Love your work and have watched a lot of your vids . The mine you are in is actually the Boss mine looking over Sandy Valley. It was a Gold and Platinum ( major ) producer with copper ( minor ) deposits as well. The ore is in Limonite and Jarosite , ( Plumbojarosite ) We have been in all the Goodsprings mines for about 30 years now. The Azurite mine is in the Shenandoah canyon next to this mine on the right side about half way up. One interesting point is one stope had an ore average of 110 OPT , Not to shabby. Take care and keep posting Jeff and Slim
***** Thanks, Jeff! I enjoy your videos, too. We both certainly have differing styles of delivery, that's for sure. :-) On my topographic maps, the Boss Mine is indicated to be about 1800 feet southwest of the mine portals I entered in this video. No other mine names are given on the maps for anything else in the area. I believe I got the name "Azurite Mine" from Western Mining HIstory's website. At any rate, there seems to always be confusion about the mine names in the Goodsprings area. By the way, on a subsequent trip to the Goodsprings area late last year, we did hike up to the Boss Mine that is indicated on the topo maps. Nothing was there. The tunnels were very short and had no depth. It wasn't even worth filming. I believe there was a shallow pit inside the one tunnel but that was about it. Thanks again for watching and commenting!
+Ask Jeff Williams You should do a video together, would be nice to see what happens when 2 people with 2 completely mindsets about mines come together and explore.
I love how people respect these mines. There's no litter or trash or graffiti. It keeps them preserved for future people to walk through them. I love these videos. I never thought about looking up mine exploration videos on RUclips, but since I have these are by far the absolute best I've ever seen. The only spelunking I've ever done was in Calico on that Maggie Mine lol.
Some of the mines that are more well-known do get a lot more foot traffic and, consequently, do have trash and graffiti in them. Check out my Jubilee Mine video near Nelson, NV or my Big Horn Mine video for good examples of trashed mines. More remote mines, however, tend to get less foot traffic and don't suffer from graffiti and trash.
Another great video,especially for old guys like me who don't have the time or energy to hike up to explore these mines, and you do such an excellent job. I can sit here in the comfort of my home and it's just like I'm there with you. Thanks so much! Anxiously awaiting more. Dan Miller
Thanks! It's a lot of fun to document these historic sites. I've been to 42 mines and mine sites so far this year, More to come, that's for sure, so stay tuned!
I'm probably being overly cautious, but I just don't want to take that chance. Not crossing the bridge means I missed out on seeing a lot more of the mine. However, I'm still alive to go explore many other mines.
Yes, there is a lot more to this mine -- stopes that went down and up huge distances. It would be worth going back and spending an entire day in there exploring some of the stopes. I was only in there for about three hours.
No. The closest I came to being actually lost was in the Old Dutch Cleanser Mine last summer. I deliberately did not keep track of all the turns I took or how far I descended in the mine because I knew there were multiple openings to the mine that connected everywhere and that I'd eventually find one again. And I did. Wasn't a big deal. That video is on my channel if you want to check it out. That was a cool mine.
Exploring Abandoned Mines and Unusual Places No, I'm sure many others caught both the literal AND the literal meanings! There is no 'figurative' meaning, as both are literal..... Lol
I think I was walking on a lot of "false floors" in this mine due to all the stopes that seemed to surround the tunnels I was in. There were stopes above, to the sides, and below the tunnels I was in. This mine's layout was very interesting in that regard.
Thanks. When I take my Corolla out to some of these sites, I'm also very careful driving on the access roads. If I know a site is really remote and located up some really rough, torn-up roads, I rent a high-clearance vehicle for the trip instead.
I go camping out in remote areas of Death Valley and come across many mines on my travels. I have checked out some and others I simply didn't have the time to explore or climb up to. The area I was most recently in had some portals that I didn't have time to check out. Not massive tailings but enough to maybe constitute maybe a mile or so of tunnel(s). This was in the Funeral Mountains area. We made camp in an area that looked as though it hadn't been traveled in quite some time. The portals are all open. I should start noting latitude/longitute for you of some of these places. My next trip should be up Johnson canyon via Goler canyon. If I come across anything I will take note via my GPS. Keep up the great videos.
Thanks, Mike! Thanks for watching the video and commenting. Sounds like you've been finding some rather remote mine sites in Death Valley. I haven't spent a lot of time in that park because I know that the park has made a concentrated effort over the last five or six years to seal up or gate the abandoned mines located within the park boundaries. I'm sure they prioritize the mines and first seal up the ones that are the easiest to get to.
