Massive Nevada mine reveals hidden trove of decaying classic cars and boats
- Three Kids Mine is a large abandoned mine near Las Vegas
- The mine is used by graffiti artists, but it is also a car graveyard
- There are boats here, too
Published on Aug 30, 2024 at 4:22 PM (UTC+4)
by Alessandro Renesis
Last updated on Aug 30, 2024 at 4:23 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Tom Wood
One of the most mysterious and remote collections of abandoned cars in the world is hidden in the desert of Nevada.
The location is known as the Three Kids Mine, an abandoned manganese mine situated a stone’s throw from Las Vegas.
This spot is just about perfect for this collection of abandoned cars and boats.
Chiefly because they were likely stolen.
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Like winning the slots in Vegas
The video was shared to YouTube by Remote Troopers, and we’re willing to bet that finding this collection must feel like winning the slots in Vegas.
Three Kids Mine is abandoned, and it has been for a very long time.
They call it that, with a pinch of irony, because the manganese that eventually led to the creation of the mine was discovered by three men who were actually very senior when they found this.
![Three Kids Mine Nevada](https://supercarblondie.com/wp-content/uploads/abandoned-boat-Nevada-boats-1024x640.webp)
![Three Kids Mine Nevada](https://supercarblondie.com/wp-content/uploads/Nevada-1024x519.webp)
![Three Kids Mine Nevada](https://supercarblondie.com/wp-content/uploads/Three-Kids-Mine-1024x532.webp)
![Three Kids Mine Nevada](https://supercarblondie.com/wp-content/uploads/abandoned-boat-Nevada-1024x562.webp)
The mine is in Henderson, which is very close to Las Vegas.
So close in fact you can actually see the strip from the mine.
It is the perfect spot if somebody wants to hide cars and boats that were likely stone, which is apparently what happened here.
Nevada is a lot bigger than we think
![abandoned cars nevada](https://supercarblondie.com/wp-content/uploads/abandoned-cars-Nevada-1024x640.webp)
Nevada is the seventh largest state but it is also the ninth least densely populated.
Translated, it’s a very large state with not a lot of people living in it, and most of it is rocky, desolate, sunbaked desert.
This means it is the perfect state to, how can we put it, ‘hide’ things.
Nevada is famously home to the mythical Area 51 which, as revealed by recently declassified files shared by a historian, has primarily been used as a glorified base for flight testing.
![Area 51 A-12 Oxcart](https://supercarblondie.com/wp-content/uploads/Area-51-images.webp)
![The main gate at Area 51](https://supercarblondie.com/wp-content/uploads/area_51_main_gate-1-1024x640.jpg)
Somebody says there’s a ‘Nuke Town’, but that’s a conversation for another day.
There’s also a ghost town, complete with abandoned cars and even aircraft.
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Alessandro Renesis
Experienced content creator with a strong focus on cars and watches. Alessandro penned the first-ever post on the Supercar Blondie website and covers cars, watches, yachts, real estate and crypto. Former DriveTribe writer, fixed gear bike owner, obsessed with ducks for some reason.