Secret Restored Abandoned Mining Camp

oh my god you guys I am at one of the coolest old mining settlements way up in the White Mountains I have very rarely been in a volunteer cab and as nice as these are [Music] [Applause] [Music] Oh finally made it to the mining camp and that hike was no joke okay wow this time is so sun-bleached you can hardly read it then he said welcome to the says the name of the place which I was gonna try not to say in the video cuz they like to keep it a secret look at this bridge we got across hikes Wow look at how cool this is these volunteers are amazing I mean first of all they've got to be in great shape to be able to get all this stuff up that trail holy cow this is so neat look we're seven miles from highway six there's an outhouse 60 feet away the Hilton is 80 feet that way can't wait to see that sorry about the wind I know it's probably real noisy but I'm making do with what I have here I think this is the hope let's go check it out beautiful deck look at this what a million-dollar view from this deck see all the way to Yosemite pretty much Wow and look how cool this is even this little thing like if you're staying here you can flip it over so it's as occupied so people know not to come in no one's here today though lucky for us it's another ledge oh my god this is beautiful this little cabin is so cozy look oh wow whee gee whiz you guys I've been in a lot of volunteer cabins I don't think I've ever been in one of this cozy home sweet home oh wow fire safety definitely little thermometer I think there's a lot of bristlecones ancient Bristlecone pines up here we're kind of near the ancient Bristlecone forest I love this this place is immaculate look how cute bunch of reading material and this little cupboard all this stuff was brought up here up that trail isn't that amazing look how cozy this bed looks there's even sheets and blankets on it I mean come on get out of here look how cozy this would be too on a cold winter's night that stove fired up look there's even a water filter here so you could go out to the creek dang some sterno just supplies that people left behind look there's even dates somebody came up here in May fill the water jug there's the Eastern Sierra oh here's the larder spices and dry goods and food I'm gonna go Scottie go oh how the hell did I get this old look coffee holy moly I love this place look there's even a guitar as you can sit around the campfire and play music stop it please put inside Kevin when you leave so it does not rust or rot oh they wrote that on the chaise lounge you can even lay out in the Sun here sunbathe oh well look down here there's some shoes some games some maps puzzle it's looking this little book this looks like a good one partners in prayer read God's Word pray God's Word back to him Erica's son John's diabetes oh she's praying so that Erica son John diabetes will go away I wonder if that ever happened look how cute up so it's basically just a trail register Cody and Jody we're here in o8 2011 boy that's the last entry no wait I mean people have clearly been up here since 2011 I mean that water drug was building 2017 Wow cool do this part of the joy of a vacation is getting there have fun when I look back through there's even a telescope in this closet oh look at all these pots and pans this propane menu there is enough stuff up here there's even tools you could probably survive up here all winter if you had a hunt I don't know I'm gather opinion pine nuts and I think that was pinyon Pines that we just hiked through oh here is the real log book Hilton log book oh look 9 7 2017 that was the last person here it's a 25th today so it's been a couple weeks Steven and Michelle were there okay this cabin is amazing but what's really amazing about this place is that there's a whole bunch more cabins that we can go check out let's go so that was the Hilton now we're gonna go this way and see these other cabins across the ravine beautiful little trail it's so nicely maintained whoever does this are my heroes I mean we need more people like this in the world okay this bridge is in much better shape now we're on the other side of that ravine going to these other cabins oh wow look it's like an old bunker well maybe this is where the mother-in-law had to stay here yikes oh wow look how solidly constructed this is maybe it's like a root cellar it's very cool in here and then there's this big like screened-in thing in the middle I wonder what that's for and it's on this scaffolding it looks pretty new this is some kind of like sorting equipment for when you're mining holy moley what was this anybody know this weird screened-in box inside this little log bunker I mean look how the the walls are made out of logs with like Adobe mud kind of tin very solid construction though I mean they're the roof beams place doesn't go in anywhere and then look outside right out in front of it is this amazing view okay now I'm gonna hike up the trail and check out it was like there's two more cabins up here now this one here on the left looks kind of busted out I don't know if it's really fit to stay in but let's check I mean it looks nice on the outside but it's missing glass well it's missing the door oh I mean you can see it has a lot of potential I mean look at the floor nice solid wood floor looks like it had some kind of workstation in here it was some kind of a room with a built-in bench that looks like it was a shower at one time right shower rod holy cow what was this building I mean it's busted up now but with a little TLC you could make this really cozy okay now let's go next door okay look at that all different ringer from an old-fashioned washing machine all this stuff had to be lugged all the way up here so it gets me okay so