Just watched this again for the first time in 3 years. What an amazing time to live in. After just 3 years these are crumbling and slowly being destroyed. Grateful I captured a moment in time.
You might want to do it sooner then later, I keep hearing rumor's that what's left of Burke, may be due to meet the wrecking ball. Damn EPA and superfund site is threatening the history there. If anyone reading this knows more about who owns the facility, it's preservation, whether the rumor's are true, or if there is anything that can be done to preserve it, would appreciate anything, A lead, anything! For most of my life I've grown up exploring and watching place after place be erased, and Burke, is one of the few remaining, so anything information wise is greatly appreciated. My hope is the remediation will dodge demolition, and just stick to river and waste rock repository stuff. But I have a friend that works the grass seeding trucks in the area that tells me the horrible most likely news. The Canyon creek corridor once had many more structures built along the hills, I have found post cards with much more then what we see now, so I guess, it may be inevitable anyway, but I still feel I have to reach out, even if a shot in the dark.
Morrowind.... great choice of music. You've made me want to play it again! Awesome pictures, I'm envious... I live in an area that only has recently abandoned industrial type buildings, nothing as historic as this.
Allot of this equipment is fairly modern with froth flotation tanks,rotary disk vacuum filters and the electric motors driving them.The froth flotation method for separating minerals from the gangue is a relatively new mining process in the mining industry starting in the early 20thC.This gear looks to be from the 60/70's.It's great to see it still set up and almost ready to run! what were they mining?Gold/silver/lead?I hope these sites are protected? Motto "Take nothing,leave only footprints"
Great video thanks for posting. Its always neat to see the mining history of other areas. What era are these mines from? What were they mining? Was it all Silver mining?
Great video. The East Pine Creek Mill is really something. I have not been inside it for many years (1990's) so it was great to see your pictures. Hecla has a small office in Wallace too so you might ask them if you can see more of the Hecla plant in Burke (if you live here in the Silver Valley and/or are close). If you do, please take your camera!
Your so lucky to have treasures like this to visit.We used to have such places in the UK but the scrapmen and the gypsies went for them in the 60's when metal prices increased.The whole country was wiped clean and only a tiny percentage were saved from the cutters torch.Industrial engines,mill,looms,mining equipment,locomotives,rail tracks everything.Nowadays it's worse,war memorial plaques,man hole covers,live power lines,live railway signal cabling,many have been killed stealing copper wire.
Trust me, anything you have experienced in the UK the American side suffered the same plunder in equal measure, plus we have Government agencies sealing historically significant sights with some sort of Super Silly Putty on the assumption that every explorer is a drunken adolescent equipped with a 99¢ flashlight and an inferiority complex.
Excellent footage. I'm surprised so much of the towns and the mine infrastructures themselves are so intact. In Western Australia, where I'm from, when a mine dies, just about everything to do with the mine, and often the town servicing it, will be pulled up or down, including any rail lines to it
Cool pics! You guys don't go underground or were there no open adits? We live in a goldmine (literally!) of old mines in this area of BC, hundreds of abandoned mines around here.
i was born in spokane and i've been through idaho many times of coarse ya know so to me some of those look the ones you'd see along the freeway.....i love it up there, i might have to head over there sometime once i get back home to WA....i suppose those might be silver mines maybe....do you know?
It really is crazy how fast things made by humans when they are just left alone are taken back over by nature is that old town an old mining town that was just abandon?
I just stumbled across this video of yours and I'm really curious where you were in the first half (before you went to Burke). I used to explore the Silver Valley mines with my cousin years ago, but don't recognize the mills in the first part of your video. Where is this East Pine Creek Mill? Is it around Pinehurst?
mo1971fordcrew Now you've really got me wondering about this video! It looks like you were at two different mills at the beginning of the video. One that did not have any machinery remaining in it, and one that did. All of the mill remains that I explored around the Pine Creek area (the Sidney, Highland Surprise, Douglas, Consolidated, East Hypotheek, Spokane International, etc.) had been stripped of their machinery. Where the heck is this mill that appears complete? The only mill that I did not explore, as it was clearly on private property, was the Nabob.
its been 7 years but i guess ill still comment. I actually worked for a company this year, and last year, that was hired out to build new fence along the perimeter of the Star (Burke) mine. Explored all the buildings and found some creepy but awesome places. Unfortunately, due to thieves, most of the doors have been welded shut to keep them from stealing copper wire, tools, etc.
