Hey! Long time quiet watcher here. I don’t know if you knew, I recently learned the USGS has this thing called “the national map viewer” where you can access LiDAR scans of the entire country. I’ve found it quite successful to identify/find adits and shafts in New Mexican mountains I knew had them but couldn’t trace them. You should give it a try!
Yes, we have used LIDAR a lot over the past year and it has proven helpful. It doesn't work quite as well in the steep canyons (presumably because of the angle), but it is useful for giving us an idea of where to look for things in areas that we want to visit. Thank you.
@@TVRExploring yeah, that's going to be from the scanning technique. The only way to get a really good scan is to use a drone on an automatic grid, which can take days But super glad to hear it's useful! It's awesome seeing all the new technologies getting put to work as satellites get cheaper.
Nice Corvair. Someone call Matt’s Off-Road. 😂 When I see your videos and you say “looks like it may have been worked in 80’s-90’s” my first thought is, “Dang! It’s really gotten overgrown fast!”. Then I get that gut punch it was 30, 40 years ago and I suddenly feel old. Good explore. Thanks for sharing!
It's amazing how fast mother nature will take over some sites...esp if there's water flowing out of the mine. At the same time yes, it was a long time ago 😅.
Very cool mine & site! The lights & grille opening on the Schramm compressor indicate 50s/60s. The Corvair is a '60, & the newest thing there. The missing engine most likely repurposed somewhere on site(air cooled, could've been carried by 2 men easily). The 2 door struck me as Oldsmobile or Buick, but just a guess. Station wagon looked to be 50 -54 GM product from distance. The grille shell with headlight is '37 Chevrolet. Obviously, years ago was a road to get in, but Corvair wasn't a powerhouse, so it had to be fairly easy route. These details suggest that area was being either worked or accessed WELL into the late 60s, early 70s. Which makes this one a little unique as most you show have a clearer delineation to end of mining era...kinda cool, actually. As far as surface bits/works, it might be a good one to spend more time at. Thanks TVR!
I enjoy these videos I have worked for Sullivan Industries in Claremont New Hampshire for a number of years. As you know they are the manufacturer of air compressors and track drills and mining equipment. So this gives me the opportunity to see those machines in action and what they did and how they were used thank you
Hi Justin, Wow! The work shed and mill boards look so robust! I am glad this site is inaccessible and a bit more ‘protected’ as a result. Thanks for sharing your latest exploration🤗 Best wishes, Dr. Lauren
Schramm Company still makes heavy equipment, such as generators and air compressors. They compete worldwide and remain very successful. It's always enjoyable to report that an old firm is still around, much like that amazing old compressor!
This one was really cool since the generator still has the generator and the mill still has the mill stuff. Glad to see you got to an unknown site to see all that cool stuff left behind and in good condition. I'll bet there's more stuff hidden in the brush. I'd love to discover something like this one day.
We have quite a few old 1910-20's cars here in the woods of NW Wyoming. The tie hacks (railroad tie loggers) would drive them as far as they could to a sawmill site, pull the engine and install it in the portable sawmill, then cut lumber and rail road ties. Seeing that the Corvair engine (we owned a 1963 Corvair van) is gone, it was probably used to power some kind of equipment. Being air cooled was a plus.
Appreciate the effort! Has to be more adits ... a lot of infrastructure for just that one, and those two winzes didn't look very big. Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Thank you for the Video. A very colourfull mine . Tomorrow and Saturday i work in the Rammelsberg mine as a guide . Same conditions . Greeting from the Harzmountains and Germany Yours Frank Galetzka
Wow! Lots of stuff still around. I'm always surprised that people abandon some of those things. I know it's rough access with no good road, but they got it in there somehow. There's alot of serpentine in there, which is impossible to support properly. But it seems to be mostly stringer quartz now. That one flooded winze might have a decent sized vein, but it would have to be all pumped. So it just got to the point that there was no profit, I'm sure. It does look like someone tried in the 1980-90s?:
Armenian blackberries.. They can reap nice fruit but they are a nuisance on a good day anyway 😌 Another user has already mentioned LIDAR, depending on where you’re looking it is amazing what one can find. Always amazed by the continuous process mills.. so much so that I’m in the process of building my own shaker table. I wonder who got me hooked on this topic 😉 Thank you for enduring the blackberry and sharing your experience with us!
