Despite my claustrophobia and fear of heights i am glued to my phone watching these. I find old mines fascinating especially the pure amount of physical labor that went into hewing through solid rock. Thnx for risking your safety for our pleasure. Hopefully one of these days you’ll find Balin’s tomb or a Balrog or two lol
That is an amazing amount of mineralization - the sulphides alone would make it smell like a barking spider. The crumbly rock makes this easy to mine and also more prone to collapse. At 17:36, that's a nice vein with sulphides around it. Looks like fun sitting up on the headframe !! In the 2nd adit, yes, nice silver vein !! Very well defined hanging and foot wall. That's a huge ventilation pipe. Thanks for the adventure and the great video !!
I have been watching your videos for awhile now. Your opening sequence reminds me of being stationed in the Mojave Desert when I was in the Navy. Especially when that fighter jet flies buy. A friend and I were out hunting rattlesnakes, for venom research by UCLA, when we caught the attention of two Air Force F-4's. They made a couple of runs on us, then we took off and they chased all over the place, after about 30 minutes of trying to evade them we stopped. We got out, opened our ice chest and hoisted a couple of cold Buds to them as they flew over us. When they came back around they both did complete rolls as they screamed by in full burners. Just wish we had as good video equipment then as we do now. All I had was a Bell and Howell super 8 mm movie camera. Since then that film has deteriorated. Really enjoy your videos, stay safe in your explorations, stay safe and healthy.
Even though I'm sitting comfortably in front of a monitor in my living room, some of that sketchy stuff gets me feeling uneasy, to say the least. Power to ya, Gly. Stay reasonably safe. Do appreciate virtually joining along on your sometimes butt clenching explorations, especially when you hear rocks falling into infinity.
“Gly”: Thanks! Yes, I’m really enjoying the new microphone on my rig. It does a much better job of picking up ambient noises like rocks falling and echoes and it really helps to create a three dimensional space audibly.
Definitely butt clinching, I always cringe too watch you get into danger Gly, can't say I really like that part. Live your show though and appreciate how you explore so much.
Thanks for the video! Those shafts that popped up in the middle of the drifts and haulage tunnels just go to show how important lighting is! Can you imagine coming across one of those in the dark? Man, that could get very bad, very fast. Be safe!
Gly, another wonderful video. The decade that was the ‘90’s, I was involved with a trucking company based in Grand Junction, CO. We supplied mining equipment to operations like Amax/Climax-Henderson, Newmont, Somerset Coal, Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company, etc. The Rocky Mountain - The Sierras Mountains was our distribution area. I believe about the same time you were working with your brother in the Red Desert. The point being there were several manufactures, production line operations in Junction building the plastic yellow and sheet metal duct work, large air compressors, large volume high speed fans as well as all the business supplying the hand tools, blasting, welding, food etc. As I’ve mentioned I accessed many mines pre BLM placing there “WELCOME” signs. It is amazing to see, through your videos, the continued advancement of rock bolt failure, water damage, rodent nest, earthquake damage etc. Dunk
“Gly”: Gly is my nickname. Gly was given to me by my Internet friends back in the early 2000’s when I once built super fast liquid cooled gaming computers. I used Ethylene Glycol for the liquid coolant and that’s where “Gly” (short for Glycol) came from. Here in the comments section I preface all my comments with “Gly” so you have no doubt the reply came from me. My show also has three more characters. “Old Bob” (my Jeep), “Quackers” (my grumpy duck) and Bobbie (my Hawaiian hula girl). When I’m solo exploring these three characters are my travel companions and sometimes I put them in pretty funny and compromising situations. So, if someone asks one of my three characters a question or makes fun of them you will get a reply from that character that’s completely separate from my own such as this: “Gly”: So how was that explanation guys? “Old Bob”: Really, you had to explain yourself again? “Quackers”: Oh for #&$@ sake, I thought everyone knew by now. “Bobbie”: 😔 Sigh, thank goodness for cut n’ paste. So that’s the story behind Gly Coolness but it’s rumored that “Gly” is short for Glycerin, as in Nitro Glycerin. Regardless, whichever ever story you want to believe, my real name is Ottovordemgentschenfelde. Or “Otto” for short 😉
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces hahahaha that's hilarious, and I appreciate you taking the time to explain your nickname to me. From one miner to another, i really enjoy your videos and always look forward to when a new one comes out
I agree with you from an answer you gave to a previous comment I made. Mr. 'M' has come a long way with his respect for the mine. Stay safe gentlemen. Your videos are amazing 👍
Yikes! I was taking every step with you and when you mentioned almost losing balance I thought I had a twinge of vertigo myself. That's some action-packed narration. Safe travels to you all.
