It's hard to believe all of this abandoned stuff is still sitting here in the middle of nowhere. Hours away from the nearest town, I wasn't expecting this. #Abandoned #Exploring #ExploreWithUs
If you could do me a huge favor and hit that thumb up, I would appreciate it more than you realized. A big thank you for your continued support. Please subscribe, like, comment, and share this video. Your support means a lot to us. 🙂
Sergio Paul1 second ago the ferrous sulfate is an essential body mineral. Ferrous sulfate is used to treat iron deficiency anemia (a lack of red blood cells caused by having too little iron in the body).Hemoglobin carries oxygen through your blood to tissues and organs. Myoglobin helps your muscle cells store oxygen. and the other quim.. I see on the video is Oxalic acid is rubbed onto completed marble sculptures to seal the surface and introduce a shine. Oxalic acid is also used to clean iron and manganese deposits from quartz crystals. Oxalic acid is used as a bleach for wood, removing black stains caused by water penetration maybe is a mine of quartz crystals around there , and I think you should try to open the safe!
These chemicals were used to analyze the purity of whatever product they produced at the facility. BTW those chemical shelves are a disaster waiting to happen - they are all improperly stored together. If all those chemicals combined because the shelves collapsed you would have a near instantaneous, violent reaction with hot concentrated acids and chemical gases erupting and filling the room. They have strong, concentrated acids (hydrochloric, sulfuric and nitric) and a strong base (sodium hydroxide) stored right on top of each other, as well as zinc metal which will produce flammable hydrogen gas, and lead acetate which is a toxic heavy metal. Also, the potassium iodide and sulfuric acid will produce hydrogen sulfide which is a toxic gas that smells like rotten eggs. If those shelves went, all I can say is get the hell out of there fast!
All of that equipment, both inside the building and outside near the trucks, is Milling euipment for a Mining Operation. Those Chemicals on the shelves and those long counters & cabinets say that that was an Assay Laboratory. The room with the Safe looked like it had some Fire Assay equipment on the shelves in back. You didn't explore far enough, there should be a fairly large Mine somewhere in the immediate vicinity. -
Small scale operations didn't really have much oversight in the 80's and 90's. There's nothing suspicious about the chemicals, at least not to me. All of them have perfectly valid uses in assaying and separating gold, platinum-group metals, and silver, from the base ore rock. If I was looking for a methamphetamine lab, I would be on the lookout for acetone, red phosphorus, toluene, and lithium/lithium hydroxide. While other precursors are there (HCl, H2SO4), there are plenty of ingredients missing. It's just an old, derelict assay lab.
001DesertRat I agree this was the processing, assaying and testing laboratories for some kind of commercially viable ore most likely gold especially with the tromel
Exactly!! Heard of drug rings taking over old mining ops as cover - but this is obviously 🙄 not just for mining. Also learned that pharmaceutical companies used to do similar practices under shell companies to avoid being connected with drugs that kill or have detrimental reactions. Which the fda continues to lower the bar on. I curious if you guys ever found out what the story was about this place as somethings hinky about that place. Cheers from nor cal.
facility for processing mineral samples, I know because I worked in one. chem such as acid, and arsenic are used to seperate certain minerals, or petroleum samples, also to separate gold from black sand, or other minerals that are the same weight or heavier than gold, silver, platinum, or copper.since manual separation is difficult between minerals with the same weights. happy exploring!!!!
So many chemicals make this place look like a building that's not at all abandoned but people are strange indeed...a lot of places like this are left behind untouched....Very good video overall..excellent quality!!
Those truck tires are still inflated. For as old as they are and being an abandoned area, I find that quite odd in ways. The equipment/machinery, chem barrels, building and the safe are all newer than the trucks as well. Those trucks are all complete and would be pretty sweet to restore. Very few ever survived like that.
actually i have a question (not being from the usa), if you find a vehicle or property that has been potentially abandoned, what is the protocol, after checking the vehicle registration place and it comes back "no living owner" is it finders keepers or what? many thanks for your help in advance.
Just remember when you venture into any of these type of facilities that electrical panels become your best source of dating a building or site. Many electricians mark dates on the circuit directory but a panel and circuit breakers can be roughly dated pretty easily. This panel in the chemical room was from a Bryant/ Westinghouse panel which was from the 70's. It can help you with the rough date from that timeframe. Jeff Licensed Journeyman Electrician
From 6:18 to 6:32 the enhanced security around the safe looks fairly fresh. Looks like a great place to back away from and leave it all as is untouched. Who knows what surveillance cams are zeroed in on that corner that are out of sight?Good job acting in a prudent manner and leaving the area as you found it untouched minus a few foot prints.
voitdive I believe that it becomes the business of many people when the chemicals sink through the ground into the local water table where they get their water. This is not about "minding your business," this is about preventing people from getting poisoned. I commend him for reporting these leaking chemicals.
voitdive No, I do not worry about those as they are not leaking unchecked. These chemicals in the video have been forsaken, and there is no one monitoring them to realize that they are leaking. Also, these chemicals are so potent that just being near them is making it difficult to breathe. Those chemicals you mentioned, while it is, indeed, not a good idea huff them in, won't choke you as soon as you open the bottle. They are diluted, if only slightly so. These chemicals, however, are in their most pure and most potent form.
