Love your vids. No bs, no prop promotions. Would really like more definitions of the typical miners' wording. Explaining things like cribbing, what a stope is, etc. Many of us non cavers love to watch but have limited knowledge of the terminology. Thanks again, keep shooting these vids.
Hi D.T. Enjoyed the video. Old school style with a real-world pace, no annoying soundtrack throughout, a real sense of being there, and information from someone who is knowledgeable about the area. Nice job. 👍🏻
Teach me how to find these places of history , your amazing , so many different historic places and all alone that’s outstanding . I will go with you any day my confidence in your knowledge is unprecedented.
Sorry to be offtopic but does someone know a trick to get back into an instagram account? I was stupid forgot the password. I would appreciate any help you can give me
@Ayaan Alvin i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff now. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later with my results.
Awesome, thank you for sharing. Your travels are addictive, I've watched a few of your videos and they are all very interesting, you are very good at what you're doing and taking us along. Thank you for your time and effort, it's nice to set in my recliner with a cup of coffee and go on an Awesome trip with you. 👍
His knowledge amazes me. Great guy & great channel. Love this guy. 💯👍🏻 His explorations are fascinating. He puts a lot of knowledge behind it to his viewers.
Just stumbled across your vids. Really enjoy them. I spend about 6-8 months a year in the mountains off trail boondocking and exploring out of the way places like these. Great you are taking vids...I find the history of these places amazing. Will be checking out the rest of your vids and looking forward to new ones. Oh, I am heading to Nevada for the first time this year for a couple of months...usually in Montana, Wy, Colorado, Utah and Idaho...so really looking forward to it.
I'm really enjoying your exploration videos. You're very knowledgeable of whatever you are exploring. I Love seeing the old good mines. I'm in North Georgia in the area where good mining was really big a long time ago and now there is just museums and the tourist traps where you pay to pan for gold which I've done, it's fun and exciting. Great Quality videos and awesome content. Your channel reminds me of another youtuber that did this sort of thing and then started doing super long videos with hardly any content and then they started live streaming these videos and that's when I stopped following that person not to mention this persons annoying kids that started tagging along around the same time they started live streaming. Ugh Please keep your videos like they are .... Awesome!!!👍
Gps coordinates of some of the places would be awesome... Would make it so much easier for others to explore what you showed them. Some of these places are so cool
Great video! I find it ironic that for as much backbreaking work these guys put into digging into the ground, mind you they had nothing close to what equipment is available today, that the “roads” leading to these sites are worse off than worn foot paths. (While giving thought to the passage of time)
Hello I enjoyed your adventure .I really enjoyed how you show the over all trails wiith the lay of the land how to spot an old burro or mining trail I do the same and will be sub to your program. Cjd wash state take care .Dan
thank you for showing us this my friend very much apreciated.just a note do you have a cb with you in your truck.just dont want you to get hurt and no contact out there..one more thing i can shajest is when u get somewhere and its tight like a dead end turn your truck around before you leave because if you brake you arm or leg or ankle you wont have to fidle turning around and it bys you time.good job again.
Like others have said, great job on the videos, thanks for sharing! I did a little sleuthing, but still do not know what a Cousin Jack is other than a Cornish minor?
Do you know what minerals came from that mine? Am I correct in assuming that it must have been successful because it was so deeply dug into the hill? That would have taken a lot of time and investment which seems like it wouldn’t have been spent if it wasn’t successful. When was that mine in operation? Fascinating video. Thank you.
New Subscriber here,Stumbled onto your channel by accident, and decided to Stay awhile, Curious as to What area of the States this is at,and a few of your other videos, especially the 1 with the big timber supports and tunnels?🤔🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Great video!
Never. This video I was out for 3 days and covered most of the mountain range on foot looking for a shelter cave that was noted in a journal. Never found, but did find some really cool petroglyphs.
Mate..let me tell you..your trips are very good, narration is excellent.beats a lot the drama queen 'explorers' on UA-cam that don't know a split set from a back and take a lot gear from old mines. Im located in Perth Western Australia. Been in the mining industry since the 70's. Been to just about every gold mine in WA. And I can tell you the vandalism and stealing has spoilt a lot of old mines. Or when modern day miners go back into old workings and just destroy all the old stuff. Any how great vids Thx
Very true! I watch a lot of 4Wheeling Western Australia and they are based out of Perth. I really want to get to your area and do some exploring. Thank you for watching.
