Eureka, Utah will always have a special place in my heart. I was just there last month when we laid my sweet mom to rest at the eureka cemetery. My mother’s side of the family are all from eureka and a lot of my family is buried there. It’s such a quaint and peaceful cemetery and I plan to be buried there one day too. We also visited Mary, who owns the Gatley Building and of course she gave us a tour of her extremely cool house. She had some great stories for us, as well. That well was actually used by bootleggers and they would hide the booze in it and move a desk over the well so the police wouldn’t find it. We used to stay at the Goldmine bed and breakfast but I found out that they closed and that the owners are selling it. It was one of the 3 houses that was owned by the Fitch family. My grandmother used to work for the Fitches back around 1930. It was so special to stay there knowing that that’s where my grandmother had worked and lived. Thanks for making this video. I really enjoyed it.
Reminds me of Eureka, California. It had a huge lumber and fishing industry in the 19th to 20th century, but as that died down, and the Northwestern Pacific was going through tough times, the area felt like a ghost town. NWP abandoned the mainline from Willits (I think) in the 1990s, and the other logging railroads in the 40s. Since then, Eureka feels a bit empty. Feels lost too. When I went there a couple months ago, covid wasnt helping either. Streets were just barren. Eureka is a fairly large city today, lots of people in it. But hey, on the other news the Samoa Roundhouse has a ton of old logging steam locomotives, so thats awesome!
This almost makes me want to pack up the car and drive there. Reminds me of some of the small towns in the Owens Valley that are not on US 395 in California. This is my type of screwing around. See you Tuesday.
Are used to drive the 395 twice a week. Through Bishop’s and other areas out there. What an absolutely spectacular part of the world. Tintic by contrast is, well let’s just say it’s an acquired taste! But all I love these old mind buildings and businesses. Karyn and I love getting out there and just exploring this kind of stuff. And pathetic district is gold. Yes pun intended. Stay safe Rita!
Dale, Great video, Just like here in Colorado a lot of these little towns have become forgotten relicts. But for us Model Railroads they are windows to the past to model and marvel at what it would have been like to be there in Their hay-day.
Another nice one. It really is fun to explore old towns like that. Looking that area up on the map I realized that I drove through there once, But apparently didn't have time to explore. From Eureka CA, good job!
Love eureka Ca. Attended fireworks on the forth once. Like 1998. Anyway so foggy you couldn’t see the fireworks 🧨 but the flashing fog and booms were cool. Even a bit cold. Damp. I digress...
@@ToyManTelevision You described summertime Eureka perfectly. If you wee there in 98 you missed the Fourth of July train by 1 year. Everything ended in 97.
If you come to Oregon again, you should come to Jacksonville. It's about an hour and a half from train mountain, and town is a National Historic Landmark. It was founded in 1851 with the discovery of gold deposits. There are several buildings over 100 years old, hiking trails, and a steam locomotive on display that was built for the town's small railroad in 1891 (fun fact, the locomotive was owned by Chadwell O'connor at one point, and was in the Movie "Bwana Devil" the first 3D movie in color").
Yeah this place is off the beaten path. I suppose if it were in beautiful mountains it would be another Park city or Aspen. But as it is it’s just obscure but it’s still really neat
@@ToyManTelevision it’s nice to find these hidden things in life sometimes, I suppose. Much more rewarding to find these places untouched by vandals and whatnot.
Like always you guys hit a homerun out of the park with this video I absolutely love the well in this Saloon that is fantastic thank you guys for another awesome video
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AlwYs look forward to your Sunday adventures. Yet another good episode. Karyn always seems to have the appropriate straight line for you. Stay safe. Till Tuesday.
First time I've been here this early! I've been to one legitimate ghost town before, And that was St. Elmo in Colorado, located right at the base of Tincup Pass. What a view it is from the peak! 12171 feet above sea level! Also, for your entertainment I've compiled a list of states with a town named Eureka/with Eureka in the name- States with a town named Eureka: Oregon Nevada Missouri Illinois Kansas California Montana States with a town with Eureka in the name: Eureka Springs, Arkansas Eureka Mills, South Carolina
Nice list, but there are several more Eurekas out there, and some with some interesting history. I too have been up to St. Elmo. I went up there back in July 2003 with a group of Jeepers exploring around the area which had included Mt. Antelope. There was still snow drifts across many of the high coyntry roads and trails. Fun times!
