I am an old bastard, but I admire young fellers that actually use their head, and think . Such a pleasant change.

Thank God this Man is diligent and knowledgeable about proper dating of artifacts and respectful of the areas. Seriously awesome job 👍. Keep on going. Thank you for your patience with everything.

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate this, I try my best. Hope you stick around for my upcoming vids, thanks for watching!

Glad to see you respect the area and artifacts.

now thats a cool find ....no holes in the Radiator .....that little four banger looks like you could fire it right up ....would pull samples from the ore bin to check grade .... beautiful Generator ....don't let anyone know where that is or they will take the copper out of it ....used for all the electrical needs of the mine and mill ....cool find on the claim marker .....good job sonny Jim

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yeah, Jeff Williams stopping by to watch my video! Appreciate that man. Glad you enjoyed this one, the machinery here was very cool to see.

@Mike-oe7it

3 жыл бұрын

As Jeff stated, The bigger generator supplied electrical needs of the camp in the mine. Very cool fine by the way. Interesting

@josephdaiglejr8509

3 жыл бұрын

Yupp on the gen set.that could power the mine , mill , and the cabins. The air compressor from the USMC was most likely used in the 50's and 60's and most likely the early 70's too ,that were used to high pressure start jet engines in fighters. Kind of a pre electric start auxiliary power unit

@danvigue2238

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I'm saying beautiful way to awesome to have ruined if anything it should be preserved.......

@djack915

3 жыл бұрын

@@WesternMineDetective OMG you got a comment from JEFF WILLIAMS ! COOL - THE MAN , THE LEGEND !!

One of the best mining sites on youtube. Great job, keep it up

That second engine that you wanted to know about, well, that is not a motor. What it is is a generator to produce the electricity needed for the operations of that mine.

17:29 They bought that as surplus piece of equipment when USMC decommissioned it. They probably got it pretty cheap compared to a brand new one.

I feel so freaking old. All these things that they are calling "cool, old artifacts", it seems like I was just using them yesterday. 🙃

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

No need to feel old, only calling them old because this stuff is older than me. It's crazy how the age of the artifacts vary there was stuff dating to the 1920s and 30s all the way to the 1960s!

@unrulyjulie4382

3 жыл бұрын

@@WesternMineDetective ... That's okay, it IS old stuff. Thanks for taking us along on your adventures. I'm impressed by your knowledge and your respectful attitude. Keep up the good work. I just subbed to your channel yesterday, so I'm doing some binge watching! 👍

@philliphall5198

Жыл бұрын

Did you work in a mine

@ronaldstarkey4336

Жыл бұрын

@@unrulyjulie4382 I thought they were disrespectful the way they opened the can and threw the contents on the ground... that. may even be against the law... lol

@AmboyChamblis

11 ай бұрын

😂😂😂!

Amazing!! No graffiti or bullet holes! You gotta be in the middle of no where!! 👍👍👍

The yellow Schram/USMC 22968 is probably an Air Compressor. For use with the drilling equipment! They had an electrical generator for the lights, so that would make sense. Unless they wanted to do all the work by hand...

Hi...thanks for taking me out there...cool...wish i could....but thanks again.*john from ontario canada....luv this stuff

Thanks for showing this, Im disabled and cant do it. Next best thing is you young men exsploreing and showing us.

Everything about that was awesome, the views, the cabins, the engine, and the other finds. Great video

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Naomi, I'm glad you liked this one! It was an all round great explore that's for sure. Thanks for watching as always. Got another goodie coming next week

@NaomisAdventures

3 жыл бұрын

@@WesternMineDetective can't wait

Great work taking us through this location. Old air compressor had a hand crank to start the gasoline engine to then drive the compressor. Gauge you saw was to indicate the amount of compressed air pressure in the accumulator tank. I appreciate the way you respect all the finds, but I would have put the lunch box and spoon in the cabin under the roof!! Thanks for sharing!

That town is just beautiful.

