Treasures At The Rainbow Mine - Part 1
Well, as promised in the 16 to 1 Mine series, we are back with a fan favorite (Duane) to show us around the Rainbow Mine. The Rainbow Mine was rich with gold, but it is now perhaps even richer with history! In fact, there is more than one “first” or “close to first” with this mine... What do I mean by that?
How about that Pelton Wheel for starters? To clarify, this was not the very first experimental Pelton Wheel as those were mostly made with wood. However, this was the first commercial Pelton Wheel off of the manufacturing line…
The first experimental Pelton Wheel made of iron was tested at the Mayflower Mine in Nevada City in 1878. However, Pelton did not patent his famous wheel until 1880 when he had perfected his creation. In a happy coincidence, the 10-stamp mill for the Rainbow Mine that you see in this video was built in 1880. Needing power for the mill, the Rainbow Mine purchased the very first commercial (non-experimental) Pelton Wheel.
This purchase of the first Pelton Wheel (along with many other details on the Rainbow Mine) is described in “The Gold Mines of the Alleghany-Forest City Mining District” by Raymond Wittkopp and Wayne Babros.
I mentioned more than one “first” at this mine… The remains of that aerial tramway that we were checking out by the creek? That was one of the first aerial tramways to be built by Andrew Smith Hallidie. Who was A.S. Hallidie? He was the promoter of the Clay Street Hill Railroad of San Francisco and is, therefore, widely regarded as the inventor of the cable car and the “father” of San Francisco’s famous cable cars.
We’re not done… Did you know that the world’s first long distance telephone line was run near the Rainbow Mine? Built in 1877 by the Ridge Telephone Company, the line ran from French Corral to Bowman Lake. It covered a distance of 58 miles and was operated by the Milton Mining Company. The site is now a California Historical Landmark.
Few of the gold mining towns and communities that used to exist in these mountains are here anymore and of those that remain, they are a sleepy shadow of their former glory. However, this area was the Silicon Valley of its day. The California Gold Rush unleashed a flood of innovation and experimentation to make the finding and getting of gold as efficient and as profitable as possible. These innovations soon spilled into the non-mining world.
With modern mining companies, such as Rio Tinto, experimenting with autonomous haul trucks and almost entirely automated mining operations (a guy in a control room watching robots mine), mining remains a pioneering, high-tech business.
However, technological development in sexy sectors like space exploration, genetic engineering, microprocessors, wireless communications, etc. have captured the public’s imagination and eclipsed the advances still being made in mining. That doesn’t mean dramatic advances aren’t being made though! And the Rainbow Mine is a reminder that mining has been helping to drive them for a while - long before Moore’s Law or Code Division Multiple Access or ion propulsion.
Thank you again, Duane, for a great tour!
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Growing up in California’s “Gold Rush Country” made it easy to take all of the history around us for granted. However, abandoned mine sites have a lot working against them - nature, vandals, scrappers and various government agencies… The old prospectors and miners that used to roam our lonely mountains and toil away deep underground are disappearing quickly as well.
These losses finally caught our attention and we felt compelled to make an effort to document as many of the ghost towns and abandoned mines that we could before that colorful niche of our history is gone forever. But, you know what? We enjoy doing it! This is exploring history firsthand - bushwhacking down steep canyons and over rough mountains, figuring out the techniques the miners used and the equipment they worked with, seeing the innovations they came up with, discovering lost mines that no one has been in for a century, wandering through ghost towns where the only sound is the wind... These journeys allow a feeling of connection to a time when the world was a very different place. And I’d love to think that in some small way we are paying tribute to those hardy miners that worked these mines before we were even born.
So, yes, in short, we are adit addicts… I hope you’ll join us on these adventures!
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KZread does not grant me the space in the description to discuss the mine in as much detail as I would like. So, I am saving details about the mine itself for the next videos… I still have two hours of underground Rainbow Mine footage that I have not edited yet!
@Porty1119
3 жыл бұрын
Oh, that's going to be worth the watch!
@keithmcfaul9204
3 жыл бұрын
Big-time bummer! What is their problem?
@AGDinCA
3 жыл бұрын
_sleepy shadows of their former glory_ _sexy sectors like space exploration..._ Man, I really appreciate the way you write. 👍
@brandonpayne1207
3 жыл бұрын
Who needs to edit... Load it all!!!
