I lived in Riverside AZ. for close to 20 years, over 35 years ago and I drove this trail close to 100 times. This highway is quite possibly the prettiest part to drive through in the region. This walk through was fantastic, and the young man doing the video did a great job. High quality vocals, and great video. Though the amount of time spent just looking at each of those old car wrecks felt awfully long. Over All, Job Well Done bro.
According to a local news story reprinted in Desert Magazine in the 1940's, workers building the [now] old Pinto Creek bridge on US 60 discovered a Spansih colonial-era mine on the west side of the canyon during construction of the bridge.
1768 -69 or newer, eh?. Interesting. I have often wondered what a student of archaic Spanish with the patience to spend long hours poring over old documents and maps could discover about pre-expulsion mining in Arizona if he or she could gain access to the archives of the Frannciscan Order held in libraries and churches in Mexico City, Madrid and Rome.
Same here! There's another old stretch of highway out here that I'll be making a video on in the next few weeks, supposedly there's more car wrecks at that one too.... hopefully I can find them!.....thanks for checking out the video 👍
Thanks Dawn! glad you enjoyed the video! theres so many little things out there in that canyon, more car wrecks, car parts, and old stories about the tribes from back in the day......May have to go back out there and make another video in the future!
I was literally there at the clip taken at 8:07!! (My bf is the one yelling hell yeah if u turn your volume up!) such a beautiful place and I’m so fascinated by the history of the roads and landscape here 💖💖
Oh nice! Yea there was a lot of people out there that day, didn't think the semi was going to make it for a second haha, thanks for checking out the video!
the carvings in the walls is for core samples, to see mineral composition. As a rockhound, I found these on sides of areas, and on top of rock formations. The same is done to detect things like the amount of silver, gold in a location.
@@rupe53 who what purposes a core drill is done. I've seen them usually 2-4" wide. Maybe this was used to stabilize something during the tunnel build process?
@@spaztic1 That's kinda what I was hinting about. Of course, none of us here are old enough to be familiar with the details of construction in that era so that question won't have a definitive answer.
Hey no problem! Glad you enjoyed the video.....I was surprised by how many people I know that have never heard of this place that have lived in Arizona their whole lives
Living in arizona, I'm glad people are sharing our desert states rich history! I didn't even know about alot of arizonas history, especially up in queens creek and superior
Thanks Jessie; Excellent video. My parents drove us on the early US 60 in late 1940's. Must have been treat for us to get out of the Big City Phoenix population ~ 60,000. In 1940 it was 50,000.
Thank You! This was an incredible story and well told. Super research and pics and video. Really piqued my curiosity for all that AZ area. You've given this WI guy some good ideas.
Wisconsin!! I know that state fairly well! I'm from Minnesota originally. Thanks for checking out the video! Hope you can make it down to the AZ area sometime and check it out.
I was born in globe in 1964,my dad worked at the Christmas mine in early 60s. Christmas mine is between Globe and Hayden Winkleman we lived in company housing on the mine site. Maybe your next adventure you could show us the old rd from globe to Hayden winkleman.
The biggest problem with the Queen Creek Tunnel is that it would be a nightmare to try and widen this highway through here. The US 60 gets a lot of traffic through here too. So the highway really needs to be widened badly.
Convict labor on the American road system was very common. In Tempe the Old Mill Avenue Bridge was in fact Convict built; and when the big floods came in the 70’s Mill Avenue bridge was one of the only survivors of said flood.
I was literally just out on the trail today, drove out to Apache lake from Roosevelt dam.....Apache trail is going to be a video in the next few weeks......thank you for sharing 👍
My grandfather helped build the tunnel shown and the mine opening with the ore bins was his mine. His name is Thomas Darrell Heron ( Sam )The road was mostly one lane with pullouts. My grandmother had a huge mercury automobile and my mom said her and her sisters were very scared while traveling to globe. Sam did the blasting for the tunnel. Cool vid. Thanks. G.
4:05 as someone who has driven through here in the past year, im here to inform you that they were doing some blasting next to the falls the last time I drove through
We used to see car wrecks off the road every trip, especially off the I-17 near Black Canyon. A man took his kids and ran off the road and was not found for weeks. Everyone had died by that time. This was about 20 years ago. Just take your time on our roads.
