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Abandoned Mercury Mine - Cle Elum Mining District Washington

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Our adventure to a abandoned mercury mine retort and cinnabar mining area from the late 1880's located deep in the Cle Elum mining district of Washington State. Along the way we investigate numerous miners cabin sites from a bygone era of Washingtons mining history.
The Nickelodeon mining claims were operated by the Washington Quicksilver Company in 1904. At the time it was the only operating mercury mine in the area.
This abandoned mine produced cinnabar, the ore of mercury.
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27 авг 2024

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Комментарии : 32

@123Goldhunter11 Месяц назад

Long nights without RU-vid and long trips to town with no Amazon. Still beats hell out of city life. But mining mercury wouldn't be the best thing for your health.

@ghosttownsandminesofwashington Месяц назад

No doubt. Thanks!

@kenbaker2850 Месяц назад

I grew up in Ronald, Washington. And went to school in Cle Elum. The whole area is famous for the coal mining, and as kids we would find sulfur mixed in the slag piles. Never knew they actually had sulfur mines in the area. 12:56

@ghosttownsandminesofwashington Месяц назад

Appreciate the comments. Thank you.

@bugvswindshield 7 дней назад

from Ellensburg. I spent a many weekends camping and hiking and riding my bike around Centeral Cascades. Cle Elum is a wonderful place. Along with the Brick just down the road ;)

@ghosttownsandminesofwashington 6 дней назад

Very cool, appreciate your comments.

@glennmiller2494 Месяц назад

There was a big mercury mine here in cottage Grove Oregon the black Butte mine. When they shut down the gold mines in ww2 the mercury mines kept going.they needed it for making weapons.

@ghosttownsandminesofwashington Месяц назад

During World War II, the U.S. War Production Board issued Order L-208 on October 8, 1942, which closed down the gold mining industry in the United States. The order classified gold mining as nonessential and required operators to immediately shut down their operations. After seven days, operators were also prohibited from using, acquiring, or consuming any materials or equipment for development work. Thank you for the comments!

@billbradley2480 23 дня назад

Wow I grew up in Oakridge and never knew that. I did hear about the Bohemia gold mine up in the mountains near Cottage Grove and gold claims on the river near there.

@billbradley2480 23 дня назад

I always wondered how Mercury was created. Thanks! Mercury is a weird substance. A heard a lake of mercury was found beneath a South American Pyramid. Wonder what that was for?

@ghosttownsandminesofwashington 23 дня назад

Thank you very much for the comments.

@r.awilliams9815 Месяц назад

That's some tough country. I used to spend some time every year around that area chasing Bambi, back in the 80s and 90s.

@ghosttownsandminesofwashington Месяц назад

Yes, it most certainly is. Thanks!

@timlewis7218 Месяц назад

That is crazy!

@ghosttownsandminesofwashington Месяц назад

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@kenbaker2850 Месяц назад

Whoops, this is about mercury not sulfur. Often wondered how they made mercury. 0:22

@ghosttownsandminesofwashington Месяц назад

Was wondering for a second. All good!!!

@greybone777 Месяц назад

At one time there were actual pools of mercury above Wenatchee.

@ghosttownsandminesofwashington Месяц назад

Very interesting. Thanks for the info.

@ihatedietcola7920 11 месяцев назад

I wonder if there is any geocaches up in there.?.

@ghosttownsandminesofwashington 11 месяцев назад

Not too sure on that one.

@randya.mitchell1722 9 месяцев назад

Wouldn't there be a logging road to haul out the ore?

@ghosttownsandminesofwashington 9 месяцев назад

They built the Mercury oven or retort because it was too difficult to get or out in the early 1900s, given how remote and rugged the area was. It was more cost-effective to process the cinnabar ore onsite.

@billysgarden-u9s 11 месяцев назад

look up TCARR bricks. there is something big missing here. the bricks came all the way from the UK either around south america or by land from the east coast. no way they are moved that far by horse or ox cart. mud flooded history

@ghosttownsandminesofwashington 11 месяцев назад

Thanks for the information. We did see this later upon research.