Eagle Mountain was a great place to grow up. I was there from 1973 until about 1982. We still have contact with several families to this day. Small town memories from the local church to the baseball diamond, So many great memories and people, Great memories, some of my best....

@thecrazyadventurist5796

26 күн бұрын

That’s awesome. I love that place a lot.

@festerofest4374

10 күн бұрын

I was wondering about that... as I watched! Would it have been a cool place to grow up as a kid - and thanks for telling your story! The layout looks like a huge neighborhood and I picture all these kids riding their bikes all over the place. Looks like the area would have been good for exploring.

@kurttate9446

10 күн бұрын

I spent from 1961 to 1964 when I was 12 to 14 years old, at 29 Palms MCB. Those are some of my fondest memories growing up. I too imagine all the families and kids going about their lives there. So sad, all the ghosts of times past. Did you have television there? At 29 Palms we had to use uhf receivers to get programming.

@HighStrangeDrifter

6 күн бұрын

Were there ever any trees there? I see some random bushes, but it looks like the Sun has had its way with the town. Like an Atomic blast went off.

@kmbbmj5857

6 күн бұрын

I grew up in a small cotton mill town in the south. It was a great way of life that has disappeared. It's heading toward a ghost town. Many of the houses are gone from when I was a kid and there are a lot fewer people left. It's sad.

Great work! A history lesson in under five minutes. I know other KZreadrs would have flapped their gums for an hour and not conveyed as much information!

@thecrazyadventurist5796

12 күн бұрын

No point in making a 20 minute KZread video.

@user-zc5qy2sr1c

5 күн бұрын

So true

@user-ti7yt9vj2f

5 күн бұрын

It's a ok video, it covered the history but would like to see old stores and post office things like that

Its crazy watching various videos of abandoned locations realizing most look like they've been abandoned for a hundred years only to find out its only been a little over 20!

@sophiadeklerk1509

5 күн бұрын

GREAT PLACE FOR THE HOMELESS !!

Eagle Mountain was in the news about a year ago when someone bought the entire town. The speculation was that they intend to use the open pit mine for a giant landfill. Great footage. The size of the pit and the pile of waste rock is amazing. Thanks.

@thecrazyadventurist5796

13 күн бұрын

That’s exactly why I filmed it. Was unsure of the future of it.

@w8stral

10 күн бұрын

Beyond stupid. Only source of high grade Iron ore in California and the MORONS are going to fill it in ... with garbage when there are literally THOUSANDS of USELESS valley's to fill in S. California with NOTHING in them...

@kirkwilson5905

6 күн бұрын

I left CA in 1995, they were talking about that for a few years before I left.

Sad to think that a lot of places like Eagle Mountain point out how "Disposable" we allow ourselves to be or get. Many thanx 👍👍

@jeffanderson8384

6 күн бұрын

I can't help but think of the homeless population in our country. While this deteriorating infrastructure/location is not ideal it's hard to see these communities simply abandoned while so many are in need.

@delano62

5 күн бұрын

Or maybe, how disposable we really are.

I used to live at the water plant 5 miles away and graduated 8th grade at Eagle Mountain. 94-96

@charlieshammer6129

14 күн бұрын

Did you know the Gastons?

@mfburns7909

14 күн бұрын

@@charlieshammer6129 That name sounds familiar. I remember the Gustafsons. You remember first names? My memory sux. I'd need descriptions

@charlieshammer6129

13 күн бұрын

@@mfburns7909 Gary Gaston was at one time the pumping plant manager. Most of the people I knew lived in Eagle Mountain or lake Tamarask.

@sabrinatscha2554

12 күн бұрын

Wow. That is not that long ago. I am itching to see what life in this little town looked like before it emptied.

@mfburns7909

12 күн бұрын

@@charlieshammer6129 I'm sure I knew him. I was 14 when I moved there. My dad worked at the water plant. I remember his supervisor Steve,I remember Dave Murphyand his son,I remember Don Nash. I remember my friend Jason Berg,etc

My Dad grew up in a company town in New Mexico. His Dad came there in 1908 as they were building the town infrastructure. The market for the coal dried up, the company closed the mines and town after 42 years. Everyone had 30 days to move out. Inside of a year, there were 50% of the houses moved out. The houses were picked and moved up to 100 miles away. 30 years after it closed, 2 houses remained along with foundation for some of the buildings, the coal prep and loading. Now, 2024, nothing remains but the cemetary.