That is a cool old place with lots of stories if it could talk, the thing in question looked to be an electrical generator

20:15 Marvel Mystery Oil, just about put that in to any motor to bring it back to life. Google it, smells like a mix of kerosene & oil, and red in color. Put it in a n old van once to get the valves moving again after it sat. P.S.-- you and your friend get tired of lugging gallon water bottles, and backpacks along, I suggest buying a big 3Liter Camelbak hydration pack. Then you c an carry everything on your back.

Awesome video thanks for sharing this was awesome 👍

Man, what incredible scenery! Thanks for sharing!

Nice explore. What a valley! Thank You

Awesome show thanks for sharing!

Another great video. So many cool rusting artifacts that you found there . Very awesome. Thanks for sharing.

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bonnie! Lots of very cool pieces of equipment and machinery, as well as the artifacts in and around the cabins. Appreciate you stopping by.

@ExploringWithBonnie13

3 жыл бұрын

@@WesternMineDetective thank you for sharing. Love your content.

Wow neat. The feeling you got when you found that claim marker must have felt pretty good. Super cool.

Great video. The site is very much intact with a wide age variance in artifacts. Good job and have fun.

Thank you for letting me tag along. Always a blast

26:26 I sure hope you put that paper back in the can, closed it, and placed it back where it was.

Guys, I like your adventures. Keep up the superb work.

Great to see so many artifacts and equipment 👍

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

For sure Nelson! Quite an amazing site to visit. Thanks for watching man.

Really cool explore, especially the old engines and the generator set up. Enjoyed the whole video.

Hi, I'm so impressed with your knowledge for one so young, kudos to you and Austin. I'm pretty sure I saw the year 1916 on that old claim paper, a very unique super cool find along with the cabins, bottles and machinery etc. An awesome video, thank you for sharing. xx

@ronaldstarkey4336

Жыл бұрын

put it back... lol

There are old mines all over Arizona like this

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, basically the whole Southwest. Can say the same about Nevada, rest of California, Utah so on and so forth. It's a blessing being out here

Great as always! That motor setup was so cool

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! It definitely was, as well as the other pieces of machinery. Don't usually see all that at one mine.

16:20 Kohler alternating current generator. Guessing 7-10kW. Probably for lighting & some power tools. 19:57 air surge tank for additional storage capacity.

The motor just chillin by its self is from a 1600cc Ford Escort from the 70s. Th e small pulley on the shaft drives a larger pulley on the ball mill.. The other motor under the lean too is an old flat head motor. The big round thing on the back end of it is a generator for power, lighting and ventilation fans for the mine. There will be a stamped label on the generator stating its output voltage and amperage. It probably dates from the 40s or 50s. Maybe earlier. it looks fairly complete. On the yellow compressor the bottom gauge may be air pressure. Most air tools run at 90 to 120lbs. Yes that s a hand crank . You push it in and crank it . It will have a pin running through the end of it that lock into a spiral on the crank. When it starts the handle hopefully pops out like it is now. It look like good quality too. It looks old but also complete or close too. all mines need a water supply ?

@dodgydruid

3 жыл бұрын

I too thought that looked suspiciously like a Ford Kent engine, far far from its home of making at Dagenham/Eastleigh Ford plants

@s.sestric9929

3 жыл бұрын

Also used in the earliest Ford Pintos. In fact the automatic transmission attached indicates that it almost certainly came from a Pinto. Mk1 Escorts are almost nonexistent in the USA and the imported Kent-powered Mk1 Capri didn't come with an automatic; only the OHC and Cologne V6 models did.

@rogersmith7396

Жыл бұрын

I have a 1600 cc Ford engine as new DOHC. Odd pushrod on the cam drives the fuel pump on upper back. Cross flow head. Mine has downdraft 2 V Webber carb with electronic ignition, Dura spark II. Dipstick below intake. Was a front wheel drive car. 1980-83. Has external notched belt and tensioner for cam and water pump/gen. V 8 type starter motor.

