I lived in Riverside AZ. for close to 20 years, over 35 years ago and I drove this trail close to 100 times. This highway is quite possibly the prettiest part to drive through in the region. This walk through was fantastic, and the young man doing the video did a great job. High quality vocals, and great video. Though the amount of time spent just looking at each of those old car wrecks felt awfully long. Over All, Job Well Done bro.
Thanks Dawn! glad you enjoyed the video! theres so many little things out there in that canyon, more car wrecks, car parts, and old stories about the tribes from back in the day......May have to go back out there and make another video in the future!
Same here! There's another old stretch of highway out here that I'll be making a video on in the next few weeks, supposedly there's more car wrecks at that one too.... hopefully I can find them!.....thanks for checking out the video 👍
Hey no problem! Glad you enjoyed the video.....I was surprised by how many people I know that have never heard of this place that have lived in Arizona their whole lives
I was literally there at the clip taken at 8:07!! (My bf is the one yelling hell yeah if u turn your volume up!) such a beautiful place and I’m so fascinated by the history of the roads and landscape here 💖💖
Oh nice! Yea there was a lot of people out there that day, didn't think the semi was going to make it for a second haha, thanks for checking out the video!
According to a local news story reprinted in Desert Magazine in the 1940's, workers building the [now] old Pinto Creek bridge on US 60 discovered a Spansih colonial-era mine on the west side of the canyon during construction of the bridge.
1768 -69 or newer, eh?. Interesting. I have often wondered what a student of archaic Spanish with the patience to spend long hours poring over old documents and maps could discover about pre-expulsion mining in Arizona if he or she could gain access to the archives of the Frannciscan Order held in libraries and churches in Mexico City, Madrid and Rome.
the carvings in the walls is for core samples, to see mineral composition. As a rockhound, I found these on sides of areas, and on top of rock formations. The same is done to detect things like the amount of silver, gold in a location.
@@rupe53 who what purposes a core drill is done. I've seen them usually 2-4" wide. Maybe this was used to stabilize something during the tunnel build process?
@@spaztic1 That's kinda what I was hinting about. Of course, none of us here are old enough to be familiar with the details of construction in that era so that question won't have a definitive answer.
Thank You! This was an incredible story and well told. Super research and pics and video. Really piqued my curiosity for all that AZ area. You've given this WI guy some good ideas.
Wisconsin!! I know that state fairly well! I'm from Minnesota originally. Thanks for checking out the video! Hope you can make it down to the AZ area sometime and check it out.
Thanks Jessie; Excellent video. My parents drove us on the early US 60 in late 1940's. Must have been treat for us to get out of the Big City Phoenix population ~ 60,000. In 1940 it was 50,000.
Living in arizona, I'm glad people are sharing our desert states rich history! I didn't even know about alot of arizonas history, especially up in queens creek and superior
My grandfather helped build the tunnel shown and the mine opening with the ore bins was his mine. His name is Thomas Darrell Heron ( Sam )The road was mostly one lane with pullouts. My grandmother had a huge mercury automobile and my mom said her and her sisters were very scared while traveling to globe. Sam did the blasting for the tunnel. Cool vid. Thanks. G.
Nice. I go past that place all the time. Too bad you can't drive up on the Magma Ave trailhead. There are tons of abandon mines between superior, the area east toward Apache Leap, and west in the Hewett Canyon/Queen Valley area. There's a ton of stuff in that area that just disappeared in the past 100 years. One of these days I'm going to hike to Reavis Ranch... one of these days...
Interesting video. A person who used the old tunnel said they sometimes sent someone ahead to the other side to see if an over sized truck was approaching.
Great video! Love this area. When we're in AZ next month, we're driving hwy 60 all the way to Springerville, then take hwy 191 south to 70 and back to Phoenix.
I was born in globe in 1964,my dad worked at the Christmas mine in early 60s. Christmas mine is between Globe and Hayden Winkleman we lived in company housing on the mine site. Maybe your next adventure you could show us the old rd from globe to Hayden winkleman.