@@robertemmons2260 Figured I missed a few. I based the list off some information iI found on Google, most were repeats. I was born in Salida, CO but haven't been there since I was too young to remember. But in 2016-ish I finally got the chance to go for a few months. The snow is no joke, highway 50 (and I'm sure there are plenty more) gets closed down entirely because there's just no way to keep it clear. The old Denver and Rio Grande Western rails still reside in Salida, though there were once many more of them. Though they're abandoned for revenue service, they are kept in just good enough shape that they can use them in emergency as an evac route in the case of snow. That would be the only way you'd be getting out of town!
@@PowerTrain611 Salida is a great location. I guess the Monarch branch coming out of Salida and going to the quarry had some of the worst RR grades in the country. I notice the railway line is used for rail car storage East of Salida. Great rafting country!
Great video! I love exploring old ghost towns I've visited many throughout Colorado and Utah, and I still have so many more to go exploring to. Thank you again for another great video!
Greetings from the most remote city on the planet, Perth, Australia. This episode I found fascinating. I work FIFO at one of the largest gold mines in Western Australia near the town of Marble Bar. I run a control room in the processing part of the operation and I have been in this industry pretty much my whole working life. Marble Bar is mentioned often in The Guinness Book of Records as being very hot. Today was 41 degrees Celsius and we are still in the first month of spring. The Eureka Stockade is famous in Australia. Located in Ballarat in Victoria, it is a monument to the disputes between gold miners and the government in November of 1854. I visited during December of 2019. There is an eerie similarity between the old goldfields of Victoria and the Kalgoorlie region and your Eureka. You can still visit one of the old pubs in Kalgoorlie, enjoy a pint of beer at the bar and gaze down the mine-shaft located in the middle of the bar that the miners dug so that the could have a sneaky pint during their shift. Like I said, fascinating stuff.
@@MT-ni1id Well thank you. Most of us are still the same but a bit crankier in our old age from 45 years ago. Perth is a bit bigger today from what you remember but we still have that small town feeling.
I love these kinda stories ...your kind of stories makes TH-cam a morale booster. Been watching several RR videos from Australia ... fascinating stuff. 41 degrees C .. that's hot. Should burn off some COVID maybe :) You and family stay safe down there.
Hey y'all. I noticed at the start of y'alls video that your seat belts look like they're riding up against your necks. I used to have that problem myself and I hated it. I found these little seat belt adjusters on amazon for like 6.99 a pair on average depending what brand, but they're black leather and have two snaps and ya unfold them and slide both the lap and shoulder sections into them as you fold them around and snap them back up. Then when ya put your seat belt on, you can pull that leather thing away from the seat belt buckle, more towards your waist and it pulls the belt away from your neck and closer to your shoulder. Makes long car trips much more comfortable. At least to me anyhow. Just figured I'd mention them in passing. Now, we may have a Eureka in Indiana but if we do I've not heard of it. Knowing Hoosiers, just to be different they probably named theirs "Hoover", or "Bissel", LOL! Wow, we have both a Eureka AND a Hoover...I just looked, LOL! That "Gray rock" as you call it is plentiful around here and used on everything from gravel roads to the buildings on Wall Street and even the Pentagon. It's limestone and the quarries around here did supply it for wall street and the pentagon way back when...I believe they quarried more of it for the Pentagon's reconstruction after 9/11 as well. That size out there with y'all is called "rip-rap" and around here is usually used for erosion control around creek banks close to highways and at the abutments of bridges. if you crush it a bit smaller you get size for railroad ballast :) which is also good size for driveways and gravel roads. Very small sized is called "pea gravel" and you guessed it, the rocks are pea sized. Very interesting video :) Thanks for sharing all your journey's with us.
We bought some fuzzy little things that go over the shoulder harnesses to feel quite comfortable. Shoulder harnesses are after all so I’m kind of interesting torture device! Nice to know there’s a Eureka in Indiana! As we said I think there’s a Eureka in every state, and there’s got to be at least one stayed out there that has two or three of them!
It would be really cool if somebody did tours out there on ATVs. I understand the really great stuff and old railroad grades can only be accessed that way
@@ToyManTelevision sadly it's history that is willfully being forgotten. I went looking for some property in that general area and there is none just a couple houses in town.