@TCW838

6 күн бұрын

What town? Madrid? I grew up in Santa Fe but now live in Rio Rancho.

Looks like a great place for the homeless.

@autobug2

18 күн бұрын

My thoughts exactly--or one of the 27 abandoned military bases we have! BUT NO SQUATTERS!

@bigredc222

14 күн бұрын

That was the first thing I thought, but were will they get food? They are building retirement communities with multi million dollar houses 20' apart in Las Vegas, why not turn this place into a retirement community?

@TheDustysix

13 күн бұрын

@@autobug2 Many are HAZMAT 1st Class. But then again others are getting there.

@sabrinatscha2554

12 күн бұрын

There is no infrastructure :/

@WootTootZoot

12 күн бұрын

Are you willing to pay to repair all of those buildings, they're literally falling apart.

The color & barren aspect of the ground & pit were so surreal-as if a few rare shrubs could grow on the moon!

Wow, so eerie. Sad how it went from boom to bust. Time passes and leaves us behind as a ghost town.

@hugh261

12 күн бұрын

Yep, exploitative practices are like that.

Wow, now that was interesting. Too bad someone didn't have video from back then of the town.

Thanks for taking me on this Ride with you.

@thecrazyadventurist5796

26 күн бұрын

Thanks for joining.

@jakemaas2068

10 күн бұрын

Yes, K.P. got it's beginning here along with the Oakland shipyards.

It's just basic economics. When you have housing that only exists for one specific purpose and then that purpose no longer exists, it become a ghost town. The town I grew up in, Anderson Alaska, only existed as a bedroom community for workers at Clear Air Force Station. There are far fewer jobs there now, so Anderson is well on it's way to becoming a ghost town.

@delphinazizumbo8674

6 күн бұрын

the palace city of Ur, weeps for you

Post apocalyptic vibe. I wonder if the vault dwellers will reclaim them someday?

@thecrazyadventurist5796

12 күн бұрын

That would be sick.

In the 60s I had a couple of high school classmates that lived there. Everyday they were bussed to Coachella Valley High School and back. If they chose any extra curricular activities ( i. e. , sports, theater, etc.) the late bus would take them home. That's a helluva long day. May have been the Ragsdale family.

These images remind me of the three years I lived near Al-Baghdadi and Heet, Iraq, in our company's campsite. All in ruins now.

Sobering video to see. I had to conduct some business there in the early 70's. It was a thriving self-contained community. People seemed happy to be there. Poof it's gone.

I visited the ore processing plant at Eagle Mnt myself in 1974. Looking at possible employment. I loved the desert.

They should film the next season of FALLOUT there. It looks perfect!

@thecrazyadventurist5796

7 күн бұрын

That would be sick!

@PlanetEarth3141

5 күн бұрын

I was thinking the same thing and that it would be Okie Dokie. 😊

Enjoy the added narration.

@thecrazyadventurist5796

27 күн бұрын

Will do more in the future.

I had a co-worker who grew up there. Her dad worked for Kaiser. She has fond memories of living there.

A Kaiser company town established in 1948 to supply iron ore to its Fontana steel plant. Town had its own hospital which became Kaiser Permanente's first health facility. Town abandoned in the 1980s when the steel mill shut down (and shipped to China).

@bruceh4180

6 күн бұрын

Thanks, this bit of info provides perspective.

Wow, I drove right past this place a week ago and knew nothing about it. Thanks for sharing the great video and the story, too!

@thecrazyadventurist5796

12 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great video. Thoughtful narration.

Well presented, brief but informative. The place looks like it could easily be made in to a motorsports complex, both pavement and dirt.

Thank you for sharing 😮

Motoring on I-10, I always wondered what was going on behind that Eagle Mountain . Thanks.

Great video! The videography and the music,apart from the history is awesome!!!

@thecrazyadventurist5796

6 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Very nice video. Thanks for posting and have a nice day too.

Amazing flight buddy, great footage and narration too! Lots of info, thanks for sharing! Watched liked and subbed your channel 👌👍

@thecrazyadventurist5796

25 күн бұрын

Subbed to you too!