I love your videos!! Growing up in nearby Florence, in the 70's, when I was 13, my parents and I were coming back from Show Low and decided to drive the old queen creek road and Old Tunnel. My dad was driving around 20 mph, and my mom was screaming for him to slow down!!! Was awesome!!! Have you gone out to Box Canyon northwest of Florence? There are some old smelters out there called the coke ovens. It's been a decade or more since I was out there and I've heard the coke ovens are fenced off due to vandals. But your drone could get great shots of them. When were we out there years ago, an old 40's auto was sitting in a wash. I wish it could tell us how it got there!! Thanks for all your videos and history!!! 👍
4:05 as someone who has driven through here in the past year, im here to inform you that they were doing some blasting next to the falls the last time I drove through
That's true. I've been looking into E-bikes. It would certainly help speed things up out on the trails....but If I got an Fat tire E-bike.....then I may become fat haha.....I do a lot of mountain biking in my other spare time
I was literally just out on the trail today, drove out to Apache lake from Roosevelt dam.....Apache trail is going to be a video in the next few weeks......thank you for sharing 👍
Convict labor on the American road system was very common. In Tempe the Old Mill Avenue Bridge was in fact Convict built; and when the big floods came in the 70’s Mill Avenue bridge was one of the only survivors of said flood.
The rock constructions you saw was from an old stagecoach route that came down through the Queen Creek Canyon. At one time there was an old stage stop building at the head of the canyon which is now long gone. It was taken out when the present highway was widened.
There was mention of the road being a bit small but in those days a country highway might have lanes of only 8-10 feet wide. Shoulders were also not a regular thing. The full width of that 2 lane tunnel might be 16 feet on a good day.
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 I picked up the Avanta for fun. It's a hoot. The camera is awesome, but the flight characteristics really isn't cinematic. The googles are amazing and really a game changer. Wonder if they work with the mini 4?
@@robertlyman9789 it depends. if you are just flying your drone for fun, with no intention to make money from it, then no, you do Not need an FAA license, aka Part 107 certification. But if you buy a drone and plan on using it for business purposes, "including TH-cam" then yes....you must be licensed.....hope this helps
The biggest problem with the Queen Creek Tunnel is that it would be a nightmare to try and widen this highway through here. The US 60 gets a lot of traffic through here too. So the highway really needs to be widened badly.
I lived in Superior all of my life. We as kids explored all of these areas that you are discovering. Look up the story about the Apache Leap and the Native Americans battling the cavalry. Hence the name. You should climb to the top of the Picket Post Mountain and leave something in the mailbox. Explore the arboretum. Go to the old Pinal cemetery where Matty Earp is buried. Pinal City still has the wagon tracks. Another place to explore would be the Old Silver King mine area.
We used to see car wrecks off the road every trip, especially off the I-17 near Black Canyon. A man took his kids and ran off the road and was not found for weeks. Everyone had died by that time. This was about 20 years ago. Just take your time on our roads.
Jessie, I'm so embarrassed that comments I thought I posted on other videos went to yours. They're so irrelevant to your subject, you must've been scratching your head. 😭 I can go delete them if you want.
the 1977 Clint Eastwood movie "The Gauntlet", the part where the passenger bus is taken over was all filmed in Superior. A guy I knew that grew up there, was a welder for the mine, where he worked, and he told me that he welded the pig iron on the bus that was used as a bullet proof shield, and he met Clint. He said in 1973, since they had black belt karate tournaments that he met Bruce Lee, and Chuck Norris. A former Phoenix policeman that I met yesterday, told me that Globe was was Chuck Norris' hometown. The 1999 movie "U turns" with Sean Penn, and Jennifer Lopez was filmed in Superior.
Watching this right now while I’m at work as a machinist in Ohio. Fantasizing about quitting, selling my home, dumping my girl and heading out west in a classic car. No schedule no planned route where times is not a concern anymore just seeking adventure.
5:53, The pioneers who traveled thru here were cut from a different cloth. And back then, you had to be. I love the life, but so glad I don't have to live it. We are way too spoiled. There is a series of books about two Hands who met on a ranch in Crowheart, Wy. They went into BC to build a ranch. Sleeping under tarps in 60 below zero weather. Didn't have Smartwool back then.