That town still has a lot of character. Some of the old mining towns that have "survived" thanks to gambling and tourism are merely shells of their former selves.
Yeah I had the opportunity to see Blackhawk and Silver city in Colorado before they were ruined. Also Florence and cripple Creek. Just tragic what happened to those towns
Eureka Missouri is far from being a ghost town. Plus this town has six flags theme park so that’s always fun. And it’s not far from a live steam railroad that had been in operation since 1938.
Watch where you step! The general rule has always been never put your feet or hands anywhere you haven’t first put your eyeballs! Now that’s rattlesnake advice, but it applies to open mine shafts to.
Yes! We do have a "Eureka" Florida. According to Google maps, it's located between Gainesville and Ocala. It doesn't appear to be much more than an intersection. Upon further examination, it appears to be a recreation area.
So I looked up Eureka, Utah...Frank Zamboni...the guy who invented the Zamboni Ice resurfacing machine for cce rinks was born here. I am floored by this...
Now that is amazing. Did not know. In the area of trivia I always thought that it would be fun to get a Zamboni machine and I’m really cold nights go out and surface some of the parking lots at the grocery stores. Not because I think a hockey game will break out or anything I just think it would be interesting to watch people trying to park come morning
Secondary trivia it was an ice-skating rink in Sugar House in Salt Lake City called Hygeia ice. And they had a ice surfacing machine made out of an old World War II jeep. Worked just like a Zamboni. And now I’m suddenly wondering if that was zambonis first attempt!
Not sure. One of the commenters sad the section on the Trestle and beyond that’s missing is actually just a short section. most of the track is still in
@@ToyManTelevision I live right next to the D&RG Royal Gorge line just west of Florence, CO. The UP just replaced some 1957 CF&I rail (Pueblo steel mill) with new RMSM (formerly CF&I) 2020 heavy, thick rail. Both are huge rail compared to a section of CF&I 1915 rail I salvaged. I always wonder if CF&I rail was used out in your area and places you explore.
If you ever can, you should check out the gold mining towns of Australia, we have a town that was expanding their Aussie rules football pitch when they met a old shaft from a mine 80 years ago
I followed ausi football for a year back about gee... twenty years ago? Unusual game. Football, American football and rugby 🏉. Huge pitch. With umpires in white. Never did figure out the rules. Took me two games to figure out what a behind is.
Wow y'all find the neatest places to explore. If you ever take a trip to Texas please come see the San Antonio area. You will love Sunset Station, and a few other gems around here, (train rides). 🚂🛤️
I have always wanted to see the San Antonio area. It really looks like a great place. Lots of interesting things around there in San Antonio itself looks like it’s really amazing
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Rust you say? Tacoma surrounds the small company town of Ruston where the smelter operated for years. Everyone in Tacoma knows the Rust Mansion in the north end. Good show!
Yup. George Rust. Apparently the local Mormon pioneers knew about the claims before that but were told by the church not to do anything about it. Along comes George rust and turns it into a clam
Cool show. We don't have any of that in Greater Cincinnati. Although Madeira turns into a ghost town after 8 or 9 PM every night. What were you driving when you shot the intro and outro?
We generally shoot those things on the streets right around garage Mahal. We used to actually shoot them on our way out to these places we’re shooting on the open highway seems somewhat dangerous. So we just drive around the neighborhood
@@ToyManTelevision That works. You can always say you were on the way there, or on the way home. That was one of the Mustangs? Just had to spend a fortune in repairs on my 2001. As things wear out, I fix them. Most I can do, but some things I can't. But at least I tell them what to fix.The 68 is running great. Hows your '67 doing?
I’ve always found developments that we never finished to be sort of like that. An entire network of roads that feed nothing and go nowhere. Interesting place to test out your racing suspension! Except most of those places are a sea potholes and weeds
The rails beyond that trestle where in place until just a few years ago, they went almost all the way to Dividend; www.ksl.com/article/41298835/bail-denied-in-two-cases-for-businessman-accused-of-impersonating-lds-officials They're still in place if you follow the line back towards Utah county a mile or so, although last time I was out there the gate was marked no trespassing.