U dont listen, sulfuric acid is in lots of drain cleaners and everyday millions of people pour it directly into the drain which ends back in the ground. I wish i had video of the gallons of oil, coolant, and fuels that went into the drain everyday at dealership i worked at so u environmental whine bags could see what actually would matter except it doesn't cuz its happening every day and always has and guess what we not dead and we all drink the groundwater
That First Tank, Was a Ribbon Blender......the Blades inside are shaped like ribbons for mixing Solids. We used to make lubricating Greases in one at my old job. Awesome INTL. Truck !! DUDE , You Need A More Powerful Flashlight !! ACID Won't Eat Through Those PVC Drums(Barrels). NICE JOB GUYS !!
Interesting collection of stuff. The trucks are from the 1930s. 6:34 The Tank Farm control panel is from about the 1960s. The other stuff looks to be from the 1980s or before. I'd say the place was probably abandoned in the late 1980s.
Only the Safe Monitor was Quartz/Digital which to me is "mid-1990's" & that still is long ago. Likely it was long built & in production & the last update was replacing the Safe & then "boom" the place closed down. ..?1994? 95/96? I bet 1 or 2 workers died on the job & they had to shut down.
OK thats disgusting. I detect electricians. I thought I was a freak when I noticed the control panel and breaker panel and knew the time and brand they were.
What always strikes me is that while people may come and go, it is the inanimate objects that seem to go on and on. The people who drove those old trucks back when they were new are either very old now or six feet under. But the trucks, building and equipment persist. I suppose they too, will turn to dust eventually. Most everything does.
Hey EWU, I enjoy your explorations with the family. I have 7 kids and when they were younger we did some of this. Brings back memories. Maybe check out Lori Vallo’s kids where abouts lol im playing, keep up the explorations oh and there no alarm no power its been a long time,
This looks to me like it could have been an ore mining and refining facility, maybe silver which was at an all time high in the '80's. That would explain the chemicals and the large safes to keep the finished product in. If this in the Nevada desert it would very likely have been a silver mine.
thats a milk or dairy processing plant. i recognize the chemicals and equipment used, i do construction and maintenance at a processing plant myself. its pretty cool stuff!! great vid man keep up the good content!
Interesting little video, I am a free miner (prospector) up here in Canada. All of the different chemicals, as stated are used in mining. I have a field assay pack I take with me, which include between 10 and 30 small bottles of acid and other chemicals. I would have loved if you explored a little more, as for the acid and smell, a simple filter mask, rubber gloves and coveralls would have been enough to protect you as long as you had no direct contact. A return visit would be cool, with some preplaning and some basic equipment as mentioned above would go a long way to allow that. I so hope you return and explore a little more.
You guys ever considered outfitting your armada a bit more?? It'd be cool if you guys had an overland set up, that way you could go lotsa places and not worry about getting stuck/lost ect
That's not a bad thought. But perhaps, a Toyota LandCruiser. Particularly the fzj80(I'm biased, i own an fj80) they're outrageously capable with minor lift/better tires and can be had for relatively short money. Plenty of aftermarket, and very nice on the inside too. Roughly the same size as the armada, but built much, much tougher. But a utv would really be an awesome addition.
This place is so dangerous, it's unbelievable that they have left it completely open like that with all of those chemicals leaking everywhere. No wander you didn't hang around too long. Very interesting to see all the same. I am very sorry to see that you are having problems with somebody trying to discredit all your work and cause you no end of trouble. I hope you will manage to sort it soon.
Hehe, you seem to be the only one here who doesn't see a lot of danger in the video. I agree with you though, as long as those barrel's are closed (they seem to be), then there is no danger at all.
This would be SO COOL in 360 VR. U can get google cardboard for about $5 (I think) and put the phone inside. You can also use a laptop arrow keys. You should consider getting a 360 camera.
Yr videos are so freakin awesome!! It's like watchin a movie lol. The music you threw in made it that much more cool and suspenseful! Oh yeah you should ALWAYS have a box in yr car with everything you need such as gloves, MASKS, more lighting, etc.