You quit too soon , there were more Mines above and on top of the mountain . You should have made camp and stayed the night , then hiked to the other side of the hill from where you were --- there are about a dozen more Mines over there including the Baxter Mine , and the remnants of what had been a really nice Rock Cabin . --- < Doc > .
Agree completely but he arrived as a day outing. Also doubt ability to portage weekend provisions; was smart enough to not take his vehicle further. I ride street legal dirt motorcycles......over 67K miles.
He is not young enough to heal himself fast from the usual errors that knobby users learn from. He might even buy a ride made in China by people who I suspect do not have the best build tech.
It seems a shame you don't have a metal detector with you to do a little prospecting in a mining area that has been abandoned for such a long time. Be careful since a twisted ankle would make the crawl home a very long day. Interesting trip you took us on. Thanks for an adventure I'll probably never make myself.
That is not a bad idea. I need to think about that. I do rework many of the tailings at old mines using several different methods depending on the type of material and the fineness of the finds. Unfortunately, this mine and cave is in a section we call the Nevada Triangle. This is a piece of Death Valley that jets into Nevada so doing anything enjoyable like that is outlawed.
You Might Want To Think About A ROKON There A 2 wheel Drive Motor Cycle That Will GO Where Few Have The GUTS To Even Try To Take Them, & The Old Ones Hold 3 or So Gallons of Any Kind LIQUID WATER, GAS IN EACH RIM OF THE CYCLE
I beg to disagree with your assertion that a road in the desert will disappear "if nobody travels on it for a few days" [@26:44]. While that may be true of a single set of tire tracks in sand, it is also true that European settlers haven't lived in this desert for enough years to know how long tire tracks cut into a "desert pavement" [such as the terrain you show] will persist. This is why it makes me crazy to see people tearing willy-nilly across the open desert in side-by-sides. Rain is so rare in some parts of the desert that wind the only erosive force. When the wheels of a vehicle cut through the uppler layer of stones, the scar renains until enough years pass for the wind to blow away the exposed soil. The result is an ugly scar that will last almost forever. I found an archeological study of a particularly dry part of Southwestern Arizona that says the desert pavement in that area is 100,000 years old! We have all seen pefectly clear wagon ruts from the 1870's. Enough said on that topic. I enjoy your channel tremendously! You're a true desert rat, and that is a compliment I bestow only rarely. You've earned it! Keep up the good work.
I recommend kayaking inside Snail Shell Cave, TN. Usually has a river going through it. At low water you find wet sand, wading, and ponds to swim past. Has multiple entry. One is deep and vertical.
The first gold mine I visited required a dig. The seep I dug into was fed by tunnel.' Had a full ore cart on rails blocking my swim past. IXL Mining Company work.
@@imzackson Never experienced Death Wobble, ran my 2000 TJ with a 2.5L 3 years a just did a cash and trade deal for a 2003 TJ 4.0,so I can tow an offroad Teardrop
That was awesomeness. Thumbs-up👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍. " WOW! " I would have never gone in there alone. You surprised me. Yet at the same time, I was thinking 😲 omg, it's amazing down here." Thank you for sharing your experience. 😊
Love your vids. No bs, no prop promotions. Would really like more definitions of the typical miners' wording. Explaining things like cribbing, what a stope is, etc. Many of us non cavers love to watch but have limited knowledge of the terminology. Thanks again, keep shooting these vids.
Enjoy your channel. Lived in Vegas 12 years. Lot's to see in the desert.
Hi D.T. Enjoyed the video. Old school style with a real-world pace, no annoying soundtrack throughout, a real sense of being there, and information from someone who is knowledgeable about the area. Nice job. 👍🏻
Teach me how to find these places of history , your amazing , so many different historic places and all alone that’s outstanding . I will go with you any day my confidence in your knowledge is unprecedented.
Wow really remote, no graffiti or other more modern debris, thanks for your hard efforts, much appreciated.