P.S. auminer, I did the exact thing you did on GE. Funny. I figured the road Griz used was not the right road due to trees across it and the steep mountain side. I looked at other vids of him and found out where he lived and started GE'ing the area around and found it in about a hour. It's all most as much fun finding the true site as it is going there.
A couple of comments. The rail seems heavier than you would expect from this mine unless it went quite a bit beyond where it was caved. You did say the waste rock pile was larger than apparent. The Schramm compressor looks like the 1950's from the somewhat aerodynamic styling and from some photos I found online. It was probably not bought new for this mine.
I had that Chevy. Stopped like crap but it was fun to drive. The mine was one of those "rotten" mines. It was rotten digging it and its rotten from water.
Allways wanted to go to that one but I am to far away. Grizzly found it years ago and put it on the toob and try'ed to not disclose the site location but GE found it for me. very nice jaw and mill, Economy table but would take bulldozer work to get and county and private land around. But in Griz's vid the mucker was all there so some body worked there a$$ off to remove that heavy machine they left the bucket to it sittin where it was removed. I don't know the history or the names but the men who had it are likely long gone.
hah! that's funny. I spent prob 60 hours on GE after watching griz go there on his motorcycle. He tried to throw everyone off byy posting going up some trail that wasn't to the mine for the intro, and I found that exact trail off the mile marker, but that was no where near the RH mine ;) I have driven past there many times, but the trashsite keeps me away, public/private land? idk. I do know of the guy who claimed it, then tried to sell it.. I wish I had grizzly channel again, YT deleted my account i had subbed to him.
SCRAMM & MAERKY MACHINE SHOP 1900-2022 n 1908 they developed the Portable Air Compressor used to engrave Headstones in cemeteries 1922 they they started mass producing engine and motor air compressors for mining , welding and the rail industry now it is just known as Schramm Industries Inc and produce well drilling rigs.
You guys covered this mill before didn't you? Thankfully it's remote and inaccessible, otherwise all that gear would be gone. I wanted to hike up that hill as i've driven past it several times...but....there are a few challenges getting up there as you know ;)
No, we have never shown this mill in a video before... And, yes, it is fortunate that the site is remote and inaccessible for the reasons that you mentioned.
The yellow machine is a towable compressor , its a gasoline engine and air compressor both half and half with one compressor head and one engine head .
That was very honorable of you to seek to protect this site from the Forest Service/BLM crews given how destructive they are. We don't share locations, but, unfortunately, yes, this site is not entirely unknown and the local meth heads appear to have worked it over.
Because after half a century (or more) of washouts, forest growth, lack of maintenance, etc. the road doesn't exactly look the same as it did when those vehicles were driven in.
@@TVRExploring Admittedly I meant that as more of a rhetorical question. Too bad it isn't easy to lookup license plate #s in Cali, maybe someone connected to the mine is still around and has useful information.
I would love to see a sample from one of those yellow splodges under a microscope, I'm fairly certain there would be some very interesting bacteria or microbeasts living in it. Possibly extremophiles that could be unique to the mine. Thats a prolific miner to have Adit 307 ....307 mines lol was the other one a caddilac? I hate blackberry bushes...jam is great but the bushes suck big time
No, I'm afraid that is not the case... Many of the early mines were never mapped. Illegal mining operations are not mapped. They are many instances where mines do not end up on a map.
Hey! Long time quiet watcher here. I don’t know if you knew, I recently learned the USGS has this thing called “the national map viewer” where you can access LiDAR scans of the entire country. I’ve found it quite successful to identify/find adits and shafts in New Mexican mountains I knew had them but couldn’t trace them. You should give it a try!