This is a hard place to live, especially in the summer months. But all the accounts I've read on YT are happy tales of a great childhood and a lovely place to live and work.

Cool video

Cool, THANKS!

New to your channel, Our boy Jon Levi just mentioned this area, Thanks for posting.

Very interesting, thanks.

Very good video!

Very interesting actually seeing a town actually in the process of becoming a ghost town and seeing some of the memories that are posted here. Imagine if we could go back in time and watch the process of the old ghost towns from the 17,18 and early 1900s. Going from a single claim, to a mining camp, to boom town and then to ghost town when the product ran out or became economically not viable to produce any longer. That would would be amazing as well.

Many of the locations here remind me of the eastern parts of the GTA V map. They captured the abandoned areas of the Californian desert really well.

EXCELLENT!

You didn't tell us when it was abandoned, surely the most important piece of information!

@Cerceify

6 күн бұрын

Maybe 1983.Kaiser family were Canadian and most of the company, I think, was in Canada. My husband worked for them in marketing near Vancouver in the 70's. There was a big scandal when officers in the company set up Kaiser Resources. They had a big coal machine," Largest in the World" and the machine fell over. They sold tons of stock, ran up the value and sold their share before it plummeted. The Canadian Govt got involved. We heard they were looking for my husband. He didn't know it was a fraud at the time. When the scandal broke (of course on a Friday) he moved to Mexico, where I met him.

It would make a cool setting for a video game

@potatoskunk5981

8 күн бұрын

Or a post-apocalyptic movie.

Pretty cool video and to know about it.

Really well done video.

I never knew this existed. Very cool video. I know there's more areas like this across the country.

@thecrazyadventurist5796

5 күн бұрын

I know there’s another one in Victorville, but it’s on military property.

Was a great video

One the one hand, it's good they want to re-open the mine rather than ripping up ground for new one somewhere else. On the other hand, that area appears to have good access to water, and would make a great mini Palm Springs.

If you've ever played the video game, Fallout, this brings it to life, so to speak.

@thecrazyadventurist5796

4 күн бұрын

They should film the tv show here.

Interesting video. 👍🏻🇬🇧

@thecrazyadventurist5796

9 күн бұрын

Thanks for tuning in!

Great Video #EagleMTNCity

well done

Looks like a map from Fallout 4. Great footage

I spent about 10 years back in the 1990’s working on a project in an attempt to turn the open mine pits into a landfill. There were plans for the mine itself and the townsite. The project ultimately failed for a number of reasons. But I learned a lot about the mine’s history and what ultimately led to the shut down of the steel mill in Fontana, CA and then the shutdown of the mine and townsite. It’s kind of funny to read through the comments and see so many people’s ignorance. As an example, most people probably don’t know that about 10 miles to the south lies the community of Lake Tamarisk. It still exists, but it was originally developed as housing for the Company’s Mine executives with a small 9-hole golf course. The townsite itself was for the mine workers and their families. I’ve been onsite and have been inside a number of the residences. Even back then most were not habitable (without SIGNIFICANT improvements.). Another little fact unknown by most people is that the ground water in the area exceeds the State levels for fluoride. You may not be able to see it in the videos but most homes had potable water tanks on their roofs for drinking and cooking. The ground water is fine for all other uses (watering grass), just not consumption. It’s also interesting to note that Lake Tamarisk had installed a water treatment plant onsite, so that’s why it’s still viable. And, while the Colorado River Aqueduct runs nearby, MWD (Metropolitan Water District) is not about to let any of “it’s” water to be used at the townsite. Another project, that I wasn’t directly involved with, later proposed to turn the mine pits into a pumped storage electric generation facility. That project initially proposed to use MWD’s water but was told absolutely not. Groundwater could be used, but huge volumes would be needed, both to initially fill one of the pits, but since evaporation is so high in the desert, a significant amount of water would be needed to keep such a facility operational. So, my ultimate point is, things are not always as simple as they may appear, and the devil’s in the details.

@thecrazyadventurist5796

Күн бұрын

Thank you for going into detail.

Impressive location, beautiful imagery and nice copy - a tiny bit more intonation and I‘d give it 4.7 of 5. good job!

🐺must be a lot of coyotes there 😊thanks for the update

Wow!

