CA Mines

Exploring The Labyrinth Of An Abandoned California Gold Mine This video takes us exploring to the Sacramento Gold Mine in the White Mountains near Chalfant, California on 5-4-2018. The trip starts with a drive across the foothills followed by a hike to the lower terminal of a tram that carried ore from the mine to…

Abandoned Gold and Copper Mines in California's El Paso Mountains The history of mining in California’s El Paso Mountains begins in 1893, when placer gold was discovered in Goler Canyon. Dozens of prospectors began searching the nearby dry gulches for placer gold, while others combed the hillsides looking for veins carrying precious metals. Small deposits…

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…

REAL GHOST TOWN: Bodie, California! Bodie, California is one of the best preserved Ghost Towns, way up in the hills of Northern California Gold Country! This former boomtown struck gold and grew quickly as miners and opportunists and businessmen came up the trails to try their luck. The towns people disappeared almost as quickly as…

Plant Highlight: Double D Mining, Gypsum Pit – Blythe CA Goodfellow Crushers recently assisted Double D Mining with a plant redesign for their gypsum operation in Blythe, California. Because of the challenge of working with a lot of dust and a fine finished product, a standard FT4250 wasn’t sufficient. Goodfellow custom fabricated a plant with…

Hunting for California Amethyst Crystals This winter we camped in the California wilderness and hunted for amethyst crystals. We found a fresh pocket of some beautiful crystal specimen, check out how we did it!

Big Horn Mine Hike in Wrightwood Hiking to Big Horn Mine is one of my favorite short hikes in the Southern California area. The hike leaves from Vincent Gap and then hugs the mountainside as it takes you over to an old gold mine. Along the way, you can stop and see Vincent’s Cabin if…

The Biggest Abandoned Mine In Southern California! Brooklyn Mine in Old Dale near Joshua Tree Video of Brooklyn Mine, Gold Standard Mine, Sunset Mine and Rose of Peru mine. I think Brooklyn Mine is the largest abandoned mine it So.Cal – if it’s not, it has to be close. Download the FREE .GPX file for…

An Insider’s Look At Active Placer & Lode Gold Mine One advantage of exploring a lot of abandoned mines, and sharing those explorations publicly, is that it gets the attention of miners and the owners of active mines… As such, I have received invitations to visit some extraordinary mines that are not normally accessible to…

How To Find Abandoned Mines So, you want to know how to find a specific abandoned mine or abandoned mines in general? We will dive into answering that question in this video by taking you along on our search for an abandoned mine that took us two years to locate! Along the way you’ll have…