Have you ever gone down the valley behind that mine? It's about an hour hike, and then a steep climb up, but it takes you to the Smithsonite Mine (I think that's the name). Very cool! There were multiple portals, all looking pretty extensive, but I only peeked in, as I was with my family. Ore cart tracks everywhere, and tons of old equipment...plus a strange "grand room" on the left that I've never seen at mines before..it's about 80 feet deep, by 40 feet wide, and 10 feet tall.
Never made it down that tunnel to the "badger." Not sure what that was all about..... Some of these mines are occasionally worked by independents, but I think they are few and far between.
Great Videos as always. So glad you exercise caution so as to film another day. I'm the same way with my 4 x 4 roads. I'd rather be alive to film another video. Thanks as always for your great videos.
Really haven't found anything. I think most relics were taken out years ago. You really have to go deep into the lowest levels via 200-foot vertical shafts in order to find relics that haven't yet been taken.
You have got to have big balls to explore a mine on your own! I'm very prone to panic attacks in such sketchy environments. You explore with some buddies of yours nowadays right? It was a wise decision... I subscribed to your channel, I enjoy watching your mine explorations.
Your video's are like watching horror movies. My palms sweat and I keep waiting for something to jump out at you or you to fall or a collapse or something. I love seeing your explorations though!
Hey Frank! Love your mine videos, still going thru them all! I noticed on Google Earth that there are 40+ mines in a 10 mile area there. Have You been to most of them? Are they generally accessible or gated? I can tell that a lot are smaller but there are some big tailing piles dotting the landscape there! Thanks!
Rob Farrow A lot of those mines around Goodsprings, NV have been gated or backfilled over the last five or six years. Many of them are also very small and don't have a lot of underground workings. The ones I've been in (Azurite Mine, the Columbia Mine, the Frederickson Mine, the Oro Amigo Mine, and a couple others) were some of the biggest. Believe it or not, someone did find a way in to the huge Yellow Pine Mine that's there. They had to rappel to access it. That was probably the biggest mine there back in the day. It's an interesting area to explore, but I'd recommend doing it sooner rather than later -- at the rate they are going, the BLM and others are sealing the mines up pretty fast.
Exploring Abandoned Mines in CA, NV, and AZ Thanks Frank! One more question...I'm assuming that if the BLM is sealing them, then the mines are on Public lands and not private? Anyone ever hassle you for going into these mines? I guess that was two questions...
Rob Farrow There is a common misconception floating around out there regarding mining claims. Some mining claim owners fall prey to believing in this misconception, too. The misconception is that mining claims are private property and nobody except the claim holder can be on the claim. Not true. Mining claims are public land and, therefore, anybody is allowed to pass through them. The only thing the claim holder has a legal right to would be the minerals and ore that are in the claim. Nothing else. A patented mining claim, however, IS private property, and the claim holder of a patented mining claim also owns the land. The US government stopped granting patented mining claims back in the early 1990s, I believe (hmmm....I wonder why they did that?). A responsible mining claim owner is supposed to secure his or her tunnels with lockable doors or gates so that the public doesn't go in and get hurt. The claim owner should secure the tunnels anyway if they are not planning on doing any mining in them. Of course, installing a sturdy bat gate or door into a tunnel or shaft is VERY expensive, so you can imagine why claim owners don't do that. I can't tell you how many mining claims I've seen where dangerous tunnels and shafts are just sitting there wide open. I guess claim owners are too cheap to spend the big bucks to secure their tunnels and would rather roll the dice and hope they don't get sued by someone who gets hurt inside one of their unsecured tunnels or shafts on their claim. So, as you can see, a mining claim owner has no right to be hassling me. And they don't. The only time their hassling would be legitimate would be if I was going onto a patented claim. Or if I was going onto a claim and removing the minerals and ore -- which would be mineral theft. And illegal. But I'm not interested in mining for minerals at these sites. Couldn't care any less about that than I do now. I often check the BLM's database (the LR2000 online database) to see the status of a mine that I'm planning to visit. It's amazing the amount of public information that is available in that database regarding mining claim owners -- their addresses, how much they pay each year to maintain the claim, the location of the claim, how long they've owned it, etc..
You are basically in one mine without supports holding the roof up. The pillars are wood an were placed years ago.Id recommend getting a mine inspector to first check it out.