Nice. I go past that place all the time. Too bad you can't drive up on the Magma Ave trailhead. There are tons of abandon mines between superior, the area east toward Apache Leap, and west in the Hewett Canyon/Queen Valley area. There's a ton of stuff in that area that just disappeared in the past 100 years. One of these days I'm going to hike to Reavis Ranch... one of these days...
Interesting video. A person who used the old tunnel said they sometimes sent someone ahead to the other side to see if an over sized truck was approaching.
I love your videos!! Growing up in nearby Florence, in the 70's, when I was 13, my parents and I were coming back from Show Low and decided to drive the old queen creek road and Old Tunnel. My dad was driving around 20 mph, and my mom was screaming for him to slow down!!! Was awesome!!! Have you gone out to Box Canyon northwest of Florence? There are some old smelters out there called the coke ovens. It's been a decade or more since I was out there and I've heard the coke ovens are fenced off due to vandals. But your drone could get great shots of them. When were we out there years ago, an old 40's auto was sitting in a wash. I wish it could tell us how it got there!! Thanks for all your videos and history!!! 👍
The rock constructions you saw was from an old stagecoach route that came down through the Queen Creek Canyon. At one time there was an old stage stop building at the head of the canyon which is now long gone. It was taken out when the present highway was widened.
I lived in Superior all of my life. We as kids explored all of these areas that you are discovering. Look up the story about the Apache Leap and the Native Americans battling the cavalry. Hence the name. You should climb to the top of the Picket Post Mountain and leave something in the mailbox. Explore the arboretum. Go to the old Pinal cemetery where Matty Earp is buried. Pinal City still has the wagon tracks. Another place to explore would be the Old Silver King mine area.
There was mention of the road being a bit small but in those days a country highway might have lanes of only 8-10 feet wide. Shoulders were also not a regular thing. The full width of that 2 lane tunnel might be 16 feet on a good day.
Great video! Love this area. When we're in AZ next month, we're driving hwy 60 all the way to Springerville, then take hwy 191 south to 70 and back to Phoenix.
Jessie, I'm so embarrassed that comments I thought I posted on other videos went to yours. They're so irrelevant to your subject, you must've been scratching your head. 😭 I can go delete them if you want.
the 1977 Clint Eastwood movie "The Gauntlet", the part where the passenger bus is taken over was all filmed in Superior. A guy I knew that grew up there, was a welder for the mine, where he worked, and he told me that he welded the pig iron on the bus that was used as a bullet proof shield, and he met Clint. He said in 1973, since they had black belt karate tournaments that he met Bruce Lee, and Chuck Norris. A former Phoenix policeman that I met yesterday, told me that Globe was was Chuck Norris' hometown. The 1999 movie "U turns" with Sean Penn, and Jennifer Lopez was filmed in Superior.
Watching this right now while I’m at work as a machinist in Ohio. Fantasizing about quitting, selling my home, dumping my girl and heading out west in a classic car. No schedule no planned route where times is not a concern anymore just seeking adventure.
If you would have put water on the rock you would have said everything on it clear as day when you get sun light hitting the rock it makes it really hard to see
That's true. I've been looking into E-bikes. It would certainly help speed things up out on the trails....but If I got an Fat tire E-bike.....then I may become fat haha.....I do a lot of mountain biking in my other spare time
5:53, The pioneers who traveled thru here were cut from a different cloth. And back then, you had to be. I love the life, but so glad I don't have to live it. We are way too spoiled. There is a series of books about two Hands who met on a ranch in Crowheart, Wy. They went into BC to build a ranch. Sleeping under tarps in 60 below zero weather. Didn't have Smartwool back then.
I'm betting the people in those days were thrilled just to get a road like that instead of rocky dirt horse wagon roads that were the norm. Keep in mind they only had cars like model T's that could only go 20 mph or so!
I've told people that it would be a pretty thrilling experience if someone would offer rides up and down that road in an old model T. just to see what it would have been like
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 absolutely. I’m kind of sad as they opened up a deep shaft mine over at oak creek and expanded the mine east. Lots of hidden gems of archeology destroyed but it is still beautiful. I have crawled around arizonas cracks and crevices since the mid 70s as a kid.
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 I picked up the Avanta for fun. It's a hoot. The camera is awesome, but the flight characteristics really isn't cinematic. The googles are amazing and really a game changer. Wonder if they work with the mini 4?
