Exploring the abandoned mines and buildings of Treasure Hill in Pioche, Nevada
Exploring the abandoned mines and buildings of Treasure Hill in Pioche, Nevada
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This video describes our visit to Pioche, Nevada on 10-16-2018. Pioche is/was a mining town.
William Hamblin discovered gold and silver there in 1863 and in 1868 sold his claim to a banker from San Francisco named F. L. A. Pioche. By the late 1860’s Pioche was one of the baddest and roughest towns in the west and was ruled only by the gun when there were disputes. It was also one of the most important silver mining towns in Nevada. By 1872 the mining camps pushed the population to over 7000, but the fortunes soon faded and today the population is about 1000.
During the boom times there were reported to be over 70 saloons and a busy red light district and along with that many murders. In the early 1870’s it’s reported that 60% of the states murders occurred there and supposedly around 100 murderers are buried at Boot Hill cemetery.
Much of the mining was over by 1900 although some mining took place during WW2. There was an aerial tram that is still standing today that hauled ore from Treasure Hill to the Godbe Mill .
There are several attractions around town including a small museum and if you like rock and roll bands stop in to Kelly Garni’s art studio/cafe/bar and say hello. He was a founding member of the band Quiet Riot and was a childhood friend of the great guitarist Randy Rhoads. Kelly has his autobiography called ‘Angels With Dirty Faces’ for sale in his establishment. We enjoyed a meal there and also enjoyed talking with Kelly who has some great stories.
Wow love seeing this… Very interesting. Thanks. awesome Video!
Старинные механизмы – потрясают!
I really enjoy your videos about exploring historic sites. You take us to such fascinating places. Those miners do make a mess, it’s crazy how much stuff is just left in the desert. They probably dont even make hardware like that any more.
Steam powered winch. Pre electric. Some were converted.
I’m reading a book about stage coach robbery’s and shotgun messengers. There was a Wells Fargo stage coach driver named Henry C Ward that raced down the top of Treasure Hill down to Hamilton at neck break speed to show off how much better their company was then the competitor. Apparently about 10,000 people lived in the area at the time. Glad to see the video of the area you took. Very interesting history. People long gone and pretty much forgotten.
Only American steel can survive this long out there. Thanks for the tour guys it was interesting. 👍7
Amazing how we can do things, use it up, and walk away
11:15 that is weird… almost looks like an electric motor to power the winch, but also looks like an air compressor part, or could be a cooling part.. i look up hendrie bolthoff and wow, they made just about everything you could i think of ….found a catalog, page 36.. this may be a Steam powered "friction hoist" that thing is where the steam comes in..// you can "blame Obama" for the mine gates, some Recovery Act money went towards gating off mines in the desert, was a big work project…. this is one excellent site tour, so much to see here thanks for taking us out there!
I’m guessing the units on the side of the hoist could be air compressors or could be for slowing the descent, but I’m leaning toward the first comment.
That place was UNREAL! Thanks, Tom and Julie!
Vulkan Hoists adv for Hendrie & Bolthoff Mfg. & Supply Co., Denver, Colorado here : https://books.google.com/books?id=BJ7mAAAAMAAJ&lpg=PA174&ots=Ln-n8OpT1v&dq=mining%20winch%20%22Hendrie%20%26%20Bolthoff%20Mfg.%20%26%20Supply%20Co.%2C%20Denver%2C%20Colorado%22&pg=PA174#v=onepage&q=mining%20winch%20%22Hendrie%20&%20Bolthoff%20Mfg.%20&%20Supply%20Co.,%20Denver,%20Colorado%22&f=false
Not much treasure but lots of junk to look through. lol
I have worked in underground mines that were like cities down there
That was one hell of a mine, for them to spend so much time & $ on it?
This Retired Lode Miner really enjoys your Mine Videos Thanks for sharing. You asked what was on the Hoist, those are pneumatic hoist motors for use down in the Mine and that big building with the Forge is a evidently a Machine Shop and One Motor powered that whole shop and that’s what the drive shafts up in the rafters were for with belts running down to power each Machine.
Those winches were awesome. Lots of equipment for sure.
The last hoist was steam driven with pistons in the piece you asked about.
I really like that music, your ukulele skills are awesome!
That is some big equipment. It is always fun to look around and try to figure out what everything is.
Babit ,may not be the right spelling,but was used as a bearing,most had grooves cut in the for grease channels. I helped many years ago pour these in the cement plant I worked at..
Ty for the shares have a good day
Whats with all the white tanks are they for water?
Tom can you ever show a mind that actually has gold in the walls of the mine
Thanks for sharing guys… Always enjoyable to follow you on your exploration hikes…
@11:20 looks like a steam piston. Probably a steam powered hoist.
That drive shaft across the ceiling is a nice 1920’s machine shop and the drum end looks like a air compressor. But it’s hard to tell, really nice artifacts.
Thanks for the tour