Found the Clampers plaque of the guys who started this mine ( Pittburg Liberty) and why one of them died there. I can't believe she walked up there! Now the Chumung mine is off the side of the road and there is a lot more stuff there which includes a partially rusted away old 1950's sedan in the Aspens and we see the upsidedown frame of an old car which can be described as a Holes-mobile ! Must have stayed at the Travertine Hot Spring near Bridgeport CA. 4/5 WH stars!
I was quite familiar with the pop top can and the basic rule was to push the small one first, being with less internal pressure as a rule making the larger one easier to push in next. Trying to do that bigger one first took a quite a lot of pressure and no surprise people had nasty accidents.They were not designed to be idiot proof.And kids would get their fingers badly trapped in the hole.
There was a plastic cap that had two buttons to push open the two holes that you could buy separately. I was told when I was a much younger, that those cans came about because people would drop the pull tab off of a can inside the can and then swallow or choke on them later.
1910-11. Originally called Lorena in Cali. $700,000 harvested. Likely a Mercury from the '50s. Those Rake arms rotated at the bottom of a tank to keep minerals in suspension in the solution after it comes out of Ball mills or Stamping Plants. Arsenic was used to float the gold particles to the surface for skimmers to scrape off into a slurry. Might be worth scratching around in the ore at the bottom of a chute. Nuggets? Flower gold?
Englishman inFrance Especially in the winter the desert is divine....clear, robins egg blue skies, no rain, pleasant days for outdoor activities . Visit these areas in the winter cause it’s toooo hot otherwise. Southern Utah and those beautiful National Parks. Southern Arizona. Bisbee Az is fun,fun, fun....Hubby and I spent two weeks this past Feb in Borrego Springs Ca. Town sits in the middle of the largest state park in California and it was great. I live in Georgia but the desert is where I long to be in the winter. Come on over when you can.
@@LuckyLarry Thanks for the reply Suzanne . Unfortunately I'm not as young as I used to be , and I don't know anyone in the States . I guess travelling alone is always difficult :)
I remember those cans! You're right, they only existed for a year or two at most, in the very late 1970s. The old-style pull-tab cans had been discontinued because they resulted in pull-tab rings littering EVERYWHERE, but it took the manufacturers a couple years to come up with today's pop-top cans where the tab stayed attached. The little push-in circle was not supposed to come loose, just as in your example, but the simple fact was that when you pushed it in, your chances of cutting your thumb on the sharp aluminum edge was VERY real (and a little scary, of course). Oddly enough, they didn't show up everywhere. For instance, I never saw them here in Texas where I live, but I did encounter them when I traveled up north to Canada (circa 1980). I guess they must have been in Coors country, Colorado, too.
Make a video of your quilting bee circle. I'm sure you have interesting friends! My father was a Mason and Shriner. He had four sons, none of whom joined that order. There was probably some sort of steam engine installed on the concrete base. You're probably right. people in those days didn't spend much time enjoying the view. I'd bet Winters were miserable .
I do remember those cans but they was a failure. they was not a needed kind of can and they was not safe. I'm 61 yrs old and i still drink beer but i gave up the hard stuff and i don't smoke anymore either. gave up smoking about 15yrs ago. I'm a retired musician(piano/keys) i had two strokes in 2013 and a heart attack in 2017. I'm lucky to still be alive and i really enjoy your vids. keep up the great work you are doing. I have a 37yr old daughter and two granddaughters (15 & 6).
@chris younts Always one in my glove box. Just habit but handy for import bottles today. Many import do not do twist of caps on bottles. Always had a "church key" in my tool box until I gave that to my son just to stop me from trying to do what I should not do anymore.
Coors was my beer during the era of the push-tabs. Never had an issue of the circular tab coming off. But it was common to push your thumb too far into the hole and can easily cut your thumb when trying to pull it out-especially after a few.
I went to a science camp during the summer of 1975 which was partially sponsored by Coors. The took us on a tour of the brewery in Golden, CO and made a big deal about this can design and how "revolutionary" it was. This style only lasted a few years before it was replaced by the style we now know. Part of their promotion was the fact the the push in tab was intended to stay attached to the can to lessen the litter problem and to keep people like Jimmy Buffet from "cutting his heel on a pop top". You were supposed to push down on the button on top to equalize the pressure and make it easier to open. Overall, the design was one big pain to use. You had to push the button very hard, which hurt, and it was easy to scrape your finger or thumb when pushing down the big tab into the can. Anywho, I'm sure that this far more info than anyone wanted or needed. BTW, I love your channel and always look forward to your Wednesday uploads.
One of you all need to see about making her an honorary member. I know the all men thing, but SHE HAS BIGGER STONES THEN MOST MEN I KNOW. Or maybe they are brass ones!!! In any event, surely an exception could be made and let her help with just one plague posting as long as she goes back to her "knitting" afterwards. Just a thought.
What say the brother? Satisfactory and so recorded! I've been a Clamper since 1976. Chapter 11. Also belong to LDS, Slim Princess in Bishop, Bodie, Paradise 711 (which was probably destroyed in the norcal Paradise fire), Sam Brannan, etc. Haven't been to a doins' for a long time, since I cut out alcohol. Got tired of making love to the toilet every weekend, LOL. Cheers.
New follower... I live in northern Nv near Tahoe... I loved the adventure! Super cool to see! Stay safe hon. (I came to you through abandoned and forgotten places channel)
I'm sure I had some beer from those Coors cans..it was very late 70s. Honestly, it was hard drinking beer from the tiny circular shape and made guzzling impossible (yes with the vent open). Soo grateful they were discontinued. Your adventures are fantastic, eastern Sierra yes.
