[USA 2019] Ashford Mill Ruins/ Death Valley, CA, 2019-10-03
Exploring The Workings And Trails Of The Ashford Mine - Death Valley, California
This video describes our visits to the Ashford Mine and camp in Death Valley National Park on 4-1-2019 and 4-3-2019. On our first visit on 4-1 we attempted to hike to the top of the aerial tram to explore the tram mines but ended up taking the Overlook Trail instead. The Overlook Trail is quite scenic and fairly easy. We went back to the mining camp from the overlook and explored the workings in the area including the main shaft. We went back to the area on 4-3 and found the Tram Mines Trail and followed it to the top of the tram and explored the workings there. The trail to the top of the tram is also very scenic and fairly easy.
There is a good bit of history associated with this particular gold mine and camp, which we visited last year, which we find very interesting. It never was a profitable venture as far as gold production goes, however, profits were made from the leasing and selling of the mine and equipment more than once. Here is some of the history I wrote for the video we made last year:
The abandoned Ashford Mine and camp is also known as the Golden Treasure Mine and has an interesting history behind it. The loop hike was about 4½ miles long, took 3½ hours to complete and had an elevation gain of 1280 feet. The route involved some rock climbing up a few dry falls on the way up the wash. We took a different wash down from the camp and then a trail that led back to our starting point to make a fun loop. The mine was in production off and on from 1907 to 1941. It was started by Harold Ashford and his two brothers in 1907 after they acquired the claim under some odd circumstances. They worked the claim sporadically until 1914 when they leased it to Benjamin McCausland, who further developed the mine and erected the 40 ton mill in the valley below to process the ore. After investing a lot of money and digging over 2000' of tunnels the mine failed to payoff for McCausland and the mine and all the equipment was returned to the Ashford's. The mine was worked minimally until 1935 when it was re-opened by an agreement with the Golden Treasure Mining Co. who worked the mine for a few years before giving up in 1938 and returning it again to the Ashford brothers. They eventually leased it to another company who built an aerial tram that was used to collect the ore from the many workings scattered up the mountain, but they also found the deposit too poor to be worth mining. In 1950 the property was finally idled for good and Ashford estimated total production was $135,000 about half as much as had been invested in development and equipment.
Death Valley Ashford Gold Mill Ruins
Driving into Death Valley Salisbury Pass and the Ashford Gold Mill
Death Valley National Park. Artist Drive, Badwater basin, Ashford Mill. USA road trip 2015
Time lapse of Ashford Mill, Death Valley
Time lapse of Ashford Mill, Death Valley
Death Valley National Park
Recorded April 9-10, 2017
Death Valley National Park straddles the border of California and Nevada and occupies an interface zone between the arid Great Basin and Mojave deserts. The park protects the northwest corner of the Mojave Desert and contains a diverse desert environment of salt-flats, sand dunes, badlands, valleys, canyons, and mountains. It is the largest national park in the lower 48 states and has been declared an International Biosphere Reserve. It is the hottest, driest and lowest of the national parks in the United States. The lowest point in North America is in Badwater Basin, which is 282 feet below sea level. This Video includes...
0:00:00 Southern Entrance
0:01:13 Jubilee Pass Road
0:11:32 Ashford Mill Ruins
0:12:34 Badwater Road
0:15:16 Mormon Point
0:23:04 Badwater Basin
0:25:41 Artist Drive
0:36:46 Artists Palette
0:52:28 Furnace Creek Ranch
0:57:08 Dantes View Road
1:05:01 Dantes View
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Exploring The Workings Of The Scallywag Mine - Death Valley, California
This video describes our exploration of the Scallywag Mine in Death Valley, California the way it was on 3-24-2019. The cross country out and back hike is 6.9 miles round trip, with an elevation gain of 1660 feet, and starts on Badwater Road a short way south of the Ashford Mill ruins. The fun and challenging hike goes up a large obvious canyon, and wash, to the remains of two aerial trams and other mine relics. There are a few dry falls in the wash that need to be climbed. The actual workings are high on a steep mountainside above the wash near the top of the trams. There are several adits and open stopes that make up the workings of this mine and many are difficult to access.
Death Valley- Zabriske, Gower Gulch, Borax Works - 08 Dec 2017
Zabriske Point, Gower Gulch, and the old Harmony Borax Works (remember 20-Mule Team Borax?). Our Road Scholar Group leader tells us the story of the old borax works while dressed in some appropriate garb, along with some tour volunteers.
Hiking Death Valley National Park - Willow Creek Canyon
This video describes the hike up Willow Creek starting from the Sidewinder Canyon trail head the way it was on 3-28-2018. The 5¼ mile hike gains 970 feet in elevation and follows the canyon up through the lower narrows to a double waterfall where we turned around and returned to the trail head where we started. From the trail head head to the north, or left as you are looking at the mountains. There will probably be hikers going in several different directions from the trail head as many people will be looking for the Sidewinder Canyon slot canyons, which are to the south, or right as you are looking at the mountains. We have taken hikes from this trail head several times and every time we have come across people who are not lost but not going where they had intended to go. On the day we recorded this video we came across a couple who were most of the way up Willow Canyon but were looking for Sidewinder Canyon and had followed some hikers the wrong way out of the parking area. Although Willow creek is a small stream it was considered an important source of water back in the day, and one of the most reliable, as well. I can only imagine the delight all the thirsty miners and other travelers had coming across this cool water in the middle of the hottest place on Earth.