@michalhowling3702
3 жыл бұрын
Hey man I've got a couple mines I want to go find but I don't know how you find out if you're on someone's property or not, I followed the road on Google earth the whole way and theres a few Rvs and one house along the way but I don't know if the road is private or public, any advice for me?
When I was 10 years old there was an operating blacksmith shop in my town. All belt driven by a one cylinder engine. Trip hammer. Band saw . drill press. Grinder . and even the bellows for the forge. The main shaft was over head. With belts to everything coming down. My dad owned the grocery store next door. So if he needed me he knew were I was. At the blacksmith shop. The blacksmith put up with me I think because I was so facinated with the whole thing. (and stayed out of the way.) It all disappeared while I was at college and in the military. The old blacksmith kicked the bucket and I'm not sure where it all went. But I still think about it a lot.. I'm 77 now. That was all in the late parts of the 1950s. I left in 1962. Joined the Air force in 63. Small Midwestern town. Streets lined lined with huge maple trees. Those good days are gone now. No one locked a door. House or car. I have been lucky to have lived thru the best of it. It looks bleak from here on out. I enjoy the Hell out of your shows... History ... Thanks...
@rexroad9917
3 жыл бұрын
There is a working blacksmith shop, iron working shop, and several working oil and coal fired 1860+ steam tractors, plus a working saw mill at the Antique Gas & Steam Engine Museum 2040 N. Santa Fe Avenue in Vista, California. (near Oceanside, CA, between San Diego and LA) www.agsem.com It is closed now due to Covid-19, but hopefully will be open soon. 42 acres of fun, and museums of old iron technology. Spinning mill, weaving machines, old cars, trucks, farm tractors, road machines, cats, farm equipment, model train, clocks, minerals, etc
@ianmeggsmackenzie3085
3 жыл бұрын
Ted your a few years older than me but lived through the good times / keep your head up cause I think next weeks show gonna be good / x miner Aus 😁😁😁🐿
@spidykat7188
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing that. And thank you for your service. And I remember my dad always saying the same thing those days are long gone. Just reminded me of my pops rest his soul he was World War II Navy he served seven years. Thank you sir.
@Porty1119
3 жыл бұрын
My in-laws live in a small town in New Mexico that's still got a town blacksmith (who doubles as the mayor). The company I own runs an old-school assay lab and the mines are right out of the 1970s. The good old stuff is still there, just harder to find.
@bobbydixon9368
3 жыл бұрын
I lived near a textile company who used the same setup from the 1800’s till early 1900’s. They used Pelton’s too turn multiple pulleys from the ceiling.
It's Duane!! Love this guy, so much passion for Mining. I recognized him from your last videos from the 16 To 1 Mine.
@TVRExploring
3 жыл бұрын
Duane is the best...
@rileyjames2799
3 жыл бұрын
TVR Exploring Hey, I saw on his channel that he doesn’t work at the 16 to 1 mine anymore, does he still work somewhere cool or has he moved on to a more “normal” career?
@muleskinnermining8661
3 жыл бұрын
@@rileyjames2799 , Sorry, but for the moment I'm working a "normal" job turning a wrench on heavy equipment. There are two pending underground mines in development and it is my intention to move to them when they start up, hopefully sometime in 2021.
@rileyjames2799
3 жыл бұрын
Mule Skinner Mining I’m sorry your expertise and charm is going unused, but I look forward to some videos coming out if you lock down another job at a mine!
@Porty1119
3 жыл бұрын
@@muleskinnermining8661 Hell yeah! Ride those commodity prices, it's what I'm doing!
Very interesting video. I think the spokes on those flywheels are swept to allow them some tiny amount of flex. Cast iron is quite brittle and straight spokes have a tendency to snap when under tension. By increasing the effective length of the spokes it allowed just a tiny bit of flex and none of the stress was in a straight line It also relieved some of the casting stresses. The ore cart wheels at 4.51 are made with S shaped spokes for the same purpose. Whilst now we think they look ornate, at the time they were done out of necessity. Looking forward to part Two.
@MsSurigirl
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting! Makes sense, and they are beautiful as well.
@32jdmiller
3 жыл бұрын
I think as I remember it also makes for a easier to cast part as the molten metal would flow better and be less likely to heat distort
@seldoon_nemar
3 жыл бұрын
I had the same thought but it was an instinct. there's no way your convincing a mine foreman to order "ornate" wheels, so there must have been a purpose, and adding some extra length so you're not just smashing a solid cast iron hub makes sense
Nothing better for a history buff than history teachers with passion and hands on knowledge. Thanks for another great video to preserve history and Duane for sharing his knowledge!