@TVR this is 1000% worth looking into. LIDAR can denude the entire hillside of organics like wood and leaves.
Yes, we have used LIDAR a lot over the past year and it has proven helpful. It doesn't work quite as well in the steep canyons (presumably because of the angle), but it is useful for giving us an idea of where to look for things in areas that we want to visit. Thank you.
@@TVRExploring yeah, that's going to be from the scanning technique. The only way to get a really good scan is to use a drone on an automatic grid, which can take days
But super glad to hear it's useful! It's awesome seeing all the new technologies getting put to work as satellites get cheaper.
I just try'ed that site and can't see how to get the lidar to work???
Nice Corvair. Someone call Matt’s Off-Road. 😂
When I see your videos and you say “looks like it may have been worked in 80’s-90’s” my first thought is, “Dang! It’s really gotten overgrown fast!”. Then I get that gut punch it was 30, 40 years ago and I suddenly feel old.
Good explore. Thanks for sharing!
It's amazing how fast mother nature will take over some sites...esp if there's water flowing out of the mine.
At the same time yes, it was a long time ago 😅.
I thought the same thing when I seen the corvair. . . . Lol, someone called Matt
Very cool mine & site! The lights & grille opening on the Schramm compressor indicate 50s/60s.
The Corvair is a '60, & the newest thing there. The missing engine most likely repurposed somewhere on site(air cooled, could've been carried by 2 men easily).
The 2 door struck me as Oldsmobile or Buick, but just a guess.
Station wagon looked to be 50 -54 GM product from distance.
The grille shell with headlight is '37 Chevrolet.
Obviously, years ago was a road to get in, but Corvair wasn't a powerhouse, so it had to be fairly easy route.
These details suggest that area was being either worked or accessed WELL into the late 60s, early 70s. Which makes this one a little unique as most you show have a clearer delineation to end of mining era...kinda cool, actually. As far as surface bits/works, it might be a good one to spend more time at.
Thanks TVR!
Cool spot. That one Corvair looks like it could be restored. Thanks again for the effort!!
I enjoy these videos I have worked for Sullivan Industries in Claremont New Hampshire for a number of years. As you know they are the manufacturer of air compressors and track drills and mining equipment. So this gives me the opportunity to see those machines in action and what they did and how they were used thank you
Great narration. Your channel is always instructive sir!
Hi Justin,
Wow! The work shed and mill boards look so robust! I am glad this site is inaccessible
and a bit more ‘protected’ as a result. Thanks for sharing your latest exploration🤗
Best wishes,
Dr. Lauren
Thank you, Dr. Lauren. Yes, this one is harder to reach and is still pretty unknown. So, that has definitely helped preserve it.
what a cool find that one, loved the tool shop, nice work again Justin
Schramm Company still makes heavy equipment, such as generators and air compressors. They compete worldwide and remain very successful. It's always enjoyable to report that an old firm is still around, much like that amazing old compressor!
The vehicle at 22:44 is a 1937 Chevrolet. Body style unknown. Another great video. Many thanks.
This one was really cool since the generator still has the generator and the mill still has the mill stuff. Glad to see you got to an unknown site to see all that cool stuff left behind and in good condition. I'll bet there's more stuff hidden in the brush. I'd love to discover something like this one day.
We have quite a few old 1910-20's cars here in the woods of NW Wyoming. The tie hacks (railroad tie loggers) would drive them as far as they could to a sawmill site, pull the engine and install it in the portable sawmill, then cut lumber and rail road ties.
Seeing that the Corvair engine (we owned a 1963 Corvair van) is gone, it was probably used to power some kind of equipment. Being air cooled was a plus.
That was such a cool find, love the stuff outside, the old cars was a bonus for sure!!!
Yes, fortunately, this site is relatively hidden and difficult to access. So, there was still a fair amount there.
Great work!!!
Appreciate the effort!
Has to be more adits ... a lot of infrastructure for just that one, and those two winzes didn't look very big.
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Loved the artifacts including the cars. That '60 Corvair looks restorable!