I was with a friend in Evergreen Colorado on the 4th of July 1976 when he drove off the side of a mountain! There were four of us in that car and halfway down a girl went out the side window, beat the car to the ground and the car landed on top of her! (I always take a sip of my beer at that point for effect!) The three of us climbed out the windows, two of us picked up the car with one of those adrenaline stories! Kevin pulled her out from underneath and the four of us walked away! We were young, we were drunk, we were bendable! If you see this kevin, you know who I am!
I'm betting the people in those days were thrilled just to get a road like that instead of rocky dirt horse wagon roads that were the norm. Keep in mind they only had cars like model T's that could only go 20 mph or so!
I've told people that it would be a pretty thrilling experience if someone would offer rides up and down that road in an old model T. just to see what it would have been like
If you would have put water on the rock you would have said everything on it clear as day when you get sun light hitting the rock it makes it really hard to see
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 absolutely. I’m kind of sad as they opened up a deep shaft mine over at oak creek and expanded the mine east. Lots of hidden gems of archeology destroyed but it is still beautiful. I have crawled around arizonas cracks and crevices since the mid 70s as a kid.
Sorry but your before and after shots are of opposite portals, the portal you first walked into was the same one from the old period photo. great video nevertheless, thanks.
My grandmother wrote up a trip up this road in 1928. I remember going on this road many times. Unfortunately much of this water is threatened by a Canadian mining company and will destroy some holy places of the Apache near Top of the World.
I love the drive to Miami starting at Florence Junction. AZ DOT has done a great job with improvements in the last 20 years. And now, June 2024, they are replacing the Queen Creek Bridge. There are road closings and blastings in progress.
I used to deliver appliances for Lowes, it was a god awful dangerous low pay job, almost died twice lol. Once by almost falling down a flight of stairs while carrying a HEAVY old front load washing machine out for recycling that was covered in dried, caked up laundry detergent, slipping from my grip all the way down. The other time I came inchs away from being plowed over by a Trump tard in a lifted pickup truck who thought it was cool to speed 50 miles an hour through a suburb street... Good thing I stopped and looked both ways before stepping around the back of the truck. Anyways, I worked in the Phoenix area and one day low and behold a delivery all the way out to Globe appears as a blip on my delivery app. I dreaded the thought of an hour + drive out, 30 - 60 min delivery/installation time and return trip seeing as I only got paid 12 dollars a delivery. To make things worst as soon as we got on that road through the canyon traffic was stopped to a crawl and backed up, it took about 40 minutes of stop and go before I discovered a semi trailer delivering bundles of hay had flipped over on its side and spilled its cargo all along the road. To my surprise the trip wasn't all that bad, and was one of the best days on that job. It was hard to be angry because the area was so beautiful and I got to really take it all in crawling along in a box truck at 5 miles an hour lol. I would love to hike that trail someday. When I finally got to the delivery location all we had to do was move the fridge in box into the back of the customer's pickup, THANK GOD. That made my day. The trip up was bitter sweet, the return was all joy, even though the hay spill was still slowing traffic on the way back. It must have been 3-4 hours all way round lol.
Sure can! I've done it a couple times, I would just greatly exercise caution......the trail can be really rough in certain parts and you wouldnt want to go off the edge
I’ve lived in the queen creek area since 2004 but never knew much of the history surrounding the area! This video is so interesting!! Thank you!
Hey no problem! its a fascination area, so much history............I plan on coming out here again and doing another video out Apache Leap!
We were just there a couple weeks ago and I fell in LOVE with the area. It's just so beautiful. You are a lucky duck.
@@sherirex7177 it is beautiful for sure but it was so much more beautiful just a few years ago!
Very well done video and good commentary.
I lived in Riverside AZ. for close to 20 years, over 35 years ago and I drove this trail close to 100 times. This highway is quite possibly the prettiest part to drive through in the region. This walk through was fantastic, and the young man doing the video did a great job. High quality vocals, and great video. Though the amount of time spent just looking at each of those old car wrecks felt awfully long.
Over All, Job Well Done bro.
Hey thank you so much! I appreciate those kind words and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thank you for taking the time to watch
Incredible footage. I enjoyed every minute of this. I love that you can still spot the faded center line on the highway.