I understand the really cool thing to do here is drive the old grades with an ATV. Man with that be fun. Don’t have an ATV or a trailer or anything like that so I guess we won’t
Sorry guys, it's not true. The Spanish were not mining in the TIntic Mountains, ever. If they did actually have mines in Utah, they were in the Uinta Mountains on the other end of the state, but that's up for debate because nobody has actually procured any records from Mexico City to prove it like they claim there are.
I’m basing that on a book entitled lost treasures and another one called some dreams die about lost mining claims. According to these books Mormons were often being sold maps to old Spanish mines. Now all of these maps were fake of course. But apparently the fact there were mines already in existence in Tintic gave credence to the idea that some of these maps were actually maps to what were apparently Ute Indian diggings. But legends persist that some of the Spanish maps or fake Spanish maps or whatever were in fact actual maps to old Spanish mines.
At this point I’m only sleeping with it but I get a brand new one on Thursday when they do the other eye! But I’m only required to wear it for 24 hours during the day. However for the first three days you really can’t see out of that eye at all
That looks like limestone. It could be granite. I am guessing that whatever it is it is definitely cheap thats why I think it is limestone. The BLM just want them safe and if that means leveling any and all buildings they deem unsafe. I'm surprised they haven't developed a way extracting every last ounce of ore from the lode. There still has to be gold, silver and other precious metal. There's no telling how much is still buried out there and can't be extracted.
As we were explaining sort of, the way they were working these mines was to go down as deep as they possibly could and then run tunnels over to the oral body and then mine upward toward the surface. Lots of places they broke through to the surface including the place where the house fell inside! Anyway yes there’s still quite a bit of ore down there. And one of the mines Opens every time the value of the mineral reaches a point that makes it worthwhile to go after. As I understand it they’re mine now because of the high price of gold and silver. In my fantasy mind I can envision entire or bodies that were never discovered but I suppose a geologist would explain to me that I am nuts.
i can’t believe the government are leveling and ruining this place and its history it’s truly disgusting and makes me sick to my stomach. come here while there is still stuff left it is truly worth it and sad at the same time knowing that those douchebags are going to come and destroy it all.
Eureka, Utah will always have a special place in my heart. I was just there last month when we laid my sweet mom to rest at the eureka cemetery. My mother’s side of the family are all from eureka and a lot of my family is buried there. It’s such a quaint and peaceful cemetery and I plan to be buried there one day too. We also visited Mary, who owns the Gatley Building and of course she gave us a tour of her extremely cool house. She had some great stories for us, as well. That well was actually used by bootleggers and they would hide the booze in it and move a desk over the well so the police wouldn’t find it. We used to stay at the Goldmine bed and breakfast but I found out that they closed and that the owners are selling it. It was one of the 3 houses that was owned by the Fitch family. My grandmother used to work for the Fitches back around 1930. It was so special to stay there knowing that that’s where my grandmother had worked and lived. Thanks for making this video. I really enjoyed it.
My boy and I traveled through Eureka today and looked at the headframe. It's Massive! Thanks for sharing.
-Will
Huge.,
Reminds me of Eureka, California. It had a huge lumber and fishing industry in the 19th to 20th century, but as that died down, and the Northwestern Pacific was going through tough times, the area felt like a ghost town. NWP abandoned the mainline from Willits (I think) in the 1990s, and the other logging railroads in the 40s.
Since then, Eureka feels a bit empty. Feels lost too. When I went there a couple months ago, covid wasnt helping either. Streets were just barren.
Eureka is a fairly large city today, lots of people in it.
But hey, on the other news the Samoa Roundhouse has a ton of old logging steam locomotives, so thats awesome!
Love your profile picture!
@@trainzguy2472 Thanks! Nothing like some good old Bay Area railroading!
This almost makes me want to pack up the car and drive there. Reminds me of some of the small towns in the Owens Valley that are not on US 395 in California. This is my type of screwing around. See you Tuesday.
Are used to drive the 395 twice a week. Through Bishop’s and other areas out there. What an absolutely spectacular part of the world. Tintic by contrast is, well let’s just say it’s an acquired taste! But all I love these old mind buildings and businesses. Karyn and I love getting out there and just exploring this kind of stuff. And pathetic district is gold. Yes pun intended. Stay safe Rita!
Oh boy! This will be one of my favorites. I have spent my life in that area exploring.
Dale,
Great video, Just like here in Colorado a lot of these little towns have become forgotten relicts.
