really nice Mill ......still have the flotation cells ...the Powder boxes look late 70s early 80s.....would like to see more on that mine that you are rehabbing
Hey Justin - awesome documentation of this place. I have this notion of what it would be like to be a miner or even a mechanic working here in say 1947. I love these islands of civilization that are a hundred miles from nowhere in every direction. Honestly, it would have likely been a rough gig, long hours and physically demanding and lonely, sitting around a radio for entertainment. Still, that's appealing to me for some reason. Thanks again, brother.
That mine is very cool and the tour of the mining site was excellent. The desert really does preserve things for a long time. Thanks for the first rate video!
I had a friend who took a 1936 Chevy half ton pick up and mounted it to a mid eighties four wheel drive frame drove it everywhere it was an easy conversion very little modification required. Excellent Videography as always keep up the good work! 🤠👍
That one I would love to go see, could spend all day just looking around. The first Cat still had the pony motor on it, the little gas fired 4-stroke that you used to turn the diesel over to fire it up. Very cool stuff. I just marvel at what the thought process would have been when that place was shut down. What do we take? what do we leave? Those engines, if they were not beat to death, were worth some serious $, not to mention the other gear. Did they close down under circumstances that would have left them thinking, "we will be back to work in a few weeks" that turned to months...and again, why was such valuable machinery left to decay? The stories I wish we could uncover, the lives of the men who lived the stories.. To make it worth the expense that went with putting that mill in operation that mine must have been a serious producer, or perhaps other mines were sending ore there? Yeah the 46 Chevy was a neat old truck. Knew a couple of guys in town when I was a kid that had those as their daily drivers, 6 banger and all...
It always amazes me how well equipment survives in that kind of environment. I live on a small Scottish island, just a mile or so wide. If I left my van outside overnight it'd be rusted away to nothing by the morning.
Hi Justin, what an awesome site and still fairly well intact which is unique in and of itself. Pretty cool to see the mine and yup it would be awesome if you guys could maybe go back someday to go down to the lower sections. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💖
This is an amazing sight This company Was not small so the workings Down in the ground must be extensiv Very good mashinery Thank you for taking us with you Take care greetings from Germany Yours Frank Galetzka
Justin -- Nice Mine explore , but a fantastic Mill that is 90% intact . @17:30 - I actually have one of those Lafayette Tape Recorders that I purchased in 1960 when I was 13 years old . Bought it on Sale at a Rexall Drug Store for about $25.00 . --- < Doc > .
When I see chains hanging down a wall I'm always reminded of, though I have never seen it in any U.S. mines, but in early European mines from the early 1800s, 1700s, and earlier, climbing chains. That's how the miners made it up or down to levels, hand climbing up or down a big chain.
Great find as always but this is supper find still 90% intact the way we all WISHED were still out there .Even the table's . Thank you as always .case from northern coast wash state .
I often contemplate how cool it’d be if that one mystery eccentric fellow out there that must exist somewhere, that had spent many countless hours “video recording” with a VHS camcorder back in the 80’s-90’s, capturing as much of the various state and features of these various sites, for archival posterity, eventually digitizing all said footage to be uploaded to YT or the like, someday, for us to have direct comparative value from then to now…. Anybody out there got any old VHS or BATAMAX tapes lying around of a mine investigation adventure back then???? 📼 🎥 📽 🧨 ⛏ ⚖️ 💰 💎 👀
24:11 RESISTITE At 23:56 you can see the front of the flywheel. The collet is split and tightened with two bolts. As the bolts are tightened, they compress the tapered body key. "Resistite" may be a trade name for the collet design.
A freind of mine has a chevy truck likevthqat. His was bought new by his Grandfather in '46 and has been used regularly since, apart from a period where it was restored then repowered with an isuzu Diesel and roadranger trans so his kids can keep driving it .Old technology such as splash feed bearings is a mystery to a lot of people today.
