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- GPS Location 49.759795-117.357547 We entered the mine at the 5th level, went down to the 6th level and explored the sketchy #1 level at the top of the mountain. Here is the history of the mine...
The Meteor claim was staked in 1895 and was crown granted in
June of 1899. The Ottawa was crown granted the same year while the
Cultus received that status at the same time. Of most importance i s the Meteor
c l a i m as i t c a r r i e s the Meteor v e i n . A b r i e f chronological h i s t o r y
of t h i s c l a i m , obtained from B.C. Department of Mines Reports, i s : 1897 Shipped 2 carloads running from 160 to 257 ounces per ton s i l v e r
and .7 to .33 ounces per ton g o l d . 1899 Received Crown grant s t a t u s . 1902 Vein being worked. 1905 Under lease - car ready f o r shipment. 1909 Shipped 14 tons. 1910 New lessees - car ready f o r shipment. 1911 Same lessees shipped 40 tons at $250 per ton. 1912 Same lessees shipped 50 tons of development rock worth $200 per ton. 1913 New owners shipped 25 tons grossing $7,000. 1914 New lessees did development work. 1915 Above lessees did extensive development work and shipped 1 car
averaging 350 ounces s i l v e r per t o n . 1916 Above lessees continued development work and shipped 29 tons
averaging 500 ounces s i l v e r per t o n . 1917 Above lessees continued development work but d i d not ship any ore. 1919 A new owner began the lowest (6th l e v e l ) d r i v e and shipped 92 tons
of s i l v e r ore. 1922 Work was continued by the above owner. 1923 Development work continued with the v e i n being d r i f t e d on f o r 18.3
meters (60 f e e t ) . 1928 A new owner i s reported to have shipped some high grade to T r a i l .
1932 A new lessee continued to extend the vein d r i f t on the 6th l e v e l .
1935 Shipped 17 tons of ore to T r a i l
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I can only imagine the anxiety Sharon must feel, waiting for you to emerge from these sketchy, unstable and dangerous holes in the ground, that she doesn't feel are safe to enter.
Sketchy is an understatement!
Etchasketchy 📮🚨😱
I think Sharon is the bravest woman.
I think she's the one with most sense
@@kevinbrennan2004 I believe you are right.
200 - 300 old mines in that area, you've probably got the next 10 seasons of videos to make.
Mostly collapsed and or small.
Looking a little sketchy there. Think it's great that a family that plays together stays together.
Kind of a ladder? That’s a pucker stick!! LOL!
OMG! This mine was beyond sketchy! All the places where the back was either ready to or already fell down. EEEKKKSSS! Talk about tight places! Oxygen meter sounding off! Man!!!
Now that was sketchy! I would not have gone under that split bolder either if I had seen it.
That reminds me that a man should never drink from a stream and then walk up stream lol.
Nice work Frank.
Right!
The best mining exploring channel on RUclips. 👍
Sir. You two are the most bravest people that i could ever know , doing what you two do to share it with the world. No amount of thank you,s is enough to describe the dangers and pitfalls a mine can have . Only with your years of experience has allowed you two to take us ones who are frightned to enter and mine but are extreemly interested , and those who are not frightned as well and i thank you both for that. Stay well.
Wow, thank you
I just love You and Sharon, you two are so Amazing, and your show is the best, very informative, interesting and exciting never a boring moment :)
Looking forward to your next episode. :)
That’s one dodgy looking mine, I think Sharon is so brave waiting all alone while you go exploring, cool pics as usual, stay safe guys
Another episode of fearless badassery.
You take mine exploration to a whole new level. (pun intended)
You even had me a bit nervous in spots. Thanks for taking us all along on your adventures with your videos.
Cheers!
Btw, mines are bad places to hide during a forest fire. All the oxygen gets sucked out and you suffocate. Best just to run like hell.
Or jump in a lake!
@@exploringabandonedmines
Mmmm, boiled mine explorer. A family recipe favorite!
You are crazy taking that chance. Those tabular rocks were just asking to fall. Normally I can follow along, but these last two mines, the holes were way too sketchy and with the oxy meter going off, I would have left. Too much loose stuff everywhere.
There is no rescue, none. My rule would be never go where I would get rescuers killed. This is getting insane. I pray for Sharon.