this cabin has two doors one two let's go and the closest one first nothing says occupied there's no signs of anybody up here huh oh stop it look at this frickin kitchen this is like a full-size commercial frickin kitchen I can't believe my eyes come on moly look at this cold poster and enduring resource of wilderness look at that all the people who loved the wilderness over the years all the way from the old mountain man the Native Americans the Bighorn the wolf the cowboy the rock climber I love that how they're all included the skier there's even a family out hiking it's true man we all love the wilderness in our own ways huh well except for when you see this guy coming at you and then I don't love it so much Oh remember how there was two doors well here's what was in the other room this is like a bunk house look at this three cozy beds look like the mattresses are pretty clean how do they get those freakin mattresses up here look his recliner if you don't if you're not lucky enough to get one of the bed you can sleep in the recliner stays nice and toasty in the winter with that really cool wood-burning stove a big old-fashioned farmhouse table where everybody can sit around have breakfast or I guess play cards looks like somebody playing cards here at one time wow this place is kind of a mess I wonder what happened doesn't look like anyone's been in here for a while well sticker here from the hostel and Bishop what do you suppose could be in this little cabinet medicine cabinet see what's in here has it covered oh wow a little bit of everything some showgirl feathers a bunch of cards a puzzle with some guitar strings for that guitar that was in the other cabin maybe ping-pong paddles oh I guess you could play ping pong on the farmhouse table Wow look really neat old metal cabinet look at that Wow this how bureaucracy works from the Sierra reader don't have time to read all this I'm sure it's something about how lame the government is wow what a great place for a party you know what kind of party you could have here man Tea Party what oh my god this place is just so amazing I can't even articulate it dartboard I didn't finished looking around the kitchen then let's go back in there I mean look at this plenty of supplies there up noodles pork and beans baking powder and they got this giant friggin work surface cabinets looks like at one time there was an amazing old stove in here I mean look at that Wow look at the chimney but now somebody set up this coleman camp stove to use that instead I guess the original still doesn't work anymore wonder how old that was this old cheese grater dang giant friggin ammo box I wonder what's in here oh I see undo this lock but it's just more food huh gotta make sure we redo these latches when we leave because bears or whatever get in here look high-class even Starbucks granola bars dang there's all kind of food in here you really couldn't survive the winter there's garlic clove garlic in case you know those vampires up in the White Mountains they will not fool around right well you don't to worry about vampires up here plenty of garlic to ward off alright sink giant commercial sink to do your dishes warning water most likely will not work if it is hot outside that's not only hot today with I did read that they shut the water off here in the winter because they don't want the pipes to freeze so oh stop look somebody sprouted some potato isn't there growing potatoes oh okay now we're gonna go back through this doorway curtain'd off it's back here just an old if maybe this was another bedroom back in the day that's just junk now look here there's a bunch of old a bunch of old lantern can't fire extinguishers vitamins odds and ends around them like first-aid stuff sheets giant freakin coffee pot I'm not done poking around in here like here paint these drawers this kitchen is so nice I mean look at these drawers egg beater used to bake a cake here cutlery cutlery organizers oh it's one of those bins that opens like that for potatoes or onions or whatever wowzers I love this place oh my god you guys there are so many friggin buildings here it's gonna take me forever to go in all of them and my videos are already so long I don't want to bore everybody but look here's the museum let's just go in here real quick looks like they collected a bunch of old mining equipment look at this old shoe this must be all old stuff they found around here look at this one there's like an old wingtip or something pretty fancy it looks like but in 50 years it'll be protected by the antiquities act so come back in 50 years what look at the Museum you guys and this is all just sitting here they trust in the goodness of people don't mess it up so there's all kind of articles and information about the history of this mining encampment well look here's all these pictures of the old-time miners that worked here and then there's uh look at this barber sticker mining is in everyone's future protect jobs committee anyways look at all that all those old tools cool I mean I can't even I can't possibly focus on everything in here cuz there's so much cool stuff look Oh whiskey eight years old here's an old newspaper from 1932 it's the complete paper that was found under four layers of oil cloth on the mess hall table at the High Camp oh wow this was just sitting in there amazing look at this Roosevelt leaves in 25 states wins in New York this was from 1932 man can you imagine sweep for Democratic candidate indicated by early elections yeah people love that Roosevelt New Deal look at this sexy lady with a little dog like interface Ike's oh here's and DeLucie I think that's what they may be used to mine up here I love this board cuz it's all old-time papers that they found around like old advertisement