But for us Model Railroads they are windows to the past to model and marvel at what it would have been like to be there in
Their hay-day.
Another nice one. It really is fun to explore old towns like that. Looking that area up on the map I realized that I drove through there once, But apparently didn't have time to explore. From Eureka CA, good job!
Love eureka Ca. Attended fireworks on the forth once. Like 1998. Anyway so foggy you couldn’t see the fireworks 🧨 but the flashing fog and booms were cool. Even a bit cold. Damp. I digress...
@@ToyManTelevision You described summertime Eureka perfectly. If you wee there in 98 you missed the Fourth of July train by 1 year. Everything ended in 97.
Thank you for all the wonderful videos. I live in shelby north Carolina. Its wonderful to see places I will never get to see in person. Jt
We want to get out that way. Someday. Can’t really travel at all right now. Dang. Well day trips!
If you come to Oregon again, you should come to Jacksonville. It's about an hour and a half from train mountain, and town is a National Historic Landmark. It was founded in 1851 with the discovery of gold deposits. There are several buildings over 100 years old, hiking trails, and a steam locomotive on display that was built for the town's small railroad in 1891 (fun fact, the locomotive was owned by Chadwell O'connor at one point, and was in the Movie "Bwana Devil" the first 3D movie in color").
What a very interesting area! Lots of history to explore!
What a unique place! Nice to see something so obscure shown to the masses.
Yeah this place is off the beaten path. I suppose if it were in beautiful mountains it would be another Park city or Aspen. But as it is it’s just obscure but it’s still really neat
@@ToyManTelevision it’s nice to find these hidden things in life sometimes, I suppose. Much more rewarding to find these places untouched by vandals and whatnot.
Like always you guys hit a homerun out of the park with this video I absolutely love the well in this Saloon that is fantastic thank you guys for another awesome video
Thanks!! Back to Ely next Sunday. Then in for a while at garagemahall
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Very nice. Thanks for the tour.
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AlwYs look forward to your Sunday adventures. Yet another good episode. Karyn always seems to have the appropriate straight line for you. Stay safe. Till Tuesday.
Interesting. You keep discovering wonderful places. Thanks for putting this together.
First time I've been here this early!
I've been to one legitimate ghost town before, And that was St. Elmo in Colorado, located right at the base of Tincup Pass. What a view it is from the peak! 12171 feet above sea level!
Also, for your entertainment I've compiled a list of states with a town named Eureka/with Eureka in the name-
States with a town named Eureka:
Oregon
Nevada
Missouri
Illinois
Kansas
California
Montana
States with a town with Eureka in the name:
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
Eureka Mills, South Carolina
Nice list, but there are several more Eurekas out there, and some with some interesting history.
I too have been up to St. Elmo. I went up there back in July 2003 with a group of Jeepers exploring around the area which had included Mt. Antelope. There was still snow drifts across many of the high coyntry roads and trails. Fun times!
@@robertemmons2260 Figured I missed a few. I based the list off some information iI found on Google, most were repeats.
I was born in Salida, CO but haven't been there since I was too young to remember. But in 2016-ish I finally got the chance to go for a few months. The snow is no joke, highway 50 (and I'm sure there are plenty more) gets closed down entirely because there's just no way to keep it clear.
The old Denver and Rio Grande Western rails still reside in Salida, though there were once many more of them. Though they're abandoned for revenue service, they are kept in just good enough shape that they can use them in emergency as an evac route in the case of snow. That would be the only way you'd be getting out of town!
@@PowerTrain611 Salida is a great location. I guess the Monarch branch coming out of Salida and going to the quarry had some of the worst RR grades in the country. I notice the railway line is used for rail car storage East of Salida. Great rafting country!
@@billtimmons7071 Yes, and last I was there all those old bathtub hoppers were still lining the car storage track. They probably will be for years.
Cool place. Be interesting to go visit
Great video! I love exploring old ghost towns I've visited many throughout Colorado and Utah, and I still have so many more to go exploring to.
Thank you again for another great video!
I love Solvang! Used to camp at Gaviota state park. Also near there is the "Split Pea Anderson's Soup" store.
I lived for several years well like 10! In Ojai. And for a great weekend it was fun to go up the coast to Soelberg and for that matter Gaviota
Greetings from the most remote city on the planet, Perth, Australia.