Duane is the motherlode of knowledge!
This video reminded me of the Ozymandias poem - "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" What an amazing melancholic site. Those artifacts def deserve space in a museum of industrial history. Thank you Duane and Justin!
@muleskinnermining8661
3 жыл бұрын
Thank You for watching! Thank You Justin for posting this!
The Booth Co. is still in business. They are a mechanical contractor and engineering firm in San Francisco. H.J. Booth's descendants still own the company. They originally made locomotives and boilers at the Marysville Foundry. And obviously made mining equipment. The owners of the mine should consider saving all that equipment or find someone to conserve it.
It is absolutely necessary and essential that these things are properly preserved with new wooden buildings around. As you say, this is pioneering technology of the time.
This old machinery is so interesting! This video strikes a very special place in my heart. I absolutely love this stuff! Thanks for taking the time to show this!
Duane is the dude. I could listen to this guy all day talking about mining and the likes.....
If my history is right Marysville foundry, was packed up and put on barges and shipped down river to Benicia Ca. in 1890's . There it was named Yuba Manufacturer . They closed down (if I remember correctly) in the mid 1960's. I remember in high school, a group of us teenagers where brought in to help clean out the old pattern barn. Their was patterns for fly wheels, pulleys, all kinds machinery parts, blowers, ect.... Ranging from hand size to size of a pick-up. Patent dates going back to the 1800's. All made of wood .
@MV-ie5xw
3 жыл бұрын
Some patterns with the name of Marysville foundry on it. Who knows I could of thrown away the pattern that made the stamp mill.
@andrewclark4781
3 жыл бұрын
@@MV-ie5xw I managed to salvage some smallish patterns from a derelict foundry destined for demolition in Sheffield, England. No idea what they are patterns of but they look great hanging on a wall at home.
Good video, can't wait for the next installment. Glad you have Duane along with you, his knowledge is vast and much appreciated.
fantastic site ....really hope it belongs to someone ....would love to see it all rebuilt and running again.... good looking drill steel .....Ingersol Rand ....gotta love that name ...another great explore sonny Jim ....me and Slim are waiting for the mine explore now.....so you know what I am gonna say huh ooooh you better
@muleskinnermining8661
3 жыл бұрын
This is private property, currently belongs to the Original 16to1. Was last mined in the 1990's. Pulled out some high-grade pockets that Slim would die for!
Wow, thank you for your time to document this , good stuff!
An 8 stamp mill was erected there in 1858 but was idled in the mid 1860s. The 5 foot pelton was run on 300 inches of water with 100 feet of pressure (about 43 PSI - but the pelton relies on kinetic energy from the water for energy) from Kanaka Creek. The 10 stamp mill had 850 pound stamps dropping at 85 RPM. By 1887 there were two pelton wheels running a Richmond compressor, two ingersoll drills, and the 28 ton per day mill. (Marysville Foundry was around 1852 to around 1884 when it moved to San Francisco when hydraulic mining was outlawed. The odd looking fire hydrants in Marysville are a Marysville Foundry Design with unique hose threads only used there. ) The mill had Challenge ore feeders for the stamp batteries and 4 Frue Vanners for concentration. By the 1890s the Pelton company showed 3 pelton wheels on site. The stamp mill was burned down by 1922.
@andrewclark4781
3 жыл бұрын
Wow Eric!
Lot of neat old iron laying around. Would loved to see all of the spot where the air compressor and tank uncovered would have been a joy to see Be safe all of you 😊
@TVRExploring
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, and I am sure there was more under there too!
So cool to see Duane again, seems like a great guy. Haven't seen the mine yet, but if the outside is any indication, should be a doozy. Just love these old mines, the men working those needed two wheelbarrows. One for their tools, and the other for....I'll just leave it there, you know what I mean. Lol...