Visited Masonic many years ago. Took Hwy182 out of Bridgeport and then took the dirt road up into the hills. If you go in far enough there's a spur trail to a meadow next to a creek that makes a decent campsite.
On the old Coors can - you push in the small button to release the pressure, then press the large one. And the both are supposed to stay attached to the can. I was too young to drink them back then lol
During the earthquake in 1994, part of the ceiling fell down in Santa Clarita Lanes. Along with the ceiling panels came one of those cans of Coors, apparently left by a workman when the building was built.
Freemasons are like aspen trees. Although on the surface they appear to be separate trees, in the hidden depths below ground they are actually all interconnected by their roots and are actually one tree.
@@Malibu_Dawn Not deceptive. All Mason's are sworn to an oath of honesty except for maybe Skull & Bones. They are also sworn to an oath of secrecy which may seem to conflict with the oath of honesty but I can honest tell you that there are certain things I can't tell you. Also, "Cryptic" isn't the same as deceptive.
Masonic is one of my favorite mining camps. Been all over that place for over 30 yrs + all the surrounding area. I've been a Mono Lake Committee member since 1981 and knew David Gaines. Great vid. BTW, if there are any Amateur Radio guys out there, about 1/2 way up the Masonic Rd, I could get full squash into the Hayward, CA 2m repeater from there. It was only good for about +/- 1/4 mi. Tropo tunnel? Who knows, but it always worked. Cheers.
The "push-tab" used primarily on Coors Beer cans in the mid-1970s. The push-tab was a raised circular scored area used in place of the pull-tab. It needed no ring to pull up. Instead, the raised aluminium blister was pushed down into the can, with a small unscored piece that kept the tab connected after being pushed inside. Push-tabs never gained wide popularity because while they had solved the litter problem of the pull-tab, they created a safety hazard where the person's finger upon pushing the tab into the can was immediately exposed to the sharp edges of the opening. An unusual feature of the push-tab Coors Beer cans was that they had a second, smaller, push-tab at the top as an airflow vent-a convenience that was lost with the switch from can opener to pull-tab. The "push-tab" was introduced into Australia in the early 1980s and was locally known as "pop-tops". - Wiki
That STONE building was the post office for I believe 2 years... Not sure how long but it was short lived. There were a heck of a lot of people there between Masonic and the Che Mung (your second stop) closer to Bridgeport. I've done videos on both.
You are right, those rusty things are stiring equip. The powder is crushed ore which goes into amalgamating pans with water and mercury. It's stirred up and the mercury capture the gold flakes, and is separated later.
hi Sara, i know a lady who was born in masonic during the depression, i have the history of masonic it was founded by three masons and there where three parts to the town ,lower,middle and upper town which represented the three degrees of masonry. dave sanders
I'd like to see that too...but there are two problems. One, people would have to spend a lot of moey. Two, some fools would go to them just for the sake of tearing those places apart. This country is about 2/3 vandals...or it seems that way sometimes.
The some one who can fix some of the building s can be are self's .I found an old cabin in no where area in Idaho at a mining town from 1863 put some board s back on did some roof repair and felt good about it the cabin was 2 mile s from town way up the Mt .p.s. ATVs are GREAT to ride and to haul supplys 🤔🦅🌌⛰️🇺🇸 cjd wash state . Great work wonder Huss😎
you"re correct. I bought several cases of coors in Arizona in the 70s, back then ln az you could buy beer at the age of 19. At the time they were trying to get rid of pull tags and Az was a test state for those cans. I live in chico wish to have run into you last month best regards, Bill
I'll bet that the concrete structure you found at the upper camp was the base of a steam-engine that turned those overhead belt-rollers. The mining town at Swansea AZ had a giant version of the concrete base for a large Corliss steam engine to run the mine-works.
That concrete structure would have been a good spot to try & locate a corner stone. Sometimes there are things hidden near it or even IN it (like a time capsule).
We had that style of pop top aluminium can for a couple of years also and I thought they worked quite well. You just depress the small circular tab slightly to break the seal and it would let the pressure equalise without the contents spraying everywhere. Then depress the larger tab, not intended to seperate from the rest of it. Pouring or drinking from these worked well and stopped a small litter problem with discarded pull tabs from the previous style.
With those Coors cans... if you pushed the small one first, it was much easier to open the larger one because you released the pressure inside the can. I always did it that way and never got so much as a nick on my finger.
One of my favorite ghost towns, was first there in 81 with my dad, uncle and cousin, I was ten, a lot of cool stuff to see back then, still go back there a lot great place to camp.
Interesting geology and quite a neat valley there! Quite a find....Be cautious around those old timbers...Perhaps a camera-drone would be in order? Great post & photograpy!
I remember those cans. Difficult to open without cutting you thumb or finger. They came out with a plastic disk that had two spikes on it that you could line up with the tabs and push down to open. Does the antiquity act apply to people, I may be an artifact. Thank you taking the time to show the mill ruins, I find it interesting to see what effort they made to recover gold.
That was a great find. I followed along on Google Maps as you were saying where you were. Gotta get Laaary to go back with you so we get his perspective on the machinery. After you give him a haircut !!
John Clements Unfortunately, he is also an unreliable, and complete alcoholic, “camp mate”. I highly doubt he EVER served in the 101st Airborne as a helo pilot. Hmm, right...not.