This episode I found fascinating. I work FIFO at one of the largest gold mines in Western Australia near the town of Marble Bar. I run a control room in the processing part of the operation and I have been in this industry pretty much my whole working life. Marble Bar is mentioned often in The Guinness Book of Records as being very hot. Today was 41 degrees Celsius and we are still in the first month of spring.
The Eureka Stockade is famous in Australia. Located in Ballarat in Victoria, it is a monument to the disputes between gold miners and the government in November of 1854. I visited during December of 2019.
There is an eerie similarity between the old goldfields of Victoria and the Kalgoorlie region and your Eureka. You can still visit one of the old pubs in Kalgoorlie, enjoy a pint of beer at the bar and gaze down the mine-shaft located in the middle of the bar that the miners dug so that the could have a sneaky pint during their shift.
Like I said, fascinating stuff.
Hello Perth, I visited you back in 1975. Had an amazing time. Some of the warmest and friendliest people I've ever met.
@@MT-ni1id Well thank you. Most of us are still the same but a bit crankier in our old age from 45 years ago. Perth is a bit bigger today from what you remember but we still have that small town feeling.
I love these kinda stories ...your kind of stories makes TH-cam a morale booster. Been watching several RR videos from Australia ... fascinating stuff. 41 degrees C .. that's hot. Should burn off some COVID maybe :) You and family stay safe down there.
This was an extremely awesome video!!! Thanks so much!!!
Hey y'all. I noticed at the start of y'alls video that your seat belts look like they're riding up against your necks. I used to have that problem myself and I hated it. I found these little seat belt adjusters on amazon for like 6.99 a pair on average depending what brand, but they're black leather and have two snaps and ya unfold them and slide both the lap and shoulder sections into them as you fold them around and snap them back up. Then when ya put your seat belt on, you can pull that leather thing away from the seat belt buckle, more towards your waist and it pulls the belt away from your neck and closer to your shoulder. Makes long car trips much more comfortable. At least to me anyhow. Just figured I'd mention them in passing.
Now, we may have a Eureka in Indiana but if we do I've not heard of it. Knowing Hoosiers, just to be different they probably named theirs "Hoover", or "Bissel", LOL! Wow, we have both a Eureka AND a Hoover...I just looked, LOL! That "Gray rock" as you call it is plentiful around here and used on everything from gravel roads to the buildings on Wall Street and even the Pentagon. It's limestone and the quarries around here did supply it for wall street and the pentagon way back when...I believe they quarried more of it for the Pentagon's reconstruction after 9/11 as well. That size out there with y'all is called "rip-rap" and around here is usually used for erosion control around creek banks close to highways and at the abutments of bridges. if you crush it a bit smaller you get size for railroad ballast :) which is also good size for driveways and gravel roads. Very small sized is called "pea gravel" and you guessed it, the rocks are pea sized. Very interesting video :) Thanks for sharing all your journey's with us.
We bought some fuzzy little things that go over the shoulder harnesses to feel quite comfortable. Shoulder harnesses are after all so I’m kind of interesting torture device! Nice to know there’s a Eureka in Indiana! As we said I think there’s a Eureka in every state, and there’s got to be at least one stayed out there that has two or three of them!
Thx again
Just added thus to our “places to see” list - thanks again! You make adventuring...er, screwing around, much easier!!
It would be really cool if somebody did tours out there on ATVs. I understand the really great stuff and old railroad grades can only be accessed that way
nice thanks
Thanks.
That was really neat and interesting.
Isn’t that an interesting place?
@@ToyManTelevision sadly it's history that is willfully being forgotten.
I went looking for some property in that general area and there is none just a couple houses in town.
Nice vidio, liked the head tower for a mine shaft thats a lot like a lionel light tower you could model...
I like the big wood ones. Steve has modeled several. Still on his layout
I like the big wood ones. Steve has modeled several. Still on his layout
Thanks another great vid.
That town still has a lot of character. Some of the old mining towns that have "survived" thanks to gambling and tourism are merely shells of their former selves.
Yeah I had the opportunity to see Blackhawk and Silver city in Colorado before they were ruined. Also Florence and cripple Creek. Just tragic what happened to those towns
I worked in the New Burgin mine in the 70s. Very heavy ground with square stope and it was also a very hot mine.