Badger ghost? That's a new one. Horton Mine, Badger, and then trying to play with a dead corpse with a blood pack and a rabbit. Some of these mines are trippy. Tried Googling for Badgers in Azurite mine to only get unhelpful results. There's quite some nice mines out there from what I'm seeing with you coming across three or so crazy ones dealing with the dead. An ignorable suggestion....Any chance for a Halloween themed spooky video by going back to the Horton mine, but with friends? I guess not as safety is first all around. Fear is a paralyzer. I wouldn't be able to do it either due to fear. In the end I'll still be enjoying all the videos you shared and shall be sharing.
Yeah, I never found out what the "badger" was in the Azurite Mine. Probably some old miners' legend. Halloween is coming, but no plans to return to the Horton Mine.
Exploring Abandoned Mines in CA, NV, and AZ From the video it seems to be a carbide lamb (or marker) marking so my guess would be an inside joke or legend, as you said. Guess I'll leave that curiosity at that. And glad you politely declined that idea. After re-reading the comments and your comments about respecting the dead that is a wise choice. My bad, and I was being rude with my curiosity. Just felt a bit guilty for suggesting it.
9:42 & 10:44 There are numbers spray painted on the mine walls. Are these elevations? Are they map coordinate locators? Were they done by miners or by explorers or by BLM or by rescuers? I've seen them in many mine videos and always wondered what they were.
Back in the 1990s, when the Calif. Mojave Preserve was still BLM land ,the ranger said they where hunting for miners. Late that night I was camped at Kelso Dunes and heard some deep Booms off to the North, and off in the distance, heading for the Kelso Mts. lights from helicopters & jeeps Busted !
I could tell by the sound of your voice being muffled inside that one , you were in some pretty nasty shit rock, love you channel, and please keep safe! :)
To answer my own question, yes if this was actually the Boss mine, whose primary mining was Copper, than yes there was (is) probably an abundance of Azurite found as well. Secondary mining included gold, so it would be fun to swing my Goldmaster V Sat detector over those tailing piles :)
k reece I’m not sure. I know a large portion of land in the area of this mine was closed off several years ago so that a company could operate a shooting range where paying customers shoot at targets on the ground from a helicopter. Do your due diligence before heading out there!
Yes this mine is still able to be visited. I frequently visit the area. The mine that's difficult to explore is the Oro Amigo mine, which is posted as Private Property for the Gunship Gun Range.
As noted by another writer, this mine is indeed the Boss Mine; the Azurite is on the other side of the same ridge. The Boss is only one of four locations on the planet where the mineral nissonite occurs! (see Discover Minerals Volume 2 Issue 1 at discover-minerals.com)
Hey Frank, I really enjoy your videos of the old mines and old machinery,as a hands on engineer I like to figure how they mined the minerals and how they got them out for refining. If I was there i would be looking for minerals in the mine debris. being a part time gold prospector here in New Zealand, I often lug a dolly pot as i explore old workings to crush any interesting rocks and pan out the debris. Thanks Jim C
yellowboy1866 Thanks, Jim! A lot of people like to poke around the mine dumps looking for ore and stuff. I have never really been into that. I'm more interested in seeing the inside of the mines and how they are put together underground. As you can imagine, I often see veins of ore inside the tunnels, so some of these old mines do have some ore left in them, I'd guess. Thanks, Jim, for watching and commenting. Always nice to hear from somebody who's "down under."
Exploring Abandoned Mines in CA, NV, and AZ Hey Frank, thanks for your reply. I saw your video of the mine with the swinging chains, spooky. I would of scuttled out of that place pronto. Warmest Regards Jim C
Exploring Abandoned Mines in CA, NV, and AZ Well sometimes i go prospecting in my holidays too, i have been mining on an old false bottom that was left when a ancient glacier melted. love seeing that yellow stuff. have investigated the local areas around this area which was a gold rush back in 1880s there are remains of old cabins as you call them but they call them huts here. Also there were a lot of Americans on these gold fields too. the nz gold strikes were some of the last big ones around the world. Lots of Americans ended up staying here and lots of old second hand shops ended up with old Winchester Rifles and some of the one in one thousand ones. A friend of mine saw a great collection of them. Seems sad for them to of traveled so far from their home lands to end up here. Regards Jim C
Shit with the price of gold soaring these days it would almost be a better option to live in one of these mines and ore for gold and sell it with the lack of jobs in our current economy lol. The sad thing is, is i'm not kidding. I'm serious. It would almost be a better alternative. Be your own boss.
