White Gold of the Desert
For being such a simple mineral, borax has a long history in Death Valley with many fortunes being found and lost searching for this white powder. Here we will visit the Lila C mine. This borax location was witness to one man losing his fortune, while another made a profit. Not much remains of the site today, but it is very important part of the story of borax mining in the Death Valley region.
Desolate to the max . I can’t even fathom the life these guys/gals lived. So much history all presented by some random guy that spent the time to document it.. Your videos are fantastic!
Boron is a curious element and the deposits of it in the deserts here in California (and Turkey) are quite unique! Our sun does not make this element so the source is exotic. This has lead to the notion that the Boron in the desert is from a cosmic collision and not geology. Supernova matters!
Ludlow Historical Monuments at the little Cafe are awesome and has great information. ECV
i had me a ford and camper few years back and went to colorado i pulled that camper up in the doons way out no one would have done what i did with that ford lol i loved it so mutch exploring .i got me a house now slowly rebuilding it i am in hopes to sell it within ten years to go back to ak and live life .
when iam not exploring iam watching ,i love it.olease excuse my spelling and grammer ,i love youll 100
DUDE….!! That was so awesome…how were you able to get permission to film from on the wagon? Very educational also, to see something obsolete from the past, in function. Great video
There’s probably all kinds of dead things at the bottom of that unprotected shaft.
This is a great video informative and very interesting !
Love your videos. Be safe and i hope to see your face in a video. ☺️
Its carbide … not carbite … 😒
wish i could be with you.
Very interesting video- Thank You.
I have been binge watching your videos for the past 3 days and have to say this is the kind of content that really scratches that desert exploring itch that I’ve had since I was a kid. I really appreciate you explaining the history of the sites you visit and your knowledge of old mining equipment is very impressive; i have learned quite a bit from watching your channel.
Keep doing what you’re doing!
Thanks for the journey.😁😁
Reminds me of Ronald Reagan and the tv show Death Valley Days. I believe 20 Mule Team Borax was the name of the sponsor. Great video. Thanks for posting.
Nice that you had some background information.. Thank you.
You could practically make a museum from all the artifacts left over from those miners and that tobacco can looks like it must be a hundred years old! I probably would have kept a spike as a souvenir. And that’s very cool about the Jasper. I’m over on the east coast and I love going out west and hunting for things but I’ve never been to California. Only Utah, Idaho, Colorado, Oregon and Washington. Good video job! You must have a good stabilizer on that camera because you’re not bouncing all over the place. Especially after what you said about walking on the powdery white stuff.
I love your videos but I would encourage you to note that the internet is much more accessible to the masses and the idea that there is lots of information point to the fact that there is jasper there does not mean it is a good idea to put that in a video. The internet is amazing and also part of the greater human based decimation of history and environment. Take heed, small seeming things are much amplified by posting on the internet.
Super good vid thank you👍🇺🇸
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CARBIDE, CARBIDE, CARBIDE,NOT Carbite.
Hi there! Found you from Abandoned & Forgotten Places, really enjoying the videos and your history lessons. I was wondering what the piles of large black rocks like by the crusher foundations were. There seem to be a lot of them in the area. Thanks again and please be safe out there.
I used to live a couple miles away from a Borax mine in Tick Cyn near the town of Canyon Country CA. I used to rock hunt there. It was a much smaller operation than this.
This is a great video. I’ve always wanted to see this place. Did you find or collect any Howlite there?
I remember when Borax was a common hand soap in public restrooms and institutions.
I wonder why they stopped mining? Did they run out of what they mined for?
What tires are you running on your truck?
Hi man wow nice what are you doing I wish be with you in the area it’s awesome and fun and how do you found the places please ?
How many workers lived there? Imagine old coins and relics @campsite..maybe take a metal detector out there..
I love deserts. They are so beautiful. We have a gorgeous desert landscape here in Tucson Arizona where I live, but I still love seeing other desert videos. Love your channel! I’m following!
Someone needs to cut that steel and explore those tunnels !!
Very interesting!! Thank you!!
I live in Amargosa Valley — do you ever let anyone tag along with you? Thank you . Mike C
Man I bet it gets really hot there in summer.
YOU SPIN YOUR CAMERA AROUND SO MUCH THAT MY DAMN HEAD IS SPINNING…………….
DesertTrails, your videos are much better than fantastic! They’re informative, interesting and your camera work is very good, as you bring us viewers along for an adventurous stroll to the interesting places that you go!
With regret, I have decided to to stop ‘liking’ your videos and unsubscribe from your channel lest youtube think it is good to promote your channel. I will even remove my previous comments because any engagement encourages promotion. I love your videos but you are exposing places to people who would not otherwise ‘naturally’ find them. Just since the 2019/2020 pandemic began, and more people have more time to get out, more and more people are now exploring and trampling what is left of any and all wilderness. There are encampments I have seen, even in january2021, of people trashing and living at or near places like this. Out of summer fun or the increasing national homelessness problem growing, I cannot with good conscience, encourage you or the algorythm to post or promote channels that inspire and expose exploration and awareness of places of history and wonder. I wish people like yourself who do seek , find and enjoy these places to stop announcing clues and basically directions of where to find them, where and what places have springs and etc, on youtube and sights like it. Your desire to share them in the digital realm is to usher their downfall. Yes, this information is often available in other formats, but no format is like the instant access of the internet and often the effort required kept the ‘lazy people from finding it. Now anyone can see this and be inspired by it. Anyone who seeks place with word tags can find it. Now anyone looking for a place they can go for a short lived and often trashy lifestyle can go. I wish you well, but also implore you to stop posting publicly. Youtube is helping destroy what is left of wilderness, culture and archeology/ history. Now that those sad words are said… I do wish you well because I like that you are an explorer and I like your genuine interest and excitement about your explorations. I like that you care about history and the desert and the wilderness. Go well
Your videos are awesome… so glad I found you. I’m heading out to Northern Nevada in a few days to do some spee lunkin. I’m from Southern Nevada and I absolutely luv Up North. Recently retired and looking forward to tread the same ground!
I HEAR this often on similar videos, what is carbide, carbide containers. ? something to do with dynamite. ??
In the future you can take a picture with your cell phone and blow it up. Cool video
Love your videos
Ive seen that straight road and knew it was the T&T, but 20 mule team was very amazing.there also was a steam traction rig, perhaps that was used. enjoy your channel . and yes I am going to get the landcruiser put together thanks to you
To bad you can’t get in there. I can only imagine what great things are still in there
Metal Detectors? Any thing like that been attempted?
I just came across your videos, I do enjoy them, but your heavy breathing could be eliminated, for better listening. Sorry if you have a medical problem.
Have you ever metal detected these tent sites?
Cool, this is a great channel mate!
Nice vedio
THANK YOU..WOW,BLUE SKY=NICE..VERY COOL HISTORY,THANK YOU FOR SHARING..SAFE TRAVELS..
Wow! That’s interesting
something about us we love the life .
An Evan better video than before!!!!!