As America is in the proverbial "shite" why not invest what is available in precious and semi-precious mineral extraction?The US had thousands of sites that are either lightly worked,sites that have never been worked and old sites restricted by old mining technology.You never know what is in front of you when mining"You can dig one foot and get a million dollars of gold,or dig a million feet and get one dollar of gold" There are still big finds in the USA,now it's even easier to find them too!
Music: King and Country from The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion. I listen to this soundtrack whenever I go out exploring in southern Idaho! How fitting that you should use it too!
Just watched this again for the first time in 3 years. What an amazing time to live in. After just 3 years these are crumbling and slowly being destroyed. Grateful I captured a moment in time.
Cool video! I haven't been to Idaho too many times yet, but it looks like there is a LOT to see there.
Tons!
Definitely a lot!
I am going up next month for my Mom's 84th birthday. What do you say Frank to driving that indestructible Toyota Corolla and I will buy the gas?
You might want to do it sooner then later, I keep hearing rumor's that what's left of Burke, may be due to meet the wrecking ball. Damn EPA and superfund site is threatening the history there. If anyone reading this knows more about who owns the facility, it's preservation, whether the rumor's are true, or if there is anything that can be done to preserve it, would appreciate anything, A lead, anything! For most of my life I've grown up exploring and watching place after place be erased, and Burke, is one of the few remaining, so anything information wise is greatly appreciated. My hope is the remediation will dodge demolition, and just stick to river and waste rock repository stuff. But I have a friend that works the grass seeding trucks in the area that tells me the horrible most likely news.
The Canyon creek corridor once had many more structures built along the hills, I have found post cards with much more then what we see now, so I guess, it may be inevitable anyway, but I still feel I have to reach out, even if a shot in the dark.
That is really cool! That makes me really happy it brought back some memories for you.
Thanks,
Matt
Morrowind.... great choice of music. You've made me want to play it again!
Awesome pictures, I'm envious... I live in an area that only has recently abandoned industrial type buildings, nothing as historic as this.
Fantastic selection of images. It's interesting to see the variations employed in the milling process.
Allot of this equipment is fairly modern with froth flotation tanks,rotary disk vacuum filters and the electric motors driving them.The froth flotation method for separating minerals from the gangue is a relatively new mining process in the mining industry starting in the early 20thC.This gear looks to be from the 60/70's.It's great to see it still set up and almost ready to run! what were they mining?Gold/silver/lead?I hope these sites are protected? Motto "Take nothing,leave only footprints"
Great video thanks for posting. Its always neat to see the mining history of other areas. What era are these mines from? What were they mining? Was it all Silver mining?
Thanks! About turn of the century-ish and later. They are still mining there today. yup silver mostly
well done ... that looks really neat - I also love abandoned buildings / houses etc
Great video. The East Pine Creek Mill is really something. I have not been inside it for many years (1990's) so it was great to see your pictures. Hecla has a small office in Wallace too so you might ask them if you can see more of the Hecla plant in Burke (if you live here in the Silver Valley and/or are close). If you do, please take your camera!
Your so lucky to have treasures like this to visit.We used to have such places in the UK but the scrapmen and the gypsies went for them in the 60's when metal prices increased.The whole country was wiped clean and only a tiny percentage were saved from the cutters torch.Industrial engines,mill,looms,mining equipment,locomotives,rail tracks everything.Nowadays it's worse,war memorial plaques,man hole covers,live power lines,live railway signal cabling,many have been killed stealing copper wire.
Trust me, anything you have experienced in the UK the American side suffered the same plunder in equal measure, plus we have Government agencies sealing historically significant sights with some sort of Super Silly Putty on the assumption that every explorer is a drunken adolescent equipped with a 99¢ flashlight and an inferiority complex.
Excellent footage. I'm surprised so much of the towns and the mine infrastructures themselves are so intact. In Western Australia, where I'm from, when a mine dies, just about everything to do with the mine, and often the town servicing it, will be pulled up or down, including any rail lines to it
neat video of some great old mining equipment and buildings!
it is amazing that those old buildings were once used for a purpose then just left there
WOW I had no idea! Great shots.
What were they mining? Gold.,Slver? And you say no one was around these places??
great video. perfect music to go with it. to bad I live so far away, I'd love to see it.
Cool pics! You guys don't go underground or were there no open adits? We live in a goldmine (literally!) of old mines in this area of BC, hundreds of abandoned mines around here.
cooool vid! thanks for showing.