That’s a very interesting mine , I’d be looking into some testing there . That could be a workable mine if there is enough left there , I’d be looking for the smaller veins away form the larger fault on the both sides as well as samples from the main vein there.
lol i gotta brand new cat 4400 from never used. was a test engine from cat, kinda neat chillin on this crude rack they made. i think we picked it up for our old cable drive ex but i kinda forget now. that was 25 years back lol but its still chillin at my old mans.
The Cat D4400 engine had ‘D4400’ on the side plate of the Radiator, so it was sold as a self contained industrial engine, rather than taken out of a Cat RD4/D4, which they were also in. Unfortunately the engine number plate was undecipherable on video, but that would tell you exactly when it was made and even who originally bought it. The larger 6 cylinder engine identification tag was missing.
Pretty sure I've seen this mill layout in Colorado, albeit with a rake classifier and one additional flotation stage. If so, the shaker table would be used to do a final pass on the flotation tailings before sending them out to the pile. The flotation raises the fines and sulfides, but the shaker will catch any larger solid recoverables that slipped through. As I understand it, if the shaker started getting too productive, then the feed into the ball mill was probably running too fast and the millmen would know to slow it down.
I've always wondered what the miner's emotions were when the vein stopped paying and the fuel was shut off for the final time to the engines that powered the blowers, air compressors, crushers, and all the other equipment in the mine and the mill. Was the overwhelming emotion one of depression as the miners and mill operators took one last look at what had provided a living for them as they drove away? Or, as experienced miners, were they stoic knowing that this operation will eventually come to a halt like every other mine they had ever worked planning from the first day for the day it would all come to an end? Is it the equivalent to being fired from a normal job or was it the relief felt at finally resigning from a labor-intensive routine to move on to new prospects? Of all I know about western U.S. mining I know nothing of this. Thanks for the video.
Having been in that situation in a modern setting, I can tell you there is a mixture of emotions. First, melancholy because the minerals have pinched out and the security of a well-paying prospect is dying off. The very next emotion is hope -- you always assume that there is more resource in the ground. The fringes of the mineral vein that haven't been explored yet quite possibly hold even more value than what has been mined thus far, and the impending shutdown is merely a temporary setback. Once you're able to scrape together just a little more capital and/or the commodity price moves higher then you can start expanding into newer, richer areas, and the dream is kept alive. Many miners are eternal optimists and are undaunted by the constant setbacks that plague the mining endeavor.
I believe they just moved to their next claim and continued with their work, once the great American gold rush was over Alot came to Australia once workable/payable deposits dissipated and Australia started booming 💥
Something that just now caught my attention, it seems odd how the vast majority of these old abandoned mines have wood timbers/lumber that’s either nearly as dry as the day originally milled or, heavily saturated too fully rotten from continuous exposure to water but, haven’t really ever seen any significant amounts of this wood all destroyed by termites! I wonder if this is primarily due to the average elevation these sites are typically located? Idk
alot of those heavy timbers that were used in mining & railroad were made from redwood. termites dont bother redwood thats why only 3% of the old growth redwoods are all that is left. Pier pilings, wood for fencing and picnic benches also ate up alot of the remaining redwoods.
How in Gods name was this rock crusher humped and installed on the side of this mountain?? The Mother of Invention knows no bounds. Amazing to be sure. Thanks for another great vid on mines of yesterday.
Old saying "Back when men were made of Iron and Ships were made of wood", Now most men are made of plastic & hair jell and ships of recycled rustbuckets.
It appears this mine is very large. The mill is very interesting. The Lafayette Radio Catalog looks to be from the early sixties. Lots of cool artifacts including unused dynamite.
It would be really awesome if you guys had a difficult at a diesel mechanic go out and try to start those engines. Just an idea good video too. My understanding about diesels is they can start and run after settings almost forever. Thanks a bunch for your video appreciate them
I'm not a real Cat head, but the one running the ball mill ect looked like a D318 i willcheck on the mfg. Date. My buddy has one that runs his saw mill. That engine has been sawing wood since 1950 when his grandfather bought it used (8 hours a day, 5 days a week until semi retirement in 1982) ...the 4400's were also used in the early D4's Both super long lived work horses. Great video
24:41 Patent Marking Plate. To give potential infringers "official notice" that parts of the engine are protected by patents in order to potentially sue for willful infringement and receive triple damages. Those US patent numbers are pretty old - probably 1920s-1940s.