Skidoo MIll - Death Valley
Skidoo Mill - Death Valley
Death Valley National Park - Park Travel Review
Death Valley National Park is SO interesting and beautiful we had to take another look! This is our Park Travel Review of our second adventure!
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Hiking Death Valley National Park - Moorehouse Mine Tunnels Exploration
This video documents our hike to the Moorehouse Talc Mine, near the Ibex Spring, the way it was on 4-1-2018. The mine is located in Death Valley National Park in the southern part of the Ibex Hills near the southern end of the Black Mountains. We drove south on Highway #127 from Shoshone for 16.5 miles to the unmarked dirt road that is Ibex Spring Road. We went west for 2.8 miles to a fork where we went on the right fork towards the talc mines, whose white piles of rock are visible from there. There is a large and deep wash that is only a short way past the fork where we parked our vehicle and walked the remaining distance to the mine.
The mine is named after John Moorhouse, who in the mid 1930's located 16 mining claims in the hills north of Ibex Spring. He worked the mines for a few years before leasing his properties to the Sierra Talc Company in the mid 1940's who developed the mines extensively. They employed a sizeable crew, who lived in the camp by the spring, which is another fun area to explore. The Moorhouse Mine produced 62,000 tons of talc ore before it played out in 1959.
There are many interesting things to explore here including some great tunnels, twin ore chutes and bins, rail systems for the ore carts and much more.
Our hike to the mine and back was 8.6 miles long and had an elevation gain of about 1000 feet. It took us 4 1/2 hours to explore the mine and complete the hike.
Here is a link to a video about the Ibex Spring and mining camp, plus the nearby Pleasanton Mine.
DEATH VALLEY WILDROSE PEAK VIEWS - Wpis #13
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Zaczynają się widoki, na które tak długo czekaliśmy – jedna droga, która ciągnie się nieskończoność, a dookoła same góry i piach. (...) Widok nieziemski, który podsycił nasze apetyty na jeszcze więcej. Jadąc przez park przekroczyliśmy dozwoloną liczbę słów ale tu ładnie, ale pięknie, ponieważ krajobraz zmieniał się z każdym kilometrem.
Exploring Artists Drive in Death Valley National Park | Landscape Photography
Death Valley National Park was my 2nd stop on my 12 day photography adventure after explore Joshua Tree National Park.
On my 2nd morning in Death Valley National Park, I explored Artists Drive. The road was closed upon arrival, due to the National Park shutdown at the time. As a result, I had an interesting time and a couple of encounters. Although I didn't capture the images I had in my mind before the trip, I am happy with the photographs I was able to capture, even though I was limited to my long lens.
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Death Valley National Park - Mosaic Canyon - First Day Hike
Mosaic Canyon Trail was a great hike to start out the year! We hiked this as our First Day Hike. It is in Death Valley National Park and it was totally different than any hike we take in the Midwest. (The sliding was particularly fun!) It was a neat path finding adventure in Death Valley National Park! Find out more about our trip at happytrailshiking.com
From the National Park website: Distance: 4 mi (6.4km) out and back, round trip.
Time: 2.5 - 3 hours, round trip.
Difficulty: Moderate to Difficult
Elevation Gain: 1,200 ft (366m)
Location: The 2.3 mile (3.7km) unpaved Mosaic Canyon Road is located in Stovepipe Wells Village just across from Stovepipe Wells Campground. The road is typically passable in a sedan.
ABANDONED MINE #16 (EUREKA MINE, USA)
Eureka Mine-Cashier Mill-Pete Aguereberrys Camp
Death Valley National Park
Visited August 2014
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Death Valley: video of top 13 places to visit
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When I was researching where to go in Death Valley, I couldn't find great videos of the places, so when I visited, I thought I would help and take some video of the places. A lot of people talk about taking a 4 x 4 with high clearance, in the video you can see what types of roads there are going off road, so you can judge for yourself. Here are the locations in order:
1 - Golden Canyon Trail
2 - Artists Drive
3 - Devils Golf Course
4 - Badwater
5 - Off road in front of Ashford Mills Ruins
6 - Zabriskie Point
7 - Twenty Mule Team Canyon
8 - Dantes View
9 - Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes
10 - Titus Canyon
11 - Road towards The Racetrack - Teakettle junction
12 - The Racetrack and the moving rocks (aka Sailing stones)
13 - Hunter Mountain Road
Trail Canyon Road Death Valley
This video starts from a point near the canyon mouth. From West Side Rd you must cross a extremely large alluvial fan which is of low interest. The video ends after we went about half way into the canyon. Ran out of time to go farther. Got started late after helping a nice older couple get their sportmobile unstuck from a sandy dry wash. Had a blast doing it too.
Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley
Harmony Borax Works in Death Valley
Willow Sidewinder Canyon Loop - Feb 2016
Take a spin up Willow Canyon to the waterfall, back track and cut south over the saddle connector to Sidewinder Canyon and down to the starting point.