At ~18:00 I think the large cement base with the drive shaft and flywheels looks like a stamp mill base. They could of use two step process, corse and fine. Might explain the second one that also looks somewhat a stamp mill. Or a second ore type. Sounds like I need to take a trip to silence the mind. Cool place, thanks for sharing.
Push tops were also used on soda cans, at least in Oregon, after pull-tabs were outlawed as a litter prevention measure. Pushing the small one would release the pressure allowing the big one to be pushed. They were more complex (expensive) to manufacture and the seals failed sometimes, so that contributed to their being short-lived. I think the rotating shaft was part of a belt-driven machine shop, so each tool did not need its own source of power.
By the late 60s the pull tabs from cans could be found on the ground everywhere from wilderness to the cities. The push buttons were the industries answer but caused injuries from cuts to swallowing the buttons, so they switched to what we use now. I only remember the push buttons in 70 to 71, but I only drank soda pop back then lol
I love your language and your vocabulary, Sarah. (I'm known to use words like "spiffy" and "nifty" myself, so I highly approve!) The idea of a drinking game for every time you say "Yikes!" is extremely amusing!
Very interesting, I like Mine Nuts especially the crunchy ones. 😅😅😅. Your always a blast, I'm glad you don't weigh much, you couldn't pay me to go out on some of those buildings. I wish you had used your Drone more, it real is cool to see an overhead view, also maybe do some metal detecting along the foot path between buildings. You might try around the hot springs where people may change clothes. Hi out there Dave, SEMPER FI, I'll call this next week. Well Sarah your Birthday is the 22nd, I'd bake you a cake but I don't know when you'll be home so l have send something else. Can't wait until next Wednesday. 👍🇺🇸❤
I don't think that Coors piece was supposed to separate ( that would be dangerous ) . I remember stopping in a bar in Westerchester Cal in the 70s, the bartender gal used a golf ball to depress the round tabs before serving it to you. That was smart , imagine trying to use your thumb all shift to do that - would have caused cuts for sure .
I've seen a few of your vids and never see any snakes. Which is a good thing. Concerns me when you reach down to pick up stuff, especially that fabric in the powdery corner.
Big time wonder hussy fan so i yikes the channel and subscribed with the bell so stay safe & continue exploring new and exciting places because when you go we go so its not unappreciated but very much the opposite keep it up 😉
Looks like a great area to camp and high enough to be above the smoke and heat. Only 4 hours away, I think I'll spend a few days there. Thanks for the awesome info Sarah. BTW, building up my collection of Benchmark atlases; I've got 4 now thanks to you.
Yeah I remember those beer cans, I never drank coors, but I think Oly, Olympia beer used the same. I think 73 or 74, can't remember, too many beers. Hahaha
I lived in Oceanside CA in 76-77 & the Coors tops were triangular but also popped inward with the little hole to pop down. I don't remember popping the top all the way in, just part way, like that one was.
I have opened an old can of beer with a puncture side of a bottle opener. You made two holes. One to drink and one for air flow. 'Down by the old mill stream. Where I first met you.....' old song. Wonderhussy: 'I don't see the mine shaft. Its supposed to be somewhere around AAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!. 😜
The things that looked like stir blades were probably used in some sort of thickener. That white dust was in all likelyhood was the thicking agent. They were evidently making a concentrateed ore of whatever they were mining. The old car made me think it was a studebaker. Hard to tell what the first one was. Be safe c-ya t/
Those pop top came about in 1975, you would pop the small hole 1st to de pressurize the can, then push the drink hole tab in. they were trying to do away with the removable pull tab because they were usually discarded on the ground. People would get cut by them at lakes and rivers. Also, some people put them back in the can to try to be responsible, and choke on them when they came out in a big swig. These didn’t last because of lawsuits, many cut fingers as you can imagine.
Woah stay safe Sarah, clambering on shady looking wooden struts! I love your shooting, you always have something interesting to look at, great POV camerwork or something beautiful and classy for us to look at - YOU! Stay safe and as cool and funny as always, Ian aka Dr Nitrogen x
Love being able to see places and stuff that I wouldn't without you. And you can say whatever you want because it's all so cute. Larry in Ft. Worth, TX
There's got to be a water source around there that is a really nice area I would love to build a house are on there and just live there if there's a water source cool thank you for showing us. Oh I tell a lot of people about you and hope that you watch your show just as well keep the good work up
I saw these cans used for soft drinks in Australia about 86-7. I think you pushed the small button to release the pressure and then the large one, they didn’t detach from the can, just like the one you found.
Oh! I remember those old cans!! ... I think some people said that the pull tabs were a problem because people pulled the tab, then dropped it into the beer can they were about to drink -- supposedly, *some* people swallowed the tab. I don't know if that would qualify as an urban legend, but I've never heard of it actually happening.
Hey there SJ. Man being your side kick would be a heck of a fun time. I've explored quite a bit in my own area. There has been gold mining around where I live and sapphire deposits 4 to 5 hours away. Always love ya vlog. Take care Miss from an aging Aussie
Hi Sarah I love your yikers lol , never gets old I love it , you walk across those boards of course you are lighter than me , I would fall through and say some really bad language lol lol!!! .be safe love ya
Hey Wonder Hussey , just to let you know Love your channel. You are an amazing woman and also because of you found Larry. You two are the best and totally appreciate what you both do , stay safe and look forward to all of your content.
Curious side note here. I was raised in central Ontario Canada, next to Lake Chemung. Chemung is the Ojibwa word for mud. I'd like to know how a mine in California came to have the Ontario native word for mud. Did a Google and no luck. Peace and stay safe.