I've been to that mill a few times. (years ago). Glad to see it's still in such good shape ! My uncle knew the owner of the associated homestead nearby . The property was abandoned years ago. Never found that mine though. Is it located in that specific area ?
Coming to California for exploring anytime soon? I have some cool spots in mind. It would be great if you could document some of the old mines left in my area.
some thin oil put in all the cylinders & internals before any attempt to start or turn over a bone dry engine that has been sitting for years is without proper lube to vitals for refresh is a bit lame, even if it sat just a few years much less decades. pre start lube and protocal for a dry engine should be followed. if not you'd be setting up what may have still be a good engine up for total mechanical failure.
That orange engine block at 15:43 is a flathead Ford V-8. I am a bit curious what they used to haul ore up from those extensive stopes that are below the level you explored. I did not see a winch station.
I would love to restore that Cat engines. I have nre radiators for some big equipment that never put in use. I guess they wouldn't be hard to restore. Same for that truck. Old trucks can go on for ever.
Cool site, I think I know it? The "Blasting" instructions were revised some time in 1978. Did you stop and poke around the Long Chance and Sierra Vista? The claim owner passed away last year on site, not sure if some one picked up those claims? Happy trails.
@@TVRExploring It's a neat area, not that rich in gold but has some history. Max had the LC and SV claims for over 20 years, and actually won a court case that allowed him to occupy his claim. He lived there, and near Mazourka, seasonally. Hopefully somebody claimed them, so USFS/BLM don't destroy them? You familiar with the Black Eagle mine? Way up in the Inyo's, SE of Mazourka Canyon. Accessible by quad, and I know the claim owner. When are you guys going to get "serious" and hump it up to Beveridge? Max knew a couple of mines up there, but... Good luck. Hope this wasn't TMI.
@@bretthumphries7911 Never TMI... Max was actually able to occupy his claim? Good for him. I've heard of the Black Eagle Mine, but I've never visited. I don't know anything about Beveridge.
A little diesel , Little gas for The pony wonder if they turn I can almost bet you could get at least one of those motors fired wouldn’t it be fun. Those old cat motors at least nine lives . Common for the radiators to be gone electrolysis couple buckets work just fine. In my younger days around Sierra Valley I used to get all kinds of old equipment going there’s usually just one thing wrong if any if if the rods not through the block it’s a good chance. We got an old steam engine to run out of a mine One of the connecting rod caps were broken obviously they didn’t have the capabilities to weld in them days this was an old one we braised it back together poured a little Babbitt lubed it up a little bit.Ran a pipe so we had water. Built a fire in this old riveted boiler and I’ll be damned the thing ran just fine. It was on private property so we were able to skid the whole thing down to a buddy of mine shop. Takes it out for the fairs, parades public events. Grangeville Idaho
Its a 1940-46 chevrolet 1.5- 2 ton , I still drive my 1941 chevy 1.5 Ton short wheelbase flatbed domestic base vet from WW2, though it has a 1959- 235 engine upgrade, with almost 700,000 miles on the clock, 2nd engine in 45 years, the original 216 engine amazingly lasted just over 120k miles when i replaced it with a 235 in the late 70's
That Jaw crusher is older than the Cat engine which has V belts and the crusher would have taken a flat belt. I usually see the jaw crushers being run with steam donkey engines
Some luddites used to say all they needed to work on their old school harley was a butter knife, pry bar and ball peen hammer. (that was before duct tape was invented) In a perfect world i fantasize that things would be that simple..not...
Not sure if follow any coal mining but PeriscopeFilm just released a silent coal mining video from the 1920’s on mining for Anthracite Coal in Pennsylvania. I’m sure a lot of the techniques used are very similar to gold mining of the same era. ua-cam.com/video/6cpMyYCZwS8/v-deo.html
So Ive seen the Heavy D/Ghost Town living collab with the construction of the Hotel, but Im wondering where the TVR Exploring/Ghost Town Living Collab is with the mine exploration.
