Rockgremlin, thanks regarding the video and glad you enjoyed it and the music. The mine at the Pole Creek sink you are talking about was claimed by a man named Gale Rhoades. He had some partners/investors, but I can't remember there names. They believed there was an old Spanish Mine (one of the old Rhoades Mines) located at the site and they were trying to connect into it. There was an unfortunate accident and dynamite was prematurely ignited killing one of the miners. They quit mining after that. This all occurred when I was a kid. My brother and his friend found a nice size gold nugget in the sink. You can access it from the other side of the mountain during drought years. Last time I was at the site about two years ago, the Forrest Service had placed a metal gate on the entrance of the mine. Now you can't go inside of it. This was really stupid, it didn't go very far and was very stable. It was a good place to let kids (safely) play around in a cave/mine and etc. It was the probably the first mine I ever went into when I was around 10 years old or so. We used to go there, check out the mine and pick razzberries that grown in front of it next to the creek.

Thank you kindly!

Hi from Australia I love what u are doing Do u believe there are still lots of Spanish mines ,still to find Or most have be lost to the floods

@@joecolvin3617 I believe there are still some waiting to be discovered. Unfortunately, most are collapsed and/or covered over from natural erosion. Still lot's of fun searching and exploring around. You never know what you'll find.

Thanks Orrin and appreciate the compliment. Jackson is beautiful, God's country!!

You are most welcome and thank you for the wonderful comment.

Your welcome and I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

All the mormans have prosperd from the Spanish

Thank you.

Glad you liked it!

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing this info and appreciate the insight.

Eric, hope you enjoy your new tunes. LOL. If you ever hear any music and not sure of the origin, let me know and I'll will do my best to tell you the artist. The music I use in these videos come from unknown artist on KZfaq, many of these folks make unbelievably beautiful music and deserve much more credit and hits then they receive.

David, I haven't found anything that intricate in the Uinta Mountains. Mostly just their old mines, smelters, rock monuments/symbols and one Arrastra. I have found the remains of very old cabins, but they could have been from early day trappers/prospectors. Thank you for the comment and glad you like the video.

Thanks Darrell.

Thanks Davey. The likes really help out with the algorithm. I used to never pay attention to that sort of stuff, until I started making vids. Now I make sure and hit the button like you on videos I enjoy. Really helps out the creator of the video. Thanks again.

Thanks Dale.

@@LowBudgetExploration Thank you

Many thanks my friend and appreciate the compliment. Please pass on my thanks to your dad as well!

Thanks Mark. I would love to hear about your Bigfoot research. When you get a chance, send me an email. Thanks.

I know, I did a video on him you might enjoy. Its called, "Mines you can find and the origins of the mysterious catface symbol".

I love all your videos. Thanks for posting them.@@LowBudgetExploration

My pleasure sir.

The wood flows downstream. After where the sluice box would have been located, the stream starts to descend more rapidly down the hill. This is where a lot of the wood from the box was deposited. You can see it at 22:22 in the video. Hope this helps and glad you enjoyed the video.

Thanks for the comment and sharing your insight. I wish I could go back in time and question my Great Uncle (he was still alive when I was a kid but very old). I don't know if you have ever saw that reality show, "blind frog ranch". My great uncle was one of the original homesteaders of that area (I think to include the land blind frog sets on, but I'm not sure due to there being a few other ranches in the area at the time and the property lines have since been so subdivided it's hard to tell). He herded cattle all over Mosby Mountain. Thanks again and appreciate your comment.

About 100 yards south of the site, you will find two old pine trees the Spaniards had placed blazes on to mark the old trail coming up from the canyon. Nothing fancy, just a couple of blazes. The trail is overgrown now and hard to follow. Back in the 70's a guy from Salt Lake who liked to hike went from the Lake above to the canyon below following the (unnamed creek to protect the site). This guy knew nothing about Spanish Lore, he was just a guy who loved the outdoors and hiking. During his journey, he discovered a strange rock structure and didn't know what it was or why it would be out in the middle of nowhere. He described the structure to my uncle and what he described was an ancient Arrastra. I've messed around a little bit trying to find it, but haven't had any luck. If you find it please let me know. I care nothing for the treasure, it's yours. I just want to film and document it before it is lost forever. I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

@@LowBudgetExploration good to know I have metal detected all the way down that creek ( I don’t think I’ll do that again) but I heard another story that someone else found something down there. I’ll email you and tell you the whole story. Beautiful canyon but not very fun to hike

Looking forward to it. My email is in the description down below.

True, but I could never bring myself to do that. I love the history and remains, more than the gold. It would break my heart to see everything burned for a few specks of gold.