Thanks Dawn! glad you enjoyed the video! theres so many little things out there in that canyon, more car wrecks, car parts, and old stories about the tribes from back in the day......May have to go back out there and make another video in the future!
@jessiesdroneadventures7464 those car wrecks must be really old.
Well done documentary! Really enjoyed this excursion into the past. Lovely!
Hey thanks! glad you enjoyed! been wanting to make a video out here for quite sometime now! thanks again for checking out the video!
It was amazing seeing those wrecks at the bottom of Queen creek, Lord knows how long they have been there, it just fascinates me! Wow!
Same here! There's another old stretch of highway out here that I'll be making a video on in the next few weeks, supposedly there's more car wrecks at that one too.... hopefully I can find them!.....thanks for checking out the video 👍
The cylindrical holes found in the old tunnel are core samples take sometime in the 80s or 90s to check quality of the rock.
Thank you for the info! 🙏
@@bobbtodd6302 They were still reeling from the Disco era.
@@bobbtodd6302 Hahahaha.
I was just about to say just this, but you beat me to it.
Crazy timing - I’m running a race on that trail tomorrow! Love the history!
That is crazy timing!!! There's lots of history out there, good luck on your race! 👍
How did you do in your race ?
Great video Jessie. I really look forward to them.
Thank you @wje2! got a lot more coming as we head into the warmer season!
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 Aye, looking forward to it. I will be headed to Chloride one day this week.
Jessie's back, glad to see and hear from ya....
Hey Thanks @shanewilliams7834, Yea i took a little time off for a while, but now I'll be back on the weekly schedule! thanks for tuning in!
Great video 🙌 Your videos always make me enjoy my travels more and I have more appreciation for these places.
Thank you @SueTay. and i agree with you! the more I learn about the history of these places, the better appreciation I have!
Me and some buddies rode our dirt bikes through that tunnel and down that trail. Good times
that would be fun!
@7:00 Interesting "spacing" between those blocks.
I have driven on 60 before but was not aware of the "old" road. Thanks!
Hey no problem!......thank you for checking out the video, hope you get to check out the old road sometime
Before that was an official foot trail I would occasionally ride my motorcycle on that stretch. No graffiti back then. Go job on the video.
oh that would have been fun!....Thank you!
Crazy I used to live right by there in the 90s and never knew and I would have loved to explore it back then. Thank you for taking me there.
Hey no problem! Glad you enjoyed the video.....I was surprised by how many people I know that have never heard of this place that have lived in Arizona their whole lives
Wow, nicely made video, thank you for sharing!
Hey thank you! appreciate you checking out the video!
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 I enjoyed it a lot!
Love exploring and old history. Thanks for sharing. 😉
Hey no problem.....Thank you for checking out the video....Glad you enjoyed the video 👍
I was literally there at the clip taken at 8:07!! (My bf is the one yelling hell yeah if u turn your volume up!) such a beautiful place and I’m so fascinated by the history of the roads and landscape here 💖💖
Oh nice! Yea there was a lot of people out there that day, didn't think the semi was going to make it for a second haha, thanks for checking out the video!
According to a local news story reprinted in Desert Magazine in the 1940's, workers building the [now] old Pinto Creek bridge on US 60 discovered a Spansih colonial-era mine on the west side of the canyon during construction of the bridge.
ooooooooooooh! that I did NOT know, wouldnt surprise me though....I bet there is tons of undiscovered things out in the desert
It was actually a Jesuit mine
1768 -69 or newer, eh?. Interesting. I have often wondered what a student of archaic Spanish with the patience to spend long hours poring over old documents and maps could discover about pre-expulsion mining in Arizona if he or she could gain access to the archives of the Frannciscan Order held in libraries and churches in Mexico City, Madrid and Rome.
Muy bien - good idea !
That's a beautiful hike. I went through tech school (UTI) in 1972, living in Phoenix while learning to love the desert.
Thank you for sharing! and yes! one of my favorite hikes! thank you for checking out the video!
That my home turf always pass that old road. Thanks now I see what around the trail.
Hey no problem1 thank you for checking out the video!
Really cool video and history! Thank you!
Hey no problem, Thank you for checking out the video
Really enjoyed the info and video.
