out of those tailings down into the watersheds in the area. Great stuff.

[@OneManOneCamera]

15:33 - Whenever I see a Country Squire I always think about PJ O’Rourke's article, "How to Drive Fast on Drugs While Getting Your Wing-Wang Squeezed and Not Spill Your Drink" in National Lampoon, back in '79. The one line... "... and a Country Squire that's never seen the sweet side of 60" always stuck with me.

[@bobkerr8887]

First car is 62 Olds Starfire. Cool cars! Second car is a 63 Olds. Either 88 or a 98. Country Squires were made by Ford. Cool place! The pully system in the buildings is called Line Shaft.

[@reedwells6843]

Never Never Never, Stop Entertaining Us, We Love You Sugar! :)

[@kb579]

Wow girl you hit the gold mine there. Very good video. Keep up the good work. Thank you for the adventure.

[@slytrader]

Third car was a Ford Motor Company ( Fomoco ). Good investigation Wonderhussy!

[@georgebintner7478]

Sarah so cool. I love that you are exploring again!

[@koolbreez55jb]

That Oldsmobile is a 1962 Starfire. My dad drove one. That chrome piece on the door is a dead giveaway.

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

That wood s worth is weight in gold these days. Great vid again! Greets, T.

[@jwpoeschmann9080]

never ending story with hussy 😀😀

[@rockyjaydog6447]

very cool. I can understand why they have that property sign. That Texaco barrel and the wooden ladder is 400 bucks together.

[@granthryze2694]

I just got back from the Wedge and Buckhorn Wash. The satellites were dircetly overhead at the Wedge campsite. I've never seen anything that blew my mind like that. Also saw them the next night in Moab, but they weren't as bright and had to look west.

[@dond2150]

The first piece of mining equip. I believe on the second deck of the mill, is a rake classifier, used to close-circuit one piece of equip. To another for re-classification of ore

[@VE3UET]

I bet that wooden box you said was full of Ore was a counter weight for cable cars strung between the mill and the mine

[@DI-cm5xc]

Spot on.

[@SteveP-vm1uc]

That circular thing around 5:15, was for an animal to turn the shaft. 3rd car is a mid 60's FORD Country Squire Wagon. What it said inside the key cover was (FoMoCo) Short for Ford Motor Corporation...

[@granthryze2694]

It's an awesome site. Was there just over a year ago. The town of Belmont is cool too. The old county courthouse and jail behind it. Also just past town is the furnace tower

[@cbobwhite5768]

Safety tip. When climbing old wooden ladder, always place your feet against the side of the ladder, never step in the center of the rung. The wooden rung could look sound, and still break, when you put your full weight on it.

[@TimionHjellum]

Another way to stay safe is to watch KZbin and never leave your house. :-)

[@malcolmkogut]

@@TimionHjellum Watch out for falling ten story rockets from space.

[@laurasperry2261]

@@TimionHjellum 🤣😂🤣

[@lancasterritzyescargotdine2602]

@@TimionHjellum Good advice, especially if you're one of those yahoos who love to go around committing vandalism to old ghost towns. Stay home with your dope and 24-pack and tear up your own place instead.

[@richardlyyski5518]

Thanks for showing the building wooden frame work and upper wood. Thanks for climbing and showing us everything. 🇫🇮🇺🇸

[@georgekelly9797]

Well here is how I see it WH. I'm a newbie to you channel and I found this one was one of your best because it felt like we were crawling around the buildings with you and playing investigator in finding the dead body's in the cars. One of the best things was the cloudy day with out you tipping your glasses, rather see the eyes fore sure. Thank you for the tour and the adventure that I didn't have to go in the building ,claiming through the rotten boards the I would have definitely would have fell through. The fire rescue and paramedic would still be working on how to get me out. Be well, be safe, peace. G

[@natewrites7803]

Giant wood bin is the stamp that crushes the ore, I think.