I live in an old miners house built before 1890 that is in the tiny mining/RR town at the base of the Cerro Gordo . Happy to see Heavy D and his crew as well as all the volinteers collaborate to help Brent, Inyo mountains are great place for exploring yesteryear.
@@janblake9468 I was in my early teens when my Dad bought that old farm truck. It had duals wheels on the back and had our neighbor weld a school bus frame to the chassis and it reached 13 ft high. We scrapped old farm equipt. Back in the early 60s his other truck was a 1946 ford pick up with a flat head v8. That was my first driving experience... at 12 years old. Our tractor was 1933CC Case.. that Chevy was only 16 years old when he made a wrecker out of it.. my current pick truck is nearly 22 years old.. those were the days..
@@donaldpowers5557 Yup, those were the days. My first vehicle was a used '56 Chevy Suburban in the early 1960s when I got my DL. I roamed the Mojave Desert with it. Current Chevy is a 2003.
really nice Mill ......still have the flotation cells ...the Powder boxes look late 70s early 80s.....would like to see more on that mine that you are rehabbing
Hi again Jeff! My old mucker is there no mine that you don't know of.
@@johncampbell2979 Slim has the Master list and he gets around
As does the paper at 13:30 on video.
Both the Caterpillar engines could be started to bad someone stole both radiators, great to see 90% intact site👍
The mine aplenty! Wow, awesome place to explore!
The amount of stuff hauled out to the middle of nowhere to build all the mining buildings always amazes me. Those old miners were pretty badass.
Hey Justin - awesome documentation of this place. I have this notion of what it would be like to be a miner or even a mechanic working here in say 1947. I love these islands of civilization that are a hundred miles from nowhere in every direction. Honestly, it would have likely been a rough gig, long hours and physically demanding and lonely, sitting around a radio for entertainment. Still, that's appealing to me for some reason. Thanks again, brother.
absoluyely story of my life
That mine is very cool and the tour of the mining site was excellent. The desert really does preserve things for a long time. Thanks for the first rate video!
Awesome mine -- I can't wait to see PART 2 when you get the ropes and rappelling gear out to explore the workings at depth.
I had a friend who took a 1936 Chevy half ton pick up and mounted it to a mid eighties four wheel drive frame drove it everywhere it was an easy conversion very little modification required.
Excellent Videography as always keep up the good work! 🤠👍
That one I would love to go see, could spend all day just looking around. The first Cat still had the pony motor on it, the little gas fired 4-stroke that you used to turn the diesel over to fire it up. Very cool stuff.
I just marvel at what the thought process would have been when that place was shut down.
What do we take? what do we leave? Those engines, if they were not beat to death, were worth some serious $, not to mention the other gear. Did they close down under circumstances that would have left them thinking, "we will be back to work in a few weeks" that turned to months...and again, why was such valuable machinery left to decay?
The stories I wish we could uncover, the lives of the men who lived the stories..
To make it worth the expense that went with putting that mill in operation that mine must have been a serious producer, or perhaps other mines were sending ore there?
Yeah the 46 Chevy was a neat old truck. Knew a couple of guys in town when I was a kid that had those as their daily drivers, 6 banger and all...
A very nice tour of those stopy mine and buildings, they left a lot behind.
It always amazes me how well equipment survives in that kind of environment.
I live on a small Scottish island, just a mile or so wide. If I left my van outside overnight it'd be rusted away to nothing by the morning.
Hi Justin, what an awesome site and still fairly well intact which is unique in and of itself. Pretty cool to see the mine and yup it would be awesome if you guys could maybe go back someday to go down to the lower sections. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💖
This is an amazing sight
This company Was not small so the workings Down in the ground must be extensiv
Very good mashinery
Thank you for taking us with you
Take care greetings from Germany
Yours Frank Galetzka
Justin -- Nice Mine explore , but a fantastic Mill that is 90% intact . @17:30 - I actually have one of those Lafayette Tape Recorders that I purchased in 1960 when I was 13 years old . Bought it on Sale at a Rexall Drug Store for about $25.00 . --- < Doc > .
A really fascinating mine tour. Thanks for sharing.