FANTASTIC SITE ! , A Big THANK YOU to Duane and yourself Justin for showing this to us . As you know Justin , I'm a strong proponent of preserving our Mining History , and particularly our antique Mining Machinery . I really do wish some historical group would restore that site to it's original operating condition . Think what a fantastic Mining Museum that would make . When I worked at the Mizpah Mine in Tonopah, NV we had a large Pneumatic Bit Forge similar to the one shown @ 09:59 , but ours was about 5 times larger , huge machine . @ 28:03 - that Post Jack for holding that 1870's Post Drill @ 23:57 , I have one , but mine is missing the screw-adjuster and top plate . I also have some old Forged Bit Drill Steel , some with the "water hole" and some really old Square Shank Forged Bit Drill Steel without the "water hole" ; which are destined for my local Museum as soon as they get their Mining Display set up . I've already given quite a bit of it to other Museums . -- . -- ( P.S. - My small "D-Handled" Pneumatic Rock Drill - "Stoper" manufactured by the Denver Rock Drill Co. - BEFORE they merged with Gardener in 1917 - is at the Nevada State Museum at Lorenzi Park in Las Vegas, NV , along with a lot of Forged Bit Drill Steel . ) .
Very, very cool. Fascinating place, great video
It's to bad the old machinery and buildings can't be restored and opened as a museum for those of us willing to make the trek out there and see the rich history slowly fading away. Awesome video, as usual
I love that guy, so glad you can make more videos with him :D
Nice vid ,always a nice adventure. The double headed crow bar was for rerailing a cart thats off tracks,or general maintenance. Thanks again .
What a fascinating place full of mining treasures, plus such a gorgeous mountain and water backdrop.
@TVRExploring
3 жыл бұрын
Almost certainly more treasures underneath the ruins of the mill as well!
@MsSurigirl
3 жыл бұрын
@@TVRExploring I was fascinated by that drill 'reshaping' equipment. Blacksmithing!
@TVRExploring
3 жыл бұрын
@@MsSurigirl Yes, that was great. I'm sure that if we had pulled all of the wood off of that blacksmithing section of the mill, that more fascinating stuff related to metal working would be there.
Damn, so much incredible history just sitting there. Cant wait for the next videos.
Rainbow!! Been waiting and waiting! Each week at TVR Exploring is like a cliff hanger for me wondering if the Rainbow was going to be next weeks new adventure . ha ha.
Great site! Lots of great machinery! Thank you for your enthusiasm of mining history!
Lester Allan Pelton invented the Pelton water wheel in the late 1870s. He is recognized as one of the fathers of hydroelectric power, and is an inductee of the National Inventors Hall of Fame. --- 13:32 From 1856 to 1857 Henry J. Booth was an Alderman of the city of Marysville under Mayor Levi Hite. In the 1860s Booth, by then a former member of the Marysville Foundry, became a partner in Peter Donohue's Union Iron Works in San Francisco, who manufactured Locomotives. With the profits Donohue went on to start San Francisco's first gas works, which later became PG&E.
Wow this was awesome. Thank you for sharing friend.
Thank you for all the effort that you guys put into making this vid, what an amazing place.
Spectacular looking forward to part 2
Really interesting, I’ve been waiting for this one
Wow! Very interesting. Thanks again Justin, (and Duane). 👍🙂
That's. Pretty cool. I like the way the guy explained. How it was back then. That grinder is the bomb. That was so cool
I don't think that was a grinder. I think it was an overhead swing saw. Google it. I've seen them at other mines. They use them to cut big timbers.
This stuff needs to be in a museum. Not rusting away in this scrap heap.
What a amazing place All that old Equipment the history is Rotting away Very sad about that Thanks for sharing your adventure Greeting to you Yours Frank
Really cool place! Thanks so much for sharing! 👍👍👍 Stay safe!
Fantastic work guys, what an amazing place. Thank you for sharing. Kind regards, Paul
Your very good at finding some pretty interesting mines!!!!
I so admire the courage and determination I have an old school minor. Awesome video thanks!
@spidykat7188
3 жыл бұрын
Of an old-school minor stupid smartphone
Excellent video....many thanks...!
Excellent and informative As Always! 😃👍
This is amazing.
amazing video Justin, wow history at its finest, the engineering alone let alone the logistics
Great work!
Wow such an amazing top rich with artifacts and filled with state of the art cutting edge technology. I can only imagine what must be underground...thanks for the explore Justin
The guy from the 16:1 should be in your videos in the future his knowledge is amazing not to mention for an old guy( like myself) he can handle the rough terrain. AWESOME video man!!
Hi Jason You Guys find the best places to go, I had to watch this one again because the second part came out today. I wish I could have seen this place but without the hoist I can't see me and my wheelchair looking around this place. Like I could get around there with it but I sure wish I could. Great video and time to see part 2
When I think I cannot be amazed again, you surprise me once more.
