Forgotten Gem of Sarcobatus Flat
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- Опубліковано 6 гру 2020
- Who ever travels Sarcobatus Flat following the old wagon road from either of its extremes and takes the time to cross this mass expanse, will feel as if they can see the end of the world. Hidden within this lonely land, is a lot of history dating from prehistoric to modern times. At the far north end lies Bonnie Claire Townsite and Mill. On this journey I will show you these sites along with giving a very brief history. Enjoy...
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Thank you for sharing your adventures with me . I look forward to your next episode..
Thanks for watching!
I love the fact that the only thing you take with you is pictures. And the only thing you leave is memories love the videos keep on truckin!
Glad you like them!
Actually the expression is "Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints."
Thank you for sharing this adventure of the past
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice job of explaining the operation along with the site exploration.
great video, thanks for sharing
Thanks for the tour(s)! I've been watching your video for several days now and really enjoy your tours! You are providing wonderful entertainment and the opportunity for a lad from the western Canadian prairies to explore your part of this beautiful land! The old graves are really interesting as well! Thanks so much!
Thanks for the great video ,watching in New Zealand
Great adventures thanks ❤
Hi, a very interesting but very lonely site for sure.
Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 💖
used to live in trona worked at the plant as well as trona RR and cr briggs mine used to get 138 floor temp i was a welder at the mine looks like its a nice day there during your trip you have showed things i never knew was out there and i was there for years nice work stay safe
@robert m -- This site is NOT near Trona , which is in the Searles Valley in California . The Lippincott Smelter is at the Northwest end of Sarcobatus Flats , Nevada ( over 130 Miles to the Northeast of Trona ) , and across the Highway from the old Townsite of Bonnie Claire , and the Bonnie Claire Millsite for my Mining Claim .
Thank you sir for the video
I always wondered about that place. Thank you for showing it
My pleasure 😊
Great job, thank you for sharing! Just subscribed!
Very nice!
Great video 📸😊
Thanks for the history lesson. Lots of obsidian around there out in the sagebrush.
very good video
Sorry , but you've got about 80% of your ''facts'' WRONG . Yes the first building was a Bunkhouse , and the third building with the collapsed roof was the Kitchen and Mess Hall . You got the fourth building right , it was Cool Storage for Food and Dry Goods for the Kitchen . That entire complex is the Lippincott Smelter that processed Lead Ore from the Lippincott Lead Mine ( Circa 1915 ) in the hills to the South of the Racetrack Playa in North-Western Death Valley . The Lippincott Smelter was built on the remains of a Gold processing Mill from the 1870's . The Lippincott Complex had it's own Wells and NEVER used the Well at the Bonnie Claire Millsite . EVERYTHING at the Bonnie Claire Millsite was created by Mr. & Mrs. Huson in the Early 1950's to process the Ore from their Mining Claim at Tokop . I purchased the Mine & Millsite from Mrs. Huson in 1969 after the Death of her Husband as she was up in years and physically unable to maintain them . Since I don't live at the Bonnie Claire Mill , I have no way to protect them from thieves and vandals . The scrappers came in and stole all of my Mill machinery , and the vandals have had their way . GRRRR ! ! ! Bonnie Claire was NEVER called Thorpe ! The old Thorpe Millsite is 3 miles South-Southwest of the intersection of Hwy. 95 and the Scotty's Castle Road . Bonnie Claire Townsite has it's own Historical Importance , it was named after the little Daughter of the Rail Road Stationmaster . Scotty's Castle was an old English Castle that was purchased , dismantled , and shipped around the Horn of South America to San Pedro in the Port of Los Angeles . It was then transported on the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad to Bonnie Claire , where it was loaded onto freight wagons pulled by teams of Mules and hauled to the present site of Scotty's Castle . I had the good fortune in the 1980's to meet and talk at length with the Locomotive Engineer that hauled a lot of the materials for Scotty's Castle , and made the Final Run of the Tonopah and Tidewater Railroad . ---- < Doc , Miner for over 50 years > .