The fabric covered wood at the first was a flat belt used to drive machinery, most likely a conveyer. The pulleys at the last site would have been something that drove those flat belts.
LOL,,FORGOTTEN AND ABANDONED PLACES,,YOU 2 SHOULD DO A VIDEO TOGETHER? TRULY AMAZING SARAHA,YOU ROCK! YOU SHOW NV TOURISM HOW IT IS DONE.. STAY SAFE,SAFE TRAVELS..EXCELLENT VIDEO ,THANK YOU
Thank you wonderhussey for introducing me to the Clampers. I have the requisite principal male accessory, and whats more I am related to Alexander Drake founder of Bend OR and in that I am also directly related to Sir Francis Drake. After reading some of the important tenants of E Clampus Vitus it appears I have my tongue planted firmly in my cheek as required by their motto, “I believe because it is absurd”. So please accept my appreciation for all the work you do and granting me your good grace and hospitality as I tag along with you on treks far and wide.
You were supposed to push the small one in first to relieve pressure then push the larger one. I was stationed at Ft. Huachuca, AZ from 74-76 and we had them there. I think we had them for the whole time but not sure . The old brain aint what it used to be.
So it seems Wonderhussies last video was filmed on top of a old building with her saying "I really shouldn't walk across this, But looks strong enough to support little old meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.... So take care lovely lady, we Do Not want that happening to you, Stay safe and keep up the good work, love your videos , leaving Mexico soon headed north, hope our paths cross one day...
😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂! Hussy doesn’t shave her pits!!!!!!!!!!!😂😂😂😂😂 Yeah I’ve drank out of those scans before. In my teens. I’ve never had the tab fall off ether. Nor did I ever cut my finger. I think someone probably swallowed it on purpose just to sue.I like the way the vent tab felt when you pushed it in.
That old Coors can was developed to eliminate pull tabs that grace our lakes and lands. You were not supposed to break off the tabs when pushing them in.
Thanks for the tour, Darlin'. I wish there was at least some pictures of the actual sites while they were in operation. That would be cool to be able to say, "Wow, So that's what went on in there!" But...when those miners were hard at work, the last thing they would have thought about is posing for pictures.
Interesting! I am Mason. I think there are some hidden clues when you talked about the three levels of the town Masonic. Makes total sense to me. You should have found the smaller section/Mine? the middle section/mine and the larger section/mine. Thats all I can tell you. ;-)
I'd have been looking for a stone quarry if they had stone street structures out there, plus Mason's marks; cornerstones, keystone's, possible remnants of a lodge (trowels, square; compass). Might be a good place to bring a metal detector. Could you imagine if you found a buried box with the meeting minutes or an old cypher?
@@liquidbraino You are on to something. Doubt Wonder H would have a idea what your talking about. It would be exciting to head out with a Good metal detector. I'm also worried she's going to get bit one day. She acts like WTF.. I'm always out here in the east. ;-)
Found the Clampers plaque of the guys who started this mine ( Pittburg Liberty) and why one of them died there. I can't
believe she walked up there! Now the Chumung mine is off the side of the road and there is a lot more stuff there which
includes a partially rusted away old 1950's sedan in the Aspens and we see the upsidedown frame of an old car which
can be described as a Holes-mobile ! Must have stayed at the Travertine Hot Spring near Bridgeport CA. 4/5 WH stars!
I was quite familiar with the pop top can and the basic rule was to push the small one first, being with less internal pressure as a rule making the larger one easier to push in next. Trying to do that bigger one first took a quite a lot of pressure and no surprise people had nasty accidents.They were not designed to be idiot proof.And kids would get their fingers badly trapped in the hole.
There was a plastic cap that had two buttons to push open the two holes that you could buy separately. I was told when I was a much younger, that those cans came about because people would drop the pull tab off of a can inside the can and then swallow or choke on them later.
1910-11. Originally called Lorena in Cali. $700,000 harvested. Likely a Mercury from the '50s.
Those Rake arms rotated at the bottom of a tank to keep minerals in suspension in the solution after it comes out of Ball mills or Stamping Plants. Arsenic was used to float the gold particles to the surface for skimmers to scrape off into a slurry. Might be worth scratching around in the ore at the bottom of a chute. Nuggets? Flower gold?
Interesting. Thanks, Gord.
Your videos have really opened my eyes to how beautiful the desert areas of the States are / can be . Brilliant :)
Englishman inFrance Especially in the winter the desert is divine....clear, robins egg blue skies, no rain, pleasant days for outdoor activities . Visit these areas in the winter cause it’s toooo hot otherwise. Southern Utah and those beautiful National Parks. Southern Arizona. Bisbee Az is fun,fun, fun....Hubby and I spent two weeks this past Feb in Borrego Springs Ca. Town sits in the middle of the largest state park in California and it was great. I live in Georgia but the desert is where I long to be in the winter. Come on over when you can.
@@LuckyLarry Thanks for the reply Suzanne . Unfortunately I'm not as young as I used to be , and I don't know anyone in the States . I guess travelling alone is always difficult :)
Yes. Wasted my trips to Nevada on the Vegas strip. If I ever get the chance to go back..........
