Gold Mine Near Yosemite, The Log Cabin Mine, Doug Berry
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- Doug Berry along with his friend Rob Miller from the Eastern Sierra Region of California and Nevada visit the Gold Mine in the Sky: The Log Cabin Mine just outside of Yosemite near Tioga Pass. Mono County, California
I could spend all day there walking around and checking stuff out. Thanks for the awesome tour!
@@paulsmodels Hi Paul, I know, there is so much to see . I have to check the old cabins out next time. ..I feel like I am in the Bro man cave oasis up there!
Great coverage of that old mine!
Glad theres so much
Still preserved for all to admire!
So many mines never restarted after ww11!
I wonder how many ozs. they extracted!
Amalgum is the combination of gold and mercury!
Kinda surprized I never knew about this mine back when I spent some time in the greater Lee Vining area!
Thanks again for the
tour!
Awesome adventure, so much interesting history throughout the Sierra’s. Old abandoned mines are so much fun to go through.
@@JohnConner8 Hi John, yes the old mines are fun to look around in, and we are so spoiled around these parts! 👋
Really cool video with Rob and Oreo.very interesting, cool hat too.thanks Doug
@@caseyhansen4567 It was a real fun hairy leg 🦵 video my friends! 🇺🇸👋⛏️🐶
Very interesting mine site. Thanks for Sharing Rob and Doug.
@@1d1ane Thank you Steve, enjoy this great fall weather!
WOW, you definitely know your history, and have a phenomenal understanding of the mine's operation, Doug! That was very powerful.🎊
The only thing I was surprised at, is how wide open such a potentially, dangerous site is... especially being in such a state of arrested decay.😮
It was so lovely to discover that it has not been the subject of graffiti, or telltale vandalism though.🤗🎉
I also can tell that Rob is an obvious expert in his field, too.🎊 That was very interesting about Rob and Nelda... both great people.👫 Rob was definitely in his element.👏🏻🎉
The tour of the buildings was very interesting, and enjoyable.
You gave us a feeling for the people who ran the mining operation.🤗 Imagine 72 people, and how they fed them, especially during those, long, endless winters... 🌨 As you said, Doug, it is hard to imagine hauling equipment up there!😵💫😮🎉
It's a shame that gravity and nature are at play.😑
BOTTOM LINE: Doug and Rob, you both are so knowledgeable. It is a real pleasure to listen to two people who know what they're talking about, and respect each other.🔥👏🏻👏🏻 BRAVO
I thoroughly enjoyed this video.
BTW, sweet Oreo may not bring lunch, but certainly is adorable, and so sweet.💘
🤠👏🏻👏🏻🤠💥🔥👏🏻👏🏻
@@rhondaz356 Hi Rhonda, the weather has been perfect around here, the Californians west of the mountains are suffering another heat wave while we bask in comfort. Who could not adore little Oreo. He is a unique dog; he never begs and you can leave food right by his nose and he won't eat your lunch or get into things; super mellow. Rob is one of the elite group of good construction contractors. He grew up summers in the Twin Lakes area near Bridgeport, CA. His soon to be bride is also a tough, honest, dependable individual. I will be editing a shorter video of our trip to the mine soon highlighting the early fall alpine colors. Tons of fall projects around my place before winter: so busy, but the house is starting to look presentable. Well, got to get to them ....see you on the fall color road jaunt up the mountain! 🤠🇺🇸🍁🍂🌾🐶
@@CalNeva Like everyone else, I'll be looking forward to that, Doug.
YIPPEE and YAHOO 🤠💥👏🏻👏🏻
@@rhondaz356 Thank you Rhonda you are SO sweet! 💙🇺🇸
Hello Brother! Well, you were right that it was going to be a great experience 👍. I really had no idea that old mine was up there. I'm really surprised that the buildings are still in pretty decent shape after lying dormant since the forties. I should be so lucky 😂 ! You mentioned the gold was discovered by a squirrel's diggings. I used to poke around squirrel diggings myself, just to see what they may have uncovered, but I mostly just got a million flea bites for my efforts!
A very interesting and informative video my Brother! Loved little Oreo too, what a sweetie. It was fun as always! 🇺🇸
@@Brother_D_therail Hey my Brother, I knew you would like it. ⚒️ It is so surprising that in such a harsh climate, especially before that once in a lifetime hard winter, everything appears to be only slightly worn out. I never thought things could last that long without regular maintenance. Very expensive views up there. Next video will be the scenery and fall colors on the drive up to the mine and back down the steep side of the hill overlooking the lake with the bright fall colors. 🛻⛏️🇺🇸🚂
@@CalNeva That should be a good one! Very much looking forward to it Brother 😀👍
You guys didn't take the huge earthquakes into consideration as you looked at what construction and destruction ... the quakes can be quite large, and the epicenter is right under your feet. They made water slosh out of many pools in Fresno! This was a fantastic video... do more...Oreo is my favorite!