I was a little confused at first because here in Utah we have a city called Eagle Mountain close to several mines including Kennecott Mine. I was worried something bad happened lol

In Gillette, Wyoming, there is a whole housing development on the outside of the city like that.

Danke für die Unglaublichen bilder !

Remember it well I worked there driving a big Terex hauling iron ore it was a wonderful experience

My grandpa lived here and worked at this mine.

Such ghost or abandoned places are in ways sad. But interesting to know why it happened.

@knerduno5942

7 күн бұрын

It was mentioned they mined iron ore for steel production. This would of closed down back in the 2000s due to many factors including cheaper foreign steel being imported, and dumb greedy unions. I recall talking to a person who worked at as some admin at a steel plant where I used to live back around that time. She indicated the steel workers were wanting to go on strike for more pay all while many steel plants were closing due to the cheaper steel imports. I am sure the mine lost a lot of customers due to the cheap steel importation.

As of April 27,2023, purchased by Ecology Mountain Holdings for 22 million.

This gives me a truly uneasy feeling that I can't explain.

@kriegjaeger

6 күн бұрын

Perhaps the inevitability of death and decay. Nothing in this world was made to last, not even the world. Or I should say nothing "of" this world.

@apolloskyfacer5842

6 күн бұрын

@@kriegjaeger Yes, that.

@kriegjaeger

6 күн бұрын

@@apolloskyfacer5842 There's a reason we feel this way, and we also feel that death is wrong despite it being so commonplace in our lives. We were made for eternal life. Though the heavens and earth will pass away, we will remain. The question is WHERE you will remain. If you have accepted Jesus Christ who died for your sins that you might be born again in right relationship with God, you can reside with him as he's wanted from the beginning, to live among his people. But if you think you can attain righteousness by yourself or avoid consequence, then you cannot live with God. That feeling of unease can be horror or joy, depending on where you stand with God. Praise the Lord for having given his one and only son that we may be reunited with him. I for one, look forward to what comes after this world.

For a start the music is louder than the voice over. Open pit?

This looks like an amazing location for filmmaking, at least in the winter months. It's not within 30 miles of Los Angeles, but it isn't thousands of miles away, either.

@thecrazyadventurist5796

9 күн бұрын

Towards the latter part of the video I explained how it’s used for films and the most recent being Tenet.

@pacificostudios

9 күн бұрын

@@thecrazyadventurist5796 - I never of this place and I live in SoCal.

@thecrazyadventurist5796

9 күн бұрын

@@pacificostudios time to explore more. 😉

Both the city and the open pit mine would make great locations for an airsoft milsim.

Very Nice!!!

What might be doable, is what towns in Europe are doing there. Sell the houses for $1. No renting out once restored. You must live there. The county must offer support with a post, library, fire, police and community center.

'like , comment and subscribe' as they say ! Great clip, many thanks :)

I think "possibilities" when I see this unused space. But of course, it's not gong to be easy for any usage now. Seems sad since PEOPLE, animals etc did live here. Home. With all the overcrowding in Prision's, seems this prison might have been re opened. Perhaps this area being so remote and under inhabited is the reason. The land does seem pretty grim, too. Who knows, maybe whoever bought this will surprise us, or it will sit longer unused. Interesting. TY for sharing.

I feel that for the mining company to be allowed to just leave the mountain open like that and not fix there mess is criminal

It would make a great RV destination.

Very interesting! Great video. Thank You. Subscribing.

@thecrazyadventurist5796

6 күн бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

A microcosm of what has happened to industry in the US. All those workers worked hard, made a living for their families, and paid taxes.

Hills Have Eyes town

Interesting video, thank you! Nice flying. Would have been great if you could have slowed some of those shots down a little, tho. Incorporating and juxtaposing some of the current state video with older clips showing life in the town while "thriving" maybe? Not being critical, just spitballing ideas for weaving a deeper story.

@thecrazyadventurist5796

12 күн бұрын

Thanks I appreciate it. Just starting out so I think there’s definitely ways to improve.

@userbosco

12 күн бұрын

@@thecrazyadventurist5796 Best of luck!

Roman buildings have lasted for millennia. Ours crumble wothin a few decades.

Amazing footage and sad that the town decayed to what it is now. The voiceover is very quiet btw.