I remember those cans! You're right, they only existed for a year or two at most, in the very late 1970s. The old-style pull-tab cans had been discontinued because they resulted in pull-tab rings littering EVERYWHERE, but it took the manufacturers a couple years to come up with today's pop-top cans where the tab stayed attached. The little push-in circle was not supposed to come loose, just as in your example, but the simple fact was that when you pushed it in, your chances of cutting your thumb on the sharp aluminum edge was VERY real (and a little scary, of course). Oddly enough, they didn't show up everywhere. For instance, I never saw them here in Texas where I live, but I did encounter them when I traveled up north to Canada (circa 1980). I guess they must have been in Coors country, Colorado, too.
The small tab was super hard to pop in. At least for a kid with a soda. Hurt the finger.
I haven’t been to “Masonic”, since 1974, in my first off-road 4x4 that I built after high school. Thanks WH you liked it as much as I did.
Make a video of your quilting bee circle. I'm sure you have interesting friends! My father was a Mason and Shriner. He had four sons, none of whom joined that order. There was probably some sort of steam engine installed on the concrete base. You're probably right. people in those days didn't spend much time enjoying the view. I'd bet Winters were miserable .
I do remember those cans but they was a failure. they was not a needed kind of can and they was not safe. I'm 61 yrs old and i still drink beer but i gave up the hard stuff and i don't smoke anymore either. gave up smoking about 15yrs ago. I'm a retired musician(piano/keys) i had two strokes in 2013 and a heart attack in 2017. I'm lucky to still be alive and i really enjoy your vids. keep up the great work you are doing. I have a 37yr old daughter and two granddaughters (15 & 6).
@chris younts Always one in my glove box. Just habit but handy for import bottles today. Many import do not do twist of caps on bottles. Always had a "church key" in my tool box until I gave that to my son just to stop me from trying to do what I should not do anymore.
I don't recall ever swallowing a tab from those Coors cans but boy, did I suffer a few bloody fingers from poking those holes.
Coors was my beer during the era of the push-tabs. Never had an issue of the circular tab coming off. But it was common to push your thumb too far into the hole and can easily cut your thumb when trying to pull it out-especially after a few.
I went to a science camp during the summer of 1975 which was partially sponsored by Coors. The took us on a tour of the brewery in Golden, CO and made a big deal about this can design and how "revolutionary" it was. This style only lasted a few years before it was replaced by the style we now know. Part of their promotion was the fact the the push in tab was intended to stay attached to the can to lessen the litter problem and to keep people like Jimmy Buffet from "cutting his heel on a pop top". You were supposed to push down on the button on top to equalize the pressure and make it easier to open. Overall, the design was one big pain to use. You had to push the button very hard, which hurt, and it was easy to scrape your finger or thumb when pushing down the big tab into the can.
Anywho, I'm sure that this far more info than anyone wanted or needed. BTW, I love your channel and always look forward to your Wednesday uploads.
I was at Oakland Army Base 9-11-1972 for 6 days..First time I'd seen a Coors beer can like that....
Us clampers are big fans of you Wonderhussy I have heard your name more than once at clamper doings. The beer can was probably left at the plaqueing 🤠
One of you all need to see about making her an honorary member. I know the all men thing, but SHE HAS BIGGER STONES THEN MOST MEN I KNOW. Or maybe they are brass ones!!! In any event, surely an exception could be made and let her help with just one plague posting as long as she goes back to her "knitting" afterwards. Just a thought.
I agree she should be an honary member
What say the brother? Satisfactory and so recorded! I've been a Clamper since 1976. Chapter 11. Also belong to LDS, Slim Princess in Bishop, Bodie, Paradise 711 (which was probably destroyed in the norcal Paradise fire), Sam Brannan, etc. Haven't been to a doins' for a long time, since I cut out alcohol. Got tired of making love to the toilet every weekend, LOL.
Cheers.
Made a typo. Chapt. 11 should be 13: Joaquin Murrieta out of Dublin, CA.
@@tpkirkp Satisfactory!! Branciforti 1797, Bee Hive Lodge #1. Right arm up!!
New follower... I live in northern Nv near Tahoe... I loved the adventure! Super cool to see! Stay safe hon. (I came to you through abandoned and forgotten places channel)
I'm sure I had some beer from those Coors cans..it was very late 70s. Honestly, it was hard drinking beer from the tiny circular shape and made guzzling impossible (yes with the vent open). Soo grateful they were discontinued. Your adventures are fantastic, eastern Sierra yes.
Visited Masonic many years ago. Took Hwy182 out of Bridgeport and then took the dirt road up into the hills. If you go in far enough there's a spur trail to a meadow next to a creek that makes a decent campsite.
On the old Coors can - you push in the small button to release the pressure, then press the large one. And the both are supposed to stay attached to the can. I was too young to drink them back then lol
During the earthquake in 1994, part of the ceiling fell down in Santa Clarita Lanes. Along with the ceiling panels came one of those cans of Coors, apparently left by a workman when the building was built.
Freemasons are like aspen trees. Although on the surface they appear to be separate trees, in the hidden depths below ground they are actually all interconnected by their roots and are actually one tree.
Hidden. Underground. Deceptive in their appearance and nature.
@@Malibu_Dawn Not deceptive. All Mason's are sworn to an oath of honesty except for maybe Skull & Bones. They are also sworn to an oath of secrecy which may seem to conflict with the oath of honesty but I can honest tell you that there are certain things I can't tell you.
Also, "Cryptic" isn't the same as deceptive.
@@liquidbraino Call it occult, but you don´t have to kill me !