There has never been anyone killed of injured exploring a mine in BC that I know of and search and rescue is not allowed to go underground in BC!
@@exploringabandonedmines thanks Frank, that's an amazing fact.
@@exploringabandonedmines normally I would be right there with you, but squeezing through holes that small with stuff moving all over seems like you are pushin it. Obviously you have a lot of experience Frank but that has got to be the one that you should never go in again. Too many sketchy things that could go wrong. Best wishes to you!
Me: “Welp, the mine ends here, let’s go home”
Frank: “I might be able to squeeze in there”
(Proceeds to record 30 more minutes of footage) 😱🤣
Wow Frank!! That overhang rock with the crack in it was the narliest thing I ever saw & you had to climb back out under it, Yikes!!! Great video!
Yes it was
😎😎😎Stills & music as a prelude! That rock @ 34:00 😲! Great Vid! Cheers & Rock On!
Glad you enjoyed it
Fantastic as always! Absolutely luv the still photography. Very cool old Silver mine indeed. Glad that there are lot's of other mine sites in the area. I'll be Right there with ya, for the next one. Be Safe, Be well, & have a Gr8 weekend!
Always 5 star videos with Frank !
Black Metal sounding guitar intro, no crap reminded me of Burzum a little as well as DarkSpace haha, another cool adventure
That sketchy boulder at the end was FLOATING! what in the name of mine ghoulies is keeping it there?! Hold you breath under that one eh
Great mine ❤ 👍👏 Keep safe...
This ep even made my screen claustrophobic.
That last section, holey crap! Nasty! Glad you two made it out safely.
Hi folks , wow frank this was a tuff one well done sharon , thanks it was great still loving all your videos
Take a shot every time Frank mentions how smokey it is in the mine.
Or everytime his oxygen alarm sounds off! 🤣
When ever you say I shouldn’t go in there, ya, we want you to go in there! Another great exploration Frank and Sharon.
Love the Photos and Information intro. That is a lot of material to get an ounce of silver at $25.00 per. The process to get that ounce has $$$$$$ price. I guess, Frank and Sharon are part of the underground, in a good way.
Hey Frank can’t wait for the new video this week also thanks again for the cool tour of your museum and the opportunity to meet yourself and Sharon. My wife and I can’t wait to see your new place in the coming years.
Cheers
Frank from Alberta
I enjoyed meeting you as well. Feel free to post a picture of yourself at the museum on the Exploring Abandoned Mines FB page and leave a review and comments on Google Maps!
This video came out less than an hour ago how is there 5 day old comments?
@@TheFirstBubbaBong It got listed a week ago with the "Premier" date today
Always enjoy you two. No fear..
You are always lookup for trouble Frank.. yup I am nervous. You say should I go.btjem you go any way. Stay safe..
Loved the pictures at the beginning, That was a very interesting explore - “Smokin’!! - albeit very sketchy in places. Some spectacular views from your climb. Sharon's certainly got the balance and speed of a mountain goat 😲 🐐 .
Thank you so much for another adventure. ❤️👍❤️👍❤️
Glad you enjoyed it... goats are a little faster!
@@exploringabandonedmines Maybe just a little bit 😂 ❤️
Holy moly 😂 don't get stuck lol haha
Fearless two strike again! Wow man that was pretty sketchy . Amazing footage and pictures, thank you both from West Country UK x
Our pleasure!
The mines look amazing over there dont they compared to UK mines xx
@@Ladylilz Too right ,looks great fun x
Good evening from Southeast South Dakota. Been a long day but made it here...
Awsome tour... like the last one fer sure...
Morning!
Don't you bloody worry about the miners having big kahoonies the Frank, at least back then it was a brand new mine and probably looked nothing like it did. You my friend have bigger kahoonies than all those miners put together mate. Bud I put the headphones on and the volume right up to listen out for the slightest crack noise just to scream at the monitor. Sketchy is well and truly an understatement. I'm glad you made it outa there in one piece... thanks for another great vid. I think I'm going to have to invest in a VR headset for an even greater sense of the thrill.
We find some interesting places!
thanks for still photos there something about our eye sight we tend to concentrate on the center of the film and ignore everything else where as the still photos we scan the picture taking in far far more interesting details
Few minutes in
Already awesome.👍
Enjoy!