@NathansBackwoods It's by Jeremy Soule, I think its called King and Country
one of the photos is from above Pinehurst ID, I found 5 hidden mine shafts today near there. All too scary to go in.
Oblivion music!! Wow! Beautiful mine!
Very cool surface exploration, but are there any shafts or adits that are amenable to extended subterranean exploration.
Yes there are quite a few i believe
wow those are some pretty huge mills! i was exspecting to see just worn town wood buildings, not steel and concrete.
This song is from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. I've heard this song enough times to be sick of it. Cool video btw, thanks!
@mo1971fordcrew did you get the music off oblivion by any chance?
@mo1971fordcrew is it actually abandoned or are there tour guides and stuff?
i was born in spokane and i've been through idaho many times of coarse ya know so to me some of those look the ones you'd see along the freeway.....i love it up there, i might have to head over there sometime once i get back home to WA....i suppose those might be silver mines maybe....do you know?
@magnadox What was in there?
What song is this? its kinda cool, I want to use it in a video.
I noticed that! They were making lots of noise up there behind that tall building.
It really is crazy how fast things made by humans when they are just left alone are taken back over by nature is that old town an old mining town that was just abandon?
How did you visit all those in one day?
I believe it was several different days. IIRC
Hmm, been so long though. Maybe it was one day
I just stumbled across this video of yours and I'm really curious where you were in the first half (before you went to Burke). I used to explore the Silver Valley mines with my cousin years ago, but don't recognize the mills in the first part of your video. Where is this East Pine Creek Mill? Is it around Pinehurst?
Yup that's it!!! :)
mo1971fordcrew Now you've really got me wondering about this video! It looks like you were at two different mills at the beginning of the video. One that did not have any machinery remaining in it, and one that did. All of the mill remains that I explored around the Pine Creek area (the Sidney, Highland Surprise, Douglas, Consolidated, East Hypotheek, Spokane International, etc.) had been stripped of their machinery. Where the heck is this mill that appears complete? The only mill that I did not explore, as it was clearly on private property, was the Nabob.
Thanks!
were the mines for gold or other stuff
anyone been recently? wondering if anything remains standing, etc. thx
@someone7974 Near kellogg Idaho in the silver valley
@maineboy32 Thanks! Yea they are in veryt good shape. I think they were mining gold , silver and something else... I'll have to look it up.
I live over there I know all those places ! If you want to meet up and go hike and see more that would be awesome !
@agentnautilus Yea, i think they are silver mines
loving the oblivion
I really want to talk to Hecla (headquarters in CDA) And see if we can exlpore more of Burke. I hope they will give a tour or permission.
its been 7 years but i guess ill still comment. I actually worked for a company this year, and last year, that was hired out to build new fence along the perimeter of the Star (Burke) mine. Explored all the buildings and found some creepy but awesome places. Unfortunately, due to thieves, most of the doors have been welded shut to keep them from stealing copper wire, tools, etc.
What part of northern idaho is this?
Silver valley/Kellogg
I'm glad, thanks :)
I agree totally.
They were in a hurry to get to the bank.👍🏻
Yup, just abandoned, It's really weird.
Liberal King just burned down. (mine in first few slides) It's a shame, I dont know how anyone could do that.
@spaztack Hi it's called Burke, Idaho
Yup!
OH HO HO HO VICKY!
@mahlyenkidyavol223 I know right
mo1971fordcrew have you been to the ones near Bonners ferry
The majority is still standing. Went today. Liberal King burned down though. (first slides)
@mahlyenkidyavol223 They're very abondoned. The one with all the machinery is very dangerous to go inside.
As America is in the proverbial "shite" why not invest what is available in precious and semi-precious mineral extraction?The US had thousands of sites that are either lightly worked,sites that have never been worked and old sites restricted by old mining technology.You never know what is in front of you when mining"You can dig one foot and get a million dollars of gold,or dig a million feet and get one dollar of gold" There are still big finds in the USA,now it's even easier to find them too!
Yip!
Id like if it was a video but not bad. very cool
Oblivion music xD
Oblivion music, lol
Silver I think :)
Thats a shame!
Oblivion LOL
Boo yah
wat?
Music: King and Country from The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion. I listen to this soundtrack whenever I go out exploring in southern Idaho! How fitting that you should use it too!
Woot!!! Thanks yeah its a good sound track