Masonic is one of my favorite mining camps. Been all over that place for over 30 yrs + all the surrounding area. I've been a Mono Lake Committee member since 1981 and knew David Gaines. Great vid. BTW, if there are any Amateur Radio guys out there, about 1/2 way up the Masonic Rd, I could get full squash into the Hayward, CA 2m repeater from there. It was only good for about +/- 1/4 mi. Tropo tunnel? Who knows, but it always worked.
Cheers.
The "push-tab" used primarily on Coors Beer cans in the mid-1970s. The push-tab was a raised circular scored area used in place of the pull-tab. It needed no ring to pull up. Instead, the raised aluminium blister was pushed down into the can, with a small unscored piece that kept the tab connected after being pushed inside. Push-tabs never gained wide popularity because while they had solved the litter problem of the pull-tab, they created a safety hazard where the person's finger upon pushing the tab into the can was immediately exposed to the sharp edges of the opening. An unusual feature of the push-tab Coors Beer cans was that they had a second, smaller, push-tab at the top as an airflow vent-a convenience that was lost with the switch from can opener to pull-tab. The "push-tab" was introduced into Australia in the early 1980s and was locally known as "pop-tops". - Wiki
I remember those horrible things well.
I still have the opener for this type of can. If you would see one without being told what it was, you would never guess what it is for.
I used to keep a small pocket knife to cut an air hole on my Budweiser.
That STONE building was the post office for I believe 2 years... Not sure how long but it was short lived. There were a heck of a lot of people there between Masonic and the Che Mung (your second stop) closer to Bridgeport. I've done videos on both.
You are right, those rusty things are stiring equip. The powder is crushed ore which goes into amalgamating pans with water and mercury. It's stirred up and the mercury capture the gold flakes, and is separated later.
The concrete abutment you saw in the building supported the stamp mill and the stirer was indicative of a Cyanide ore processing system.
hi Sara, i know a lady who was born in masonic during the depression, i have the history of masonic it was founded by three masons and there where three parts to the town ,lower,middle and upper town which represented the three degrees of masonry.
dave sanders
I wonder if they lived in those areas according to what degree they were? (EA's live in the lower, the FC's the middle & MM's in the upper area).
I wish all of the places you visit someone would have kept them intact,just enough to keep their historical place. Thanks for the trip.Stay safe.
I'd like to see that too...but there are two problems. One, people would have to spend a lot of moey. Two, some fools would go to them just for the sake of tearing those places apart.
This country is about 2/3 vandals...or it seems that way sometimes.
The some one who can fix some of the building s can be are self's .I found an old cabin in no where area in Idaho at a mining town from 1863 put some board s back on did some roof repair and felt good about it the cabin was 2 mile s from town way up the Mt .p.s. ATVs are GREAT to ride and to haul supplys 🤔🦅🌌⛰️🇺🇸 cjd wash state . Great work wonder Huss😎
Awesome 👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎 video Wonderhussy great job nice country colorful and be safe ❤️
I have GOT to take the Masonic trail next time I'm in Bridgeport. Thanks WH for the tip!!!
you"re correct. I bought several cases of coors in Arizona in the 70s, back then ln az you could buy beer at the age of 19. At the time they were trying to get rid of pull tags and Az was a test state for those cans. I live in chico wish to have run into you last month
best regards, Bill
I'll bet that the concrete structure you found at the upper camp was the base of a steam-engine that turned those overhead belt-rollers. The mining town at Swansea AZ had a giant version of the concrete base for a large Corliss steam engine to run the mine-works.
That concrete structure would have been a good spot to try & locate a corner stone. Sometimes there are things hidden near it or even IN it (like a time capsule).
We had that style of pop top aluminium can for a couple of years also and I thought they worked quite well. You just depress the small circular tab slightly to break the seal and it would let the pressure equalise without the contents spraying everywhere. Then depress the larger tab, not intended to seperate from the rest of it. Pouring or drinking from these worked well and stopped a small litter problem with discarded pull tabs from the previous style.
With those Coors cans... if you pushed the small one first, it was much easier to open the larger one because you released the pressure inside the can. I always did it that way and never got so much as a nick on my finger.
One of my favorite ghost towns, was first there in 81 with my dad, uncle and cousin, I was ten, a lot of cool stuff to see back then, still go back there a lot great place to camp.
Interesting geology and quite a neat valley there! Quite a find....Be cautious around those old timbers...Perhaps a camera-drone would be in order? Great post & photograpy!
I remember those cans. Difficult to open without cutting you thumb or finger. They came out with a plastic disk that had two spikes on it that you could line up with the tabs and push down to open. Does the antiquity act apply to people, I may be an artifact. Thank you taking the time to show the mill ruins, I find it interesting to see what effort they made to recover gold.
That was a great find. I followed along on Google Maps as you were saying where you were. Gotta get Laaary to go back with you so we get his perspective on the machinery. After you give him a haircut !!
Larry does need a hair cut.
John Clements Unfortunately, he is also an unreliable, and complete alcoholic, “camp mate”. I highly doubt he EVER served in the 101st Airborne as a helo pilot. Hmm, right...not.
At ~18:00 I think the large cement base with the drive shaft and flywheels looks like a stamp mill base. They could of use two step process, corse and fine. Might explain the second one that also looks somewhat a stamp mill. Or a second ore type. Sounds like I need to take a trip to silence the mind. Cool place, thanks for sharing.
Push tops were also used on soda cans, at least in Oregon, after pull-tabs were outlawed as a litter prevention measure. Pushing the small one would release the pressure allowing the big one to be pushed. They were more complex (expensive) to manufacture and the seals failed sometimes, so that contributed to their being short-lived.
