Exploring the Mine With No Name, Yavapai County, Arizona

Exploring the Mine With No Name, Yavapai County, Arizona

Bob and I go to the Black Rock District north of Phoenix to explore and to find some mines to investigate! Several things worth mentioning:

1. The Monte Cristo Mine is noteworthy, but the main shaft is reportedly flooded, thus not accesible.
2. The Williams Ranch Cemetery holds 17 souls, but except for four, they are all ‘Jane and John Does. Three of the four are noteworthy, as they are the graves of children, victims of a fire in one of the ranch buildings on October 7, 1978. The cemetery is noted in the video as being on top of a large rock face, not accessible by vehicle. That will be an adventure for another time. For information on these young victims, check out https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2598249/memorial-search#srp-top
3. And then there’s the mineshaft we found. It is directly across the mountain ridge from the Gold Bar Mine, but so far I have not discovered a name. It certainly seems more extensive than a typical prospect, and thus should be identified with a name–unless it’s part of the Gold Bar property. We would have liked to nose around the Gold Bar itself, but there were numerous ‘No Trespassing’ signs posted, so we chose to honor them.

6 Comments

  1. StevenFromTexas on January 17, 2021 at 12:43 am

    (13:13) One of these days you’re going to trip over what’s left of a two-footed body.

  2. cdale613 on January 17, 2021 at 12:55 am

    Nice video. Thanks for taking us along.

  3. IMRROcom on January 17, 2021 at 1:14 am

    Wouldn’t short minors be called kids? 16:49

  4. oldgordo61 on January 17, 2021 at 1:14 am

    Great video I had a relative my 2x gt grandad’s brother David W Barter originally from Canada recently I learnt who came to Arizona and worked in the quartz mines around Yavapai County at the turn of the century.

  5. Richard Hutchings on January 17, 2021 at 1:17 am

    Some beautiful Segauro Cactus

  6. D&RGW Railfan on January 17, 2021 at 1:17 am

    Great video! I really enjoy watching you show us all these old mines and railroads. Thanks for taking us along!

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