My pleasure
Sorry to be offtopic but does someone know a trick to get back into an instagram account?
I was stupid forgot the password. I would appreciate any help you can give me
@Justin Ellis Instablaster ;)
@Ayaan Alvin i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff now.
Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later with my results.
@Ayaan Alvin It worked and I finally got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D
Thanks so much you really help me out!
I appreciate your time...love the channel! My wife and I bought a house recently near Stagecoach and are going to start exploring more...thank you!
Sounds great!
Your videos are great. Thanks for sharing Sir and be safe.
Awesome, thank you for sharing. Your travels are addictive, I've watched a few of your videos and they are all very interesting, you are very good at what you're doing and taking us along. Thank you for your time and effort, it's nice to set in my recliner with a cup of coffee and go on an Awesome trip with you. 👍
Thanks for the ride along and the effort it entails to create these videos.
Spectacular view !glad you got out of there!you scare me!thanks for sharing!
Thanks for posting your adventures Dan
40 years ago I worked for Caltrans in Shoshone. Your video is reminding me of some of my adventures in the area.
glad you like them. I bet you have some good stories from when you worked out there.
Love you thanks again for everything 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Wow ,you are one brave man, and must be in great shape, I've hiked like that in the desert and it is hard love your videos.
A good treck, thanks for dragging us along.
Your quite knowledgeable....I greatly enjoy the story behind the videos...thanks, stay safe
Glad you enjoyed it
First time I watched one of your videos..... All and all, very good... good photography and good narration ....
Great content, be careful accessing those mines. When you're swinging your cam around, take it slow and easy, we have to follow that visually.
His knowledge amazes me. Great guy & great channel. Love this guy. 💯👍🏻
His explorations are fascinating. He puts a lot of knowledge behind it to his viewers.
Awesome view! Thanks for the adventure.
Glad you enjoyed it
Just stumbled across your vids. Really enjoy them. I spend about 6-8 months a year in the mountains off trail boondocking and exploring out of the way places like these. Great you are taking vids...I find the history of these places amazing. Will be checking out the rest of your vids and looking forward to new ones. Oh, I am heading to Nevada for the first time this year for a couple of months...usually in Montana, Wy, Colorado, Utah and Idaho...so really looking forward to it.
That is awesome!
I'm really enjoying your exploration videos. You're very knowledgeable of whatever you are exploring. I Love seeing the old good mines. I'm in North Georgia in the area where good mining was really big a long time ago and now there is just museums and the tourist traps where you pay to pan for gold which I've done, it's fun and exciting. Great Quality videos and awesome content.
Your channel reminds me of another youtuber that did this sort of thing and then started doing super long videos with hardly any content and then they started live streaming these videos and that's when I stopped following that person not to mention this persons annoying kids that started tagging along around the same time they started live streaming. Ugh
Please keep your videos like they are .... Awesome!!!👍
That's such an amazing view from the cave.
Watching this video gave me a much broader definition for the word "road".
they can be that hard to find in the Ozarks, sometimes
Gps coordinates of some of the places would be awesome... Would make it so much easier for others to explore what you showed them. Some of these places are so cool
I always learn something interesting from your videos. Thanks.
YES,STEPS!YOU ROCK!SAFE TRAVELS
Thanks for doing the walking where no sane man would dare go
Thanks for sharing amazing place.
I was wondering if those narrow trails along the slopes of the mountain could be mule or donkey trails from back in the prospecting days.
A combination of human and burro. We still share trails.
@@DesertTrailsExplored 🤣🤣🤣👍
Love your videos man!
Another great adventure, cheers from Aussie.❤
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video! I find it ironic that for as much backbreaking work these guys put into digging into the ground, mind you they had nothing close to what equipment is available today, that the “roads” leading to these sites are worse off than worn foot paths. (While giving thought to the passage of time)
Couldn't agree more
u r very knowledgeable about this stuff. bravo
I appreciate that!
All is really good but you could consider slower when you pan with the camera, thanks !