Thanks for asking! Yes, I never completed my statement. They sealed up the Ruth Mine several years ago because the tunnels in that mine had undercut floors that in some areas were only a couple inches thick with voids underneath them that were hundreds of feet deep!
Hey Im has found a mineshaft that had a brick entrence and some old furnaces at the entrence but it was going in a old claymud way like 300 yards deep i dont rember tha direction tho
Jeremy bullock It was swinging due to the airflow in the tunnel. Strong airflow like that is always a good sign in an abandoned mine. It means the mine is well-ventilated and basically eliminates the chance of encountering "bad air" (i.e. a pocket of air with little or no oxygen in it).
+Jimmy Jameson Not afraid, just leery. That's why I don't usually climb them -- especially when I'm by myself. The few times I have climbed ladders in my other videos were ladders that I researched beforehand and found out that many others had already used them with no problems.
Do you guys have any videos of any of the mines in the El Paso range just outside of Randsburg? That use to be my stomping grounds for gold detecting, and since I was always alone never explored any of the mines out there. There was a local guy out there I befriended for a while who had a big winch in the bed of his pickup, he would lower the winch cable down the many vertical shafts out there and jumar up and down them, or use the winch motor to ascend and descend when there was somebody (like myself) to operate the winch motor. I never had the guts to go down those myself.
Chris Strobel: I'm reading Ann Rule's book about the Susan Powell case. In it she speaks of the abandoned mines in Utah. I wanted to see what she was speaking about so that is why I'm here. I am not in "mine" country. How deep are those vertical shafts? Once at the bottom of a vertical shaft, how did a miner get out?
Love your work and have watched a lot of your vids . The mine you are in is actually the Boss mine looking over Sandy Valley. It was a Gold and Platinum ( major ) producer with copper ( minor ) deposits as well. The ore is in Limonite and Jarosite , ( Plumbojarosite ) We have been in all the Goodsprings mines for about 30 years now. The Azurite mine is in the Shenandoah canyon next to this mine on the right side about half way up. One interesting point is one stope had an ore average of 110 OPT , Not to shabby. Take care and keep posting
Jeff and Slim
***** Thanks, Jeff! I enjoy your videos, too. We both certainly have differing styles of delivery, that's for sure. :-) On my topographic maps, the Boss Mine is indicated to be about 1800 feet southwest of the mine portals I entered in this video. No other mine names are given on the maps for anything else in the area. I believe I got the name "Azurite Mine" from Western Mining HIstory's website. At any rate, there seems to always be confusion about the mine names in the Goodsprings area. By the way, on a subsequent trip to the Goodsprings area late last year, we did hike up to the Boss Mine that is indicated on the topo maps. Nothing was there. The tunnels were very short and had no depth. It wasn't even worth filming. I believe there was a shallow pit inside the one tunnel but that was about it. Thanks again for watching and commenting!
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I'm a fan of both you guys!
Rory Hartley Thanks, Rory! Really appreciate the support.
+Ask Jeff Williams You should do a video together, would be nice to see what happens when 2 people with 2 completely mindsets about mines come together and explore.
I love how people respect these mines. There's no litter or trash or graffiti. It keeps them preserved for future people to walk through them.
I love these videos. I never thought about looking up mine exploration videos on RUclips, but since I have these are by far the absolute best I've ever seen.
The only spelunking I've ever done was in Calico on that Maggie Mine lol.
Some of the mines that are more well-known do get a lot more foot traffic and, consequently, do have trash and graffiti in them. Check out my Jubilee Mine video near Nelson, NV or my Big Horn Mine video for good examples of trashed mines. More remote mines, however, tend to get less foot traffic and don't suffer from graffiti and trash.
Another great video,especially for old guys like me who don't have the time or energy to hike up to explore these mines, and you do such an excellent job. I can sit here in the comfort of my home and it's just like I'm there with you. Thanks so much! Anxiously awaiting more. Dan Miller
Thanks! It's a lot of fun to document these historic sites. I've been to 42 mines and mine sites so far this year, More to come, that's for sure, so stay tuned!
I'm probably being overly cautious, but I just don't want to take that chance. Not crossing the bridge means I missed out on seeing a lot more of the mine. However, I'm still alive to go explore many other mines.
Yes, there is a lot more to this mine -- stopes that went down and up huge distances. It would be worth going back and spending an entire day in there exploring some of the stopes. I was only in there for about three hours.