Wow. Hard Fock hard work
In the FWIW category, IIRC Eureka is Latin for I found it.
great video liked 👍😮
Eureka Missouri is far from being a ghost town. Plus this town has six flags theme park so that’s always fun. And it’s not far from a live steam railroad that had been in operation since 1938.
Wow so amazing. Glad you didn't end up 1400 feet dwon!
Watch where you step! The general rule has always been never put your feet or hands anywhere you haven’t first put your eyeballs! Now that’s rattlesnake advice, but it applies to open mine shafts to.
Yes! We do have a "Eureka" Florida. According to Google maps, it's located between Gainesville and Ocala. It doesn't appear to be much more than an intersection. Upon further examination, it appears to be a recreation area.
So you can grab your ATV roll it off the trailer and scream eureka
@@ToyManTelevision i think you've got it.
Are you planning to go to colorado next year? Eureka and the glenbrook are going to operate there.
Yep. Our train tickets were postponed but we said let’s keep them open so we’re booked on a train in September in Chama
So I looked up Eureka, Utah...Frank Zamboni...the guy who invented the Zamboni Ice resurfacing machine for cce rinks was born here. I am floored by this...
Now that is amazing. Did not know. In the area of trivia I always thought that it would be fun to get a Zamboni machine and I’m really cold nights go out and surface some of the parking lots at the grocery stores. Not because I think a hockey game will break out or anything I just think it would be interesting to watch people trying to park come morning
Secondary trivia it was an ice-skating rink in Sugar House in Salt Lake City called Hygeia ice. And they had a ice surfacing machine made out of an old World War II jeep. Worked just like a Zamboni. And now I’m suddenly wondering if that was zambonis first attempt!
When i hear the Word Eureka i automatically think of the Locomotive named Eureka.
Ah yes! Dans locomotive!! E and P #4!! That’s an amazing locomotive.
I would be curious as to the date a maker of that section of rail on the trestle.
Not sure. One of the commenters sad the section on the Trestle and beyond that’s missing is actually just a short section. most of the track is still in
@@ToyManTelevision I live right next to the D&RG Royal Gorge line just west of Florence, CO. The UP just replaced some 1957 CF&I rail (Pueblo steel mill) with new RMSM (formerly CF&I) 2020 heavy, thick rail. Both are huge rail compared to a section of CF&I 1915 rail I salvaged. I always wonder if CF&I rail was used out in your area and places you explore.
If you ever can, you should check out the gold mining towns of Australia, we have a town that was expanding their Aussie rules football pitch when they met a old shaft from a mine 80 years ago
I followed ausi football for a year back about gee... twenty years ago? Unusual game. Football, American football and rugby 🏉. Huge pitch. With umpires in white. Never did figure out the rules. Took me two games to figure out what a behind is.
Oh! And gold mines! Yea that would be cool.
Wow y'all find the neatest places to explore. If you ever take a trip to Texas please come see the San Antonio area. You will love Sunset Station, and a few other gems around here, (train rides). 🚂🛤️
I have always wanted to see the San Antonio area. It really looks like a great place. Lots of interesting things around there in San Antonio itself looks like it’s really amazing
Nice video!
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The gas station in elberta was actually moved from dividend. I tracked down the owner in california recently and put what I learned on my website
I’ve been looking at that building just about forever did not know it started out in dividend!
@@ToyManTelevision yeah I was surprised and excited to find out. I didn't know until June.
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I book marked your site. Very awesome.
@@billtimmons7071 Thanks!
Rust you say? Tacoma surrounds the small company town of Ruston where the smelter operated for years. Everyone in Tacoma knows the Rust Mansion in the north end. Good show!
Yup. George Rust. Apparently the local Mormon pioneers knew about the claims before that but were told by the church not to do anything about it. Along comes George rust and turns it into a clam
Cool show. We don't have any of that in Greater Cincinnati. Although Madeira turns into a ghost town after 8 or 9 PM every night. What were you driving when you shot the intro and outro?
We generally shoot those things on the streets right around garage Mahal. We used to actually shoot them on our way out to these places we’re shooting on the open highway seems somewhat dangerous. So we just drive around the neighborhood
@@ToyManTelevision That works. You can always say you were on the way there, or on the way home. That was one of the Mustangs? Just had to spend a fortune in repairs on my 2001. As things wear out, I fix them. Most I can do, but some things I can't. But at least I tell them what to fix.The 68 is running great. Hows your '67 doing?