Thank you for the information. It is obvious much that has been written is wrong, which is not the first time. I have found much like this over time. It is sad. I really like what you wrote and would like to sit with you and get some really information if that is possible?
Know quite well the scrapers and vandals. I am getting tired of them myself.
@@DesertTrailsExplored -- YES , a Face to Face is entirely possible . You mentioned in one of your video's that you lived in the Spring Mountains , Cold Creek area ? ? ? . I'm in Pahrump , I'm one of the ''old timers'' in the Valley . Do you have a way for me to contact you ? -- < Doc > .
I think the building your all calling cold storage is actually a smoker building with all the shelves for holding different type of meat for smoking. I never seen a cold storage building with a furnace in the center of it before. I think that round deal with the stack on it is for building a smoking fire to release smoke to cure meat.
@@1natedoggy -- WRONG ! The 55 gallon drum with the stovepipe coming out the top (woodburning stove) was never part of the original setup and has only been added in recent years by people who wanted to use the structure as an overnight shelter . --- My knowledge of that site is well over 50 years and I have been ON - SITE many, many, many times . I can remember when that Smelter structure was completely covered with corrugated steel sheathing , and the original Graphite Crucibles were still there . -- How many times have YOU been on-site ?
It would be very interesting if 001DesertRat would be willing to be interviewed by deserttrails or appear in some videos. Firsthand expertise about these quickly vanishing places is priceless information which will be lost forever if not recorded. I really appreciate your information @001DesertRat.
Those structures sure look like they were built soundly.
I have watched a Lot of abandoned places videos and let me say you do one excellent job filming,explaining, and exploring hope you keep this going.
Thank you very much!
Thank you.
I used to live in Beatty. That was in the years 1979-83...
I remember US 95 all the way to Tonopah...
Used to gas up at Sarcobatus flats on the way to Goldfield...
Nothing there except for the gas station and a little bar/lunch room for the adventurous travelers...
You don't show the gas station sitting in the middle of nowhere on 95...
Appreciate your posts..Brings me back to by gone days...
Your welcome. That gas station closed down in 1995 and the little store disappeared by 1998. the good thing is Goldfield finally opened the gas station next to the court house, so there is at least some form a safety net. But many people still run out of gas in Sarcobatus flats.
@Philip Callicoat -- The ''LAST'' Hand-Cranked Party-Line Pay Phone used to be out in front of that Gas Station at Sarcobatus Flats . I've got Mining property in that area since 1969 . -- < Doc , Miner for over 50 years > .
Good stuff!
Glad you enjoyed it
Amaizng
Just watched the video, I grew up living in the Nevada desert, I always loved exploring abandoned places. As you explore them wondering what they were doing, why they were doing it and what an average day was like. When you were above the furnace you held up what you described was “Slag”, I believe that was actually “Coke” they used to fire the furnace back in the day before electricity. Love your videos.
Probably was coke heavy stuff if i remember right
This is a cool area to visit. We seem to travel in the same areas. I have a video of this place too but I appreciate that you cover the history of this site.
I will check it out
You are showing history, Iron ore that was used for the foundation of America’s infrastructure. To me this is interesting and should be saved for history. Then the beautiful scenery all around. I love this
@Pastor Emmell's Bible Messages -- NOT Iron Ore ! LEAD ! The Lippincott Mine was a LEAD Mine and the Lippincott Smelter produced Ingots of LEAD , to be used in Bullets & Munitions during World War One .
I spent a lot of time in that area in the 80s - 90s my uncle owned the ranch at Lida, which was about the middle and the hwy to Scottys castle was the southern boarder. There was a couple of wells with windmills on Sarcobatus flats that my uncle owned ( it was BLM but the ranch owned the improvements) the BLM wanted to take down the windmills and put it solar pumps for the mustangs, my uncle agreed and so they did it. A couple of years later they thought it was to expensive to maintain so they removed the panels and pumps ( which now belonged to my uncle) and didn’t tell him of there plans so horses, burros and cows died of thirst.