Thanks!
Thank you very much.
A very nice mine and surroundings, to bad part off it was flooded and did collapse, interesting explore thnx.
The Farmer's Insurance sticker on the Corvair bumper was great. I bet they haven't seen that before!
wild that that mill is complete even in that condition that equipment is worth some serious $$$$$$$$
I couldn't find anything on that Hobart generator but it looks military, definitely from the WWII era. I hope this mine stays unknown!
Amazing brother❤🎉🎉
Thank you for the Video.
A very colourfull mine .
Tomorrow and Saturday i work in the Rammelsberg mine as a guide .
Same conditions .
Greeting from the Harzmountains and Germany
Yours Frank Galetzka
Cool explore, thanks Justin!
Wow! Lots of stuff still around. I'm always surprised that people abandon some of those things. I know it's rough access with no good road, but they got it in there somehow. There's alot of serpentine in there, which is impossible to support properly. But it seems to be mostly stringer quartz now. That one flooded winze might have a decent sized vein, but it would have to be all pumped. So it just got to the point that there was no profit, I'm sure. It does look like someone tried in the 1980-90s?:
Armenian blackberries.. They can reap nice fruit but they are a nuisance on a good day anyway 😌
Another user has already mentioned LIDAR, depending on where you’re looking it is amazing what one can find.
Always amazed by the continuous process mills.. so much so that I’m in the process of building my own shaker table.
I wonder who got me hooked on this topic 😉
Thank you for enduring the blackberry and sharing your experience with us!
Lets go bout to be a banger video.
Great job. Some parts on those old cars probably have good value nowadays. Surprised they are still there.👍
P.S. auminer, I did the exact thing you did on GE. Funny. I figured the road Griz used was not the right road due to trees across it and the steep mountain side. I looked at other vids of him and found out where he lived and started GE'ing the area around and found it in about a hour. It's all most as much fun finding the true site as it is going there.
Dammit man! You uploaded this while I was on a flight and now I have to drive home before I can watch! 😢
That first car/truck is a 37 Chevy and the next one is a 55 Plymouth
ooh hey I was right on the first one ...cool
A couple of comments. The rail seems heavier than you would expect from this mine unless it went quite a bit beyond where it was caved. You did say the waste rock pile was larger than apparent. The Schramm compressor looks like the 1950's from the somewhat aerodynamic styling and from some photos I found online. It was probably not bought new for this mine.
Great video
Love to have that Hobart.
Fun hike and adventure.
Sullivan and Joy are one of the same manufacturers I worked for both companies two different ownerships in the same building
I had that Chevy. Stopped like crap but it was fun to drive. The mine was one of those "rotten" mines. It was rotten digging it and its rotten from water.
Big Yaller is an air compressor.
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Bingo.
I have to wonder if that is outside of Sugar Pine Res.?
The one car I believe was an early '50's Oldsmobile.
That first car door tag looked like a Chrysler product.
The dreaded hike back for the waders...always sucks lol.
Almost as much as a leak in the waders! Unfortunately, you and I have experienced far too much of both...
I carry disposable waders and water shoes, 3 pounds.
@@ExploringCabinsandMines Disposable waders? Are they durable? Our waders have to contend with sharp rocks, crawling, climbing, etc.
@TVRExploring They last 2-3 trips. Frogg Toggs is a brand name for them.
Google disposable fishing waders
@@TVRExploring They're not super durable like sliding on your butt down rocks but some of our hikes are 8 miles one way.
Allways wanted to go to that one but I am to far away. Grizzly found it years ago and put it on the toob and try'ed to not disclose the site location but GE found it for me. very nice jaw and mill, Economy table but would take bulldozer work to get and county and private land around. But in Griz's vid the mucker was all there so some body worked there a$$ off to remove that heavy machine they left the bucket to it sittin where it was removed. I don't know the history or the names but the men who had it are likely long gone.
hah! that's funny. I spent prob 60 hours on GE after watching griz go there on his motorcycle. He tried to throw everyone off byy posting going up some trail that wasn't to the mine for the intro, and I found that exact trail off the mile marker, but that was no where near the RH mine ;) I have driven past there many times, but the trashsite keeps me away, public/private land? idk. I do know of the guy who claimed it, then tried to sell it.. I wish I had grizzly channel again, YT deleted my account i had subbed to him.
