Wall Street Mill

Wall Street Mill

We make a return visit to the Wall Street in 2006. We pass the old truck again.

Wall Street Mill

Niki tries to start it up.

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Slowly rusting away in the desert.

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Looking up the loading rails.

Wall Street Mill

Baker Iron Works two stamp mill. 1891. The stamps weigh 1,100 lbs each.

Wall Street Mill

Niki gets a shot of the ore feeder that drops ore into the stamp mortar box. Notice the belt driving the bull wheel and cam shaft which raised the stamps. It is rare to see this belt still in place.

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The automatic ore feeder.

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Fulton jaw crusher.

Wall Street Mill

Grizzly and jaw crusher.

Wall Street Mill

The desert is a strange place at night.

Desert Queen Well

We come back out to the mill the next day, we stop at the remains of the Desert Queen Well. The wood in the foreground is possibly the remains of the Bagley homestead.

Desert Queen Well

The pump. It has a few extra wheels. I'm guessing it was once powered by a gasoline engine to supplement wind power on a calm day.

Desert Queen Well

Lewis tries to get some water pumping.

Desert Queen Well

We of course watch on in amusement.

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The Worth Bagley stone in 2006. This marker is no longer here due to vandalism.

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Kind of a lonely spot.

Wall Street Mill

Getting close to the mill, we find some blank headstones Bill Keys had ready. Makes you wonder what he had in mind. He seems to like stone carving.

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This looks like the remains of a wooden outhouse.

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Jamie spots an old car.

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It is a 1929 Lincoln Phaeton that has been converted into a truck.

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Looking across the main power shaft with pulleys and belts.

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The top of the stamp mill with the stamp stems and tappets. A wooden "finger" holds the left stamp in maintenance position.

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Jaw Crusher with view of the Wonderland of Rocks.

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Looking down the inclined trestle. Note the winch used to haul ore cars up the rails on the left.

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Another shot of the pulleys.

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The engine is still here. Belts still in place.

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Jamie gets some photos of the tables.

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The stamps are hard to get a good photo of.

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Here are the stamps and the amalgamation table. The stamp dies and a shoe are on the table. Those would be in the mortar box, of course.

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Back outside the mill.

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Wall Street Mill

Walking around the site, I find a claim corner marker. This is one of three around the mill site boundary It was made by Keys.

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I think this is Wall Street Mill Site Corner 2. I'm not sure about the 6585 B. Perhaps it is a claim number?

As we are hiking out, my dad stands next to a giant Nolina. One of the largest I've ever seen.

We stop at the old truck again and say farewell to the site for now.

Desert Queen Well

Here I am in one of the old trucks on the way out to the mill. This was taken in 2001.

Desert Queen Well

The Desert Queen Well in 2001. The well was dug by William Morgan for the Desert Queen Mine. The water would have been hauled to the mine. Later, after 1924, the land was sold to Worth Bagley and known at the Bagley Well. Bagley homesteaded here.

Desert Queen Well

Old truck. Possible a late 1920s Dodge or Chevrolet pickup.

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"Here is... Here is where Worth Bagley bit the dust at the hand of W. F. Keys May 11 1943." I'm not sure who painted this in. Bill Keys shot Bagley here. This was the marker in 2001.

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The NPS has a sign about the mill.

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The Wall Street Millsite Well. Reportly dug in the summer of 1896 by early rancher Bill McHaney to water his cattle. It was run by a gasoline engine and the main supply of water for the mill.

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Chimney stack and old car.

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Ore loading trestle. Ore would be hauled in an ore car up to the jaw crusher and grizzly.

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The mill equipment was driven by belts and pulleys. A belt would come off of an engine and run this main shaft.

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Water tank.

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Looking down on the engine.

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The 12hp Western Gas engine that ran the mill. It has a single 6" cylinder.

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Two stamp mill and amalgamation table. The table would have been covered with copper plating and mercury.

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Baker Iron Works, Los Angeles.

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Alysia and Bear at a Myer's Concentration table. Heavier gold sands not caught on the amalgamation table would be concentrated here.