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13:00 Amelia Earhart?

Those artifacts should be in a mining museum.

Thank you for this. Did you know there was actually another guy hanging around there? He was wearing a blue coat and had a light and a backpack. Also, if you are the guy that did my last colonoscopy, please don't upload the video to TH-cam 🙂

Hello great find and a big bonus the Steam Donkey and the adventure along the way ⛏️🏆 p.s.Well in early 1970 found Steam donkey like this fully intact was used up the mt for logging and i had no Camera so this sparked my memory thank you ⛏️🇺🇸😀

Extraordinary place, thank you for showing!

Esses guerreiros americanos estão de parabéns, saudações daqui do Brasil. Abs....

New subscriber here. It's a relief to see that experts are at work here. I like the fact that you take the time to really show all the interesting objects and explain their function or design with the appropriate technical terms.⚒

Please keep you fingers out the video! Use your words!

I AllWAYS think about the mules and horses that moved it up to the mind and how hard it must to have been 😢, I don’t see a wagon hauling it but dragged up by animals 😢

Very cool. I've been up in this basin 4 times, the first in 1977, but not since about 1985. The first time, there was an old cabin near the main basin stream, but it was evidently burned down because the last time I was there it was gone. I remember walking about 10 feet into the first tunnel - that was far enough for me! I also remember seeing lots of old iron pipe and cable scattered about, but didn't see the donkey. The road access to the trailhead has varied from bad to terrible - I'm thinking the Forest Service would be happy to quit maintaining the North Fork Road, let alone the Lennox Creek branch. Most Forest roads were built by timber companies who got credits against the price of timber they cut off Federal land. The point of allowing the timbercutting was to get roads built so the public could access the land. By letting the roads go unmaintained and closing them, the Forest Service is breaking their deal with the public. It's a really disgusting practice.

Very good video. Lots of cool stuff laying around at this site, especially the steam donkey. Things obviously get reclaimed relatively quickly in your area by the lush vegetation. Thanks for the tour!👍👍

I always wondered about the aircraft pieces. Given the proximity of an airstrip to the South, I thought it might be a crash site? Great video, thanks.

Amazes me that the state government and federal government will not clean up the mining and logging ruins that those companies left behind as it leaves massive scars and hazards to the environment, is essentially garbage that should be cleaned up..

I did this trail with my friend 20 years ago, It was hike! Well worth it though. We still camp on the river below every summer.

I’m never going into a mine with water standing in it 😢😢😢

It’s shocking how they got things done and the amount of time it took to get it all working and producing materials , would be nice to see but it’s not my thing 😊

I just discovered your channel and would like to watch more of your videos. But, if I may make a suggestion, try and keep your hand and fingers out of frame, it can be a bit distracting and it can make you appear less professional.

Thank you for this awesome video! Thanks also for the facts on the Winze.

There are several donkeys near clarkia id. All logging donkeys

As usual very interesting and cool thanks

This is quite a cool site , where is it ? Would like to visit it ! Gps please !

BIG SNOW, rockslides and earth movements Probably lots more precious metals in there

Silver means merkarey

You passed the stumps of the trees thay fell for all of it

The balls are usually all the same size they get smaller over time of use , they add new balls as the old ones get smaller

Vary cool seeing more details then when I hiked up to those mines. I tryed hiking over to the devils canyon prospect on dog mountain but the vegetation was to much to deal with

I hiked to the Bear Basin back in 2000. The only mine I got to though was the last one with the winze at the entrance. Since I was hiking alone, I decided not to try and cross it. Thanks for showing what was in there. I always hoped to get back there and explore more but was never able to.

Really need a wide angle lens. Hard to watch

Great video. Beautiful photography. Thanks for sharing this.

For myself a steam donkey find is the holy grail to me , don’t find one very often but always worth it when I do !

Another excellent explore. That steam donkey was really neat to see. Keep up the great uploads.

25:21 owo was a thing in 1944?

Awsome! Thanks for sharing. 😊

Awesome explore, cool artifacts, well worth the wait. Arn't Huckle berries Salmon Colored, been a long time, but as I remember... I think those were blue berries ? At least they were not nightshade! ... Thank you, Tim. ⛏⚒⛏

Pretty cool history and what a great find , it’s like wow to find all those artifacts in the middle of nowhere! I like to explore sites like this one and have been doing it for 50 or so years !! Good camera work !

That would be so awesome to resurrect that old equipment and get it into working condition...That crusher would be still usable for getting rid of rocks in any development site ...That old steam donkey would absolutely be so cool to get it running again ..All that stuff is able to be restored for the most part.. Things were made to last back then...I don;t know about that bridge though..Looks like remains of a Cessna....

wow the ball mill finally broke loose and rolled down to the bottom. glad it didn't steamroll any of the other artifacts or get shattered on the rocks. Last time I was up there it was still in its original location up on the hillside. You used to be able to see it from the trail soon as you entered the basin.

Big Chinook!!! Big $$

Most Merchant navy ships had a Donkeyman who was responsible for all steam winches on board a steamship. The rank of Donkeyman carried over to Diesel ships, where he was responsible for all the small diesel engines under the ship's Chief Engineer. The last motor ship I was on, was in 2000, and we still had a donkeyman. he is now considered a Petty Officer. Quite simply a Donky Engine is a SMALL auxihillary ENGINE. On our ship the Donkeyman was responcible for refueling the Helecopters, Lightships and Lighthouses.

Amazing vid bud. Lots of history and a great presentation. Watching from Australia!

maybe a dumb question but, what was used back the for rust mitigation ?

Good thing someone took some of it out ,at least it .won't rot into the ground !!!

i want that steam donkey soooooo bad. i have a engine and some of the spools for a donkey that i have but to have a complete one would be so nice

Theres a few guys i could think of that could restore that old donkey. Its just... How the hell do ya get it outta there?

It’s really interesting that they had an outside bearing ore car. Those aren’t very common in the US or Canada. I wonder if it was home built on a preexisting chassis.

Seems a real shame to see the steam donkey abandoned to it's fate there. You'd think it worthy of winching out for a museum. That was an amazing tour deforce of historical mining equipment and techniques. Thanks so much for sharing.

Great video as always Tim. Yes, that was an airplane wreckage there. In the late 70s when I was up there the wheel skirts were still laying on the ground near the cabin which must be flat now. It appeared to be a small, maybe Cessna aircraft, maybe a 182 or close.