[@prospector41]

Awe Sara, Yes yes this Mine adventure is wonderful. Savoring a red blend while I re-explore this trip a few more times. OMG yes. You certainly can Model forever, Your so pretty, So eye pleasing ,Sara your BEAUTIFUL! Thanks for another most enjoyable adventure WONDERHUSSY! Your compadre adventurers love you forever.

[@nulife022]

1962 Oldsmobile Starfire. Appears to be the only year with the fluted chrome trim on the sides.

[@johnmorgan4921]

"FoMoCo" = Ford Motor Company :) Cheers!!!

[@charlesmccoy5857]

@The New NKVD LOL

[@Yankw-vj9ds]

Lmbo fomoco was a generic name for ford .they still use it on the newer car's

[@jeffreyvietzke228]

The Starfire is a 1962 model, the second year of it being marketed as a 'bankers hot rod' to compete with Thunderbird and Grand Prix...and later Riviera. Absolutely a top-of-the-line car. The second car is a 1964 Olds Dynamic 88, comparable to Impala or Galaxie or Catalina. The third is a 1964-65 Ford Falcon station wagon. FOMOCO stands for Ford Motor Company. Another great video....and I have never been to this mill. Thanks!

[@robertwesterman4088]

Out toollin' around in the middle of nowhere, like, just in your in your stocking feet. Exploring old silver mines, v chill, incredible, keep it up: if you see a ladder climate! Ha!

[@barb9696]

The Oldsmobile Starfire is an automobile nameplate used by Oldsmobile, produced in three non-contiguous generations beginning in 1954. The Starfire nameplate made its debut with the 1954-1956 Ninety-Eight series convertibles. For 1957 only, all Ninety-Eight series models were named "Starfire 98". Oldsmobile during this time period was one of the most popular brands

[@greyeaglem]

I'm not sure what year that car is, but my uncle had one in 1963. It was either brand new or fairly new, not sure. It was cool because it was a convertible, but he had a fiberglass hard top he could put on it in the winter. He lived in Minnesota, so convertibles in the winter aren't a good thing.

[@johnrush4571]

The Starfire is a '62 model. The chrome treatment on the door is unique to that model year.

[@garywalker7997]

The cars are a 64 Oldsmobile, 63 or 64 Buick, and a 64 Ford wagon. Great video.

[@bgood73044]

The Olds is a '62.

[@greyeaglem]

The second car was tagged as an Olds. It looks like a '64 Jetstar.

[@DadBodDrumming]

@@bgood73044 The first Olds the Starfire was almost certainly a '62 and would have had a white convertible top with red interior. Swanky

[@boitoiful]

Just have to put a shout out for my all time favorite. The 1967 and 1968 Ford Thunderbirds. Beautiful machines.

[@Snarkapotamus]

@@DadBodDrumming - Yep, the most expensive car that Olds sold at the time. My parents had Oldsmobiles and Ramblers...mom had a two-tone '63 Rambler station wagon and the old man had a black '65 Ambassador. Later, mom got a new Olds 98. Did a LOT of partying in that car!

[@thomaswhite935]

Do a show with Abandoned Mines and Forgotten Places plz!!!!!

[@markyac]

They are both Starfires..62 and 64..The wagon is a Falcon Squire, 1964..Top of the line for a Falcon.

[@alanholck7995]

The building with the axel & 2 different diameter wheel may be a powerhouse -there would have been belts attaching wheels to the machinery in the big building.

[@davidbones8947]

Greetings from Oregon sis 😘 great job again your amazing the cool stuff you find 😀 I love it

[@marycotton6009]

Thank You for sharing. I watch a lot of your video's.

[@EveningShadeLori]

Love your style! Stay free & b safe my friend.

