Not quite lost to history....................the trek to and short history is covered in Michel Digonnet's excellent "Hiking Death Valley." It is known as the Greene-Denner-Drake mill site as ownership passed through these three gentleman. The second was my uncle. During our visit I got the VIN for the Pontiac but was unable to trace ownership of the car to my uncle although it was the kind of car he would have owned. Yes, leave everything where it rests and that holds for all public lands regarding historic sites, not just Death Valley National Park.
Found It ! . . . . Thank You for posting this . I've spent the better part of 55 years in the Death Valley Region and never knew that this was here . Even lived and worked in Death Valley - American Borate's Billie Mine , -- ( Union Certified Top Millwright , Senior Underground Mine Maintenance Mechanic , Certified Welder - Fabricator , Top Miner , Licensed Blaster , Heavy Equipment Operator , Assayer and Lab Technician , Mine & Mill Operator , and the ONLY Medical Doctor / Coroner working Underground . ) . -- < Doc , Miner for over 50 years > .
@@OldGlory1791 -- ''Is it near the CA Nevada border?'' , Not really , the biggest clue to locating it is in the video . Search it out on Google Earth like I did . It will be a revelation when you find it . Good Luck . -- < Doc > .
It is so amazing to see how much money and time went into these camps and then they just left. I am sure some had no choice but it is such a shame. Thank you for sharing your time and your knowledge.
Thank you so much for sharing your explorations! Mobility issues keep me mostly at home now and I miss hiking and discovering relics of the past. Your videos help fill that void. Stay safe out there.
I find that sites that you can't drive to are always much better preserved as the majority of places you can drive to have so much vandalism...people are lazy savages. Thanks for the cool tour, and glad these places are still out there for people to see if willing to do a little hiking.
great find, very scenic and the old cars really add to it. I could spend hours there taking photos! I hope to be able to do some exploring myself later this summer. Thanks for sharing!
Glad to see that you didn't take any souvenirs or leave damage and/or graffiti. So rare to see gentlemen such as yourself leave everything the way you found it. Kudos, my friend. Good job and great video. Most all the world will have never seen what you brought us. Inside the house your heartrate was recorded over the mic. My heart would have been beating so much harder, if I could have even made it at all. Being crippled I doubt I would have made it much past your truck.
I enjoyed your video. It brought back some vague memories from when my parents and I visited Death Valley in the mid 50's. Have a couple observations. In the house there are several electrical switches on the walls. Any idea how they got electricity there? A long gone generator or an electrical line that has been removed? Any evidence remaining? Also, in the left background there is line on the hillside that appears to be a well graded road. Can be seen at 3:08 and 13:44. Could this have been the grade of one of the abandoned borax narrow gauge railroads? Thanks for the video.
Very interesting find....items in cabin appeared to be untouched since last person exited door how many years ago........also, you are knowledgeable about desert, mining, tracks, etc. ....makes vids much more interesting........geology comments would be interesting also....thanks.
Is this North of Augeberry Point Road? Or farther towards Skidoo Rd on the junction from Emigrant? I don't mind doin the dirty work..just curious how far it's from Journigan's. Plannin a trip down to Mojave in a 3 weeks and might run up to DVNP to try to locate this one for a day before I head back down to Searles/Homewood area then back down to hangout in Garlock or Randsburg for my last day...been a while since I visited the Walsh Cabin so might go see if it's still tethered
I have actually been to that mill about 20 years ago.It was in better shape and one of the beds was made with an old quilt.A ranger told us about it.Some neat petroglyphs are a few miles away.
Yes, it is a straight 8 but it is a flat head. The values are in the block not the head. As for the truck, I have to look at the pictures I took of it but I think you are right that it is a International.
The can you picked up at 2:32 looks exactly like the Carnation Condensed Milk cans I find at old mine sites and trapper's shacks in north eastern Ontario Canada . The small holes punched in the top kind of give it away , you don't need much in a cup of coffee . Popular for use in the bush up here . It can store on a shelf without refrigeration till it's opened .
Did you check the date on the Jarred preservatives on the wall with the other canned foods???.. lot of the time they will put a date on when they were made..
Wow that's a good microphone your camera you can hear your heart beating when you stepped into the house. When you picked up those swollen cans of food I was just waiting for them to explode from barely being touched they are so swollen lol
When I was real little my dad took me out in the Sonora in our surplus Jeep. We saw luggage and furniture still out there from 19th century.. I guess he was furniture shopping for mom? Cheap skate...
Won't be too many years before some car guy comes out and steals all that vintage stuff... Like they do everywhere else, no matter if it is protected or not.
WHEN UR HIKING LIKE U ARE NOW EAT SUN FLOWER SEEDS IT WILL HELP U, U WON'T GET DRY MOUTH, I EAT SUN FLOWERS SEEDS WHILE HUNTING,ANYWAYS I WAS GOING BONKERS WHEN I SEEN THAT CAR. METAL DETECTING CAME TO MIND HAHA
I like the video locations. Do something about the heavy, heavy breathing. Distracting and concerning. Worried if the videos eventually end with a dirt close up. Something to consider.
He mentions on another video that he focuses in the visual aspects and that these are made for family and friends. Good fun discovering with him tho isn't it!