@@KittyGonzalez-bc8ee Hi Kitty, yes that could also be a factor. We were wanting to visit the underground house in Fresno at some point. Thank you, Oreo is my favorite too and will be in the next video! 🐶👋🇺🇸
@@CalNeva Shaw Underground Gardens aka Forestiere Underground Gardens. Hwy 99 and Shaw Ave. Love it and so will you!
Oreo is so darn cute!!! It's cool you could look around in the buildings. Beautiful view of Mono Lake. I enjoyed your look around the area with Rob. That was fun! 😁
@@nationalparksprincess3216 Hi DL! It was perfect clear weather for the view and the early fall color. As you can see, I enjoyed having Oreo with us. 👋🍁
Doug I like your hat. You remind me of the guys in ZZ Top. Rob was missing his. Oreo is quite a cute dog who appears to
up for any adventures. Quite alot of stuff up there with that log cabin. Not an easy place to get to except by 4X4.
@@hestheMaster Hi Steve, thank you. It was a heavy wide brimmed cowboy hat; the hater in Montana cut the wide brim back and reshaped it. The older hats have more beaver felt in them and last forever if you can keep the moths from eating them! I think the long rough road helps to protect the mine site to some extent. October already, so the trees are a changing...just gorgeous up there! 🍂🛢️⛰️⚒️🛞💰⚖️
Wow, really interesting doug old cabin gold mine, amazing equipment heavy, nice history above lee vining, id sure like to use my gold monster near that old tailing pile, still lots of gold in that area, just got to work for it, the sierras are incredible, thx for sharing.
@@J.O.E.B.A.S.S. Hi Joe, yep, them thar hills are loaded with gold. I think there is so much more to see....and to FIND! ⛏️💰⚒️🇺🇸
@@CalNeva agreed.
Looks like a hairy leg adventure.just had to comment before watching the whole video😅
@@caseyhansen4567 Hi Rick, it was some hairy leg driving for my buddy Rob, but it's easy for him. 🛻⚒️⛏️
Fascinating, just wish it was 20 miles from civilization so it would maybe make sense to rebuild it for tourists. It'd be interesting to use pictures from this site as a computer generated mine showing how it all operated. Make it appear as new again, and operating! Having Oreo as the lead tour guide was a bonus! 😅👍✌🗽
@@TOM-C. Good, and original ideas, especially on the computer generated learning Tom, plus everyone likes a cute friendly dog working as a tour guide! 👋🐶🐾
@@CalNeva All dogs are good dogs. I too was worried about the glass when you warned him.😅
@@TOM-C. 🤠👍
What a cool spot! I wonder how loud it would have been back when they were actively processing ore? Thanks for sharing! 🙂
@@tamiamidrmn Hi Chris, yes, with the shaker, the whirling motors, clanking conveyers, the tumblers, the mine muckers, the constant pounding maintenance, the cussing miners, and clanking tools and machinery of all types; it must have been loudly insane!
Thanks for the fascinating visit...an open-air mining (and machinery) museum. Who built the mine and why did it end operations?
@@brakerbraker829 Hey TC! The Simpson brothers originally built the mine, sold it in 1930, that operation was running fine until the mine was shut down during WW II. For two years after the war it was maintained to be put back into full production within 48hrs. Unfortunately, the price of gold never rose sufficiently to warrant the mines profitability. I opine ultimately the war was the catalyst for its demise. There is still small intense pockets of gold to be found in the back country, but I believe modern mining extraction operations are better for large economy of scale ....not the rugged hard to access smaller mines of yesterday's technology. 🤠🇺🇸👋
darn it i missed being the first to comment. i am sure it will be a good one
@@jimrobison4112 👍🇺🇸
How much would it cost to get that up and running in top shape again?????
@@thomasharhen2168 Hi Thomas! I guess it would cost $ 78 million to pay off the state politicians, $ 4 million the Federal level politicians, and $ 64.7 million to pay off the various regulatory agencies, $ 65 million to pay off the international NGO's and $28.7 to pay off the Bank for International Settlements (BIS World Central Bank in Bern Switzerland), $24 million to grease the wheels of the Bohemian Grove members, and less than $ 2 million to actually start pulling gold out of the ground. Added up, my conservative estimate is: $ 266.4 USD. This could hold for 24 hours, after which, do to the failing US Petro Fiat currency would be $ 267.3 million, +/- 247,000 inflationary calculations. 🤠