The rocky crawler mine. That rock is extremely unstable. Glad no barking spiders were in there. Happy Trails to you and Sharon.
The music in this one has really got my attention
That last one was a death trap...
Well that was a collapsy meteor wow, nice explore guys.
Nice explore
Were these miners pygmies? I'm always amazed by the amount of rock that is removed and how it is extricated from the mine especially in the extremely tight confines. You've got to give it to the miners for their ingenuity and their abilities. 👍🏻🇦🇺😁
I kept thinking your oxygen meter was Sharon’s voice 🤣
Hi Frank/Sharon, another mine that keeps me on the edge of my seat, looking at all those cracks in the layers of rocks. Not sure how you keep doing it, but thank you so much.
Thanks 👍
Nuke's Top 5 led me here and I couldn't be happier finding a new (for me) channel. This has to be the coolest most awesome channel I've seen when it comes to exploring and I am so grateful to you and yours to explore all these mines so I can sit here in my living room, relax and have a great time exploring with you! Stay Safe down under and Thank you from Sweden!
Welcome aboard!
Hi 👋Frank _ Sharon another great video friends. Frank you are one brave man please keep the great videos coming and please stay safe friends from Scotland
Thank you, I will
Best Lookin mountain Ive ever seen!! LOL!!
thats 1 iffy mine there ,surprised how much smoke was in there
Happy Friday Frank & Sharron. Stay safe and Beautiful, not sure those fires are by nature or intently by others but be aware and careful.♡♡
Thats was odd the fire smoke drifted into the mine, great field trip.
Love watching your Vlogs
I'm excited 😆
Skeeeeeeeetchy
That was some very heavy mine rail, some of the heaviest I have seen.
Say what? Frank and Sharon went into a sketchy mine? That doesn't sound like them at all... ;> Loved the big guitars on the photo montage in the beginning..
They came from a viewer!
The perfect couple ones crazy and the others proud if it 😆 jk Frank and Sharon another great explore guys 👍 had to edit I mean crazy as in brave y'all lol
Might be the driest you have been in a while however I believe you could find water in the driest of deserts, As usual Good stuff... Great video and photos. Thanks
first seconds of the video looks very epic
Ya making me nervous Frank...!
@25:10 say no to crack
Nice
Here’s a great idea! Why don’t you meet up (collab) with Ghost Town Living and explore Cerro Gordo together??
It’s in the works.
The border is closed.
Holy cow, it looks like the meteor mine was struck by a meteor! Pretty sketchy for sure; I would've taken one look into there and said "nope"! Really interesting video though; I think your balls could be mined for iron!
Your oxygen sensor sounded like Sharon
Interesting how much smoke was in there. Best example I've seen showing that the mountain breaths. Makes me question the benefit of using an abandoned mine as a fallout shelter.
It seems to concentrate the smoke.
Few weeks ago the smoke from canada was here in Pennsylvania
A bit scary Frank!
Nice find Frank 👍.
Question, living in Australia I just wanted to know ...might be a stupid question. Do Bears live in old mines.
I know Gly is always looking out for snakes.
Keep the videos coming ✌
Pete Australia
Not during the summer. They do hibernate in mines sometimes.
@@exploringabandonedmines Thank you Frank 👍
Smoky Mtn. mine you keep on calling. . . .
another nice explore guys, bet you smelt like a couple of smoked kippers when got clear of the mine lol
Oh yes
@@exploringabandonedmines smokin
Your good for oxegen as low as 15 although you'll feel it and get a headache I'm pretty sure you don't pass out and die until it gets lower than 10-11% but yeah set it to about 17.5% that's a safe lower level 😉stay safe be lucky
But Google it before you take my word for it 😂
19.5 and below is where you'll start to feel it. Remember they are exerting at altitude. They need every % they can get.
@@thereissomecoolstuff as someone with experience in climbing, caving, diving and some mine exploration that my friend is incorrect the human body only uses 11% of the 21% O2 that's in the air that you breath hence you don't really notice it untill about 15% saying that you may start to get a little confused or some breathlessness under 17.5% but from 17.5-19.5% you will not notice a thing that much I can promise you unless your of bad health then you really shouldn't be down a mine. Enjoy your day
You also have to count on some error.