Hey thank you! glad you enjoyed the video! so much history out in those parts!
the carvings in the walls is for core samples, to see mineral composition. As a rockhound, I found these on sides of areas, and on top of rock formations. The same is done to detect things like the amount of silver, gold in a location.
thank you so so much for sharing! 🙏
Probably not a bad guess but most core samples I have seen are MUCH smaller in diameter. These appear to be well over a foot across.
@@rupe53 who what purposes a core drill is done. I've seen them usually 2-4" wide. Maybe this was used to stabilize something during the tunnel build process?
@@spaztic1 That's kinda what I was hinting about. Of course, none of us here are old enough to be familiar with the details of construction in that era so that question won't have a definitive answer.
I was going to say, wouldn't they want core samples to verify the tunnels integrity, so that they could determine wether or not to close it off.
I live in Florence, this is litterally my backyard. I love hiking Mt Montaina just north of the highway.
I like how it's a "million dollar" highway as if all highways don't cost millions and millions to build.
I was thinking the same thing. Some highways cost 1 million dollars PER FOOT of road way
Dr. Evil would appreciate a million
$17,730,982.66....that's what one million dollars is adjusted to in today's value.
it's the 1920's not 2000's
@@TDC5they dont think anything happened before they were born
Thank You! This was an incredible story and well told. Super research and pics and video. Really piqued my curiosity for all that AZ area. You've given this WI guy some good ideas.
Wisconsin!! I know that state fairly well! I'm from Minnesota originally. Thanks for checking out the video! Hope you can make it down to the AZ area sometime and check it out.
Thanks Jessie; Excellent video. My parents drove us on the early US 60 in late 1940's. Must have been treat for us to get out of the Big City Phoenix population ~ 60,000. In 1940 it was 50,000.
Hey no problem, glad you enjoyed the video and thank you for sharing your story 👍
Living in arizona, I'm glad people are sharing our desert states rich history! I didn't even know about alot of arizonas history, especially up in queens creek and superior
so much history out here!
You have a great voice and tell a good story. Well done.
Why thank you! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Very cool well done
Well thank you very much! I'm Glad you enjoyed the video!
Subbed!
Love old history, especially old roads.
Hey thanks! glad you enjoyed the video! I got more "old road" videos coming in the future!
I live here and love it! What a great video…
oh hey thanks! Superior is such an amazing little town! the views never get old
Camera work, narration, editing, all done well
Thank you! glad you enjoyed the video
cool! more history in your video than i expected!
Thank you! glad you liked the video!
awesome. great information
Thank you! 👍
My grandfather helped build the tunnel shown and the mine opening with the ore bins was his mine. His name is Thomas Darrell Heron ( Sam )The road was mostly one lane with pullouts. My grandmother had a huge mercury automobile and my mom said her and her sisters were very scared while traveling to globe. Sam did the blasting for the tunnel. Cool vid. Thanks. G.
Glad you enjoyed the video....and thank you for sharing that story
Nice. I go past that place all the time. Too bad you can't drive up on the Magma Ave trailhead. There are tons of abandon mines between superior, the area east toward Apache Leap, and west in the Hewett Canyon/Queen Valley area. There's a ton of stuff in that area that just disappeared in the past 100 years. One of these days I'm going to hike to Reavis Ranch... one of these days...
Thank you for sharing! hoping to do another video on Apache leap one of the days....and then maybe the old Apache trail
Interesting video. A person who used the old tunnel said they sometimes sent someone ahead to the other side to see if an over sized truck was approaching.
I believe. I's at times "depending on the vehicle" it probably only wide enough for one big truck at a time
Hiked this with my dad and his friend last spring. Nice easy hike, makes you think of the movie, The Long Long Trailer.
GOOD WORK
THANKS
Hey thank you for checking out the video!
Great video! Love this area. When we're in AZ next month, we're driving hwy 60 all the way to Springerville, then take hwy 191 south to 70 and back to Phoenix.