@Abijah12411

Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, but no Ford motor would allowed to insult a Mopar(Dodge) product😂

Great video. Good to see you respect the location!

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks alot, I really love these sites!

One clue to the age of the engine that ran the Kholer generator is it has an oil bath air filter. It's not a definitive way of dating the engine, but you can figure it's probably pre-60s. Most automotive and small equipment applications switched to paper air filters in the early 1960s.

@terrancemahoney4669

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking it dated late 40s early 50s.

Grateful for your footage brother, just subbed would love to go exploring with y’all

That old engine would take about an hour to get running I bet they remembered the most important thin put a can over the exhaust.....👍

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

Wow an hour! I wasn't aware of that. Sounds like a pain in the ass. Thanks for sharing.

@MikeLucek

3 жыл бұрын

@@WesternMineDetective I think Dan Vigue (poster) meant that it wouldn't take too much effort to get that gen-set running again. Changing the oil, some new sparkplugs, making sure everything turns easily, alternator/generator, cleaning out valves, etc.

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

@@MikeLucek Ahh totally. I was like an hour, that's insane lol. Yeah I bet that baby can start right up most of them have only been idle for about 30 years.

Incredibly interesting! Great video!!

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks alot! Glad you enjoyed it

I miss doing this. I’m going to get back into this. Ore tracks awesome

Great video… but I was dying to know what the expiration date was on the items in that fridge.

This is a nice find. It hasn't been totally vandalized and shot up. You were looking at a generator under the roof. The other machine looked like an air compressor.

Thanks for having respect and not looting. Great educated guessing too! Subcribed. Gonna check yer other vids. 👍👍

Awesome tour. I'm impressed you came up with spatula!! :-) Enjoyed alot

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mick! Yeah, that was a cool find along with all the other artifacts in that cabin and all around the mine site. Quite the spot, with beautiful views as well! Appreciate you taking the time to watch.

Yes, you had Malachite in hand. I grew up in Comstock area and found this everywhere. Usual mines that I've found this in were gold, silver and copper. Great video guys, would love to rebuild those engines, especially the military one and see them breathe again! You can likely find everything about the mine from the claim. Owners, ore and quantities found, dates of operation etc. Reach out if you need help!

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the clarification! Ahh good ol Comstock lode, would love to do some exploration over there in NV when I get a chance. I'd love to see those engines given a second life, especially if they were used to work the mine. Thanks for watching John, appreciate it!

Very cool place!

Another great video. Finding that claim paper was pretty dope! And how about that GoPro footage, looking sharp!

Your need to team up with Jeff Willams :0) Love your videos, yall do things I would never dream of doing, or could do these days...

I can see as far as my eyes can see lol 😆

Did they just get up one morning and decide they had enough - got in their trucks and went home. How does this happen?

Yes it’s a generator powered everything there. Cool finds.

The second one is used to generate electricity...my uncle had one on his ranch in Chihuahua back in 50s and 60s...

Are those three graves @ 11:21? Or am I seeing something that is not?

My grandparents had that identical Whirlpool refrigerator. It's from about 1960.

Hope you put the claim marker back where you found it

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

Sure did! It's safe and sound in that tobacco tin, on the side of the mountain.

@ronaldstarkey4336

Жыл бұрын

good job... lol glad you did... lol

No mines to explore but a lot of relics! Thank you!

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's all you need sometimes! Thanks for watching.

Awesome exploration

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks alot!

Where did they get there driving water ?

That compressor that said usmc was probably purchased as surplus

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

Yup that's what a few people have said. Thanks for the input!

16:20 thats a generator, for making electricity. Kohler is a very well known company that makes generators and small engines to this day.

Very good. Your going to find more mines with doors. Thank you

The living quarters looked like they might have looked very nice at one point

Relics of the fifties.

wow great surroundings and a lot of things they ve left behind. i wonder Why they have left machinery in mines often.