@@exploringabandonedmines very true Frank as you have to come back threw the same bad air which also drops as you pass threw it so maybe 19% is the safest option to drop your meter to forget everything I said above, if I stopped taking my own advice I wouldn't visit hospitals as much 😂 stay safe be lucky frank
I'm betting if there is a an air flow from the top and out through the bottom it is just sucking in smoke through an opening in the top. VERY smokey down here too is Eastern WA, the wind is blowing it south from BC.
Smokey is a proper noun, as in Smokey the Bear, or Smokey Robinson. Smoky is an adjective, as in "Damn, these forest fires are making it smoky." Ya, the one time I paid attention in English class in high school.
I was thinking the same thing. What’s the sense of having monitor if you’re going to ignore it.
34:11 Holy... if it wasn't so remote I'd just about see if I could figure out how to give that one a good jolt from a safe place (like, outside) and see if it comes down, keep someone from making the same mistake of going under it. Or at least giving it a little shot of paint, whatever a universal symbol for "WTF NO!" is.
Funny thing, if it's that old it may have been perfectly fine when it was new, but a dozen decades of freeze-thaw cycles and exposing little seams of reactive rock to air and humidity, and there it is... falling to pieces.
If someone want's to go in there it ain't your place or your responsibility to stop them. You would do good to leave everything how you find it and mind your own business.
@@muchosgracias3764 I would restrain myself from all but a spray-painted exclamation point next to the actual readyfall, because you can't see it until you're under it.
I always watch your videos I also watch ghost town living with Brent Underwood I was wondering if you heard what's happening there.
There is actually nothing happening there. He is giving out some false information. There is a small company doing some exploration there nothing more.
I'm a lung patient. By the time you start to go out. Pass out is to late to help yourself. Your muscles will contact and won't function as the xygen is only gonna try to keep your heart going you will not think clearly and the possibility of going out are hi. And if that were to happen you would be in n way able to get help in time enough to save yourself or be given cpr. Your brain wil be deprived if you live your chances of being brain dead are high if not just dead once the heart stops ! Please take it seriously. As well as that smoke it causes damage to the lungs. In fires it's the smoke that will kill you first as well asthe flames such up the oxygen in the air that make the fires burn hotter faster.
Thanks for that 🙄
Another mine is just around the bend.
It makes sense to me that lower down the smoke is denser. So why risk your life in a dangerous environment?
It wasn't that bad.
Huh. Hmmm.
See you next week.
Hey there Frank and Sharon . 6 days I’m a bit early I will come back later lol.
Wonder how deep this hole goes ???
Hi Frank & Sharon, when you got to the lower level, at 22:47 I could hear whistling, was that either the door that had "No smoking assholes" on it or air moving through the tunnel or could it have been a spirit maybe ??? it did sound like a Human whistle though.
You scare the daylights out of me sometimes Frank with the sketchy places you crawl into, I know you will be fine but it still makes me cringe lol.
Thank you for sharing, much love to you both. xx 💞
I am sure it wasn't a ghost...I would have remembered that!
Lol and did you notice it was smokey in the mine
Looks like all the timber has burned?
Some was
Meee-fricken-MEOW!
smoke and oxygen work independently just because there is smoke in the air doesn't mean less oxygen
So it seems. The problem was that the monitor was reading low.
Safe today, Alive tomorrow,
The begining
What is the smoke from?
Probably from the Torrozo creek or Mt. Rupel fires burning close by.
Maybe a couple of spirits from old miners our cooking down there or to keep warm
I think Sharon needs to tighten a few loose screws.
Holy shit Frank be safe!
The fire here Craig fire is over a half million Acres!
Burned up two of my excavators And some equipment.
I burned up a hoe and a dozer a few years back. It sucks if you don't have insurance!
Just went through a fire two years ago call the campfire.
84 people 30,000 pets,17,000 homes,3000 businesses,In the first 12 hours.
Almost impossible to get fire insurance back then,
I had equipment at seven different places Well basically it all burned I lost two shops ,Home,40 acres and everything on it burned every fence post every barn every piece of equipment.
40 acres and everything on it burned every fence post every barn every piece of equipment
PG&E is supposed to reimburse us.I believe that right there in to me $1.7. M
Now they started this fire we’ll see
I also lost home iIn this fire.
This is what happens when environmentalist and Politicians and people from the city managed forest.
