Nice find! That conveyor has the hopper to the right or lower end. That’s the start of sorting your pay dirt. The hopper is feed with rock and dirt then it goes up the conveyor. After that it would go to washing of the rocks in a shaker or trommel. It’s possible they might have had a hammer mill which breaks the rocks into really find powder to get the gold or material they were mining for. Did you find the mine or was it an open pit mine. The piles of rock all around would be call the tailings or waste.
Thanks for the details. Bruce! Yes, i saw some tailings there and dozens pits. Tried to find mines or openings, but no luck. As well saw huge piles of rocks. The main reason of the trip was to find a tunnel, i located its coordinates from old mines maps, but looks like the entrance is buried. Do you know the model of this conveyor? I tried to find same on the google, but nothing similar
@@walkingcam1 hi, no idea who manufactured that conveyor. It’s neat because they usually don’t have a sorting screen on top like that one has. The sorting screen separates the rock by sizes. I’m thinking it’s old. Many different manufacturers of conveyors. If you’re back up there then look around the conveyor for a nameplate which might give you an idea of where it came from and how old it is. The belt is off of it and that is usually what happens when they gave up and packed it in. A rock jam will cut the rubber belt if it’s not setup correctly and it cuts the belt beyond repair. I’m thinking this mine was a hard rock mining method where they blasted solid rock and they run it in a hammer mill to crush it into a powder. Basically a hammer mill is a machine that has a crankshaft and huge heavy metal cylinders that go up and down smashing the rock into a powder to separate the gold or another material. If they left all of that equipment behind then I’m thinking you can have some fun looking around for more machines still there. If you find any boxes of dynamite left behind don’t touch it because they turn unstable and can explode. If you can find the name of the mine by looking at old mine maps for that location you might see some old pictures of it when it was up and running. Look for railroad tracks for transporting minerals. Go to historicaerials.com and put in that location and change the dates and see if you can find the mine on the old map.
Thank you! I know this site historicalaerials_com, using it time to time. Btw, United States Geological Survey provides same maps on free basis. I noticed an active coal quarry nearby, in a half mile away. Maybe this machine been used there decades ago.
G'day D:))❤You're a sight for tired eyesIIts 7.30a.m,clear,still,going to be mid 20'sC...Too good to waste such a day,not that you'd notice,Ms.D...you could stroll thru a white on white vista and not only produce an amazing and interesting video,but also a "nice,brisk,walk in the fresh air".. GO Lady Darina,Urbexer and Fitness Guru!❤
Hello, Dianne!)) It was really good day without people 😂 Never visited before coal mining areas in winter. Black-and-white surroundings simply amazed me. Especially in the late evening when fog covered hills. Sadly i couldn't film it, because of rain started
Sometimes I think you capture that delicious taste of Freedom.I swear I catch whiffs of Forest as your kicking thru fall leaves,or fighting Evil ThornBushes in spring.Thats why I tag along( in my mind)lolwhen you crush leaves I eat chips...we sound the same!! 😍 💖
We haven't had snow for two years. Would like to take a chance of making some winter shots. Planning a trip on Sunday/Monday. Found massive ruins on maps of past century, would be great see what is there now))