Hey thanks! glad you enjoyed the video! hope you have a blast on your trip to AZ
I was born in globe in 1964,my dad worked at the Christmas mine in early 60s. Christmas mine is between Globe and Hayden Winkleman we lived in company housing on the mine site. Maybe your next adventure you could show us the old rd from globe to Hayden winkleman.
ahhhh! that is something to keep in mind. I always take down requests when someone recommends a location to check out....Thank you 🙏
No way, your pops worked for SANTA?! I wonder how many toys they mined
WOULD MAKE GREAT BIKE PATH NOW!!
I was thinking this too!
I've road my bike up and down it a couple times........next time I need to wear my GoPro!
Interesting thank you ❤
Hey no problem! Thank you for checking out the video! so many interesting places in Arizona!
I love your videos!! Growing up in nearby Florence, in the 70's, when I was 13, my parents and I were coming back from Show Low and decided to drive the old queen creek road and Old Tunnel. My dad was driving around 20 mph, and my mom was screaming for him to slow down!!! Was awesome!!!
Have you gone out to Box Canyon northwest of Florence? There are some old smelters out there called the coke ovens. It's been a decade or more since I was out there and I've heard the coke ovens are fenced off due to vandals. But your drone could get great shots of them. When were we out there years ago, an old 40's auto was sitting in a wash. I wish it could tell us how it got there!!
Thanks for all your videos and history!!! 👍
Thank you!!! Havent been out to box canyon......yet! but its something I will look into! thanks again for checking out the video!!
Sorry, Box Canyon is Northeast of Florence 🤦♀️
Thanks!
Thank you so so incredibly much! Will put this toward my future explorations. Thank you for taking the time to check out the video!
4:05 as someone who has driven through here in the past year, im here to inform you that they were doing some blasting next to the falls the last time I drove through
9:52 those look like blast holes. Is there any on the other side? If so that is how they blasted the tunnel more than likely
Interesting area. If you had a fat tire e-bike it might make your exploration easier. Great video!
That's true. I've been looking into E-bikes. It would certainly help speed things up out on the trails....but If I got an Fat tire E-bike.....then I may become fat haha.....I do a lot of mountain biking in my other spare time
Nice background music too.
Thank you!
My Grandpa helped build the Apache Trail, he was the driver of a fresno, which was a mule drawn dump truck.
I was literally just out on the trail today, drove out to Apache lake from Roosevelt dam.....Apache trail is going to be a video in the next few weeks......thank you for sharing 👍
Convict labor on the American road system was very common. In Tempe the Old Mill Avenue Bridge was in fact Convict built; and when the big floods came in the 70’s Mill Avenue bridge was one of the only survivors of said flood.
That I did not know. Thank you for sharing!
The rock constructions you saw was from an old stagecoach route that came down through the Queen Creek Canyon. At one time there was an old stage stop building at the head of the canyon which is now long gone. It was taken out when the present highway was widened.
ahhh, well that is news to me. Thank you for the info 👍
Its an open hole. "Where does it go ?"
"Down!".
There was mention of the road being a bit small but in those days a country highway might have lanes of only 8-10 feet wide. Shoulders were also not a regular thing. The full width of that 2 lane tunnel might be 16 feet on a good day.
thank you for sharing 👍
Cool👍
Thank you @waynejohnson9135
Your vids are really becoming a standard. That must be the Mav Mini4?
Sure is! that little drone packs a punch! even shoots better quality than my Mavic air 2, and has more flight time!....and thank you 🙏
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 I picked up the Avanta for fun. It's a hoot. The camera is awesome, but the flight characteristics really isn't cinematic. The googles are amazing and really a game changer. Wonder if they work with the mini 4?
Did you have to get that FAA license?
@@mcoffroadinaz4075 I'm not sure, but that would some pretty cool views
@@robertlyman9789 it depends. if you are just flying your drone for fun, with no intention to make money from it, then no, you do Not need an FAA license, aka Part 107 certification. But if you buy a drone and plan on using it for business purposes, "including TH-cam" then yes....you must be licensed.....hope this helps
I imagined driving that in a model T as I am sure many people did. The horror.
I'd pay good money for someone to drive me up and down that road in a Model T ford
... and that horror could have been repeated in the 1970's if you drove a Ford Pinto, replete with the exploding gas tank!
The biggest problem with the Queen Creek Tunnel is that it would be a nightmare to try and widen this highway through here. The US 60 gets a lot of traffic through here too. So the highway really needs to be widened badly.