I agree that you would have to be really high to go into the sort of places into which Fearless Frank descends.
+David Sendero Del Santos Finally! Someone finally caught that joke. I've been waiting patiently for the last few years. LOL
No. The closest I came to being actually lost was in the Old Dutch Cleanser Mine last summer. I deliberately did not keep track of all the turns I took or how far I descended in the mine because I knew there were multiple openings to the mine that connected everywhere and that I'd eventually find one again. And I did. Wasn't a big deal. That video is on my channel if you want to check it out. That was a cool mine.
Nice view of Sandy Valley in the distance at the end....
I'm going through your earlier video's. Brilliant👍.
Ah, my early videos! Hard to believe some of these are almost ten years old! Thanks for going into the vault with my older videos.
"i am very high right now" XD
You are one of only a couple people who caught that veiled reference. LOL!
You know when your mouth starts getting dry...
Flyingwigs Me too. That's why I am watching mine exploration videos.
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No, I'm sure many others caught both the literal AND the literal meanings! There is no 'figurative' meaning, as both are literal..... Lol
I think I was walking on a lot of "false floors" in this mine due to all the stopes that seemed to surround the tunnels I was in. There were stopes above, to the sides, and below the tunnels I was in. This mine's layout was very interesting in that regard.
Good call on the bridge, I pretty much never solo false floors.
I love your videos. Never stop.
Thanks. When I take my Corolla out to some of these sites, I'm also very careful driving on the access roads. If I know a site is really remote and located up some really rough, torn-up roads, I rent a high-clearance vehicle for the trip instead.
Another interesting adventure into forgotten a mine.Really like your videos!
Another great mine video! Myself and my son watch them all! Good stuff.
thanks frank next time i spend a penny ill know how hard it was to put that copper in it! keep safe & keep em comming.
I go camping out in remote areas of Death Valley and come across many mines on my travels. I have checked out some and others I simply didn't have the time to explore or climb up to. The area I was most recently in had some portals that I didn't have time to check out. Not massive tailings but enough to maybe constitute maybe a mile or so of tunnel(s). This was in the Funeral Mountains area. We made camp in an area that looked as though it hadn't been traveled in quite some time. The portals are all open. I should start noting latitude/longitute for you of some of these places. My next trip should be up Johnson canyon via Goler canyon. If I come across anything I will take note via my GPS. Keep up the great videos.
Thanks, Mike! Thanks for watching the video and commenting. Sounds like you've been finding some rather remote mine sites in Death Valley. I haven't spent a lot of time in that park because I know that the park has made a concentrated effort over the last five or six years to seal up or gate the abandoned mines located within the park boundaries. I'm sure they prioritize the mines and first seal up the ones that are the easiest to get to.
lol Fearless for sure .....I love it Frank as always your amazing. God bless
+Dirk Diggler Thanks for your many recent comments. This particular mine was pretty interesting. Glad to hear you are enjoying the vids.
Yes. The Donohoe Mine and others. There is a video of our night hike to the Donohoe Mine on my channel.
Have you ever gone down the valley behind that mine? It's about an hour hike, and then a steep climb up, but it takes you to the Smithsonite Mine (I think that's the name). Very cool! There were multiple portals, all looking pretty extensive, but I only peeked in, as I was with my family. Ore cart tracks everywhere, and tons of old equipment...plus a strange "grand room" on the left that I've never seen at mines before..it's about 80 feet deep, by 40 feet wide, and 10 feet tall.
Don´t go alone, ever. Be safe.
Never made it down that tunnel to the "badger." Not sure what that was all about..... Some of these mines are occasionally worked by independents, but I think they are few and far between.
Great Videos as always. So glad you exercise caution so as to film another day. I'm the same way with my 4 x 4 roads. I'd rather be alive to film another video. Thanks as always for your great videos.
I suppose you're right. Thanks for watching the entire video and not getting too scared and turning it off! LOL
What a awesome explore! Great mine, maybe worth a revisit one day with a few people to see what's over that bridge?
Really haven't found anything. I think most relics were taken out years ago. You really have to go deep into the lowest levels via 200-foot vertical shafts in order to find relics that haven't yet been taken.
You have got to have big balls to explore a mine on your own! I'm very prone to panic attacks in such sketchy environments. You explore with some buddies of yours nowadays right? It was a wise decision...
I subscribed to your channel, I enjoy watching your mine explorations.
@8:58 that key portal is very unique very excellent find.