@@robertlyman9789 it depends. if you are just flying your drone for fun, with no intention to make money from it, then no, you do Not need an FAA license, aka Part 107 certification. But if you buy a drone and plan on using it for business purposes, "including UA-cam" then yes....you must be licensed.....hope this helps
My grandmother wrote up a trip up this road in 1928. I remember going on this road many times. Unfortunately much of this water is threatened by a Canadian mining company and will destroy some holy places of the Apache near Top of the World.
Sorry but your before and after shots are of opposite portals, the portal you first walked into was the same one from the old period photo. great video nevertheless, thanks.
I love the drive to Miami starting at Florence Junction. AZ DOT has done a great job with improvements in the last 20 years. And now, June 2024, they are replacing the Queen Creek Bridge. There are road closings and blastings in progress.
Someday the Claypool tunnel will collapse. Once water starts seeping through the ceiling and walls, it is a matter of time. Mother Nature will win again.
Sure can! I've done it a couple times, I would just greatly exercise caution......the trail can be really rough in certain parts and you wouldnt want to go off the edge
Million Dollar ? lol that will not get you 1km.. I think your math is off, even if done by convicts... You got any other false info you wish to spread ???
that million bucks would be near 114 million today... but consider the build standards were also lower and you get what you pay for. BTW, that number doesn't consider the changing value of the dollar. It's just the base cost increase of goods / services.
I’ve lived in the queen creek area since 2004 but never knew much of the history surrounding the area! This video is so interesting!! Thank you!
Hey no problem! its a fascination area, so much history............I plan on coming out here again and doing another video out Apache Leap!
We were just there a couple weeks ago and I fell in LOVE with the area. It's just so beautiful. You are a lucky duck.
@@sherirex7177 it is beautiful for sure but it was so much more beautiful just a few years ago!
Very well done video and good commentary.
The cylindrical holes found in the old tunnel are core samples take sometime in the 80s or 90s to check quality of the rock.
Thank you for the info! 🙏
@@bobbtodd6302 They were still reeling from the Disco era.
@@bobbtodd6302 Hahahaha.
I was just about to say just this, but you beat me to it.
I lived in Riverside AZ. for close to 20 years, over 35 years ago and I drove this trail close to 100 times. This highway is quite possibly the prettiest part to drive through in the region. This walk through was fantastic, and the young man doing the video did a great job. High quality vocals, and great video. Though the amount of time spent just looking at each of those old car wrecks felt awfully long.
Over All, Job Well Done bro.
Hey thank you so much! I appreciate those kind words and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for taking the time to watch
According to a local news story reprinted in Desert Magazine in the 1940's, workers building the [now] old Pinto Creek bridge on US 60 discovered a Spansih colonial-era mine on the west side of the canyon during construction of the bridge.
ooooooooooooh! that I did NOT know, wouldnt surprise me though....I bet there is tons of undiscovered things out in the desert
It was actually a Jesuit mine
1768 -69 or newer, eh?. Interesting. I have often wondered what a student of archaic Spanish with the patience to spend long hours poring over old documents and maps could discover about pre-expulsion mining in Arizona if he or she could gain access to the archives of the Frannciscan Order held in libraries and churches in Mexico City, Madrid and Rome.
Muy bien - good idea !
It was amazing seeing those wrecks at the bottom of Queen creek, Lord knows how long they have been there, it just fascinates me! Wow!
Same here! There's another old stretch of highway out here that I'll be making a video on in the next few weeks, supposedly there's more car wrecks at that one too.... hopefully I can find them!.....thanks for checking out the video 👍
Incredible footage. I enjoyed every minute of this. I love that you can still spot the faded center line on the highway.
Thanks Dawn! glad you enjoyed the video! theres so many little things out there in that canyon, more car wrecks, car parts, and old stories about the tribes from back in the day......May have to go back out there and make another video in the future!
@jessiesdroneadventures7464 those car wrecks must be really old.
Well done documentary! Really enjoyed this excursion into the past. Lovely!
Hey thanks! glad you enjoyed! been wanting to make a video out here for quite sometime now! thanks again for checking out the video!
Great video Jessie. I really look forward to them.
Thank you @wje2! got a lot more coming as we head into the warmer season!
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 Aye, looking forward to it. I will be headed to Chloride one day this week.
I was literally there at the clip taken at 8:07!! (My bf is the one yelling hell yeah if u turn your volume up!) such a beautiful place and I’m so fascinated by the history of the roads and landscape here 💖💖
Oh nice! Yea there was a lot of people out there that day, didn't think the semi was going to make it for a second haha, thanks for checking out the video!