@@AUMINER1 So park at the trash site an walk it. you cant drive it any way cause the road looks gone to me on ge.
SCRAMM & MAERKY MACHINE SHOP 1900-2022 n 1908 they developed the Portable Air Compressor used to engrave Headstones in cemeteries 1922 they they started mass producing engine and motor air compressors for mining , welding and the rail industry
now it is just known as Schramm Industries Inc and produce well drilling rigs.
nice to know the hmong and hectors havent destroyed this place.
You found another schramm!! Pretty sure you found a blue one not long ago 🤔
Yes, we've been on a Schramm run lately!
@TVRExploring love the content 👌
oh! it might be a gold mine- but all I am getting is the shaft
Schram West Chester , Pa. No longer producing equipment here . Maybe up till 1990
You guys covered this mill before didn't you? Thankfully it's remote and inaccessible, otherwise all that gear would be gone. I wanted to hike up that hill as i've driven past it several times...but....there are a few challenges getting up there as you know ;)
No, we have never shown this mill in a video before... And, yes, it is fortunate that the site is remote and inaccessible for the reasons that you mentioned.
Maybe they pulled the rail out, built a trestle to a new spot and were preparing to blast an adit?
That makes sense...
You guys must have expected some kind of wild animal life. I saw a shooter on the hip.
The firearms are for the human predators, not the animal predators...
The yellow machine is a towable compressor , its a gasoline engine and air compressor both half and half with one compressor head and one engine head .
Hello, I pay the taxes on the the mineral rights for this claim and have some questions if you don't mind. Big fan of your channel!
We claimed this land so BLM wouldn't destroy it but it looks like local crack heads are doing a number on it .
Thank you. You can email us at TVRExploring@gmail.com for more discreet communication...
That was very honorable of you to seek to protect this site from the Forest Service/BLM crews given how destructive they are. We don't share locations, but, unfortunately, yes, this site is not entirely unknown and the local meth heads appear to have worked it over.
Thank you, I'll do that.
I'm curious if anyone ever removed the plates off of that ball mill. 🤔 😊
There could still be gold remaining in that ball mill. Great suggestion.
I love to be able to find old mines how do I email you tvr exploring
How did a bunch of old beaters get in there but modern vehicles can't?
Because after half a century (or more) of washouts, forest growth, lack of maintenance, etc. the road doesn't exactly look the same as it did when those vehicles were driven in.
@@TVRExploring Admittedly I meant that as more of a rhetorical question. Too bad it isn't easy to lookup license plate #s in Cali, maybe someone connected to the mine is still around and has useful information.
Where there's a mill, there's a way :)
I would love to see a sample from one of those yellow splodges under a microscope, I'm fairly certain there would be some very interesting bacteria or microbeasts living in it. Possibly extremophiles that could be unique to the mine.
Thats a prolific miner to have Adit 307 ....307 mines lol was the other one a caddilac? I hate blackberry bushes...jam is great but the bushes suck big time
Its always on a map you just have to find the right one.
No, I'm afraid that is not the case... Many of the early mines were never mapped. Illegal mining operations are not mapped. They are many instances where mines do not end up on a map.
Badass
I wonder how many workings are buried and hidden by blackberries? I know we've stumbled on a few on fires after the front has burned up all the brush.
Senang menonton video anda tapi sayang sekali saya punya penyakit ground phobia sedih sekali tak seperti orang normal pada umumnya
Still the best part of Wednesdays.
You guys ever find gold in the mines maybe after some small cave ins?
Haha nice you could convince your buddy to go barefoot
Always nice to have a young rookie to be the Gopher 😂
Definitely!