Sounds like something the BLM would do. I have heard many stories such as yours about that happening.
We are from the government and we are here to help you?
Government is synonymous with stupid!
Good ole government
Amazing how many of these mining towns sprouted up overnight and died away almost as fast. So much work done in just a few years. A ten year run is toward the high end of a mining towns glory days.
FANTASTIC! YOU ROCK,,WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY USED FOR FUEL...SAFE TRAVELS BRO ,MAINE,,
Looks harsh but it would be so cool to live for a bit out in places like this. Imagine how amazing nights would be with just a fire and enough water and basic amenities to have on hand. I’m sure it was a rough go mining but seems so peaceful. Speaking of water, do you still find actual usable wells still out there?
My community is rich in mining history as well. Here, and in the areas we've explored in northern Nevada the usual process at a mine includes a Stamp Mill. How were they crushing the ore there?
When seeing the ore chutes and conveyor systems at these sites we explore many of them are still partially full of the last load of ore to be delivered. I can't help but think of the men operating that facility who were there the day that ore was being processed, and wonder at the shut down. Did they stop processing at the end of a shift, and get the word then that their job lost, or did the foreman come along mid shift when everything was going along full tilt, and make the knife across the throat sign telling them to shut her down.
Did they know it was coming? Did they know the last assay was poor? Or did some other issue arise and cause it all to end...perhaps another mill was running that was cheaper, better located etc. Did they know their gear would never run again when it shut down that fateful last day? Endless curiosity.
How old are these buildings? Very cool, wish I was closer I’d explore,,,,but live east!
I just looked online for property for sale near Beatty Nv. A listing for 20 acres came up and its the buildings and property you show in the video. Asking price is $10 million for 20 acres.
Be safe and respectful ! Could you imagine being here in the late 1800’s, !
@Jim Rossi -- Yes , I could very easily imagine being here in the late 1800’s , and I would be right at home . From a very young age (pre-teen) I have always been interrested in Mines and Mining , and because of that my Parents always used to tell me that I was born 100 years too late . I first started exploring old mines when I was 13 years old , and I first worked underground in a mine Singlejack Drilling and Blasting using 80% Gelatin Dynamite (Wet Mine) when I was 18 years old . --- < Doc , Miner for over 50 years > .
@@001desertrat3 , thanks for the response, if not for my arthritis I would hopefully have returned to northern Maine already where I use to love just walking some old trails through the woods or just the old dirt roads ! When we would get socked with a good winter storm I would just let my imagination run wild and what they faced back when this great country was being founded !
@@jimrossi7708 -- Jim , did you ever go and see the ''Abandoned Railway Deep In The Woods Of Maine With Dozens Of Freight Cars'' -- ( ua-cam.com/video/UyUUThoALKM/v-deo.html ) . Saw this on UA-cam and couldn't believe that they would just leave all of that History out there in the woods to just rust away . --- < Doc > .
@@001desertrat3 , no I have not but saw “Post 10”’s video on, how I wished I could have seen it in person, boy if I knew then what I know now I would have taken the hike !
Desert Trails, any idea when that mill was last operational? Thx
I love the videos and the history lessons and agree that these places should be respected, just work on the breathing and the videos would be top notched !!
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Where'd they get water from? The dramatic scenery is fantastic.
@libertyn jeopardy -- The large Lippincott Smelter had several Wells on their property , The smaller Millsite across the Highway at the old Bonnie Claire Townsite had a hand-dug Well between the House and the Mill Building .
I know people are complaining about your breathing, but I'm hard of hearing and the microphone works really well. I can understand everything you say. Guess you can't please everyone.
Is this near The Hard Luck Mine?