@7:00 Interesting "spacing" between those blocks.
I have driven on 60 before but was not aware of the "old" road. Thanks!
Hey no problem!......thank you for checking out the video, hope you get to check out the old road sometime
Before that was an official foot trail I would occasionally ride my motorcycle on that stretch. No graffiti back then. Go job on the video.
oh that would have been fun!....Thank you!
Jessie's back, glad to see and hear from ya....
Hey Thanks @shanewilliams7834, Yea i took a little time off for a while, but now I'll be back on the weekly schedule! thanks for tuning in!
Great video 🙌 Your videos always make me enjoy my travels more and I have more appreciation for these places.
Thank you @SueTay. and i agree with you! the more I learn about the history of these places, the better appreciation I have!
the carvings in the walls is for core samples, to see mineral composition. As a rockhound, I found these on sides of areas, and on top of rock formations. The same is done to detect things like the amount of silver, gold in a location.
thank you so so much for sharing! 🙏
Probably not a bad guess but most core samples I have seen are MUCH smaller in diameter. These appear to be well over a foot across.
@@rupe53 who what purposes a core drill is done. I've seen them usually 2-4" wide. Maybe this was used to stabilize something during the tunnel build process?
@@spaztic1 That's kinda what I was hinting about. Of course, none of us here are old enough to be familiar with the details of construction in that era so that question won't have a definitive answer.
I was going to say, wouldn't they want core samples to verify the tunnels integrity, so that they could determine wether or not to close it off.
Me and some buddies rode our dirt bikes through that tunnel and down that trail. Good times
that would be fun!
Crazy I used to live right by there in the 90s and never knew and I would have loved to explore it back then. Thank you for taking me there.
Hey no problem! Glad you enjoyed the video.....I was surprised by how many people I know that have never heard of this place that have lived in Arizona their whole lives
I like how it's a "million dollar" highway as if all highways don't cost millions and millions to build.
I was thinking the same thing. Some highways cost 1 million dollars PER FOOT of road way
Dr. Evil would appreciate a million
$17,730,982.66....that's what one million dollars is adjusted to in today's value.
it's the 1920's not 2000's
@@TDC5they dont think anything happened before they were born
That's a beautiful hike. I went through tech school (UTI) in 1972, living in Phoenix while learning to love the desert.
Thank you for sharing! and yes! one of my favorite hikes! thank you for checking out the video!
Wow, nicely made video, thank you for sharing!
Hey thank you! appreciate you checking out the video!
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 I enjoyed it a lot!
Living in arizona, I'm glad people are sharing our desert states rich history! I didn't even know about alot of arizonas history, especially up in queens creek and superior
so much history out here!
You have a great voice and tell a good story. Well done.
Why thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Thanks Jessie; Excellent video. My parents drove us on the early US 60 in late 1940's. Must have been treat for us to get out of the Big City Phoenix population ~ 60,000. In 1940 it was 50,000.
Hey no problem, glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for sharing your story 👍
Really cool video and history! Thank you!
Hey no problem, Thank you for checking out the video
I live in Florence, this is litterally my backyard. I love hiking Mt Montaina just north of the highway.
Love exploring and old history. Thanks for sharing. 😉
Hey no problem.....Thank you for checking out the video....Glad you enjoyed the video 👍
Thank You! This was an incredible story and well told. Super research and pics and video. Really piqued my curiosity for all that AZ area. You've given this WI guy some good ideas.
Wisconsin!! I know that state fairly well! I'm from Minnesota originally. Thanks for checking out the video! Hope you can make it down to the AZ area sometime and check it out.
Hiked this with my dad and his friend last spring. Nice easy hike, makes you think of the movie, The Long Long Trailer.
I was born in globe in 1964,my dad worked at the Christmas mine in early 60s. Christmas mine is between Globe and Hayden Winkleman we lived in company housing on the mine site. Maybe your next adventure you could show us the old rd from globe to Hayden winkleman.
ahhhh! that is something to keep in mind. I always take down requests when someone recommends a location to check out....Thank you 🙏
No way, your pops worked for SANTA?! I wonder how many toys they mined
Really enjoyed the info and video.
Hey thank you! glad you enjoyed the video! so much history out in those parts!