I think the rotating shaft was part of a belt-driven machine shop, so each tool did not need its own source of power.
By the late 60s the pull tabs from cans could be found on the ground everywhere from wilderness to the cities. The push buttons were the industries answer but caused injuries from cuts to swallowing the buttons, so they switched to what we use now. I only remember the push buttons in 70 to 71, but I only drank soda pop back then lol
I love your language and your vocabulary, Sarah. (I'm known to use words like "spiffy" and "nifty" myself, so I highly approve!) The idea of a drinking game for every time you say "Yikes!" is extremely amusing!
Big fan of "boy howdy!" here.
Thank you wonderhussy for sharing this interesting lovely place with lots of ruins have a great day be safe
Very interesting, I like Mine Nuts especially the crunchy ones. 😅😅😅. Your always a blast, I'm glad you don't weigh much, you couldn't pay me to go out on some of those buildings. I wish you had used your Drone more, it real is cool to see an overhead view, also maybe do some metal detecting along the foot path between buildings. You might try around the hot springs where people may change clothes. Hi out there Dave, SEMPER FI, I'll call this next week. Well Sarah your Birthday is the 22nd, I'd bake you a cake but I don't know when you'll be home so l have send something else. Can't wait until next Wednesday. 👍🇺🇸❤
I love your videos. They always cheer me up when I'm feeling down. And please, please be careful when climbing on those old structures.
It is a really nice area. Love the bushy pine trees too. Gorgeous views.
You talking about her under arms?
Those were some interesting ruins I might explore sometime. Agree, nice natural scenery around that area.
I'm definitely going there someday. I've been a Freemason since 2003 & never heard of this place.
Thank you for the great adventures! Please stay safe on these adventures! Hope you have more grand adventures soon! 🧧🤙🌅
I don't think that Coors piece was supposed to separate ( that would be dangerous ) . I remember stopping in a bar in Westerchester Cal in the 70s, the bartender gal used a golf ball to depress the round tabs before serving it to you. That was smart , imagine trying to use your thumb all shift to do that - would have caused cuts for sure .
We were in Upper Masonic many years go and I came across a bear track. Kept my eyes open after that!
When I use to drink ,I always knew my limit, unfortunately I always got drunk before I reached it. Nice vid Lil BIT. ;)
Almost makes me want a beer, have abstained for over 30 years. Wouldn't take but one to get plastered after that long, one too many.
Satisfactory! Thanks for giving E. Clampus Vitus some love. 💪🏼
I was there in 1985 - The structures were in better shape back then. Thanks WH
I've seen a few of your vids and never see any snakes. Which is a good thing. Concerns me when you reach down to pick up stuff, especially that fabric in the powdery corner.
Big time wonder hussy fan so i yikes the channel and subscribed with the bell so stay safe & continue exploring new and exciting places because when you go we go so its not unappreciated but very much the opposite keep it up 😉
Looks like a great area to camp and high enough to be above the smoke and heat. Only 4 hours away, I think I'll spend a few days there. Thanks for the awesome info Sarah. BTW, building up my collection of Benchmark atlases; I've got 4 now thanks to you.
(Me too) .
Love your videos. Wonderful sense of humor
Hi Wonderhussy, you should go see the ghost town of Brodie, I think you'll love it there.
Just discovered this channel. VERY intresting!! Thanks for sharing, miss! Greets from the Netherlands, T.
Yeah I remember those beer cans, I never drank coors, but I think Oly, Olympia beer used the same. I think 73 or 74, can't remember, too many beers. Hahaha
I lived in Oceanside CA in 76-77 & the Coors tops were triangular but also popped inward with the little hole to pop down. I don't remember popping the top all the way in, just part way, like that one was.
I never had one of those pop tops fall into the can...I grew up then started to drink real beer.. The shot up car looks GM by the ignition switch.
I have opened an old can of beer with a puncture side of a bottle opener. You made two holes. One to drink and one for air flow. 'Down by the old mill stream. Where I first met you.....' old song. Wonderhussy: 'I don't see the mine shaft. Its supposed to be somewhere around AAAAAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!. 😜
The things that looked like stir blades were probably used in some sort of thickener. That white dust was in all likelyhood was the thicking agent. They were evidently making a concentrateed ore of whatever they were mining. The old car made me think it was a studebaker. Hard to tell what the first one was. Be safe c-ya t/
Those pop top came about in 1975, you would pop the small hole 1st to de pressurize the can, then push the drink hole tab in. they were trying to do away with the removable pull tab because they were usually discarded on the ground. People would get cut by them at lakes and rivers. Also, some people put them back in the can to try to be responsible, and choke on them when they came out in a big swig. These didn’t last because of lawsuits, many cut fingers as you can imagine.
Woah stay safe Sarah, clambering on shady looking wooden struts! I love your shooting, you always have something interesting to look at, great POV camerwork or something beautiful and classy for us to look at - YOU! Stay safe and as cool and funny as always, Ian aka Dr Nitrogen x
Another great video, you do take chances climbing around those broken down places!!!! Take Care and Stay Safe Wonderhussy!!!!!!
Really enjoying you adventures, makes a change form boring old England at the moment.😘
Love being able to see places and stuff that I wouldn't without you. And you can say whatever you want because it's all so cute.
Larry in Ft. Worth, TX
There's got to be a water source around there that is a really nice area I would love to build a house are on there and just live there if there's a water source cool thank you for showing us. Oh I tell a lot of people about you and hope that you watch your show just as well keep the good work up
My first 12 years of my career were on the Toiyabe which you often visit. Miss Nevada a lot!