Kind of looks like these rock building were build with a slipform constuction...my father did this when i was in high school over 50 years ago...only difference was we brushed away some of the cement to make the rocks stand out.
When was mill in operation from what yrs
That site is pretty modern compared to other mill sites
This was a train station and well for the Tonopah & Tidewater RR. This is the very station that the supplies to build Scotty's castle were off loaded before being loaded on wagons and taken to the site. Guess I should of mentioned that in the video.
Adding a few places to our list for next time we can visit. I don't mind that you don't reveal all the locations. We can find enough to enjoy without knowing all the special places.
If you will slow down the panning it will make a much better video
@Whoop!
How often do you run into varmints in those old abandoned structures, Around here the wasps would run a guy off.
what did they use for fuel? Were the coal outcrops to dig? Same for water in barren land like that.
There is coal in central Nevada. The water is very close the surface in this area. Then many of the mountains have massive forests, were charcoal was made for mills and smelters.
Are you wearing a duster?
since the mine was so far away, maybe cold storage was a vault
@Robert Calder -- NEGATIVE ! The Lippincott Mine was a LEAD mine , so the product of the Lippincott Smelter would have been Ingots of LEAD , not something anyone would want to try and steal .
how did they get the water from bonnie claire to the railroad?
There is a well next to the RR. The water was moved up into a tank to be used by the trains.
@@DesertTrailsExplored -- Actually , the Water Stop was at ''Montana Tanks'' , a deep Cased Well where the cluster of Trees are , to the East and South of the Highway . --- < Doc > .
So who owns that property now the state?
Nice big coke oven for processing coal into coke for the furnace
What were they mining?
@James Richardson -- This was the SMELTER for the Lippincott LEAD Mine in Northwestern Death Valley ( Circa 1915 ) .
I love your videos! Please Please just edit out, or avoid the heavy breathing into mic… It makes it unwatchable if sound is on. I would imagine you would have more people checking your videos out that become subscribers if you did this one thing…
Cold storage with a stove? The one thing every old gold mine visitor should have is a metal detector, to see if the old guys missed anything
Is that what they were mining here?
@805gregg -- This was NEVER a Gold Mine , completely READ my Comment at the top of the Comments section . Also , the wood stove inside the Cold Storage building is a RECENT addition by someone who wanted to use the structure as an overnight shelter .
@@HighlanderNorth1 -- NEGATIVE ! There was NEVER any mining going on at this site . This is the Lippincott Smelter for the Lippincott LEAD Mine in Northwestern Death Valley ( Circa 1915 ) .
How do the same people that find history so fascinating that they trek all the way out to nowhere to explore are the same ones that want to leave graffiti and trash so often? Go figure......young people have no respect sometimes........Sad.
Yes ! Sad 😢 indeed that the human race cannot act like humans !!
Where did you read that or get that information? Just wondering because it seems like it's because this site is so close to the highway!!!
@@rayon3383 I am talking about graffiti on old buildings and mines and such in general, maybe not in this case. But why do people carry around spray cans and ruin everything. Go to Europe. It is terrible there.
Do you carry a side arm if so what ?
LOL ! Yep , TWO , Right Arm on one side and Left Arm on the other . As for Fire Power , Shhh - Trade Secret ! LOL !
Those are the only two currently marked graves.
Movimente a câmera mais lentamente ,ficará melhores as imagens.
That wasn't much of a bunkhouse with just walls.No roof to keep the weather out.
LOL with a hobby like yours, I have to ask... how many rusty nails have you stepped on to date?
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good chance the cold storage may be powder mag
@Robert Calder -- First , there is NO need for a ''Powder'' ( Explosives ) Magazine at a SMELTER , and Secondly , you place Magazines AWAY from areas where People are working , and Thirdly , it would be negligently STUPID to place a Magazine BETWEEN a Kitchen ( Heat & Open Flames ) and a SMELTER ( Extreme Heat & Open Flames ) .