US60 has seen a lot ot upgrades since the early eighties. hauled a few loads of copper out of there after bringing building materials into Phoenix.
I lived in Superior all of my life. We as kids explored all of these areas that you are discovering. Look up the story about the Apache Leap and the Native Americans battling the cavalry. Hence the name. You should climb to the top of the Picket Post Mountain and leave something in the mailbox. Explore the arboretum. Go to the old Pinal cemetery where Matty Earp is buried. Pinal City still has the wagon tracks. Another place to explore would be the Old Silver King mine area.
ahhh! thank you for all those recommendations! Apache Leap is one that I want to do a video on in the near future! thanks for checking out the video
We used to see car wrecks off the road every trip, especially off the I-17 near Black Canyon. A man took his kids and ran off the road and was not found for weeks. Everyone had died by that time. This was about 20 years ago. Just take your time on our roads.
Jessie, I'm so embarrassed that comments I thought I posted on other videos went to yours. They're so irrelevant to your subject, you must've been scratching your head. 😭 I can go delete them if you want.
lol It's ok! no judgements! 👍
the 1977 Clint Eastwood movie "The Gauntlet", the part where the passenger bus is taken over was all filmed in Superior. A guy I knew that grew up there, was a welder for the mine, where he worked, and he told me that he welded the pig iron on the bus that was used as a bullet proof shield, and he met Clint. He said in 1973, since they had black belt karate tournaments that he met Bruce Lee, and Chuck Norris. A former Phoenix policeman that I met yesterday, told me that Globe was was Chuck Norris' hometown. The 1999 movie "U turns" with Sean Penn, and Jennifer Lopez was filmed in Superior.
Thank you for sharing your story! 👍
Looks like the sort of road and tunnels that inspired the Roadrunner cartoons.
haha right!....Meep Meep!
It’s amazing that convicts aren’t supposed to work.
lol
Watching this right now while I’m at work as a machinist in Ohio. Fantasizing about quitting, selling my home, dumping my girl and heading out west in a classic car. No schedule no planned route where times is not a concern anymore just seeking adventure.
I would encourage that! The west is an amazing place, with so much to be explored!
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464it sure looks awesome! I’ve never been west of Ohio yet but I’m going to make that trek soon!
5:53, The pioneers who traveled thru here were cut from a different cloth. And back then, you had to be. I love the life, but so glad I don't have to live it. We are way too spoiled.
There is a series of books about two Hands who met on a ranch in Crowheart, Wy. They went into BC to build a ranch. Sleeping under tarps in 60 below zero weather. Didn't have Smartwool back then.
Could those round holes in the tunnel have been used to set dynamite? Interesting video. Thanks.
I read something about that not too long after I aired this video. Most people are now saying the were holes drilled for core samples
2:26 could have been used to make the road base you see directly after that shot looking at the bride & the rest of the rd.
In my opinion the round holes in the tunnel are dynamite blast holes, drilled out to stuff explosives in. That would be my guess.
I suspect they were ventilation holes, but are now blocked by rocks. Drilling them to daylight would have been quite a job though.
Thank you for sharing 🙏
500k to build that tunnel and 25 million to build that bridge, damn inflation.
haha......right!
blasting holes would be my guess for the round holes in the tunnel.
I was with a friend in Evergreen Colorado on the 4th of July 1976 when he drove off the side of a mountain! There were four of us in that car and halfway down a girl went out the side window, beat the car to the ground and the car landed on top of her! (I always take a sip of my beer at that point for effect!) The three of us climbed out the windows, two of us picked up the car with one of those adrenaline stories! Kevin pulled her out from underneath and the four of us walked away! We were young, we were drunk, we were bendable! If you see this kevin, you know who I am!
I'm betting the people in those days were thrilled just to get a road like that instead of rocky dirt horse wagon roads that were the norm. Keep in mind they only had cars like model T's that could only go 20 mph or so!
I've told people that it would be a pretty thrilling experience if someone would offer rides up and down that road in an old model T. just to see what it would have been like
If you would have put water on the rock you would have said everything on it clear as day when you get sun light hitting the rock it makes it really hard to see
Never thought of that....I will remember that for next time
Cover both ends, add access doors and you have a fallout shelter.
it would work!