@thecrazyadventurist5796

10 күн бұрын

First ever voiceover. Will improve in the future.

@Alan_Hans__

10 күн бұрын

@@thecrazyadventurist5796 . You're much better at it than I am.

The Good Ol Days of a bygone era

May I ask what the story is behind this, I've never heard of this place abs love history.

@TCW838

6 күн бұрын

I believe he said it was iron ore mining. The mine eventually "went dry". It was basically a company town. When the mines closed, the population left.

There's another place in the general area called "Desolation Valley". Most if not all of the houses are abandoned. Don't think you can even find it on a map.

@thecrazyadventurist5796

6 күн бұрын

Let me look.

There's your HOMELESS SOLUTION staring at you, right there LMAO

Was the Twin-Peaks-esque score chosen deliberately, or is it just a happy coincidence?

@thecrazyadventurist5796

6 күн бұрын

Just a coincidence. 😅

Did the mine tap out, or did the steel mills it supplied become uncompetitive? Doesn’t really matter I guess. Can’t see anyone wanting to run a mine in Cali.

@WN_Byers

11 күн бұрын

China

@joen7xxx

8 күн бұрын

It was cheaper to bring iron ore from Australia by ship than to mine it here.

@jerroldkazynski5480

7 күн бұрын

There are a couple of reasons the iron ore mine closed and has not been converted to a landfill. Economics of the iron-rich ore body going deeper raised overhead. Plus, air-quality at the KSC Fontana Mill was a big target for this smokestack industry. And, the adjacent Joshua Tree National Park was concerned about almost all activities at the Eagle Mtn mine and its proposed reuse as a landfill.

I went there twice to play basketball in elementary school.

Here in utah eagle mountain is one of the fastest growing city's

Imagine if steel manufacturing came back to the US. Have a near ready to go facility for ore.

Very Odd the high number of sheds that are completely demolished, versus the houses comparatively intact.

@thecrazyadventurist5796

8 күн бұрын

Yeah it’s weird.

@ToxiCom-777

8 күн бұрын

@@thecrazyadventurist5796 I wonder if they were used as test/practice targets for Directed Energy Weapons. The footage at 1:51 looks like insta-rusted, superheated metal, also artifact of DEW. Just a thought. Close-ups of the metal hit by DEW would show insta-rust, weird "collapsing" and "crumpling"; warped and wilted steel girders, etc. The ground in some places looks blackened, but not by fire. DEW fired from above often gives this hallmark. C O N S P I R A site (the organization not the company or network) has lots lots more on this, plus links to other great sites for image comparison. They have a new kind of weapon announced by Pres Reagan in 1983 AKA "STAR WARS", surely they need places to test it...

What the world will look like once humans are done with it. This is only the beginning.

Same sh1t different country. Thanks for the video.

Housing is so expensive... Unless you are 3 hours away from the next big city.

Looks like the outskirts of Chicago but without the trees.

Living there must have been depressing af and I am sure alcoholism and drug use were rampant

@mikebeard8505

11 күн бұрын

Takes one to know one Why so negative?

Would make a great zombie movie set.

What this 'reminded me of', especially when I saw the pit, was Desolation. I put *reminded* in quotes because Desolation is a fictional town that I have never visited, except when reading Stephen King's book.

My complaint about the drone footage is that when the camera is panning or sweeping rapidly across an area the footage looks flickery or blurry. I'll bet some kind of AI could smooth the motion or fill in the missing frames. That said, I enjoyed everything else about this video. As with many places in the desert southwest, I wonder if it's good for herping. Undeveloped or abandoned areas often are a great place for wildlife watching.

Yea, I used to go out that way to ride motorcycles and skydive. I cannot even guess what makes buying a home in that wasteland. Roads suck all day long, sometimes.to those who love it?…good luck!

Who owns the former residential property?

@joen7xxx

8 күн бұрын

It was a Federal campsite claim to begin with.

The mine was test site for kaiser coal spardwood.bc canada.some equipment was move up north kaiser coal.the steel mills close the mines close too.sad.😮

@joen7xxx

8 күн бұрын

This is where the 350-ton Terex Titan was first used before it was sent to Canada.

Most of these homes appear to be using cheap vinyl roofing tiles that only last 20-30 years, its an advert as to why they should be banned in new construction.