So glad to have Dwayne back .! You mean I have to actually wait for the next video I can't stand it😤😱
What a place! Like so many you take us to, if only we could see it when it was in operation.
That is so cool! What a great vid!
Comments From Australia Thanks for your amazing and always interesting videos, Here in the down under land we also have many great mines , however locating them in our thick bush covered Forrests is more of a commando course than an adventure. Its nearly impossible to find any form of intact sites out here as our Bushfires have regularly removed any timber structures leaving only steel to slowly be reclaimed by nature or covered in Blackberry plants . 30 years ago when i first started discovering lost mines there was no documentation of discoveries done rather a happy snap or two to remember the place by. Now at 58 i realise my mistakes and the hundreds of sites we located then are even harder to locate today and many adits have collapsed . My team now called the, Gerry Explorers, from our age, still love the hunt and find excitement , and recently joined forces with groups known as West Gippsland Inc ,and also Victorian Historical Mineshaft Chasers as both these groups, are also deep into mining history and documentation, utube videos exist , of there explorations and finds. Cheers and keep up the great work. Dave.
@TVRExploring
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much, Dave. It is great to hear from veteran mine explorers. I would love to get down there and to see some of your Australian mines... I've been following West Gippsland and Victorian Historical Mineshaft Chasers for years. Oh, and I certainly wish I had done a better job of documenting mines I visited in my early days as well... So many of them are gone now.
Looks to be many firsts at this mine, From the Pelton Wheel to the electrical. It would seem someone could apply for a historical marker and get funding to restore the plant. So much still looks complete with very little missing. Great video and nice to see Duane again.
Wow, awesome find!
A familiar face, he was super informative and interesting to listen on the previous tour he did with you, can't wait to see what you've got up your sleeve..
That old equipment gets my juices flowing. If I understood correctly this is still in private hands, I hope so. I can't imagine hauling all that heavy stuff.
@TVRExploring
3 жыл бұрын
Great stuff there, huh? Yes, this is on private property owned by the 16 to 1 Mine.
Cool! I would have love to visit that
So great to see another video with Duane! hope his new adventure is going well! tell him hello from all his youtube fans haha :)
@muleskinnermining8661
3 жыл бұрын
Thank You for the "Hello"! My new adventure is awaiting me yet, two new mines may be breaking ground in 2021 and I'm looking forward to being a part of it.
@HamiltonMechanical
3 жыл бұрын
@@muleskinnermining8661 be sure to post a video when it does start up I'm a subscriber of your Channel look forward to seeing some cool stuff my friend!
@muleskinnermining8661
3 жыл бұрын
Hamilton Mechanical , I have some short video segments left that I have not posted of the 16to1, but don’t think they are worth posting.
Enjoyed this
Always the best
You are a lucky guy to see that, and I consider myself lucky to watch your channel.
Great videos, keep up the good work, I am familiar with most of the areas you have explored but didn’t realize that I was so close to them
Coffee tin! Great find!
@TheSWolfe
3 жыл бұрын
Vivid colors on the one side despite time passed.
Awesome 👍
@TVRExploring
3 жыл бұрын
It's a great mine...
Another great video sir, keep up the good work. Hope all is well
Me and a buddy once found a claim market cabled around a big pine. The cable was partly overgrown. The plaque said "Clipper Claim, November, 1851."
Always amazed at the heavy and massive equipment at these remote mines. Just imagine transporting all of that in. Out of high school, I worked for Magma Copper in Superior Arizona at the mill and crusher. Before the mine was upgraded in the 70s, a lot of our electrical equipment ran on 25 cycle power provided by one old original generator at Roosevelt dam that was dedicated to feed Magma Copper. Between the mill and crusher buildings was some incline track that was used to pull carts full of milling balls to the top of the hill to pour into the ball mills. The winch used to pull the carts was an old steam model that had been converted to very high pressure air. The mechanics machine shop was all run on belts from an overhead pulley system. The entire mill and crusher was a hodgepodge of turn of the century and more modern equipment.
@TVRExploring
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I am frequently amazed at the places that the miners were able to get some of this incredibly heavy equipment. The Rainbow Mine is in an incredibly steep canyon, for example. I would love to have seen that mill and crusher at Magma Copper! It sounds fantastic...