@@ToyManTelevision Part of the game each Sunday is to figure out what car you are all in...
Oh. And the white mustang. We sold the red one with the roll cage. Have the blue 67. And the white which has no rear seat.
@@ToyManTelevision OK on the red one. Hopefully it went to a good home.
What do you get when you drop a piano down a mine shaft?
Nothing like falling down a mine shaft to ruin your day.
A flat minor!
Doh!
That's actually a good joke. It still gets filed under _Corn,_ but it's good corn.
Does the Abandoned bridge in Key west, Fl count?
It does. Right up to the point at which it looses count and gets confused 😐. Usually right after 37.
@@ToyManTelevision not sure the relevancy of 37 however, if you ever asked regardless here is your answer: th-cam.com/video/H8k-ntS9aEg/w-d-xo.html
@@ToyManTelevision and again, ever had a question you never asked answered lol: th-cam.com/video/LXNkcS75h6A/w-d-xo.html
BUT, BUT he brought it up!!! lol
For Tourism for Eureka and surrounding area (Mountain Bike Trails)
There was a time when I would have mountain biked. But...
OK fine twist my arm next vacation spot Fine I will go there and drag the family with me drag literally drag Thanks for another great adventure
Eureka TX, a very strange town. Streets only, not land behind the streets.
I’ve always found developments that we never finished to be sort of like that. An entire network of roads that feed nothing and go nowhere. Interesting place to test out your racing suspension! Except most of those places are a sea potholes and weeds
Unfortunately no matter what they do some towns just will never be a tourist trap
The rails beyond that trestle where in place until just a few years ago, they went almost all the way to Dividend; www.ksl.com/article/41298835/bail-denied-in-two-cases-for-businessman-accused-of-impersonating-lds-officials
They're still in place if you follow the line back towards Utah county a mile or so, although last time I was out there the gate was marked no trespassing.
I understand the really cool thing to do here is drive the old grades with an ATV. Man with that be fun. Don’t have an ATV or a trailer or anything like that so I guess we won’t
Solvay , Are you from Cuse ?
Lived in Ojai for 10 years. Just up the coast.
Kind of like silverton but way less tourists!
None really
Sorry guys, it's not true. The Spanish were not mining in the TIntic Mountains, ever. If they did actually have mines in Utah, they were in the Uinta Mountains on the other end of the state, but that's up for debate because nobody has actually procured any records from Mexico City to prove it like they claim there are.
I’m basing that on a book entitled lost treasures and another one called some dreams die about lost mining claims. According to these books Mormons were often being sold maps to old Spanish mines. Now all of these maps were fake of course. But apparently the fact there were mines already in existence in Tintic gave credence to the idea that some of these maps were actually maps to what were apparently Ute Indian diggings. But legends persist that some of the Spanish maps or fake Spanish maps or whatever were in fact actual maps to old Spanish mines.
9:24 i climbed to the top of that today it’s so sketch
What ? No eye patch ?
At this point I’m only sleeping with it but I get a brand new one on Thursday when they do the other eye! But I’m only required to wear it for 24 hours during the day. However for the first three days you really can’t see out of that eye at all
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That looks like limestone. It could be granite. I am guessing that whatever it is it is definitely cheap thats why I think it is limestone. The BLM just want them safe and if that means leveling any and all buildings they deem unsafe. I'm surprised they haven't developed a way extracting every last ounce of ore from the lode. There still has to be gold, silver and other precious metal. There's no telling how much is still buried out there and can't be extracted.
As we were explaining sort of, the way they were working these mines was to go down as deep as they possibly could and then run tunnels over to the oral body and then mine upward toward the surface. Lots of places they broke through to the surface including the place where the house fell inside! Anyway yes there’s still quite a bit of ore down there. And one of the mines Opens every time the value of the mineral reaches a point that makes it worthwhile to go after. As I understand it they’re mine now because of the high price of gold and silver. In my fantasy mind I can envision entire or bodies that were never discovered but I suppose a geologist would explain to me that I am nuts.
i can’t believe the government are leveling and ruining this place and its history it’s truly disgusting and makes me sick to my stomach. come here while there is still stuff left it is truly worth it and sad at the same time knowing that those douchebags are going to come and destroy it all.
All that gray rock - Your taxpayer $$$'s being used.