bits of calendars holy moly Wow look at those old calendar they found from 1938 the alchemist that's a cool painting look somebody let their driver's license here Oh several people hmm how about that a 1927 radio that's cool some petrified wood they found up here that's cool interesting oh look at this natural herb squad tea good for the whole tribe I bet it was oh wow look at and look up there all those old Prince Albert canes you see a lot of those at these old mines the miners love to chew or smoke or whatever you did with Prince Albert oh wow look old measuring spoons almanaque so cool sorry if I keep sniffling but I have allergies or something about what's going on Oh books what thank you most loving people for caring for this museum but has Watergate come to the mountain the weather vane and dynamite box are gone please this is their home it would take that I was from 1974 maybe there was some drama back then here's the back at the door that we came at all these must be people who love taking care of the place Don and Margie Frazier around 1995 cute she passed away notes I wonder maybe he's still like wonderful people that took care of this place and I look at this museum floor or man look at this linoleum it's pretty nice let's powder company feel free to handle specimens but take care to put them back on the correct label oh wow yeah all these are labeled that is super cool ok listen I don't want this video to be like an hour long so let's get out of here go in another building okay so next door to the museum is this other cabinet let's check this one out and see what's in here like how all these have double latches man they do not want animals in here oh my goodness look how cozy this cabin is this one's real warm inside two beds two koozies from Maryland and John Mercado is wedding on September 13th 2014 oh nice there's some really cool posters in here about nature and stuff curtains another little cozy stove to keep everything warm here's some notes about the cabinet which now has characterized of June 99 yeah that's cool thanks to the group of young people for mammoth who painted most of the walls oh yeah thanks for life on earth I agree with that 100% like here's some directions for the stove packed this stove in 1973 stove originally came from Malibu beach la Wow cool that is neat this would be a real cozy cap in this day just big enough for two people okay that was that cabin let's go back out and check out oh wait bonus little cabin here next to the one we just came out of okay so we're up above that one down there was the one that had the big farmhouse table it was like the bunkhouse this looks pretty small here let's see what's in this guy this one has a fancy oh here's another oh this is a single it's like a bachelor quarters for one person I mean look at this one's got three friggin mattresses look the princess and the pea stayed here well they can this extra blankies up there if you get cold a beanie curtains Bota bag for collecting water more books by the way what kind of books you think they have here how about there's some Tom Clancy and stuff like that Zane Grey those kinds of things the alternate Martians by a Bertram Chandler Wow look at this guy dang I don't know what that book is about it oh my look like a little tin of Indian or Thai I guess Thai lip balm has methyl sulfate camphor oh yeah must be some kind of bomb bomb interesting I like a little fun piano this is amazing cozy enough for one I love how all these cabins have that same thing telling you that it tells you the history of this place abandoned mining camp on public land dedicated at his historic landmark at 1995 it was a patent mining claim that belonged to this big company they operated it between 1919 and 1945 but that company deeded the land and buildings back to the Forest Service and they now hold the land and mineral rights Wow cool ethics cabins are first-come first-serve they cannot be reserved be careful fire pack out your trash leave cleaner than you found it leave your firearms at home and the sound of gunfire traveling up and down the canyon terrifies people in the area yeah I gotta be honest I do agree with that the sound of gunfire freaks me out when I'm in the wilderness Forest Service does not maintain trails it's up to us oh yeah for sure wow that was a nice little single I mean I can't even I'm losing track of how many beds there are to stay in here I mean it's like three and one and three of them in another and two and one I could have a whole army of friends look right outside this little bachelor cabin there's a deck that has an absolutely amazing view let's go check it out maybe I can see my car way down on the bottom give you an idea of how hardcore that hike was you can see all the way to frigging Yosemite in the distance and that's the I guess alluvial fan that we hiked up there's that alfalfa farm in the distance there dang I cannot see my car cuz it's down around one of those Ben okay now let's go look at this buildings it looks kind of busted it might be a quickie might not be too much in there not look you could play horseshoes Oh carry out all you bring in how vainly I seek for places without man's traces give a hoot don't pollute it's just so simple but people are so lame about it okay so this looks like it was some kind of bunk house but it's all empty now oh look all the sink in the corner with a medicine cabinet I mean even this building is in pretty good shape look at the floor the walls wouldn't take too much to fix this one up too I mean dang you can have so many people stay up here okay but there's not really any interesting artifacts in here to poke my let's go on the other side there's another door over here it's dark okay we got some padding to sleep on some