In Yorkshire--and perhaps other counties--the sections of a current mine that are remains of previous workings are called 'The Old Man'. This refers to the tunnels themselves and also the passed miners who dug them. It is a very evocative phrase, especially as in some cases 'The Old Man' could well have been Roman or even Celtish miners.
“Gly”: I’ve experimented ALLOT with lighting so that what you see is actually what I see in these places. I use three light sources that when combined put the light spectrum right where it needs to be. If you see something that looks yellow that’s because it is.
Abandoned and Forgotten Places, I love your videos. We have sone great mines here but I’m too chicken to explore too deeply. If you make it out to Western Arizona check out the Tyro Mine. Kelly Smith
You would definitely benefit from learning rope work. That way you could access those hard to reach areas and be safer when going down some of those incline shafts you've shown us. Anyway awesome video and I look forward to more. Stay safe.
“Gly”: The funny part is... I’ve never had a lack of rope skills. I just chose not to do rope work until the channel had a larger subscriber base. Here in about four hours I’ll be roping into a open stope to access multiple levels of a incline shaft. So now when people see me roping into mines instead of “lack of rope skills” they’ll be saying... “your doing it wrong” or “oh my God... your rope is rubbing on the collar” or “don’t forget to tie a knot in the end” or “your holding the rope wrong”. Lol... it’ll never end. Mr M and I call them “armchair advice warriors”.
@@Andreas_Mann You realize you are replying to an 8 month old post, right? At the time Gly wasn't roping in, nor did he tell us that he was holding back.
You're exploring is amazing. All the minerals and different types of rocks in there is a treasure to me. Thank you for all your hard work and bravery!!
Cool man! That was pretty intense checking out those upper workings up the metal later, the hair ball flaky crumbly cave in places is gnarly. I really like how you point out the veins they were chasing. I wonder why they didn’t get as much of the vein you pointed out. Too dangerous? Your videos really get my heart pumping I’ll tell you what. Ok Gly and team, can’t wait to see what kind of adventure you’ll get us into next time. You da man! Tom
Another excellent video! What I really like about your channel is that you concentrate on what you are exploring, unlike so many other so called "exploration channels" with seem to spend more time on themselves than on their subject. Keep up the excellent work and stay safe. Looking forward to next weeks episode. By the way, congratulations on your subscriptions. Almost 30k! Yay!
“Gly”: Thank you! You are correct and I’ve tried both approaches to see how my audience responds. With this type of content you have a choice. It’s either “look at me exploring” or “look at what I’m exploring”. My audience responded more positively to the latter. Thanks again! I’m happy your enjoying the channel.
Definitely interesting! ..love to see the geology and construction of the mines themselves. Miss the older episodes where you went solo though. You didn't have to worry about anything but yourself and Mr. Quackers.
Don't get me wrong, I really dig all the episodes with Mr. Magnifico and others. The ones with Canadian Frank are very special as well ... ( btw..any plans to visit him and tour some of those huge mountain mines? That would be awesome!) I was talking about the original couple trips thru Nv and Az... Something about riding with Bobbie and Quackers ...and that ol snake that chased ya into the mine..haha Keep up the fantastic content. We haven't had Saturday morning to look forward to since we were kids. Thanks. O and Mr M. needs to fix that zipper...lol. #likeaboss
Cool and the diamond mine are nice to see I get in enjoying this artifacts that thing that you fine in those. thank you very much, for letting me in too see this
It's amazing what is down these old mines, it's interesting how they built everything so it doesn't fall in on you. I love how you narrate everything I know you seen them many times for us few just cannot make out everything by camera.Here's to ya guys!!
20:00 With ducting that big, and so much ground moisture, I would be on high alert for bad air. --- Interesting that at 32:53 and 34:33 are a matching pair of bearing covers (or maybe they're pipe clamps?)
“Gly”: In our conversations we were saying the exact same thing regarding bad air. Those were clamps that were used to hold sections of the compressor pipe together.
Gly I set here and watch you explore mines, which is something I used to do. And everytime I am amazed at how men dug these holes and how much rock and dirt they moved mostly by hand. It just boggles my mind at how much man power it took to do all this work. I bet it's hard to find a good mining crew now a days. If I was younger I'd be with you on these trips. Thanks again for another good video.😀👍
Colorful mine, that silver vein in the 2nd drift was twisted pretty and you're pretty too. Glad you had some company on this one. Great explore. Have fun and enjoy your week.😍
“Gly”: I realize that my videos give people ideas to go out and explore abandoned mines on their own but that’s not something I want to endorse or promote. Please do not go out and explore an abandoned mine without the proper equipment and experience to do so because the possibility of becoming injured or killed in these places is very real.