I saw these cans used for soft drinks in Australia about 86-7. I think you pushed the small button to release the pressure and then the large one, they didn’t detach from the can, just like the one you found.
Oh! I remember those old cans!! ... I think some people said that the pull tabs were a problem because people pulled the tab, then dropped it into the beer can they were about to drink -- supposedly, *some* people swallowed the tab. I don't know if that would qualify as an urban legend, but I've never heard of it actually happening.
I'm 57 and I totally forgot about those cans, but I remember drinking out of them. They were used on soda cans as well.
Hey there SJ. Man being your side kick would be a heck of a fun time. I've explored quite a bit in my own area. There has been gold mining around where I live and sapphire deposits 4 to 5 hours away. Always love ya vlog. Take care Miss from an aging Aussie
Hi Sarah I love your yikers lol , never gets old I love it , you walk across those boards of course you are lighter than me , I would fall through and say some really bad language lol lol!!! .be safe love ya
Cool area love old ruins cabins ol towns mill sites an mines thanks for taken the time to share great stuff as always be safe
Hey Wonder Hussey , just to let you know Love your channel. You are an amazing woman and also because of you found Larry. You two are the best and totally appreciate what you both do , stay safe and look forward to all of your content.
Meant to say because of you I found Larry , you both are awesome. Thanks for the wonderful adventures that you guys take me on.
Bodie still has chops!
Coor's Shotgun can. Pop the big tab tilt up, pop the little one and you just had a cold been in 2 seconds. Nice Rush
Coke and Pepsi had similar cans in the early 80s. They were used after the old pull tabs and before the current design.
So this is a western thing. I've always drank Coke and have not saw a top that way in Tennessee.
Curious side note here. I was raised in central Ontario Canada, next to Lake Chemung. Chemung is the Ojibwa word for mud. I'd like to know how a mine in California came to have the Ontario native word for mud. Did a Google and no luck. Peace and stay safe.
The fabric covered wood at the first was a flat belt used to drive machinery, most likely a conveyer. The pulleys at the last site would have been something that drove those flat belts.
Love poking around places like this. Always good to see your posts.
I was thinking I drank out of a can like that in 1978? Not real sure though LOL🍻🍺🥂🍺
Great narrative, we have the best character, a beautiful setting, a decent plot and all we need is some Climax,lol.
LOL,,FORGOTTEN AND ABANDONED PLACES,,YOU 2 SHOULD DO A VIDEO TOGETHER?
TRULY AMAZING SARAHA,YOU ROCK! YOU SHOW NV TOURISM HOW IT IS DONE..
STAY SAFE,SAFE TRAVELS..EXCELLENT VIDEO ,THANK YOU
That old rusted can you picked up is very very old and is lead soldered on the seam and the fill hole.
Wow, amazing trip, thank you!!😊
Beautiful looking area. Thanks.
Thank you wonderhussey for introducing me to the Clampers. I have the requisite principal male accessory, and whats more I am related to Alexander Drake founder of Bend OR and in that I am also directly related to Sir Francis Drake. After reading some of the important tenants of E Clampus Vitus it appears I have my tongue planted firmly in my cheek as required by their motto, “I believe because it is absurd”. So please accept my appreciation for all the work you do and granting me your good grace and hospitality as I tag along with you on treks far and wide.
I do enjoy your videos! They have been a big help getting through this pandemic.
You were supposed to push the small one in first to relieve pressure then push the larger one. I was stationed at Ft. Huachuca, AZ from 74-76 and we had them there. I think we had them for the whole time but not sure . The old brain aint what it used to be.
So it seems Wonderhussies last video was filmed on top of a old building with her saying "I really shouldn't walk across this, But looks strong enough to support little old meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.... So take care lovely lady, we Do Not want that happening to you, Stay safe and keep up the good work, love your videos , leaving Mexico soon headed north, hope our paths cross one day...
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Yeah I’ve drank out of those scans before. In my teens. I’ve never had the tab fall off ether. Nor did I ever cut my finger. I think someone probably swallowed it on purpose just to sue.I like the way the vent tab felt when you pushed it in.
That old Coors can was developed to eliminate pull tabs that grace our lakes and lands. You were not supposed to break off the tabs when pushing them in.
Thanks for the tour, Darlin'. I wish there was at least some pictures of the actual sites while they were in operation. That would be cool to be able to say, "Wow, So that's what went on
in there!" But...when those miners were hard at work, the last thing they would have thought about is posing for pictures.
Good place to visit on a day trip. Thanks for sharing
Interesting! I am Mason. I think there are some hidden clues when you talked about the three levels of the town Masonic. Makes total sense to me. You should have found the smaller section/Mine? the middle section/mine and the larger section/mine. Thats all I can tell you. ;-)
FSH
I'd have been looking for a stone quarry if they had stone street structures out there, plus Mason's marks; cornerstones, keystone's, possible remnants of a lodge (trowels, square; compass). Might be a good place to bring a metal detector. Could you imagine if you found a buried box with the meeting minutes or an old cypher?
@@liquidbraino You are on to something. Doubt Wonder H would have a idea what your talking about. It would be exciting to head out with a Good metal detector. I'm also worried she's going to get bit one day. She acts like WTF..
I'm always out here in the east. ;-)
Chemung is the name of a river and a county in western New York. I can only wonder who brought the name out to the Bridgeport, California area.
Nice and gree up there. Great views/vistas.