chairs that look pretty rotted out I guess this one is just kind of like auxiliary sleeping quarters for if all the other cabins are taken and then you have no choice you get stuck in here yikes okay this one looks like it might just be a work shed or something is look in the yard there's all kind of weird old busted up metal stuff on the side of the building look well staircase we can take looks like there might be two stories or something oh these stairs are pretty rickety lucky legs what's this building I think it's a contour shower it is oh well look and I guess see were supposed to put a can of water up there there's a soap dish on the bottom we cold in the winter back up this rickety staircase and let's go look inside this little work shed you see I guess there's probably just some tools and stuff in here but let's check all these buildings have different types of closures interesting oh yeah that's a real nice workshop with a wheel barrel all kind of supplies laid in tools it's very well organized very clean there's mold doors up top for storage look at this wheelbarrow home hasta oh maybe that's how they lug stuff up and down the trail and then like even like old hardware so they can change out the hinges on stuff a brand-new shiny screws these people really love and care for this place I love it whenever I start despairing about you know humankind I look at a place like this and it really restores my faith in humanity these people are amazing now let's go check another cabin okay I know I get a lot of guff for always poking around in the toilets and outhouses I'm just curious let's see how tidy they keep their outhouses here I mean this is just the old work shirt outhouse so it might not be that nice that's fine oh well it's pretty clean look at that brand-new white toilet seat toilet paper holder mmm no toilet paper though little wastebasket oh it's lime look it up line [Music] four out okay before I go in any more Kevin's I just saw this little trail it leads off into this kind of like gully I like just trail leads to the spring and they have somehow got in a hose into it and that's where I guess you get your drinking water that's cool okay I think these two up here are actually the last two cabins that we haven't explored yet okay let's go in this one I was saying like all these doors have different types of latches whose another one it's so cool look like some hippies were in this one although there was them Mad Tea Party picture in that one can Wow look at this I thought because it was up the hill that this one would become trashed this one's one of the nicest ones out of all of them again we got a bookshelf with some up Tom Clancy January 1987 what a beautiful photograph that's before Photoshop too and then down here we got a little tiny kids desk talk to you like a nightstand I guess sunblock hmm a melted candle oh wow then there's just more like science posters which is really cool whoever comes up here is really into science and I appreciate that this one here looks like it almost has a little its own kitchen look at this some pots and pans cups Lantern a food surge box let's see what's in this one good locker dog food Oh noodles there were some moist towelettes they look like they got dragged up close this back up so those little critters don't get in there there's like spices syrup looks like people like to have their pancakes up here man looks like the occupied sign for some reason oh they just left it on the bed so I guess if you're staying in this cabin you just hang that on the door okay now let's go into this other cabin here the one on the right see what's if this one is his face with that one oh nice he's got a nice screen latch doors tight to keep out mice yeah definitely another thing you don't see any mouse droppings in these no one to worry about hantavirus oh look there's a couple of cots wait a minute what was going on in this cabin yikers see what this is White Mountain girl a girl sits down here for so long and is so still she thinks she won't die ah it's like a little story about a girl who sits down on a rock let's go oh look here this is interesting the blank blank volunteers need your help to preserve and restore this historical treasure the unspoken code is to spend one hour or more working on a test to improve the camp because Don and Margie aren't around anymore below our two lists one's a list for needed building mature and the other is a list of suggested tasks well I don't see what tasks I'm supposed to do that list is gone oh look here's somebody was here on September 16th that was only a little over here some Patriot fans a mother and daughter from Boston Wow cool came all that way good for them there's the occupied sign here that you would hang on the door chair well here's the list of top and I come back here to spend the night I'm gonna bring try to bring some materials everybody know I barely made that hike as it was I definitely plan to come back here sometime and spend the night and do some work around the place because this kind of situation just really restores my faith in humanity and I love when my faith in humanity gets restored it's a good feeling a good job to all the people who keep this camp in such pristine condition you guys Rock

Channel: Wonderhussy Adventures

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Keywords: volunteer cabin, abandoned cabin, mining camp, abandoned mining camp, abandoned mine, champion sparkplug mine, sparkplug mine, black eagle camp, wonder hussy, wonderhussy, white mountains volunteer cabins, white mountains cabins, adopt a cabin, death valley cabin, urban exploration death valley, ghost town california, mining ghost town

Id: 2fFSovy4W8s

Length: 29min 56sec (1796 seconds)

Published: Wed Oct 18 2017