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

I'd say probably because it might not have been worth it to haul them out. Not totally sure why they left all the machinery up there maybe they figured they'd be back one day.

This is more interesting so far than a mine would be to explore 😀 yellow air compressor to me.

Generator actually powered by the four cylinder motor (likely diesel) about 5kw to run everything. Air compressor is most likely military surplus.

4 kw gen. is only good for 33 amps, it looked like it was wired 110 volts. My home back up is 6 kw. The one on the video was built to run for ever.

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

Wow great information! Bet that baby could get started up in no time with the right people. Would love to see some of this stuff come back to life.

You boys are not exactly a whiz at identifying all of the artifacts --- BUT. You score 100% at the --leaving it as you found it idea. --The thumb is up. Stay Frosty.

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

We're trying and always learning! Thanks for watching.

so cool

Every one of those bottles is worth money. That bed you could even sell to an antique store. Great video!

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah for sure. It's not my place to remove them, money really doesn't mean much to me. That bed sure was cool though, loved how sturdy and hefty it is. They don't make stuff like that anymore. Thanks for watching!

@bigeohiostatefan2796

3 жыл бұрын

I appreciate you not wanting to make money off those items. However, you could save them to preserve history where as others may destroy them. Just a thought.@@WesternMineDetective

@boblindstrom3479

3 жыл бұрын

BigE......FYI it is illegal to remove these items from that site. There are Federal and State laws that are enforced and you do not want to get caught stealing. The Federal Antiquities Act and other laws come into play. If on private property and you have permission that would be a different story. But, this is public property and stealing from the "public" will get you in deep trouble.

@L4M858

Жыл бұрын

@@boblindstrom3479 lol..........

The kholer electric plant is a generator.

Is there any record of how much money this mine made at any time it was worked ??? More history would be great and really set our minds on fire

The genset is a Kohler with a old Red Seal engine probably 15KW.

Amazing? It would be amazing if you walked into the cabin and found some old miner's poke/cache full of high grade ore and a couple of old gas cans full of silver dollars. Other than that, its just kind of cool.

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

By that definition literally all these sites aren't amazing

I would really liked that compressor...everything!!! Even be an investor

1248.7 hours on the Hobbs meter.

Last gauge on the air compressor=0-200 PSI, the air pressure generated by the air compressor.

Cool I wish I could go explore it

Did miner get a bonus if they hit a very rich area ???? What was the average pay for them who worked inside the mine ??? Would love to know more history about it and when

I believe the engine and transmission is Ford, 1600 CC ... pinto ? The Kohler power plant seems powered by a dodge flathead 4 cylinder motor

16:00 That was a generator to produce electricity

I'll be 70 in July and I recognize some of that stuff your not sure of. All common stuff when I was a kid and growing up. 1) @ 2:25 that pot is a "porcelain" pot. It's a steal pot with a ceramic "porcelain" coating fired on to the steal to keep it from rusting. 2)"MOPAR" parts is affiliated with FORD. 3) @ 4:55 That 100 pound metal Texaco barrel had "Grease" in it. Used for greasing the machinery. The same grease you use to grease the ball joints on your car etc.. 4) That looks like a "Wesson" cooking vegetable oil bottle. 5) @6:45 The bed sprigs was what was called "box springs". A padded mattress would go on top of that In the 50's I slept on a mattress with that under it and yes you could look through the springs like that. They didn't have covers over them but today they do. It's part of a "Mattress Set" 6) @ 12:20 That was a repurposed car engine and transmission used to run the Ball Mill with a fabric belt which you was there. That radiator cap looks late 60's early 70's. Not pre- 1965. What you called "header" was the exhaust manifold. edit You figured that out later after I wrote this. 7) @16:28 that was a 4 cylinder engine with a Kohler generator. It's a "Genset" It produced the electricity to power whatever. probably 20,000 watt or so. 8) @ 16:45 that hose was high pressure air hose. 9) Right @ 18:16 that was a air pressure gauge. It was as you called it an air compressor use to power the Mine drills for drilling the blasting holes. Cheers.