@davidangelamelcher9591
3 жыл бұрын
@@TVRExploring Unfortunately Magma Copper closed the mine due to economics and later attempts at reopening were doomed due to the mine being filled with water. The old mill and smelter have been torn down and the entire area reclaimed. All that remains is the old concrete plant they used to fill the tunnels when the vein ran out to prevent collapse. However, Resolution Copper has sunk a new shaft next to the old Magma #9 shaft on Oak Flats and this shaft is 28 feet in diameter and 7000 feet deep. Interesting note I forgot to mention earlier. Magma Copper had a 30 mile spur line that ran from Superior to the Southern Pacific line. Magma along with it's diesel locomotives still had two old steamers they maintained and once a month on a Sunday, these were fired up and run the length of the line. Being on the mill maintenance crew, guess what we were doing on those days instead of working? This line and it's engines were used in filming the train robbery scenes in the movie HOW THE WEST WAS WON.
@TVRExploring
3 жыл бұрын
@@davidangelamelcher9591 Yes, with the rise of electric vehicles, I'm sure a lot of these old copper deposits are getting another look! Thanks for sharing all of the details and additional information... It brings a lot of color to these sites. And, yeah, I would 100% have been on those steamers.
Now that place is so cool.
@natemofield281
3 жыл бұрын
I would love to be able to see that mine working back in its day.
@TVRExploring
3 жыл бұрын
@@natemofield281 Yes, this would have been a great one to see when it was operating.
Amazing cast iron works old classic machinery old electric motors and of course generators ran it all really impressive Thank's definitely a lot of fun looking though with a actual current Mining crew!!!; )
That is very cool that equipment is still there. Guess they said too hell with reclamation lmao. Be neat to rescue some of that stuff and make a display out of all of it
I would love to see places like this reconstructed as close as possible to original and protected as a historical site. Ideally as much of the remaining equipment as possible would be used, and where not possible, replacements replicated as close as possible to what the originals would have been.
Duane is a great guide - be sure to tell him he is appreciated!
Intro pointing down a very nice very green valley. Down South it’d be called a holler. Next shot....WOW! Que Indian Jones Theme. That tram wheel is from IKEA? Gotta love history. Good or bad. A shame others trying to erase it. There’s a college here in California that did away with its mascot because he was a 49er. Apparently some 49ers weren’t very nice guys so need to change the name. Sort of like the idea a handful of bad cops means every cop is bad. Only 16 minutes in and amazed. These guys were plumbers, stone masons, steel forgers, electricians, railroad men, ski lift builders, carpenters.
Amazing...so much history....makes you wonder how they got it all there. Also would love to see it rebuilt or preserved.
Fantastic Video. Modern Tech.. of the time. The tool at the end might be a Rerailing for the ore carts.
That was one hell of a setup those old timers had there!
Wow this isn’t to far from where I live in Chico! Very cool! To bad that early Pelton Wheel can’t be craned out and put in maybe the Centerville Mining Museum. Or maybe restoring that mill/mine altogether as a museum park since all the parts are still there. Great Video! Thank you for sharing!
The piece of machinery at 7:25 is a swing saw, the belt driven version of a radial arm saw. They were probably using it for cutting support timbers.
@muleskinnermining8661
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I initially thought it was a grinder, but now that I looked at it again, you are right! It pivots at the top!
@pfdx
3 жыл бұрын
@@muleskinnermining8661 you're welcome. The survival rate of swing saws is pretty low. they were truly one of the old school tools you could cut an arm or leg off with.
@muleskinnermining8661
3 жыл бұрын
pfdx , just looked up TVR video of Gold Mine in the Sky, there is a swing saw he points out there.
4:35 Well said.
@TVRExploring
3 жыл бұрын
Indeed!
Isn't that the guy from the 16 to 1 mine? Not sure what that thing is at the end of the video, but if I was to hazard a guess I would say it's some sort of a hand break for an ore cart! Another great video there mate and looking forward to seeing part two next week. Keep up the good work.
@muleskinnermining8661
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that was me again! It's been quite the honor to have been in TVR Exploring's video series. Only wish I could have taken him to even more cool places!
@PBRJOHN684
3 жыл бұрын
@@muleskinnermining8661 Well he has been to one cool place before It's called the 16 to 1. Loved that tour of your mine.
@muleskinnermining8661
3 жыл бұрын
@@PBRJOHN684 , Thank You so much! I do miss that place.