I have to admit, I would probably take that old Havoline can. I admire that you all leave these places undisturbed.
When I see chains hanging down a wall I'm always reminded of, though I have never seen it in any U.S. mines, but in early European mines from the early 1800s, 1700s, and earlier, climbing chains. That's how the miners made it up or down to levels, hand climbing up or down a big chain.
Its easy to see why faults cause earthquakes as smooth as they are. Thanks for sharing. And yes that old chevy grill is sooooo cool
Thanks for another great vid
Caterpillar D4400 engine 33/44 4-cylinder, Diesel made from 1936-47
and al least one pony motor ...
@@Merescat Both engines had 'em.
Great find as always but this is supper find still 90% intact the way we all WISHED were still out there .Even the table's . Thank you as always .case from northern coast wash state .
Imagine the racket that thing was making when it was running.
Belts still on. Nice find, great adventure.
High desert is where it's at. Great finds!
I often contemplate how cool it’d be if that one mystery eccentric fellow out there that must exist somewhere, that had spent many countless hours “video recording” with a VHS camcorder back in the 80’s-90’s, capturing as much of the various state and features of these various sites, for archival posterity, eventually digitizing all said footage to be uploaded to YT or the like, someday, for us to have direct comparative value from then to now…. Anybody out there got any old VHS or BATAMAX tapes lying around of a mine investigation adventure back then???? 📼 🎥 📽 🧨 ⛏ ⚖️ 💰 💎 👀
Definitely a good question when deserves some independent investigation I wish you luck!
Cool video yes I love old trucks 🚚 😀
24:11 RESISTITE
At 23:56 you can see the front of the flywheel. The collet is split and tightened with two bolts. As the bolts are tightened, they compress the tapered body key. "Resistite" may be a trade name for the collet design.
A freind of mine has a chevy truck likevthqat. His was bought new by his Grandfather in '46 and has been used regularly since, apart from a period where it was restored then repowered with an isuzu Diesel and roadranger trans so his kids can keep driving it .Old technology such as splash feed bearings is a mystery to a lot of people today.
That’s a very interesting mine , I’d be looking into some testing there . That could be a workable mine if there is enough left there , I’d be looking for the smaller veins away form the larger fault on the both sides as well as samples from the main vein there.
Very very cool mill and mine. You do a. Great job explain thing and information....🎥🎥😁😁
lol i gotta brand new cat 4400 from never used. was a test engine from cat, kinda neat chillin on this crude rack they made. i think we picked it up for our old cable drive ex but i kinda forget now. that was 25 years back lol but its still chillin at my old mans.
0:16 shot across the valley at the mill site is postcard material.
Cool ol' rig.
That adit is nutty at the angles of the fault. Fun house style.
Neat video, shame to see idol equipment left to rot.
Old trucks are so cool I want to rescue them all..
@1:38 - left side - is that a bat?
@5:30 - ugh!! I am such a sucker for good lagging! 😂
Great video as always 👍
Lot of cool things left inside and out. Did the Catapiller have a gas engine on the side pony engine they were on them from the 60's down I guess 🤔
Great Video! Thanks
Good afternoon from Southeast South Dakota
The Cat D4400 engine had ‘D4400’ on the side plate of the Radiator, so it was sold as a self contained industrial engine, rather than taken out of a Cat RD4/D4, which they were also in. Unfortunately the engine number plate was undecipherable on video, but that would tell you exactly when it was made and even who originally bought it. The larger 6 cylinder engine identification tag was missing.
It is amazing how good the lumber looks, looks like it was put up, 10 years ago!
But the blasting stuff, definitely not that old, judging by the 10 digit phone number,
Thank you for the very good video.
Very nice how that old shaker table is still intact. For reasons I won't disclose here, certain parts usually get stolen.
Pretty sure I've seen this mill layout in Colorado, albeit with a rake classifier and one additional flotation stage. If so, the shaker table would be used to do a final pass on the flotation tailings before sending them out to the pile. The flotation raises the fines and sulfides, but the shaker will catch any larger solid recoverables that slipped through. As I understand it, if the shaker started getting too productive, then the feed into the ball mill was probably running too fast and the millmen would know to slow it down.