We still use that vent bag, drill steal, and even all that pipe and clamps are the same, at least in northern Nevada. P.s. I know your knowledgeable but here are some things you may or may not know. the orange clamps you see on the pipe are called Vics which is short for victrualic. These specific rock bolts are called split sets, they use spring tension to hold the rock in place the short ones are called Jimmy's usually to pin your wire up.
Fantastic video Gly, really interesting and sometimes dodgy. At times I was nipping the old ring piece at the state of the mine, man what a way to spend a Saturday night with a few tins of cider. Thank you for sharing your excellent adventures. 🇬🇧🛸👍👍👍👍
Phew that was one hell of a ride you took there down that old manway, sheesh. The Andesite was so crumbly too in that 80's part and you went way further than I thought you would. Thank you just isn't strong enough on this video as that was some very sketchy stuff you were scrambling around on. A fantastic explore and I'm very relieved nothing happened. Please take care, much love. xx💖
“Gly”: Thanks Sue. I can’t imagine how dangerous it was to install that ventilation pipe down that incline shaft. Those guys had to have been on ropes as they fitted those sections together.
Awesome vid gly really enjoyed it looking at going down the incline around 38mins there looks to be an electron ladder going down on the right of the air vent pipe
The Part 2 at 37:50 Vent Pipe and 8" pipe may appear in Part 1 at 16:42. Both are vertical. There is a wooden ladder by the vertical vent pipe. I am not sure if that is at the right location since I am not there. It could be that you can reach the missed drifts from below by climbing up from Part 1 at 16:42.
“Gly”: After mapping out the area using Google Earth I was able to determine that the 8” steel compressor pipe and the vent pipe were in the same location in parts 1 and 2.
Is it worth going back and shinning up the 8" pipe to explore the 1500' addit above. I know I am asking this while I sit comfortably in my home office and not 300 feet underground in a sketchy mine. Are the earthquakes around Mina, NV affecting any of the mines you are exploring? The 3.0 and above earthquakes are 6,000 feet to >6 miles deep. They could shift along the fault lines which the mines seem to follow.
Hello Gly that's a cool mine there now you need to do like Frank and invest in some roping equipment and get used to using it too that way you can descend into those places and explore them as well have a great day now and I'll be waiting on the next one
At the end of that shaft I think I see two ladders. One is to the right of the vent and right of the pipe at 37:13. It's a metal bar and chain style ladder running along the crevice. There is a wooden one at 37:35 on the left that looks like it lands in that left side drift but it's obscured by boards and rocks. They probably weren't very accessible but I wanted to point them out in case you ever go back.
Another excellent exploration, I think it might be interesting to try someday. On another note, I hope you adjust the guy with the rather rude comments down below
“Gly”: Yeah, the comments section can sometimes be like an elementary school playground. If it gets to nasty I’ll put the kids in the corner for a timeout.
Gly that was kind like Yeah about time Frank did his Spiderman Impression anyhue nice view of the Minerization of SILVER vein views Impressive Thank's Thank's fellas nice work!!!; )
So the purpose of the head frame was to haul out the spoil from extending the shaft down to be a vent route? Does that explain the small head frame as it was only needed for the punch through to the lower workings? And in the lower workings, huge adits but no stopes, so did the adits and drifts become the primary ore extraction points? Seems odd there was no ‘just going after the ore’ sections??
GLY- The DATE of ANY BOX, or Bag, or CONTAINER can be determined, as long as it has an address. The 5-digit US Postal Zip Code came into effect right about 1962. The 9-digit zip is right about 2000. In the 1940's and 50's there was also a zip code system, but its a bit confusing. There is a 2 or 3 digit zip code USUALLY placed between the city and the state. These Zips were TYPICALLY used in metropolitan areas, but not all metro areas. At this same time, often the address contains no Zip at all. Please Google the exact dates for this system, but I'm pretty close. I'll ad this post to a few more of your videos so that you can find it, because I think this Zip information will add some solid facts about the artifacts and your location. Love your vids...great job! Please stay safe. Good luck!
I am always interested to hear what material had been mined and curious to know whether you can still see remaining gold seams being visible in gold mines.
Despite my claustrophobia and fear of heights i am glued to my phone watching these. I find old mines fascinating especially the pure amount of physical labor that went into hewing through solid rock. Thnx for risking your safety for our pleasure. Hopefully one of these days you’ll find Balin’s tomb or a Balrog or two lol
I am amazed that you are able to climb down that shaft with such a large set of balls.