Yes, I thought that keyhole-shaped portal was interesting, too.
Glad to see you exercise caution when exploring alone, Frank. ;)
You can still see the copper in the tunnel walls while inside this mine.
Cool, nice work
Thanks! Check out the Horton Mine video -- I caught a spirit or energy on film in that creepy mine!
Great video! Stay safe
Your video's are like watching horror movies. My palms sweat and I keep waiting for something to jump out at you or you to fall or a collapse or something. I love seeing your explorations though!
Good. We love your videos. You have to be alive and healthy to continue to do them, sir. ;)
Hey Frank! Love your mine videos, still going thru them all! I noticed on Google Earth that there are 40+ mines in a 10 mile area there. Have You been to most of them? Are they generally accessible or gated? I can tell that a lot are smaller but there are some big tailing piles dotting the landscape there! Thanks!
Rob Farrow A lot of those mines around Goodsprings, NV have been gated or backfilled over the last five or six years. Many of them are also very small and don't have a lot of underground workings. The ones I've been in (Azurite Mine, the Columbia Mine, the Frederickson Mine, the Oro Amigo Mine, and a couple others) were some of the biggest. Believe it or not, someone did find a way in to the huge Yellow Pine Mine that's there. They had to rappel to access it. That was probably the biggest mine there back in the day. It's an interesting area to explore, but I'd recommend doing it sooner rather than later -- at the rate they are going, the BLM and others are sealing the mines up pretty fast.
Exploring Abandoned Mines in CA, NV, and AZ Thanks Frank! One more question...I'm assuming that if the BLM is sealing them, then the mines are on Public lands and not private? Anyone ever hassle you for going into these mines? I guess that was two questions...
Rob Farrow There is a common misconception floating around out there regarding mining claims. Some mining claim owners fall prey to believing in this misconception, too. The misconception is that mining claims are private property and nobody except the claim holder can be on the claim. Not true. Mining claims are public land and, therefore, anybody is allowed to pass through them. The only thing the claim holder has a legal right to would be the minerals and ore that are in the claim. Nothing else. A patented mining claim, however, IS private property, and the claim holder of a patented mining claim also owns the land. The US government stopped granting patented mining claims back in the early 1990s, I believe (hmmm....I wonder why they did that?). A responsible mining claim owner is supposed to secure his or her tunnels with lockable doors or gates so that the public doesn't go in and get hurt. The claim owner should secure the tunnels anyway if they are not planning on doing any mining in them. Of course, installing a sturdy bat gate or door into a tunnel or shaft is VERY expensive, so you can imagine why claim owners don't do that. I can't tell you how many mining claims I've seen where dangerous tunnels and shafts are just sitting there wide open. I guess claim owners are too cheap to spend the big bucks to secure their tunnels and would rather roll the dice and hope they don't get sued by someone who gets hurt inside one of their unsecured tunnels or shafts on their claim.
So, as you can see, a mining claim owner has no right to be hassling me. And they don't. The only time their hassling would be legitimate would be if I was going onto a patented claim. Or if I was going onto a claim and removing the minerals and ore -- which would be mineral theft. And illegal. But I'm not interested in mining for minerals at these sites. Couldn't care any less about that than I do now. I often check the BLM's database (the LR2000 online database) to see the status of a mine that I'm planning to visit. It's amazing the amount of public information that is available in that database regarding mining claim owners -- their addresses, how much they pay each year to maintain the claim, the location of the claim, how long they've owned it, etc..
Exploring Abandoned Mines in CA, NV, and AZ Thanks for the info Frank! Sounds like you've got it in hand...looking forward to more of your videos!
You are basically in one mine without supports holding the roof up. The pillars are wood an were placed years ago.Id recommend getting a mine inspector to first check it out.
Badger ghost? That's a new one. Horton Mine, Badger, and then trying to play with a dead corpse with a blood pack and a rabbit. Some of these mines are trippy. Tried Googling for Badgers in Azurite mine to only get unhelpful results. There's quite some nice mines out there from what I'm seeing with you coming across three or so crazy ones dealing with the dead.
An ignorable suggestion....Any chance for a Halloween themed spooky video by going back to the Horton mine, but with friends? I guess not as safety is first all around. Fear is a paralyzer. I wouldn't be able to do it either due to fear. In the end I'll still be enjoying all the videos you shared and shall be sharing.