I've always wondered what the miner's emotions were when the vein stopped paying and the fuel was shut off for the final time to the engines that powered the blowers, air compressors, crushers, and all the other equipment in the mine and the mill. Was the overwhelming emotion one of depression as the miners and mill operators took one last look at what had provided a living for them as they drove away? Or, as experienced miners, were they stoic knowing that this operation will eventually come to a halt like every other mine they had ever worked planning from the first day for the day it would all come to an end? Is it the equivalent to being fired from a normal job or was it the relief felt at finally resigning from a labor-intensive routine to move on to new prospects? Of all I know about western U.S. mining I know nothing of this. Thanks for the video.
Dave you and me both. Well said. Really, those are the questions I always find myself asking too.
Having been in that situation in a modern setting, I can tell you there is a mixture of emotions. First, melancholy because the minerals have pinched out and the security of a well-paying prospect is dying off. The very next emotion is hope -- you always assume that there is more resource in the ground. The fringes of the mineral vein that haven't been explored yet quite possibly hold even more value than what has been mined thus far, and the impending shutdown is merely a temporary setback. Once you're able to scrape together just a little more capital and/or the commodity price moves higher then you can start expanding into newer, richer areas, and the dream is kept alive. Many miners are eternal optimists and are undaunted by the constant setbacks that plague the mining endeavor.
I believe they just moved to their next claim and continued with their work, once the great American gold rush was over Alot came to Australia once workable/payable deposits dissipated and Australia started booming 💥
Nice mine and mill.
Something that just now caught my attention, it seems odd how the vast majority of these old abandoned mines have wood timbers/lumber that’s either nearly as dry as the day originally milled or, heavily saturated too fully rotten from continuous exposure to water but, haven’t really ever seen any significant amounts of this wood all destroyed by termites! I wonder if this is primarily due to the average elevation these sites are typically located? Idk
alot of those heavy timbers that were used in mining & railroad were made from redwood. termites dont bother redwood thats why only 3% of the old growth redwoods are all that is left. Pier pilings, wood for fencing and picnic benches also ate up alot of the remaining redwoods.
How in Gods name was this rock crusher humped and installed on the side of this mountain?? The Mother of Invention knows no bounds. Amazing to be sure. Thanks for another great vid on mines of yesterday.
Old saying "Back when men were made of Iron and Ships were made of wood", Now most men are made of plastic & hair jell and ships of recycled rustbuckets.
It is beautiful just the way it is .
It appears this mine is very large. The mill is very interesting. The Lafayette Radio Catalog looks to be from the early sixties. Lots of cool artifacts including unused dynamite.
That slanted walkway hurts my legs just looking at it! Lol
It would be really awesome if you guys had a difficult at a diesel mechanic go out and try to start those engines. Just an idea good video too. My understanding about diesels is they can start and run after settings almost forever. Thanks a bunch for your video appreciate them
That D4400 caterpillar is out of a 1938-1959 RD4 crawler tractor (dozer with no blade)
I'm not a real Cat head, but the one running the ball mill ect looked like a D318 i willcheck on the mfg. Date. My buddy has one that runs his saw mill. That engine has been sawing wood since 1950 when his grandfather bought it used (8 hours a day, 5 days a week until semi retirement in 1982)
...the 4400's were also used in the early D4's
Both super long lived work horses.
Great video
The one outside I don't know if it has a rain cap, but the one inside would run , there tough engines!
Yes they are and wouldn’t take much to get these going again
Good stuff...
24:41 Patent Marking Plate. To give potential infringers "official notice" that parts of the engine are protected by patents in order to potentially sue for willful infringement and receive triple damages. Those US patent numbers are pretty old - probably 1920s-1940s.
I've been to that mill a few times. (years ago). Glad to see it's still in such good shape ! My uncle knew the owner of the associated homestead nearby . The property was abandoned years ago. Never found that mine though. Is it located in that specific area ?
Coming to California for exploring anytime soon? I have some cool spots in mind. It would be great if you could document some of the old mines left in my area.