They stopped a lot of the logging they didn’t want any more fuel reduction no more controlled burns they eliminated many of the roads that gave you access.
They wanted it to go back natural with no equipment no logging no nothing well fires natural.
Well they got their way they put every single one of us that did fuel reduction out of business in 09.
There used to be fire breaks with them those are ugly and destroy habitat so we don’t wanna maintenance them anymore,
Blame it on global warming
Just went through a fire two years ago call the campfire.
84 people 30,000 pets,17,000 homes,3000 businesses,In the first 12 hours.
Almost impossible to get fire insurance back then,
I had equipment at seven different places Well basically it all burned I lost two shops ,Home,40 acres and everything on it burned every fence post every barn every piece of equipment.
40 acres and everything on it burned every fence post every barn every piece of equipment
PG&E is supposed to reimburse us.I believe that right there in to me $1.7. M
Now they started this fire we’ll see
I also lost home iIn this fire.
This is what happens when environmentalist and Politicians and people from the city managed forest.
They stopped a lot of the logging they didn’t want any more fuel reduction no more controlled burns they eliminated many of the roads that gave you access.
They wanted it to go back natural with no equipment no logging no nothing well fires natural.
Well they got their way they put every single one of us that did fuel reduction out of business in 09.
There used to be fire breaks with them those are ugly and destroy habitat so we don’t wanna maintenance them anymore,
Blame it on global warming
Just went through a fire two years ago call the campfire.
84 people 30,000 pets,17,000 homes,3000 businesses,In the first 12 hours.
Almost impossible to get fire insurance back then,
I had equipment at seven different places Well basically it all burned I lost two shops ,Home,40 acres and everything on it burned every fence post every barn every piece of equipment.
40 acres and everything on it burned every fence post every barn every piece of equipment
PG&E is supposed to reimburse us.I believe that right there in to me $1.7. M
Now they started this fire we’ll see
I also lost home iIn this fire.
This is what happens when environmentalist and Politicians and people from the city managed forest.
They stopped a lot of the logging they didn’t want any more fuel reduction no more controlled burns they eliminated many of the roads that gave you access.
They wanted it to go back natural with no equipment no logging no nothing well fires natural.
Well they got their way they put every single one of us that did fuel reduction out of business in 09.
There used to be fire breaks with them those are ugly and destroy habitat so we don’t wanna maintenance them anymore,
Blame it on global warming
Just went through a fire two years ago call the campfire.
84 people 30,000 pets,17,000 homes,3000 businesses,In the first 12 hours.
Almost impossible to get fire insurance back then,
I had equipment at seven different places Well basically it all burned I lost two shops ,Home,40 acres and everything on it burned every fence post every barn every piece of equipment.
40 acres and everything on it burned every fence post every barn every piece of equipment
PG&E is supposed to reimburse us.I believe that right there in to me $1.7. M
Now they started this fire we’ll see
I also lost home iIn this fire.
This is what happens when environmentalist and Politicians and people from the city managed forest.
They stopped a lot of the logging they didn’t want any more fuel reduction no more controlled burns they eliminated many of the roads that gave you access.
They wanted it to go back natural with no equipment no logging no nothing well fires natural.
Well they got their way they put every single one of us that did fuel reduction out of business in 09.
There used to be fire breaks with them those are ugly and destroy habitat so we don’t wanna maintenance them anymore,
Blame it on global warming
Do you ever pack just a simple disposable lighter for oxygen tests?
No
Not good to do that and heres why.....sometimes natural gas can be present in the mine and you flick your bic you might blow yourelf out the portal from a explosion , they entered with a canary in a cage , and if he flopped , they knew to get the heck out of there, bad air present . Bird goes first then humans shortly after. Take care . .
Two years ago ?
@@Safteassemblies
Man’s been busy.
why carry a oxygen meter if you wont listen to it?
Sketchy is right
FRANK!!!!!!! Listen to Sharon, and your O2 monitor!!!! I guess Frank likes to just change the test thresholds set by the oil and gas industry kind of like the chinese just lower the numbers on covid so that evrything "looks" safe. Love your content Frank, but that type of unsafe action can catch you in a pickle very quickly. That smoke from the fire could be masking the H2S gas odor and also eating up valuable oxygen