Yeah, I never found out what the "badger" was in the Azurite Mine. Probably some old miners' legend. Halloween is coming, but no plans to return to the Horton Mine.
Exploring Abandoned Mines in CA, NV, and AZ From the video it seems to be a carbide lamb (or marker) marking so my guess would be an inside joke or legend, as you said. Guess I'll leave that curiosity at that. And glad you politely declined that idea. After re-reading the comments and your comments about respecting the dead that is a wise choice. My bad, and I was being rude with my curiosity. Just felt a bit guilty for suggesting it.
🧨❤️👍🏼 very impressive ty
I'm looking forward to them!
9:42 & 10:44 There are numbers spray painted on the mine walls. Are these elevations? Are they map coordinate locators? Were they done by miners or by explorers or by BLM or by rescuers?
I've seen them in many mine videos and always wondered what they were.
Back in the 1990s, when the Calif. Mojave Preserve was still BLM land ,the ranger said they where hunting for miners. Late that night I was camped at Kelso Dunes and heard some deep Booms off to the North, and off in the distance, heading for the Kelso Mts. lights from helicopters & jeeps Busted !
My caution is exercised so much that by now it's now in top physical condition! LOL
I could tell by the sound of your voice being muffled inside that one , you were in some pretty nasty shit rock, love you channel, and please keep safe! :)
What cool relics have u found in mines u explored?
Do you guys carry rope and jumars when exploring these, and is there actual Azurite at the Azurite mine? :)
To answer my own question, yes if this was actually the Boss mine, whose primary mining was Copper, than yes there was (is) probably an abundance of Azurite found as well. Secondary mining included gold, so it would be fun to swing my Goldmaster V Sat detector over those tailing piles :)
Thank you again for another awesome video! Have you ever felt any sort of spirits/energies when exploring mines?
how did you get to the azurite mine I can't see any roads remotely close
Is this place still able to be visited? Going to be in the area this december.
k reece I’m not sure. I know a large portion of land in the area of this mine was closed off several years ago so that a company could operate a shooting range where paying customers shoot at targets on the ground from a helicopter. Do your due diligence before heading out there!
Yes this mine is still able to be visited. I frequently visit the area. The mine that's difficult to explore is the Oro Amigo mine, which is posted as Private Property for the Gunship Gun Range.
@@AbandonedMines11 is this up off Copper Hills road by globe? just looking for a place to find some copper minerals . thanks
nice
Considering the prices these days, its surprising that a company wouldn't want to invest in opening this up and getting the remaining ore out.
This mine looks very chaotic. 1:55 "Deathtrap to the left by the entrance? Sure, why shouldnt we have that"?
As noted by another writer, this mine is indeed the Boss Mine; the Azurite is on the other side of the same ridge. The Boss is only one of four locations on the planet where the mineral nissonite occurs! (see Discover Minerals Volume 2 Issue 1 at discover-minerals.com)
Thanks for that information, Gary, about nissonite only being found in four locations on Earth! Did not know that.
Hey Frank, I really enjoy your videos of the old mines and old machinery,as a hands on engineer I like to figure how they mined the minerals and how they got them out for refining. If I was there i would be looking for minerals in the mine debris. being a part time gold prospector here in New Zealand, I often lug a dolly pot as i explore old workings to crush any interesting rocks and pan out the debris. Thanks Jim C
yellowboy1866 Thanks, Jim! A lot of people like to poke around the mine dumps looking for ore and stuff. I have never really been into that. I'm more interested in seeing the inside of the mines and how they are put together underground. As you can imagine, I often see veins of ore inside the tunnels, so some of these old mines do have some ore left in them, I'd guess. Thanks, Jim, for watching and commenting. Always nice to hear from somebody who's "down under."
Exploring Abandoned Mines in CA, NV, and AZ Hey Frank, thanks for your reply. I saw your video of the mine with the swinging chains, spooky. I would of scuttled out of that place pronto. Warmest Regards Jim C
Hey Frank you seem to have plenty of time to go on these adventures, are you retired? Regards Jim C
yellowboy1866 Hey, Jim! Saw your latest comment this arvo and thought I'd reply. I spend a LOT of my free time heading out on various expeditions.