[@westho7314]

Howdy neighbor Huss, been awhile since i jumped aboard 'n explored our wonderfully big great basin back yard on your channel , & all from the comfort of my old armchair in this ramshackle desert- rat shack here in K-Town, where i am hung out to dry.. Well right or wrong answers to questions, set aside.. I think it was 1964 when seat belts became required equipment in vehicles , any unit built before 1964 does not require seat belts, much less air bags. But i could be wrong, aging and memory can play tricks with long forgotton facts of still life.,,lol.. Both are Early 60's Oldsmobile Star Fires, One likely became a parts car for the other, (which ever came 1st,, when their original ride died, so they got another Starfire. "parts is parts" as they used to say, living in the desert where DIY is a pre requisite, & common sense dictates that having 2 of the same predictably breakable things is a good thing, (especially where Amazon does not deliver.) In the same years of the Olds Starfire, Pontiac which is Oldsmobile's twin sister or brother (can't tell) both had models that were somewhat close to identical. Pontiac had the Star Chief model back in those years, a 1957 Pontiac Star Fire Hearse Bonnet is part of the dessicated decor in my desert-life viewshed.. Last but not least, That wonderful wood creation full of rocks is called a Hopper, as in Dennis. That one looked like a dual Hopper used in processing & sorting ore sizes before being reduced again by a ball mill or whatever crusher method was used. Wood is easier to build with than metal & stronger in many cases, being more flexible and forgiving & alot easier to repair & make mid-thought alterations during fabrication, metal requires alot more equipment, energy & time to cut, weld and bolt things together, things that are pre- destined to be used & abused and broke again, repeatedly, due to the nature of their brutal function.. Anyway what fun, i needed a break and a change off scenery., Your everything you want to know about Huss and asked, Q&A is a hoot..I am happy you mentioned old folks like me that don't get out much and enjoy taking trips to far away places, we all surely enjoy the time you spend.. or in my case, going to new places or ones i have'nt been in years, & most are pretty close by in the back yard. Well drop on by K-Town anytime your out this way in Inyo.. we're always open, WH

[@dalemac7355]

Also boxes with rock in them are Tram Counterweights and fancy boxes are ore boxes

[@gordbaker896]

Great to see you back. Station Wagon with "Woody" trim. Box of rocks was likely a counterweight when they hoisted the Ore.

[@craigbrowning9448]

The long shaft at the big Mill building probably at belts on the belts ran several pieces of machinery. Around the 1920s and earlier they didn't have like smaller appliances with built-in Motors, they had one big common motor that ran everything via belts.

[@truepatriot2417]

The Country Squire was Ford product, hence, the old FoMoCo (Ford Motor Corporation) notation. Nice!

[@traceytrotter9934]

My next door neighbors had a Country Squire station wagon. We used to go to Malibu beach and the drive in in it. My childhood was very cool in retrospect. But then most things are.

[@michaelsteven1090]

a Ford!..I rode in many as a kid..We had one with a rear seat that folded down and opened looking out the back..My sisters and I would sleep back there after eating our Carvel ice cream cones!..

[@Mikemalone7873]

Looks to have been a 1962 Ford Country Squire. There was a rear emblem that covered the key hole to unlock the gate and operate the roll down rear window. The words inside are 'FoMoCo", and abbreviation of Ford Motor Company. More importantly, thanks for another interesting tour!

[@sledawgpilot]

Box o’ rocks is the counter weight for the tram cable or “wire rope”. The big wheels the wire rope runs around are called bull wheels. One has to be able to move with the expansion or contraction due to temperature changes on the rope. The weight holds the tension.

[@williamreed1358]

1963 Ford Country Squire. ..... You're welcome!

[@imc7691]

Another amazing adventure by the Amazing Wonderhussy. I love when you investigate the old derelict buildings. Keep up the good work.

[@GIGUNS-0341]

The guy is afraid of heights and spiders ,oh boy that's a winner..!

[@kerryjacobson5465]

I started following them a few weeks ago! Cool of you to go out in the middle of nowhere with them! They're a great couple of explorers!

[@loriewilliams600]

On the Country Squire station wagon, "FoMoCo" stands for Ford Motor Company.

[@don-parker]

The Country Squire is a 1963 Ford Woody Wagon.

[@richwhitaker1506]

More Wonderhussy wandering. The highlight of midweek. Stay well Sarah.

