Exploring Old Gold Mines, Ready Relief Mine 1880 Julian Califoria Gold rush

This mine was discovered in 1870 and began production in 1880, during the early stages of the gold rush. It is 1,200 feet long, 8 feet in width and has several levels, all of which are connected by winzes and shafts. The southerly extensions are part of the another mine.
In actual production, state mining records say that the Ready Relief, with $500,000, was second only to the Golden Chariot in the entire Banner mining district, but the Chariot was through by 1876, whereas the Relief kept going into the’20s, and has “steam up” today! It was the steadiest producer of all the mines in the entire Julian district.
These early discoveries are what helped form Julian into what it is today. "Banner City" quickly developed as more and more mines began sprouting. The miners gave the name Banner City after a flag which was raied above the Redman's Mine (later named the Chariot Mine). In no time Banner had a full-fledged town, complete with 78 saloons, 3 stamp mills a freight station a cemetery and school!
To make production faster and easier, a toll road was created known as the Wilcox Toll Rd. The toll was as follows: 1 cent for a hog, sheep, or goat, $1 for a 4-horse get-up and 25 cents for a prospector with a jackass. The latter never paid, and the prospector almost always slipped by in the brush!
A dam was built above the mine, the water piped down through ever-decreasing sized pipe, and shot against a large wheel lined with cups. The water spun the wheel 200 times a minute, and power, the cheapest kind of power, was created. Drew Bailey’s idea powered the mine for 30 years.
This mine Generated $500,000 the equivalent of $16,000,000 in todays currency

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Thank you appreciate you taking time to watch.🤙

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Exploring an old gold mine is a very exciting and so cool challenge.. I enjoy watching. 👍👍

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Its definitely exciting you dont really know what you'll come across so that makes it interesting. It was fun thanks for checking it out JJ.

[@xjwendtx]

Nice video! The ready relief and north Hubbard are my favorites in this area.

[@adventureawaits5003]

Thanks for watching I gotta check out north Hubbard

[@brianbsexplorations4004]

Excellent video and thanks much for sharing. Definitely a bucket list site explore and love the history of it. My girlfriend and I are hoping to explore this site soon, are people typically parking on Banner Rd to access the trail head to this site? Any information on how to find it would be greatly appreciated.

[@adventureawaits5003]

There's a few spots to park on Banner Grade you can actually find it on Google maps will lead you there. It's really easy to find if you haven't done the warlock mine higher up on banner Grade also a fun spot to check out actually has two separate mines out there. Appreciate you checking it out brotha 🤙

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@@adventureawaits5003 You've got it man, thanks for a great channel and for the info. Yeah we just did the Warlock and Golden Gem mine explores this past Monday and loved them and their history. That was a wild ride that person took in the white Chevy Tahoe tumbling down the hillside to the mine entrance. Hope they survived. Regarding the Ready Relief mine, from what we heard there's also the North and South Hubbard mines located near the Ready Relief. Have you explored either of those before? Thanks again.

[@Dublt55]

What route did you take to get to the mine. I've been by there a few times very recently and the canyon entrance from banner is marked with several private property/no trespassing signs. I've been wanting to go see the mines in the canyon but I have yet to test possible other ways into the canyon

[@adventureawaits5003]

I did a trail coming from the west that comes from a different mine

[@williamasdurian2307]

Is it on the old Banner road? I have permission from the owner to explore all the mines from where it turns from public to private land

[@carloscastaneda7234]

So dope man, always been something i want to do. I will ONE day! I hope. Super cool and inspirational. Can you drop a pin for the entrance?

[@adventureawaits5003]

Thanks for checking it out. You can find it on google maps and it's really easy to find. Safe travels bro

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sandiegohistory.org/journal/1963/october/relief/