Historic Candelaria Nevada - Mining Town & Cemetery - 1870's Cabin - Colorful Drift And Shaft Rappel

The historic Candelaria Nevada area has been an important silver mining area for many years. Mexican prospectors working the area found rich silver deposits in 1864. A town grew up to support the miners, but, today the town is decaying and the area is dominated by a few huge open mines that produce gold and silver. The cemetery, original town site and many mine workings are still left.
There was a stamp mill here at one time, but, a lack of water caused it to be run as a dry mill. This created a toxic dust that carried through the town and many miners and residents died from breathing in the dust. This condition was called miners consumption. In the cemetery there are numerous graves that are unmarked and are reported to be miners, many of whom were Chinese.
The mine we explored in this video has natural hand hewn timbering, beautiful mineral veins and two vertical shafts. After checking out the upper level we rappel down to see the lower level.
Judging from the signature on the door Death Valley Curly visited here in 1947. His real name was Roscoe Wright and he was the vice president of the Western Mining Council, Nevada. He was a collector and writer on rocks, minerals, agates, crystals and fossils in Death Valley.
We hope you enjoy the video of this historic area!