Hello I enjoyed your adventure .I really enjoyed how you show the over all trails wiith the lay of the land how to spot an old burro or mining trail I do the same and will be sub to your program. Cjd wash state take care .Dan
I'd like to go check these places out that you show. How does one find them? Is there a map I can access?
thank you for showing us this my friend very much apreciated.just a note do you have a cb with you in your truck.just dont want you to get hurt and no contact out there..one more thing i can shajest is when u get somewhere and its tight like a dead end turn your truck around before you leave because if you brake you arm or leg or ankle you wont have to fidle turning around and it bys you time.good job again.
Great video thanks 😊
You’re welcome 😊
Like others have said, great job on the videos, thanks for sharing!
I did a little sleuthing, but still do not know what a Cousin Jack is other than a Cornish minor?
Do you know what minerals came from that mine? Am I correct in assuming that it must have been successful because it was so deeply dug into the hill? That would have taken a lot of time and investment which seems like it wouldn’t have been spent if it wasn’t successful. When was that mine in operation? Fascinating video. Thank you.
What kind of vehicle are you driving?
Do you ever worry about rattlesnakes in the old building or caves?Another good video!
glad you enjoyed it. Don't really worry about rattlesnakes. I just keep my eyes open. Many times if the snake can feel you they will leave the area.
New Subscriber here,Stumbled onto your channel by accident, and decided to Stay awhile, Curious as to What area of the States this is at,and a few of your other videos, especially the 1 with the big timber supports and tunnels?🤔🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Great video!
I really enjoy your outings....Hope you don't get tired of hiking...lol
Never. This video I was out for 3 days and covered most of the mountain range on foot looking for a shelter cave that was noted in a journal. Never found, but did find some really cool petroglyphs.
@@DesertTrailsExplored Ok, now you are just rubbing it in...lol...TY again.
great video!!!!!! i hope you have someone who knows your plan encase you run in to an issue.
Mate..let me tell you..your trips are very good, narration is excellent.beats a lot the drama queen 'explorers' on UA-cam that don't know a split set from a back and take a lot gear from old mines. Im located in Perth Western Australia. Been in the mining industry since the 70's. Been to just about every gold mine in WA. And I can tell you the vandalism and stealing has spoilt a lot of old mines. Or when modern day miners go back into old workings and just destroy all the old stuff. Any how great vids
Thx
Very true! I watch a lot of 4Wheeling Western Australia and they are based out of Perth. I really want to get to your area and do some exploring. Thank you for watching.
try this ua-cam.com/video/ExJwXIA5Fz0/v-deo.html
So interesting. I am learning a lot, too.
Why don't you do anything in Sandy Valley NV?
You quit too soon , there were more Mines above and on top of the mountain . You should have made camp and stayed the night , then hiked to the other side of the hill from where you were --- there are about a dozen more Mines over there including the Baxter Mine , and the remnants of what had been a really nice Rock Cabin . --- < Doc > .
Agree completely but he arrived as a day outing.
Also doubt ability to portage weekend provisions;
was smart enough to not take his vehicle further.
I ride street legal dirt motorcycles......over 67K miles.
Love your stuff. Suggestion. You walk a lot. A lot! Get a little dirt bike to help with the trails. It could fit in back of the SUV.
He is not young enough to heal himself fast from the usual errors
that knobby users learn from. He might even buy a ride made
in China by people who I suspect do not have the best build tech.
Awesome 🥰
Great explore! at 19.40 or so were those drill holes in the first face that you came to or did someone paint a smiley face on the face.
It seems a shame you don't have a metal detector with you to do a little prospecting in a mining area that has been abandoned for such a long time. Be careful since a twisted ankle would make the crawl home a very long day. Interesting trip you took us on. Thanks for an adventure I'll probably never make myself.
That is not a bad idea. I need to think about that. I do rework many of the tailings at old mines using several different methods depending on the type of material and the fineness of the finds. Unfortunately, this mine and cave is in a section we call the Nevada Triangle. This is a piece of Death Valley that jets into Nevada so doing anything enjoyable like that is outlawed.
Naw tell em youre ok long as nobody steps on your fingers!!
@@DesertTrailsExplored metal detecting is illegal there huh?
Great content.
Thank You
How about some info on your truck?
When you said you didn't know what that pile of wood was. I thought it looked like a dog house's maybe. Thanks for the video's Man they're great.