Exploring Abandoned Mines in CA, NV, and AZ Well sometimes i go prospecting in my holidays too, i have been mining on an old false bottom that was left when a ancient glacier melted. love seeing that yellow stuff. have investigated the local areas around this area which was a gold rush back in 1880s
there are remains of old cabins as you call them but they call them huts here. Also there were a lot of Americans on these gold fields too. the nz gold strikes were some of the last big ones around the world. Lots of Americans ended up staying here and lots of old second hand shops ended up with old Winchester Rifles and some of the one in one thousand ones. A friend of mine saw a great collection of them. Seems sad for them to of traveled so far from their home lands to end up here. Regards Jim C
So what happend with the Badger ? Are there still independent, hard rock miners in the outback of the USA ?
Ohh ..... is this the Azurite mine that was latter renamed the Boss mine?
I live in Goldfield Nevada, how far is this from there?
All your mine exploring videos are outstanding ! Thanks for sharing, Mike @Goodolds on Twitter
a lot of tailings, must be more large rooms or longer tunnels
Shit with the price of gold soaring these days it would almost be a better option to live in one of these mines and ore for gold and sell it with the lack of jobs in our current economy lol. The sad thing is, is i'm not kidding. I'm serious. It would almost be a better alternative.
Be your own boss.
CHICKEN SALAD: Let's see if the economy does not change for the better now. Time will tell ...
The Badger vs. The Stope Cats. Wonder who would win?
Didn't u jeff also visit this mine??? Cuz both vids I really enjoyed
7:28 where did they have that problem?
Thanks for asking! Yes, I never completed my statement. They sealed up the Ruth Mine several years ago because the tunnels in that mine had undercut floors that in some areas were only a couple inches thick with voids underneath them that were hundreds of feet deep!
Show us the Badger.
Lol
Hey Im has found a mineshaft that had a brick entrence and some old furnaces at the entrence but it was going in a old claymud way like 300 yards deep i dont rember tha direction tho
What are those flecks of green and blue on the rock face?
whatayawant Because this was a copper mine, I would assume that you are seeing copper in the rocks.
hey i am going near reno in augest looking for gemstones do you know any good mines to look in and where
Haven't been up to the Reno, NV area yet. Not too familiar with that area.
Also u should do a video with @ask jeff williams
Why is that rope or flag thing swinging so much at 8:19?
Jeremy bullock It was swinging due to the airflow in the tunnel. Strong airflow like that is always a good sign in an abandoned mine. It means the mine is well-ventilated and basically eliminates the chance of encountering "bad air" (i.e. a pocket of air with little or no oxygen in it).
Oh ok Thank You Exploring Abandoned Mines in CA, NV, and AZ
He'll do it, but, you have to carry it for him.
Go back again bring a juge peice of ply wood and set it down over the bridge so you feel more safe :)
Badger?? We don't need no stinkin' badgers!!
“He said, ‘The sheriff is near!’” LMAO
whats an bager? i dont know what it mean xD
Boy17000qGames: If nothing else, consult a dictionary.
Nice videos.Have you heard of a group called Mojave Underground.
Thanks for checking out the videos. Much appreciated! I'm not too familiar with Mojave Underground, and altogether I'm not that interested either.
badgers are very fierce and ought not to be fucked with
as long as you leave them an escape route. they will run away.
I didn't know badgers lived here in Nevada until I saw one dead on the side of the road once when cycling up Hwy 159 just outside of Las Vegas
Vegas Cycling Freak
they live all over the armricas. they were nearly extinxt from hunting and trapping. but thier slowly making a come back.
so where's the freak'n azurite ?
No rope no go
Are you afraid of ladders ?
+Jimmy Jameson Not afraid, just leery. That's why I don't usually climb them -- especially when I'm by myself. The few times I have climbed ladders in my other videos were ladders that I researched beforehand and found out that many others had already used them with no problems.
Bat at 9:50
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Do you guys have any videos of any of the mines in the El Paso range just outside of Randsburg? That use to be my stomping grounds for gold detecting, and since I was always alone never explored any of the mines out there. There was a local guy out there I befriended for a while who had a big winch in the bed of his pickup, he would lower the winch cable down the many vertical shafts out there and jumar up and down them, or use the winch motor to ascend and descend when there was somebody (like myself) to operate the winch motor. I never had the guts to go down those myself.
Chris Strobel: I'm reading Ann Rule's book about the Susan Powell case. In it she speaks of the abandoned mines in Utah. I wanted to see what she was speaking about so that is why I'm here. I am not in "mine" country. How deep are those vertical shafts? Once at the bottom of a vertical shaft, how did a miner get out?
you must be lol
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What state is this in??? I live in AZ, but have never gone into any of the mines I have seen while out rockhounding.