That is cool. The cart alone is an awesome discovery!

@@LowBudgetExploration I believe that they may have been doing hydraulic mining there.

Thank you sir!

Could be, but I still chase them for the same reason a country dog chases a truck he has no hope of ever catching.

The Uintah Basin is in Northeastern Utah and covers a large area spanning from Duchesne to Vernal Utah. It's basically a large bowl. Some people believe it is the result of an ancient meteor strike. At one point, it was a large inland lake called Lake Uinta. Beautiful area, beautiful people.

Most of these old mines like this are probably played out and the easy high grade ore is gone. I do find old mines from time to time, that make me wonder if good gold is still to be found in them. Silver is basically worthless to mine, not enough money unless you have lots of virgin silver just waiting to be cut out. The problem is these old mines are what my friend calls, "Leverite". Pronounced "Leave-ur-ite". Meaning you leave it where you found it. The reason is because of all the red tape with the Federal Government you would have to go through to open it back up. Environmental permits, approved plans of operation and etc. You could easily be in it over one million dollars, just to find the old mine has been stripped of gold. Not worth the risk. I just love the history and discovery of it all. I have found small bits of gold from time to time, but I don't get to excited about it. I just like to kick back and try to imagine what these old timers where up to. That is the treasure for me.

@LowBudgetExploration Thanks for your reply. Just have to ask if you ever detect in those areas or do any in those beautiful hills and mountains. I live in Kentucky and try to do old homesteads. Never really found anything of monetary value but find other interesting lost stuff.

@@paulroberts3311 Kentucky is beautiful, as is all of Appalachia. I used to live in Mercer County West Virginia for a time. Great people. I don't own a metal detector, which is probably foolish. I hike many miles at a time and don't want to be slowed down. People watch my videos and try to figure out locations, so I have to be careful with my wording. There is a "feature" not far from where this video was filmed and my friends uncle did find many Spanish artifacts using his metal detector. There also used to be an old Canon, but somebody removed it from the mountain I think back in the 1960's. I have found numerous old Spanish mines and one cache site in this particular area. I now have a really good idea what they were up to and how their operation worked.

@LowBudgetExploration I have enjoyed your Spanish mine vids and others. I am 65 now and love to learn the history of the early pioneers and prospectors. I want to one day go out west to take in all I can. Thanks

I haven't messed around very much at Hoyt's Peak. I watch videos sometimes with the older gentleman who has the claims up there. I do believe there are some mines in the area and I hope he is successful with his endeavor.

Thank you for the comments about the video and I'm glad you enjoyed it. There is so much controversy regarding Aspen tree carvings and has been since I was a kid. I think you are on the right track with being Mexican. One theory is the Mexicans upon finding old maps and documents in the archives in Mexico City and other places, sought out these old mines and caches in the late 1800's and early 1900's. They found old markings on dead/dying trees left by the Spaniards and copied them on young living trees in the same area. Keep in mind, during that time period, these areas were still part of the Indian Reservation and not National Forest Lands. There might be some truth to this theory, since many of these Aspen markings will lead you to different sites of interest. For example, the marking you see on that Aspen tree next to the mine in the video, if followed correctly does lead to a very old Spanish mine site up another canyon.

@@LowBudgetExploration very interesting!!! I love exploring old mines, but the ones down here are nowhere near that old.

That’s exactly precisely what that did. Also, I’ve seen Aspens live a lot longer that what has been said they live. We have one on family property that’s been in our family for 5 generations. Still going strong as it was 120 years ago. I have 50-60 pictures to prove it. It’s been cared for tho. Maybe that has a lot to do with it. Not trying to dispute anyone’s knowledge, just a known fact about this one tree.

Dude, your user name cracks me up, LOL. That carving is really cool, it depicts the drainage for the canyon next too it and leads you to an old mine. I think an old treasure hunter/prospector by the name of Shirl Atwood made the carving. The carving is on a quaky, so it can't be very old (not Spanish). The reason I think he made that carving is because I found one of his marks on the tree next to it.

@@LowBudgetExploration oh......... (I have ccp and pla trolls following me on social media. So I created the username in order to troll them back. Glad you like it. 😆)

@@JasonAlexzander1q47 LOL, you strike me as someone who likes to stir up some sh*t. I do like it. Very cool.

@@LowBudgetExploration I call things as I see them. And it is fun at times. My life is limited. So I have no time for bullshit so to speak. So my detector is always on. 😆

Well this video is pretty much proof that old mines still can produce! Looks like some pretty darn dam good ore still on top of ground. Imagine with the technology today, just what could be mined below!! Hell, probably could resift tails / dump and spend a year still finding pay. Awesome video!