That is an amazing amount of mineralization - the sulphides alone would make it smell like a barking spider. The crumbly rock makes this easy to mine and also more prone to collapse. At 17:36, that's a nice vein with sulphides around it. Looks like fun sitting up on the headframe !! In the 2nd adit, yes, nice silver vein !! Very well defined hanging and foot wall. That's a huge ventilation pipe. Thanks for the adventure and the great video !!
Is a "barking spider" a fart? 😂
I have been watching your videos for awhile now. Your opening sequence reminds me of being stationed in the Mojave Desert when I was in the Navy. Especially when that fighter jet flies buy.
A friend and I were out hunting rattlesnakes, for venom research by UCLA, when we caught the attention of two Air Force F-4's. They made a couple of runs on us, then we took off and they chased all over the place, after about 30 minutes of trying to evade them we stopped. We got out, opened our ice chest and hoisted a couple of cold Buds to them as they flew over us. When they came back around they both did complete rolls as they screamed by in full burners. Just wish we had as good video equipment then as we do now. All I had was a Bell and Howell super 8 mm movie camera. Since then that film has deteriorated.
Really enjoy your videos, stay safe in your explorations, stay safe and healthy.
Even though I'm sitting comfortably in front of a monitor in my living room, some of that sketchy stuff gets me feeling uneasy, to say the least. Power to ya, Gly. Stay reasonably safe. Do appreciate virtually joining along on your sometimes butt clenching explorations, especially when you hear rocks falling into infinity.
“Gly”: Thanks! Yes, I’m really enjoying the new microphone on my rig. It does a much better job of picking up ambient noises like rocks falling and echoes and it really helps to create a three dimensional space audibly.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces You should definitely get yourself a 3D audio mic. Would make your trips down even more hair raising!
Yeah, I figured out 3 minutes before Gly did that he was DONE with the drift where water was seeping in.
Definitely butt clinching, I always cringe too watch you get into danger Gly, can't say I really like that part. Live your show though and appreciate how you explore so much.
Thanks for the video! Those shafts that popped up in the middle of the drifts and haulage tunnels just go to show how important lighting is! Can you imagine coming across one of those in the dark? Man, that could get very bad, very fast. Be safe!
“Gly”: Your right, and it perfectly blended in to the rest of the surroundings.
Gly, another wonderful video. The decade that was the ‘90’s, I was involved with a trucking company based in Grand Junction, CO. We supplied mining equipment to operations like Amax/Climax-Henderson, Newmont, Somerset Coal, Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company, etc. The Rocky Mountain - The Sierras Mountains was our distribution area. I believe about the same time you were working with your brother in the Red Desert. The point being there were several manufactures, production line operations in Junction building the plastic yellow and sheet metal duct work, large air compressors, large volume high speed fans as well as all the business supplying the hand tools, blasting, welding, food etc. As I’ve mentioned I accessed many mines pre BLM placing there “WELCOME” signs.
It is amazing to see, through your videos, the continued advancement of rock bolt failure, water damage, rodent nest, earthquake damage etc.
Dunk
“Gly”: I was surprised myself by how many rock bolts and mats failed after only 30 years or so. There definitely not made to last forever.
Can someone please help me understand what "gly" means? Thanks
“Gly”: Gly is my nickname. Gly was given to me by my Internet friends back in the early 2000’s when I once built super fast liquid cooled gaming computers. I used Ethylene Glycol for the liquid coolant and that’s where “Gly” (short for Glycol) came from. Here in the comments section I preface all my comments with “Gly” so you have no doubt the reply came from me.
My show also has three more characters. “Old Bob” (my Jeep), “Quackers” (my grumpy duck) and Bobbie (my Hawaiian hula girl). When I’m solo exploring these three characters are my travel companions and sometimes I put them in pretty funny and compromising situations. So, if someone asks one of my three characters a question or makes fun of them you will get a reply from that character that’s completely separate from my own such as this:
“Gly”: So how was that explanation guys?
“Old Bob”: Really, you had to explain yourself again?
“Quackers”: Oh for #&$@ sake, I thought everyone knew by now.
“Bobbie”: 😔 Sigh, thank goodness for cut n’ paste.
So that’s the story behind Gly Coolness but it’s rumored that “Gly” is short for Glycerin, as in Nitro Glycerin. Regardless, whichever ever story you want to believe, my real name is Ottovordemgentschenfelde. Or “Otto” for short 😉
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces hahahaha that's hilarious, and I appreciate you taking the time to explain your nickname to me. From one miner to another, i really enjoy your videos and always look forward to when a new one comes out
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces I wonder how fast your super fast liquid cooled gaming computers compared to todays tech??