The biggest problem with the Queen Creek Tunnel is that it would be a nightmare to try and widen this highway through here. The US 60 gets a lot of traffic through here too. So the highway really needs to be widened badly.
Convict labor on the American road system was very common. In Tempe the Old Mill Avenue Bridge was in fact Convict built; and when the big floods came in the 70’s Mill Avenue bridge was one of the only survivors of said flood.
That I did not know. Thank you for sharing!
Its an open hole. "Where does it go ?"
"Down!".
Looks like the sort of road and tunnels that inspired the Roadrunner cartoons.
haha right!....Meep Meep!
My Grandpa helped build the Apache Trail, he was the driver of a fresno, which was a mule drawn dump truck.
I was literally just out on the trail today, drove out to Apache lake from Roosevelt dam.....Apache trail is going to be a video in the next few weeks......thank you for sharing 👍
My grandfather helped build the tunnel shown and the mine opening with the ore bins was his mine. His name is Thomas Darrell Heron ( Sam )The road was mostly one lane with pullouts. My grandmother had a huge mercury automobile and my mom said her and her sisters were very scared while traveling to globe. Sam did the blasting for the tunnel. Cool vid. Thanks. G.
Glad you enjoyed the video....and thank you for sharing that story
4:05 as someone who has driven through here in the past year, im here to inform you that they were doing some blasting next to the falls the last time I drove through
9:52 those look like blast holes. Is there any on the other side? If so that is how they blasted the tunnel more than likely
cool! more history in your video than i expected!
Thank you! glad you liked the video!
We used to see car wrecks off the road every trip, especially off the I-17 near Black Canyon. A man took his kids and ran off the road and was not found for weeks. Everyone had died by that time. This was about 20 years ago. Just take your time on our roads.
Nice. I go past that place all the time. Too bad you can't drive up on the Magma Ave trailhead. There are tons of abandon mines between superior, the area east toward Apache Leap, and west in the Hewett Canyon/Queen Valley area. There's a ton of stuff in that area that just disappeared in the past 100 years. One of these days I'm going to hike to Reavis Ranch... one of these days...
Thank you for sharing! hoping to do another video on Apache leap one of the days....and then maybe the old Apache trail
Very cool well done
Well thank you very much! I'm Glad you enjoyed the video!
Subbed!
Love old history, especially old roads.
Hey thanks! glad you enjoyed the video! I got more "old road" videos coming in the future!
Interesting video. A person who used the old tunnel said they sometimes sent someone ahead to the other side to see if an over sized truck was approaching.
I believe. I's at times "depending on the vehicle" it probably only wide enough for one big truck at a time
I live here and love it! What a great video…
oh hey thanks! Superior is such an amazing little town! the views never get old
I love your videos!! Growing up in nearby Florence, in the 70's, when I was 13, my parents and I were coming back from Show Low and decided to drive the old queen creek road and Old Tunnel. My dad was driving around 20 mph, and my mom was screaming for him to slow down!!! Was awesome!!!
Have you gone out to Box Canyon northwest of Florence? There are some old smelters out there called the coke ovens. It's been a decade or more since I was out there and I've heard the coke ovens are fenced off due to vandals. But your drone could get great shots of them. When were we out there years ago, an old 40's auto was sitting in a wash. I wish it could tell us how it got there!!
Thanks for all your videos and history!!! 👍
Thank you!!! Havent been out to box canyon......yet! but its something I will look into! thanks again for checking out the video!!
Sorry, Box Canyon is Northeast of Florence 🤦♀️
awesome. great information
Thank you! 👍
blasting holes would be my guess for the round holes in the tunnel.
The rock constructions you saw was from an old stagecoach route that came down through the Queen Creek Canyon. At one time there was an old stage stop building at the head of the canyon which is now long gone. It was taken out when the present highway was widened.
ahhh, well that is news to me. Thank you for the info 👍
I lived in Superior all of my life. We as kids explored all of these areas that you are discovering. Look up the story about the Apache Leap and the Native Americans battling the cavalry. Hence the name. You should climb to the top of the Picket Post Mountain and leave something in the mailbox. Explore the arboretum. Go to the old Pinal cemetery where Matty Earp is buried. Pinal City still has the wagon tracks. Another place to explore would be the Old Silver King mine area.
ahhh! thank you for all those recommendations! Apache Leap is one that I want to do a video on in the near future! thanks for checking out the video
GOOD WORK
THANKS
Hey thank you for checking out the video!