@DSC800

3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff. Mopar is Chrysler though but maybe the radiator is Mopar and engine is Ford.

@rickdees251

3 жыл бұрын

@@DSC800 I misspoke, " Mopar name actually has it's roots with the Chrysler corporation, going back nearly 100 years, with Chrysler formally introducing the brand name in 1937."

@DSC800

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickdees251 Yeah, you know what they say - "It's Mopar or Nocar"

@rustychrome

3 жыл бұрын

The engine looks to be a Ford Kent 1600 engine. Used in early Pinto and Ford Capri 1969-1971

Check the name plates on the power boxes, equipment, etc, very closely. Most of the time there are manufacture dates stamped in them. Same goes for documents, instruction sheets, technical drawings, blueprints etc. Might show up as a revision date. Ex. (rev 2-21)

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you mentioned that, on one of the plates I seen I believe it was on the side of a compressed air tank there was a year of 1946 on it which I thought was super cool. Gotta keep an eye out for that type of stuff. Thanks for sharing!

@Iconoclasher

3 жыл бұрын

@@WesternMineDetective Another one to watch for are gas bottles, like oxygen tanks for welding. Stamped around the valve are the years the bottle was recertified. This is done about every 5 years. Forty years ago I worked in an aerospace firm and I noticed a tank in the welding department that had the years stamped around the valve three times, dating all the way back to 1914.

The area looks familiar, is it around the area of the Cargo Muchachos South East California near Yuma? thanks for posting

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

Not near the Cargo Machados, it is in California.

@cweasel00

2 жыл бұрын

​@@WesternMineDetective Where is this location? I would like to check it out on a hike. Please let me know. Also, great video and nice work describing everything that you were checking out. Really makes me want to go there to shoot my own video and take some pictures. Thanks in advance… Alec!

that stake would perhaps be a drill steel, as a "single jack" was a one handed hammer I believe...I may be wrong.

Big motor at the entrance of the mine , Its a Generator, thats why you have electric panels.

Its a Kohler generator. They are still in business. I would guess around 20-30 kilowatts. Probably can be made to run. Gasoline not diesel. See "Small Engine Mechanic". His business is restoring gen sets like these. That wattage could power a house. The other car motor looks like it might still run. Had a can over the exhaust to keep rain out Air cleaner over the carb, exhaust still hooked up. Dry climate. Pull the dipstick and check for oil.

Very cool finds. It’s kinda sad though that the miners left all their trash everywhere.

A 5-gallon bucket closer.......LOL dude

Can they open any of theses old mines anymore ???? Who owns them now ??? Are claims still given out ??? What state is this in ???

What the hell does Austin sit on in the comintary section when you show us the cabin?

Big generator... probably at least partially powered the operation.

Fantastic site! I love to go check this out. Is this Nevada or California side?

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching Cindy! This is here in California, relatively close to me.

@burningsandsexploration3711

3 жыл бұрын

@@WesternMineDetective If it were Nevada, I'd attempt to locate it. I'd love to explore there and do a video as well.

I think there’s a chance it could be open one of these days

You should have added the bottles to the shelf. A battery powered reciprocating saw will take care of that gate.

@WesternMineDetective

3 жыл бұрын

I kind of have a leave artifacts where they sit policy, but don't think it would hurt to move them. And definitely, don't have one of those but I'm sure someone passionate enough to check that mine out will come along and free it open. Thanks for watching!

Generator run by the 4 cyl motor. 16:42 on film air press gauge 18:10

marvial mystery oil started in 1923 not sure what year the can is.

Big old generator, operating all the lights and equipment.

That mushroomed overhead was probably an older small drillbit they got smacked on it a lot nobody dressed up the end when things get paint over that hard they’re usually fairly unsafe it is known for shrapnel to come off of lemon Nick somebody somewhere on their body or the face

does the paper say south west corner?