The 6cyl motor I believe is a 4600 Cat also used in late 30's to late 40's D-6.
Just researched that grill on the truck is worth $2000 to $3500 on Ebay guy in Colorado looking for one.
I would like to try starting those engines. Sounds crazy, but I wrote manuals for Diesel engines. A little fresh fuel, and maybe a battery. Cheers
No battery for those engines.Starting engines used magnetos.
But BUt BUt he write the book lol@@EL300B
some thin oil put in all the cylinders & internals before any attempt to start or turn over a bone dry engine that has been sitting for years is without proper lube to vitals for refresh is a bit lame, even if it sat just a few years much less decades. pre start lube and protocal for a dry engine should be followed. if not you'd be setting up what may have still be a good engine up for total mechanical failure.
That orange engine block at 15:43 is a flathead Ford V-8. I am a bit curious what they used to haul ore up from those extensive stopes that are below the level you explored. I did not see a winch station.
would love to explore with you some day, when i am up in your neck of the woods.
that grill would make a sick bar-b-que lid!
I would love to restore that Cat engines. I have nre radiators for some big equipment that never put in use. I guess they wouldn't be hard to restore. Same for that truck.
Old trucks can go on for ever.
Curious on how the mill would have smelled in action with all the machinery and chemicals.
on amazon they had a D4400 caterpillar 1943 manual
Cool to see the old Krogh Pump. What year did you think that part of the mill was built? We still have most of the drawing
Here's some info on the Caterpillar D4400 engine HP 33/44 4-cylinder Diesel years produced 1936-47
I found one site that says the D4400 Cat was made between 1938 - 1959. Pretty big window but…
Still my favorite part of Wednesdays!
the catalog at 17:32 is probably from around 1957-1965 about maybe later cause the casette didnt take off till the later part of the decade
Forgot to show us the last truck!
How is that chevy dump truck grill still there ??
respect, sadly the looters & vandals, scrappers n pickers have not found that site..yet.
In my neck of the woods… right on
What are those red markings or flags for?
Has a pony motor for starting
Cool site, I think I know it? The "Blasting" instructions were revised some time in 1978. Did you stop and poke around the Long Chance and Sierra Vista? The claim owner passed away last year on site, not sure if some one picked up those claims? Happy trails.
We checked out the former, but not the latter... It's brand new territory for me and I don't know it that well yet.
@@TVRExploring It's a neat area, not that rich in gold but has some history. Max had the LC and SV claims for over 20 years, and actually won a court case that allowed him to occupy his claim. He lived there, and near Mazourka, seasonally. Hopefully somebody claimed them, so USFS/BLM don't destroy them?
You familiar with the Black Eagle mine? Way up in the Inyo's, SE of Mazourka Canyon. Accessible by quad, and I know the claim owner.
When are you guys going to get "serious" and hump it up to Beveridge? Max knew a couple of mines up there, but...
Good luck. Hope this wasn't TMI.
@@TVRExploring Max did mention dropping into the LC over 100 feet.
@@bretthumphries7911 Never TMI... Max was actually able to occupy his claim? Good for him. I've heard of the Black Eagle Mine, but I've never visited. I don't know anything about Beveridge.
@@TVRExploring I have a "Mining in California, October, 1927" report for Mono County, if you're interested?
A little diesel , Little gas for The pony wonder if they turn
I can almost bet you could get at least one of those motors fired wouldn’t it be fun.
Those old cat motors at least nine lives .
Common for the radiators to be gone electrolysis couple buckets work just fine.
In my younger days around Sierra Valley I used to get all kinds of old equipment going there’s usually just one thing wrong if any if if the rods not through the block it’s a good chance.
We got an old steam engine to run out of a mine
One of the connecting rod caps were broken obviously they didn’t have the capabilities to weld in them days this was an old one we braised it back together poured a little Babbitt lubed it up a little bit.Ran a pipe so we had water. Built a fire in this old riveted boiler and I’ll be damned the thing ran just fine.
It was on private property so we were able to skid the whole thing down to a buddy of mine shop.
