Exploring Abandoned Mines in California's Piute Mountain Range
Exploring Abandoned Mines in California's Piute Mountain Range
The Piute Mountains are part of the Sequoia National Forest in Kern County, Ca. They lie between the Kern River to the west and the Mojave Desert to the east. Large scale gold mining in the Piutes began in the late 1860’s and early 1870’s but faded out around the turn of the century. The great depression brought on another flury of activity and many old mines were reopened as low buget operations.
In this video, I show you four old gold mines and one dolomite mine that I found during a camping trip last July. At the mine sites I found two adits, a miner’s cabin, and a stone arrastra. Although these mines are pretty small, they were still very enjoyable to explore. I hope you guys find them as interesting as I did.
Nice finds. Thanks for taking us along.
Cool! Iv’e never heard of that arrasta?? El Paso’s too Piutes! Thanks.for theses vids…
Please keep an eye out for any freshly dug areas. There is two missing toddlers from California City. I believe they are buried in an abandoned mining area or in the desert near California City or Bakersfield.
Cool bananas!
Hi, that cabin was a cool find, I wonder how old it was ??. those mines although small were still interesting. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx💖
Been hunting piute mtn for years never seen those mines.
Another awesome video. What are your resources that you use to find your locations?
Nice cabin 👌
I will never understand the mine of a vandal or thief. What a wonderful asset { NOT }, to the community they are.. At least the place, has not been shot to shit..
just yesterday, I was watching Andy Griffith and it was the one where he and Helen Crump get stuck in a old mine when it collapsed and Barney organized a crew to dig them out.
I’m so jealous! My age and health prevent me from exploring. Thanks for sharing!
Looks like that place gets a lot of traffic.
I heard they was gating only a few mines deemed unsafe how is that ruining the area?
Id be on the watch for mountain lions!