[@boitoiful]

OMG you are awesome Sarah. Thanks for introducing us to Pin in the Atlas. It is such a good day when I see Sarah Jane has uploaded again. Be safe and careful and well. J

[@craigbrowning9448]

On the "Country Squire" "FoMoCo" was Ford Motor Company, the Oldsmobiles were of course GMC. Many GMC vehicles will have a stamp in the door sill that says "Fisher" (from the Fisher coach company that GMC acquired early on). Delco is another GMC Trademark. Philco (a company that also made TVs, Refrigerators and Radios, including car radios) was owned by Ford. "Mopar" was a trademark owned by Chrysler.

[@johnrogers6291]

Good thing your so slender Sarah, climbing all those rickety stairs. Thanks for another interesting exploration!

[@waynejanik9668]

Thank you for sharing. Ford Country Squire, had the wood panel look on the side which was a sticker. My parents had a 1970 brown Country Squire. The best part was drive in the trunk area face traffic and signaling to the trucks to blow there horn. Riding down the highway backwards.

[@mikeproctor4944]

Nice view from the ladder

[@johnholcomn8560]

Hmmm...indeed.

[@keithrichards4513]

Very Cool Sara!

[@jimmeroliver4213]

I love the old Mills and old buildings awesome video Sarah

[@DadBodDrumming]

Looks like a 1962 Olds Starfire. White with red interior and a white convertible top.

[@davidscheffler8809]

Great video!!! Two Oldsmobile and one Ford auto's. Take Care and Stay Safe Wonderhussy!!!!

[@donsaunders6069]

62 Olds Starfire.... I believe the next was a 64 Olds and the Ford Country Squire is a 62

[@paulj0557tonehead]

17:14 That cover that flips down is the rear window crank, it spins that whole round assembly. 1964 Ford Country Squire Check out, very cool: *Car of the Week: 1964 Ford Country Squire My dad's 1964 Ford Country Squire sat in its garage for 53 years free of driving and free of direct sunlight. BRIAN EARNESTAPR 4, 2018*

[@Widows-out-wandering]

You are truly an inspiration! Everyone should be as comfortable with themselves as you are

[@viprbludelta]

First car is a 61 or 62 Olds Starfire, 2nd car is a 63 Olds Starfire, and the wagon looks like a 64 Ford Falcon wagon with the country squire wood grain panels.

[@unclewalt56]

First car definitely a 62 Starfire, the unique tail lights were different than the 61; the 2nd car is a 64 with the horizontal tail lights as opposed to the squared off tail lights of the 63 model.

[@viprbludelta]

@@unclewalt56 Thanks, you know those better then I remember them, tho we do belong to the OCA those are not my specialty. I was more into Fords in my early years.

[@mannybravo237]

Good morning😎70° here🏕

[@Buck1954]

Electricity was added to older buildings. The electrical channel at the bottom was one of many ways.

[@norm5785]

I saw where someone posted that it was closed back in 1927, but not totally abandoned, other operators used it to process their own ore claims and those of others. Thank you for the video. You never know what you can locate at one of these sites.

[@lelandrogers1078]

I always get a chuckle when you encounter cars. I love your videos, however, since I am too old to climb around those places.

[@garywilliams8284]

Country Squire is a Ford. FoMoCo is Ford Motor Company. Love everything you do !!!!

[@coloradonative4997]

It’s rather a”63or” “64”

[@runedharma22]

Shape of the fake wood siding and circular tail lights makes it a 1963 Ford Country Esquire station wagon.

[@williambrown5763]

Sarah it’s nice to have a new group of friends to adventure with

[@underthetornado]

Awesome video!! I live in Randsburg Ca. which is a living ghost town. Full of mines!!! They found gold in 1895. So The Yellow Aster Gold Mine produced a ton of gold! Only just closed a few years back. So you just clarified some things. "If it's a ladder. I wanna climb it" yep! That's you. Lol. It's what makes your site interesting. Just be careful!. Red car looks like Ford.

[@socalxplorer]

I have a bank note from the Yellow Aster from the early teens, a candle stick holder from one of the mines I bought at the Ore house and found a 1919 penny just West of the main street in a gully. Great old town.