Takes it out for the fairs, parades public events.
Grangeville Idaho
Pretty cool 👍
Sweet truck in the beginning looks like 1950s 👍
More likely 30's.
Its a 1940-46 chevrolet 1.5- 2 ton , I still drive my 1941 chevy 1.5 Ton short wheelbase flatbed domestic base vet from WW2, though it has a 1959- 235 engine upgrade, with almost 700,000 miles on the clock, 2nd engine in 45 years, the original 216 engine amazingly lasted just over 120k miles when i replaced it with a 235 in the late 70's
@@westho7314 If it still had its headlights I could have gotten closer to it's age.
@@westho7314 If it still had its headlights I could have gotten closer to it's age.
Made the D4400 from 1936-47
And it is is painted olive drab which indicates military service. Likely bought surplus afterward.
Was replaced by the D315 motor in 1948.
Where is that at very cool
anybody know what the lever at 1.09 on the truck was for ? hand brake, tipper.??
dump bed
0:30 shes still shining
Well I’m for you returning with ropes and gear and a buddy or two. 👍🏻👍🏻
that cat enging is an oldie. since it has a pony moter on it.
Cat used pony motors on equipment & power units well into the 1960s.
That Jaw crusher is older than the Cat engine which has V belts and the crusher would have taken a flat belt. I usually see the jaw crushers being run with steam donkey engines
In my back yard boys good to see you on Diablo you know what that means be safe up there looks to look at have fun be safe
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Lafayette catalog from the 60s
2:41 top right corner ....gold nugget?
5:03 I counted 93 dots
5:50 29 dots
When did cat start using fuel injection
Hey man I was wondering how I would go about contacting you? I have a couple of cool spots I wanted to tell you about
Looks like a D-6 engine from the 1950's
I believe that engine was made 1938-1947 and was used in D-6
A bit of WD-40, some bailing wire &, roll of Duct Tape &, a gallon of gas.. should have u a fine classic Chevy steak-bed truck to operate!
Some luddites used to say all they needed to work on their old school harley was a butter knife, pry bar and ball peen hammer. (that was before duct tape was invented) In a perfect world i fantasize that things would be that simple..not...
Not sure if follow any coal mining but PeriscopeFilm just released a silent coal mining video from the 1920’s on mining for Anthracite Coal in Pennsylvania. I’m sure a lot of the techniques used are very similar to gold mining of the same era. ua-cam.com/video/6cpMyYCZwS8/v-deo.html
So Ive seen the Heavy D/Ghost Town living collab with the construction of the Hotel, but Im wondering where the TVR Exploring/Ghost Town Living Collab is with the mine exploration.
I live in an old miners house built before 1890 that is in the tiny mining/RR town at the base of the Cerro Gordo . Happy to see Heavy D and his crew as well as all the volinteers collaborate to help Brent, Inyo mountains are great place for exploring yesteryear.
They probably paid $20,000 for the old Chevy ..
Hanging wall & foot walls. How many pillars are there, still stable.
Looks like theres still more gold n silver in there. I love that chevy truck. I wonder what year it is.
Chevy is a 1941-46, but not many made during WWII.
@@janblake9468 that was my thought my DAD Had a 46. Looked like that one
@@donaldpowers5557 I had a '46 pickup for awhile - and many other old 1930's-1950's trucks, including several WWII military Chevy trucks.
@@janblake9468 I was in my early teens when my Dad bought that old farm truck. It had duals wheels on the back and had our neighbor weld a school bus frame to the chassis and it reached 13 ft high. We scrapped old farm equipt. Back in the early 60s his other truck was a 1946 ford pick up with a flat head v8. That was my first driving experience... at 12 years old. Our tractor was 1933CC Case.. that Chevy was only 16 years old when he made a wrecker out of it.. my current pick truck is nearly 22 years old.. those were the days..
@@donaldpowers5557 Yup, those were the days. My first vehicle was a used '56 Chevy Suburban in the early 1960s when I got my DL. I roamed the Mojave Desert with it. Current Chevy is a 2003.
Bruh, maybe have a better end? And not jus cut itboff mis senten