@jestestuman
3 жыл бұрын
@@muleskinnermining8661 if I understood, You were somehow associated with it, is it closed now or You miss it just being in other place? Thank You for all this cool explanations, respect. Regards, Jan
@muleskinnermining8661
3 жыл бұрын
jestestuman , I’m no longer employed there. I moved out of state for other work. The history of the 16to1 is most unique.
Someone needs to rescue that Pelton wheel and put it in a museum.
That wheel and the bit sharpener should be I a museum
Kanaka creek I do believe, Have been close to this site once...great video
I'm glad you remembered this :) such amazing engineering, the Pelton wheel, drill hammer forge, the giant cast fly wheel's, maby one of my favourites, so good to see its untouched except for nature. Did the 16 to 1 workings connect to this ?
@muleskinnermining8661
3 жыл бұрын
The 16 to 1 workings did not connect to this mine and yet they are only a stones throw from each other!
imagine hauling all those contraption to there 100+ years ago
@TVRExploring
3 жыл бұрын
That is a very steep canyon... I can't imagine them getting that equipment in there.
Hi Justin, it's awesome to see Duane back again. Justin the name was H J Booth & Co, I did some digging and found a whole heap of history that I think you will be very interested in. The link I'm putting in this comment starts to get interesting at the point of the site where you scroll down until you see a picture with a white car and under it is the heading "PACIFIC ROLLING MILLS" , if you read from there it tells you so much info about how the company started out, it's really interesting. Here is the link, let me know what you think - www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=The_Story_of_Dogpatch I have asked Frank from Exploring Abandoned Mines about that tool/bar at the end of the video to see if he knows what it is. A very cool video and explore of some of the ruins there at the Rainbow Mine, is this the original part of the 16 to 1 mine ???. Thank you for sharing, I'm really looking forward to part 2 and listening to more history about the mine from you and Duane, take care. xx💖
@muleskinnermining8661
3 жыл бұрын
The Rainbow Mine was is existence well before the 16 to1. The 16 to1 was founded in 1896 and the Rainbow sometime in the 1850's?
@SueGirling68
3 жыл бұрын
@@muleskinnermining8661 Thanks for the info.
The effort that went into just hauling the iron works up into the wrong end of nowhere.
We didn't see but one adit. yet I couldn't stop watching. Great video! Thank you for posting! Im Stoped to see what the next video will bring us! . . By the way this video confirms my flywheel fetish! but I like watching them spin more! and I prefer Steam More than any thing!!!!
Thanks for the video as always! I think the "thing" at 29:00 is a "skate" or wheel chock that is made to use in either direction without changing sides of the track. Just an educated guess, sir! Love the videos and the time you share with us to make them!
nice one fellas i think the the last piece is for lifting the ore cart to service wheels and axle thumbs up
Thanks for sharing. Pity that external structures unable to stand the test of time like internal timber. Understandable though considering the environment. Hard to imagine the effort it took to transport such heavy materials during mine construction.
The Pelton Wheel is a slightly improved version of the Knights Wheel, which was invented and produced by Knights Foundry, Sutter Creek, CA, just a few hours south of Nevada City in Amador county.
In the late 1800’s to the 1940’s. My family used two Pelton turbine’s to grind grain in their mill in North Carolina.
Any idea how far above the Pelton wheel the collecting pond is located? How far does the water drop? The power of falling water is tremendous!
@muleskinnermining8661
3 жыл бұрын
The water was delivered by a long flume at the top of the hill, then it entered the pipe down to the wheel.
I agree that this needs to either go to or be restored as a museum. Seeing the equipment rotting outside like so many other unique historical pieces (thinking about aircraft among others) is just sad, and a thorough lack of pride and care for technical history.
T'was a gold mine in the old days, but it appears that copper was the primary commodity in more recent times, based on what's left of the generators and motors! They didn't even need the grinders or stamp mills to "extract" it either...
I’ve used some of those jack legs before / sometimes 3 men to set up much quicker and easier / love to see what’s inside can’t wait thank you / most of that stuff would come in on horse drawn drays probably 10 horses connected / you have to be tough to work in any mine ha ha / x miner Aus 🥴🥴🥴🐿
Was wondering if you looked up and down the creek just for fun or curiosity for any nuggets of gold laying in it? Was the bit sharpener "Engineering Works" or Engine Iron Works? Great video man! Lots of interesting relics. I'm amazed how the ole-timers managed to get all those very heavy and bulky pieces of equipment to that location and across that bridge?