I sure hope you carry something a little more powerful than a can of mace. Someday you may run into someone who doesn't want to have anything to do with explorers and may forcefully object to your presents. With your boys along it just seems like good insurance. I live in Arizona and can (and do) carry every where I go just for that reason. Yes, I subscribed and hit like and hit the bell. LOL!!
Get back there and open that safe! Just don't go near the drums of acid cause there are probably bodies dissolving in them lol. Hey at least you now have a great place to go to when the Walking Dead happens to America!
That's how they did it back in the day. Drive bodies in the middle of nowhere with trucks labeled under some transportation company and then dispose the bodies in acid barrels 🤔
Great find and video! I'm surprised that the place hasn't had every piece of metal, pipe and wire pulled out of it yet. Those trucks are worth something - but the owner probably had more to deal with in fines from hazmat. Kinda scary.
Wow! No idea what they were making out there? Makes you wonder....... very cool old trucks! Just sitting there.....you find some interesting places! Great video! Stay safe guys!
your vids are awesome keep up the good work all those vehicles out in the desert are like "take us with you we don't want to die out here" :). some of them are in quiet good conditions
the ferrous sulfate is an essential body mineral. Ferrous sulfate is used to treat iron deficiency anemia (a lack of red blood cells caused by having too little iron in the body).Hemoglobin carries oxygen through your blood to tissues and organs. Myoglobin helps your muscle cells store oxygen. and the other quim.. I see on the video is Oxalic acid is rubbed onto completed marble sculptures to seal the surface and introduce a shine. Oxalic acid is also used to clean iron and manganese deposits from quartz crystals. Oxalic acid is used as a bleach for wood, removing black stains caused by water penetration maybe is a mine of quartz crystals around there , and I think you should try to open the safe!
important dates for the price of gold (significant turning points): Oct 1970 $234 / oz, Mar 1974 $890 / oz, Jun 1976 $538 / oz, Feb 1980 $2125 / oz, Apr 1982 $880 / oz, Nov 1987 $1024 / oz, Mar 2001 $377 / oz, Aug 2014 $2033 / oz. Looking at period between the '76 low and the '80 high and (at the time when gold peaked it looked like it was going much much higher). I imagine that this was a major factor in when new facilities and when significant investments would have been made in mining in the area. It looks like the lab would try and determine which acids to use to separate the gold from the ore. I saw some core samples that maybe is what they figured out what would work best to process the ore. One of the substances I could read was Oxalic Acid. From Wikipedia - Oxalic acid is also used to clean iron and manganese deposits from quartz crystals. (Quartz is often associated with gold)
It does seem some comments are being deleted. We've yet to see EWU 'break' into anything. The code of urban exploring is strict about not breaking into places. If someone finds a location that is unsecure and they use an entrance to go inside, it may be trespassing but it's not breaking and entering. As far as I know it becomes a civil matter. There would need to be evidence of property damage for any legal proceedings to be taken against EWU.
Awesomanous, You're 100% correct, we never break into anything, and we stick to public land 99% of the time. We also know the NRS for trespassing very well and are always careful to make sure we follow the law. We are law abiding explorers who respect private property rights. 🙂👍👍
You just never know though. There could be humans stuffed in those acid barrels. That's how some people dispose of bodies after they murder someone! LOOK OUT! I watch too much horror movies.
No, you are just conspiracy thinking here. Those barrels in the video are closed systems, and they don't have removable covers. The type of barrels in the video has small (2) openings on top of it, which are sealed of course. If you would open up these small openings on top of this barrel, then you can only put small living things into it, like a mouse or an hamster for example. So, it's impossible that there are dead bodies in the barrels on this video.
It would be great if you guys had a little bit of knowledge before you go wandering around in the desert. This is the remains of a small smelting operation, probably gold. The trucks would have been better shown as a whole instead of close ups of the name and wheels. That truck grill is worth a small fortune by the way. I know some car people that would kill to know where that is!
I worked in a very large and deep mine (8300 feet deep) for 10 years. The chemicals they use to separate the ore from the rock has a very pungent smell. That may have been what you were smelling. Not toxic to smell, Just don't get it on your skin.
I find it very interesting that there is no evidence of animals or rodents in the building with all the chemicals. I think you made the right choice by getting out of there.
definitely looked like an assay lab for whatever company that was. thanks for adding in those internationals! those two trucks are worth a good bit, but probably not worth the hassle pulling them out of there to wherever the closest city would be. looks like a good place for Walter White to set up shop!
Considering this is still most likely private property abandoned or not you will be self incriminating yourself of trespass. Not to mention all the stuff that's there and not been stolen, I wouldn't want to get caught by the owners or caretakers up there. Most truly abandon places are picked clean by scrappers and tweakers.