Interesting that all these buildings/structures are cherished today, I enjoy learning about them;
these sites are basically old industrial operations. Where I come from these companies would have been responsible to clean up their machinery/pollution etc. before they leave to put it back to the natural state. Remember they exploited the local recourses and made money out of them
Bunk house, my ass. It's an old motel, from the 30s. ;-)
I hate graffiti anywhere, but it’s so much worse on historical sites.
The tagging is ridiculous in a historical place I'm so tried of them type of people here in our deserts
I agree.
Absolutely agree.
Taggers deserve nothing good in their lives.
1:16 clearly shows the numerous layers of sediments laid down during The Flood.
It was the geysers of the flood that broiught up and precipitated out all the gold the miners were seeking.
You are so right,
@@lifeislivinginpeace447 Impossible to get more than one or two people to understand exactly what those geysers were.
Great video but I believe if you back off your mic we can still hear you and not all the heavy breathing
Swinging the camera back and forth was making me nauseous, I had to skip ahead in parts hoping that it would stop. When a person is not in great physical condition it might be a good idea to walk to the top of the site with the camera off, catch your breath for a few minutes and then head downhill narrating about the site without the heavy huffing and puffing. Otherwise, this was a very informative about these sites.
Alot of "nothing to be jumpin' up and down about "!!
Lots of nice coke laying around , go good in my forge
How toxic is that site?
Well , how Toxic do you think Cyanide Waste and LEAD Slag is ? ? ?
@@001desertrat3 what did they use cyanide for?
@@skyl4rk -- That LEAD Smelter was built on the remains of an old Gold processing Mill from the 1870's . The Gold Mill used a solution of Sodium Cyanide to dissolve the Gold out of the crushed Ore . The Cyanide solution would then have other Chemicals added to it that would cause the Gold to drop out of the solution where it would be collected and smelted into a bar of Gold . The Cyanide contaminated waste Ore ( Tailings ) would be shoveled out of the tanks and dumped onto the hillside ( the large white area between the Mill and the Highway ) .
@@001desertrat3 Thanks, probably a good idea to take the boots off outside the house
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And modern Graffiti is different from old petroglyphs or cave paintings how ?
Interesting how some perceive and decided what is art and what is not ... and just a couple of handfuls of generations ago, some youngster got fussed at for marking the cave walls...
Most petroglyphs don't state their name and gang affiliation they are usually legible too!! The also don't show up on my fence wall or car.
🤷i find it disrespectful that the miners left all that crap out in the desert to rot💁then we can call it historical when someone says it has some historical significance in history when it has none🤷guess its all perspective
So what's so hard about keeping a fucking roof over your heaD??
Area needs to be cleaned up so it is natural.
That is not the point of having a historical site! Please stay in your best condo!
the breathing gotta go
why does peoples leave so much garbage behind==-they take the money and run ==and leave a big mess behind===please clean up after yourselves after you take all the money==its almost like robbery=take the money and run
You move the camera too much!
Hey dude is it possible to put a muffle on your microphone so we're not hearing you breathe all the time on every video
yes please do that
you should move your mic away from your mouth a little !
It's difficult to appreciate any detail with the way you whip the camera around. Slowwwww dowwwwnnn bud! Be conscious about how you're panning, how you frame the different subjects, give your camera time to adjust for light and shadow. Slow down.
The history and the 'what who when where and why' are appreciated (much much better than one guy who posts similar videos and tells you everything you're seeing, "This is an old door. That's an old truck. Here's some old shelves.....")
I couldn't agree with you more, graffiti and vandalism in these places is such an irreversible insult to everyone else.
Thanks for sharing.
What were they mining?
This was water. It was a RR stop on the Tonopah & Tidewater.
@@DesertTrailsExplored -- Actually , the Water Stop was at ''Montana Tanks'' , a deep Cased Well where the cluster of Trees are , to the East and South of the Highway . --- < Doc > .