Thanks for watching!
Maybe the road is next to all the telegraph poles stretching out into the distance, ?
The eroded cavities. Could be from the sulfides eroding out. So the mine at that level. Could be the oxidization level.
Curious why are your video's inside the mines are in black and white.
Wow dude that is out there 1911
Maynard James Keenan has a hiking channel?
I wanna go!
You should take a 4 gas meter with you to make sure you have good air in the mine shaft.
Selling your Tacoma to buy a Jeep? Going from most to least reliable vehicles. Love your vids. Keep up the good work and be safe.
You might think metal detect for gold.
What part of the desert was this area?
My dad worked out in Skidoo for awhile.
Those walls looked devoid of anything
Like to know more about eagle mountain and the Shoshone.
U SHOULD BRING UR METAL DETECTOR and PENCIL DETECTOR WITH U JUST TO SEE IF ANY GOLD OR OTHER WHILE UR GOING THROUGH CURIOUS , I WOULD
You Might Want To Think About A ROKON There A 2 wheel Drive Motor Cycle That Will GO Where Few Have The GUTS To Even Try To Take Them, & The Old Ones Hold 3 or So Gallons of Any Kind LIQUID WATER, GAS IN EACH RIM OF THE CYCLE
I beg to disagree with your assertion that a road in the desert will disappear "if nobody travels on it for a few days" [@26:44]. While that may be true of a single set of tire tracks in sand, it is also true that European settlers haven't lived in this desert for enough years to know how long tire tracks cut into a "desert pavement" [such as the terrain you show] will persist. This is why it makes me crazy to see people tearing willy-nilly across the open desert in side-by-sides. Rain is so rare in some parts of the desert that wind the only erosive force. When the wheels of a vehicle cut through the uppler layer of stones, the scar renains until enough years pass for the wind to blow away the exposed soil. The result is an ugly scar that will last almost forever. I found an archeological study of a particularly dry part of Southwestern Arizona that says the desert pavement in that area is 100,000 years old! We have all seen pefectly clear wagon ruts from the 1870's. Enough said on that topic. I enjoy your channel tremendously! You're a true desert rat, and that is a compliment I bestow only rarely. You've earned it! Keep up the good work.
Love the desert & abandoned places, but know nothing about mining. At 26.10 I thought you said you found the remains of cousin Jack. May he rip 🪦
Wow no dought thats another tree stump you can clearly see the wood everywhere
Looking for those Pick- Up trucks to Peru. Tip the waiter
fab
That's a cool place
Going in the mine I would leave bread crumbs to find my way out lol...........you should take a canary in with you....
would you ever consider taking followers on your trips?
Cool stuff, you need a motorcycle lol.
Any cave with potable water is friend .
I never saw that inside a gold mine.
I recommend kayaking inside Snail Shell Cave, TN.
Usually has a river going through it. At low water
you find wet sand, wading, and ponds to swim past.
Has multiple entry. One is deep and vertical.
The first gold mine I visited required a dig.
The seep I dug into was fed by tunnel.'
Had a full ore cart on rails blocking my
swim past. IXL Mining Company work.
Get a rone might help to do air recons to look for trails.
That would be great but it's illegal to fly there for various reasons.
ha, the face has a happy face on it
About time to upgrade to a Jeep, so you can get further on those bad roads
that would be a down grade
@@imzackson Naw,He just needs a Narrower Vehicle, like A Jeep TJ,4.0L!🤣🤣🤣🤣🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍
@@CJLane-62 na too much death wobble in those german cars
@@imzackson German?
@@imzackson Never experienced Death Wobble, ran my 2000 TJ with a 2.5L 3 years a just did a cash and trade deal for a 2003 TJ 4.0,so I can tow an offroad Teardrop
That's a good place to be using a walking stick
I think its stairs
Almost looks like it.
You need a buddy to go with you. People disappear..
Road for dirt bike.
That was awesomeness. Thumbs-up👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍.
" WOW! "
I would have never gone in there alone. You surprised me. Yet at the same time, I was thinking 😲 omg, it's amazing down here." Thank you for sharing your experience. 😊