[@HarryPalmer-P.I.]

Sometimes what you call the 'mill' is a operation called a concentrator. It would be the place where larger pieces of ore (rock) was smashed up to smaller. Then sent off to the smelter where the rock was melted and the precious metal was collected.

[@fcontitwo]

Its ‘unanimous’ , ‘Wonder- Hussy’ doesn’t let down 🤣✨🎭🇺🇸

[@goldfieldgary]

LOL! Best avatar ever!

[@Qusin111]

Mouse trap? thank goodness you didn't toggle the trap

[@pdsrenos]

Ford Falcon Wagon - Country Squire Edition

[@Danny.Spurling]

Wow enjoyed this video, h have been subscribed to you and pita for months,I love the way you are like the verbal little Energizer Bunny, never a dull moment with sj, thank you from Alabama

[@brianh.5231]

my favorite day of the week

[@BillHaynal]

Mine too, have been waiting all morning for this!

[@kylerdad123]

Great that you take us along for the tour of the ruins on the mill! It was interesting, and, at times, “jittery” watching you lead us on the tour! Hope you find more interesting spots again! Looking forward to the next video! Best wishes and stay safe! 🤙🌅😀

[@sharonverhagen5699]

Awesome old mine find, love it that you went inside and looked at all the old machines, worth watching you explore!

[@johnkirby4290]

Another great story. From the best storyteller. Wonder Hussey. 💙

[@richardbeee]

Saw them yesterday and you today; both of my favorite explorers at the same place. Well it's still standing. Greatvideo as always. Thans. Been many years since i've been there.

[@tomfrye9037]

Cool couple. Cool folks make good exploration companions. At about 5:54...those two big pullies on that "jack shaft" ran belts that powered equipment below. a single engine or electric motor could power several machines that way. At about 10:40...imagine that you're looking at a big "box". You see a front and the two sides. There's also a back on it. It runs up that wall. Inside at the top are two identical sprockets running two identical chains. Hanging between the chains are "buckets". The buckets carry material up the wall housing and up above you. Then they tip and run horizontal (if you tip a bucket enough, it dump) then tip enough to dump into one machine or other. I call them a bucket conveyor or bucket brigade. Ford Country Squire station wagon. They were nice cars...for being station wagons(8-). Thanks for sharing, Darlin'...and for introducing you two new friends. Lovin' this(8-).

[@francesgedzium1984]

I was wondering what I was going to do on this rainy New England day.... thanks for taking me along!!!

[@SierraJohn]

Always enjoy the old-car-in-the-weeds segments.

[@oldquestant6-238]

My parents owned a 1957 Ford Country Squire. Neat video Sarah, and two new good friends. What an excellent day for you and us. Thanks Wonder hussy

[@cbelden05]

Love their KZbin channel. Been watching it for a month or 2.

[@keithgrover6468]

wow i love the way you just go that extra mile for us to see the workings of a mine thank you already looking forward to your next video take care and stay safe please

[@janaspencer6008]

Thanks for sharing your new friends KZbin channel! Hope they do well! As always - your adventures are simply fabulous!

[@MrDoggydog68]

Ford Country Squire, my family had one . My Father made a box for me which clipped onto the garmet hangers for camping in Fort Bragg and Santa Cruz .

[@shawic64]

1962 Oldsmobile Starfire Coupe

[@ElwoodAndersonNV]

It appears to me that this was an ore loading and/or processing facility. The cables going up into the hills suggest that the mine was at the end of those cables and cable cars were used to transfer the ore to this facility. The wooden box with the rocks in it was probably a balance weight to aid in pulling the ore cars up from the mine.

[@RCDesertRat]

I love how the desert climate ages wood. All the different colors and patinas

[@jonsymmonds1120]

Great explore with "Pin in the Atlas". I ran across their channel several months back and have enjoyed watching their adventures.

[@stevewelch5891]

Helping out with the key hole cover. FoMoCo Ford Motor Company. We need Hussy in space.

[@jayforkner2692]

Like Ralfie needs to send his decoder to WH.