Thanks!
Thank you so so incredibly much! Will put this toward my future explorations. Thank you for taking the time to check out the video!
I imagined driving that in a model T as I am sure many people did. The horror.
I'd pay good money for someone to drive me up and down that road in a Model T ford
... and that horror could have been repeated in the 1970's if you drove a Ford Pinto, replete with the exploding gas tank!
There was mention of the road being a bit small but in those days a country highway might have lanes of only 8-10 feet wide. Shoulders were also not a regular thing. The full width of that 2 lane tunnel might be 16 feet on a good day.
thank you for sharing 👍
Great video! Love this area. When we're in AZ next month, we're driving hwy 60 all the way to Springerville, then take hwy 191 south to 70 and back to Phoenix.
Hey thanks! glad you enjoyed the video! hope you have a blast on your trip to AZ
Jessie, I'm so embarrassed that comments I thought I posted on other videos went to yours. They're so irrelevant to your subject, you must've been scratching your head. 😭 I can go delete them if you want.
lol It's ok! no judgements! 👍
6:01 yeah dude its like the movie reddick lol
the 1977 Clint Eastwood movie "The Gauntlet", the part where the passenger bus is taken over was all filmed in Superior. A guy I knew that grew up there, was a welder for the mine, where he worked, and he told me that he welded the pig iron on the bus that was used as a bullet proof shield, and he met Clint. He said in 1973, since they had black belt karate tournaments that he met Bruce Lee, and Chuck Norris. A former Phoenix policeman that I met yesterday, told me that Globe was was Chuck Norris' hometown. The 1999 movie "U turns" with Sean Penn, and Jennifer Lopez was filmed in Superior.
Thank you for sharing your story! 👍
Watching this right now while I’m at work as a machinist in Ohio. Fantasizing about quitting, selling my home, dumping my girl and heading out west in a classic car. No schedule no planned route where times is not a concern anymore just seeking adventure.
I would encourage that! The west is an amazing place, with so much to be explored!
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464it sure looks awesome! I’ve never been west of Ohio yet but I’m going to make that trek soon!
The holes in Claypool tunnel were likely cored for geology testing.
Sorry, i see it has been covered already
No worries, Still appreciate ya chiming in 👍
Nice background music too.
Thank you!
Interesting thank you ❤
Hey no problem! Thank you for checking out the video! so many interesting places in Arizona!
If you would have put water on the rock you would have said everything on it clear as day when you get sun light hitting the rock it makes it really hard to see
Never thought of that....I will remember that for next time
2:26 could have been used to make the road base you see directly after that shot looking at the bride & the rest of the rd.
Cool👍
Thank you @waynejohnson9135
On mountain roads speed and loose nuts kill.
that they do
Interesting area. If you had a fat tire e-bike it might make your exploration easier. Great video!
That's true. I've been looking into E-bikes. It would certainly help speed things up out on the trails....but If I got an Fat tire E-bike.....then I may become fat haha.....I do a lot of mountain biking in my other spare time
It’s amazing that convicts aren’t supposed to work.
lol
5:53, The pioneers who traveled thru here were cut from a different cloth. And back then, you had to be. I love the life, but so glad I don't have to live it. We are way too spoiled.
There is a series of books about two Hands who met on a ranch in Crowheart, Wy. They went into BC to build a ranch. Sleeping under tarps in 60 below zero weather. Didn't have Smartwool back then.
It was 70 degrees in MN in febuaray
right! I heard they have been having an abnormal winter
At 6:43 when looking at wrecked car. North of the wreck you can see two perfect stone walls looking like it creates a path or something else ?.
It is a path.....good eye! Back In between those two stone walls is a waterfall, I got it on video too, not sure why I didn't include it in here
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 Ahhh okay. awesome videos thanks for reply :)
Hey no prob! Thanks for checking out the video 👍
In my opinion the round holes in the tunnel are dynamite blast holes, drilled out to stuff explosives in. That would be my guess.
I suspect they were ventilation holes, but are now blocked by rocks. Drilling them to daylight would have been quite a job though.
Thank you for sharing 🙏
Scrolled through the comments, but didn't see a quick reply. The cylindrical boreholes are spaces to place explosives for excavation.
Thank you! 🙏
those perfect circle holes in the old tunnel are sample holes probably university or county
Thank you for the info!