I used to climb up above superior. Oak flats etc.
Its such beautiful area!
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 absolutely. I’m kind of sad as they opened up a deep shaft mine over at oak creek and expanded the mine east. Lots of hidden gems of archeology destroyed but it is still beautiful. I have crawled around arizonas cracks and crevices since the mid 70s as a kid.
6:01 yeah dude its like the movie reddick lol
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Thank you!
The holes in Claypool tunnel were likely cored for geology testing.
Sorry, i see it has been covered already
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Scrolled through the comments, but didn't see a quick reply. The cylindrical boreholes are spaces to place explosives for excavation.
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those perfect circle holes in the old tunnel are sample holes probably university or county
Thank you for the info!
At 6:43 when looking at wrecked car. North of the wreck you can see two perfect stone walls looking like it creates a path or something else ?.
It is a path.....good eye! Back In between those two stone walls is a waterfall, I got it on video too, not sure why I didn't include it in here
@@jessiesdroneadventures7464 Ahhh okay. awesome videos thanks for reply :)
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I rather have the heat all year round then getting cold weather or snow storms.
same here
On mountain roads speed and loose nuts kill.
that they do
FYI, when telling somebody a web address, you do not have to say WWW anymore.
It was 70 degrees in MN in febuaray
right! I heard they have been having an abnormal winter
Sorry but your before and after shots are of opposite portals, the portal you first walked into was the same one from the old period photo. great video nevertheless, thanks.
My grandmother wrote up a trip up this road in 1928. I remember going on this road many times. Unfortunately much of this water is threatened by a Canadian mining company and will destroy some holy places of the Apache near Top of the World.
The abandoned sections of 60 north of Globe are in worse shape. Closer to Salt River some roads are still not too bad.
I'll have to check it out!!!
I think i saw another youtuber explore this b4
I believe it. There is quite a few videos out there about this place
Those holes are core sample holes they were checking for gold or copper or something
Thank you for the info!
I love the drive to Miami starting at Florence Junction. AZ DOT has done a great job with improvements in the last 20 years. And now, June 2024, they are replacing the Queen Creek Bridge. There are road closings and blastings in progress.
If always wondered what that was all about.
I did too for the longest time, and thats what compelled me to make the video
I used to deliver appliances for Lowes, it was a god awful dangerous low pay job, almost died twice lol. Once by almost falling down a flight of stairs while carrying a HEAVY old front load washing machine out for recycling that was covered in dried, caked up laundry detergent, slipping from my grip all the way down. The other time I came inchs away from being plowed over by a Trump tard in a lifted pickup truck who thought it was cool to speed 50 miles an hour through a suburb street... Good thing I stopped and looked both ways before stepping around the back of the truck. Anyways, I worked in the Phoenix area and one day low and behold a delivery all the way out to Globe appears as a blip on my delivery app. I dreaded the thought of an hour + drive out, 30 - 60 min delivery/installation time and return trip seeing as I only got paid 12 dollars a delivery. To make things worst as soon as we got on that road through the canyon traffic was stopped to a crawl and backed up, it took about 40 minutes of stop and go before I discovered a semi trailer delivering bundles of hay had flipped over on its side and spilled its cargo all along the road. To my surprise the trip wasn't all that bad, and was one of the best days on that job. It was hard to be angry because the area was so beautiful and I got to really take it all in crawling along in a box truck at 5 miles an hour lol. I would love to hike that trail someday. When I finally got to the delivery location all we had to do was move the fridge in box into the back of the customer's pickup, THANK GOD. That made my day. The trip up was bitter sweet, the return was all joy, even though the hay spill was still slowing traffic on the way back. It must have been 3-4 hours all way round lol.
The tunnel is called "The Claypool Tunnel."
Can you rides trail bikes on this rt
Sure can! I've done it a couple times, I would just greatly exercise caution......the trail can be really rough in certain parts and you wouldnt want to go off the edge
That's pretty cheap considering my town spent two million on a bridge that spans maybe twenty five feet!
Persons with stairs in their home live 10 years longer
I would agree!
damn nilered has gained some weight.