I'm betting the people in those days were thrilled just to get a road like that instead of rocky dirt horse wagon roads that were the norm. Keep in mind they only had cars like model T's that could only go 20 mph or so!
I've told people that it would be a pretty thrilling experience if someone would offer rides up and down that road in an old model T. just to see what it would have been like
I rather have the heat all year round then getting cold weather or snow storms.
same here
I used to climb up above superior. Oak flats etc.
Its such beautiful area!
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 absolutely. I’m kind of sad as they opened up a deep shaft mine over at oak creek and expanded the mine east. Lots of hidden gems of archeology destroyed but it is still beautiful. I have crawled around arizonas cracks and crevices since the mid 70s as a kid.
Your vids are really becoming a standard. That must be the Mav Mini4?
Sure is! that little drone packs a punch! even shoots better quality than my Mavic air 2, and has more flight time!....and thank you 🙏
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 I picked up the Avanta for fun. It's a hoot. The camera is awesome, but the flight characteristics really isn't cinematic. The googles are amazing and really a game changer. Wonder if they work with the mini 4?
Did you have to get that FAA license?
@@mcoffroadinaz4075 I'm not sure, but that would some pretty cool views
@@robertlyman9789 it depends. if you are just flying your drone for fun, with no intention to make money from it, then no, you do Not need an FAA license, aka Part 107 certification. But if you buy a drone and plan on using it for business purposes, "including UA-cam" then yes....you must be licensed.....hope this helps
My grandmother wrote up a trip up this road in 1928. I remember going on this road many times. Unfortunately much of this water is threatened by a Canadian mining company and will destroy some holy places of the Apache near Top of the World.
Those holes are core sample holes they were checking for gold or copper or something
Thank you for the info!
FYI, when telling somebody a web address, you do not have to say WWW anymore.
Could those round holes in the tunnel have been used to set dynamite? Interesting video. Thanks.
I read something about that not too long after I aired this video. Most people are now saying the were holes drilled for core samples
Sorry but your before and after shots are of opposite portals, the portal you first walked into was the same one from the old period photo. great video nevertheless, thanks.
damn nilered has gained some weight.
I love the drive to Miami starting at Florence Junction. AZ DOT has done a great job with improvements in the last 20 years. And now, June 2024, they are replacing the Queen Creek Bridge. There are road closings and blastings in progress.
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Thank you!
That's pretty cheap considering my town spent two million on a bridge that spans maybe twenty five feet!
Highway 74 Palm Desert was also built by convicts
I'll have to look into that one!
Persons with stairs in their home live 10 years longer
I would agree!
Someday the Claypool tunnel will collapse. Once water starts seeping through the ceiling and walls, it is a matter of time. Mother Nature will win again.
I agree
Can you rides trail bikes on this rt
Sure can! I've done it a couple times, I would just greatly exercise caution......the trail can be really rough in certain parts and you wouldnt want to go off the edge
Look how boring the new bridge looks epic end
Like your video, wish you would reference your background music. Thanks
I get it all from epidemic sound, I can get you the name of the track if you'd like
So I can't ride my Artic Cat?
nahhhhh, might want to stick to the desert cat
Les Claypool's great grand daddy made that tunnel.
6:09 bro has never been in Italy
i havent
Million Dollar ? lol that will not get you 1km.. I think your math is off, even if done by convicts... You got any other false info you wish to spread ???
that million bucks would be near 114 million today... but consider the build standards were also lower and you get what you pay for. BTW, that number doesn't consider the changing value of the dollar. It's just the base cost increase of goods / services.
the world is flat, bigfoot is real......there's reptilians living in the superstition mountains.....Pineapple on pizza is the best pizza ever
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 Gotta add bacon bits with that pineapple.
Wow, someone thinks like me!@@jessiesdroneadventures7464
Feet,…. Hello,… it’s 2024 and outside the US is watching too. So post at least subtitles in Meters.
No puedo entenderte. no necesitas hablar español
I TRAVELED THAT WITH NOGOLD CANYON
PEOPLE DIED IN THOSE CAR WRECKS YOU SHOWED!!!!
Thats what I've been told
Did I see a tag for KEXP FM in one of those bore holes?
Possibly!
Crazy timing - I’m running a race on that trail tomorrow! Love the history!
That is crazy timing!!! There's lots of history out there, good luck on your race! 👍
How did you do in your race ?