I agree with you from an answer you gave to a previous comment I made. Mr. 'M' has come a long way with his respect for the mine. Stay safe gentlemen. Your videos are amazing 👍
Yikes! I was taking every step with you and when you mentioned almost losing balance I thought I had a twinge of vertigo myself. That's some action-packed narration. Safe travels to you all.
Mr M is so funny! Love watching you two are so entertaining! ❤❤
In Yorkshire--and perhaps other counties--the sections of a current mine that are remains of previous workings are called 'The Old Man'. This refers to the tunnels themselves and also the passed miners who dug them. It is a very evocative phrase, especially as in some cases 'The Old Man' could well have been Roman or even Celtish miners.
@morelenmir: The birthplace of Mineralogy and Geology as science ist Central Europe.
"Georgius Agricola" is first to name.
Your light makes everything look like Gold.
“Gly”: I’ve experimented ALLOT with lighting so that what you see is actually what I see in these places. I use three light sources that when combined put the light spectrum right where it needs to be. If you see something that looks yellow that’s because it is.
Abandoned and Forgotten Places, I love your videos. We have sone great mines here but I’m too chicken to explore too deeply. If you make it out to Western Arizona check out the Tyro Mine.
Kelly Smith
@20:35 - A self-stoping mine. Neat!
You would definitely benefit from learning rope work. That way you could access those hard to reach areas and be safer when going down some of those incline shafts you've shown us. Anyway awesome video and I look forward to more. Stay safe.
I swear not a video goes by without someone pointing out Gly's lack of rope skills :-D
I wonder if it will ever stop
“Gly”: The funny part is... I’ve never had a lack of rope skills. I just chose not to do rope work until the channel had a larger subscriber base. Here in about four hours I’ll be roping into a open stope to access multiple levels of a incline shaft. So now when people see me roping into mines instead of “lack of rope skills” they’ll be saying... “your doing it wrong” or “oh my God... your rope is rubbing on the collar” or “don’t forget to tie a knot in the end” or “your holding the rope wrong”. Lol... it’ll never end. Mr M and I call them “armchair advice warriors”.
@@Andreas_Mann You realize you are replying to an 8 month old post, right? At the time Gly wasn't roping in, nor did he tell us that he was holding back.
You're exploring is amazing.
All the minerals and different types of rocks in there is a treasure to me. Thank you for all your hard work and bravery!!
So, your commentary makes me think of Bob Ross, which means that you are the Bob Ross of abandoned and forgotten places!
Cool man! That was pretty intense checking out those upper workings up the metal later, the hair ball flaky crumbly cave in places is gnarly. I really like how you point out the veins they were chasing. I wonder why they didn’t get as much of the vein you pointed out. Too dangerous? Your videos really get my heart pumping I’ll tell you what. Ok Gly and team, can’t wait to see what kind of adventure you’ll get us into next time. You da man! Tom
7:51 CC says [Applause]
Yeah I would NEVER call that an orb.. lol
That last bit of the verticle down.. was intense!
Another excellent video! What I really like about your channel is that you concentrate on what you are exploring, unlike so many other so called "exploration channels" with seem to spend more time on themselves than on their subject. Keep up the excellent work and stay safe. Looking forward to next weeks episode. By the way, congratulations on your subscriptions. Almost 30k! Yay!
“Gly”: Thank you! You are correct and I’ve tried both approaches to see how my audience responds. With this type of content you have a choice. It’s either “look at me exploring” or “look at what I’m exploring”. My audience responded more positively to the latter. Thanks again! I’m happy your enjoying the channel.
So you're the adventurist, i'm not afraid of heights, but more power to you. Some huge spaces and sketchy places.
Definitely interesting! ..love to see the geology and construction of the mines themselves. Miss the older episodes where you went solo though. You didn't have to worry about anything but yourself and Mr. Quackers.
Don't get me wrong, I really dig all the episodes with Mr. Magnifico and others. The ones with Canadian Frank are very special as well ... ( btw..any plans to visit him and tour some of those huge mountain mines? That would be awesome!)
I was talking about the original couple trips thru Nv and Az... Something about riding with Bobbie and Quackers ...and that ol snake that chased ya into the mine..haha
Keep up the fantastic content. We haven't had Saturday morning to look forward to since we were kids.
Thanks.
O and Mr M. needs to fix that zipper...lol. #likeaboss
Cool and the diamond mine are nice to see I get in enjoying this artifacts that thing that you fine in those. thank you very much, for letting me in too see this
I have some in Colorado one nobody knows about I just don't think I can go in them without someone like you
It's amazing what is down these old mines, it's interesting how they built everything so it doesn't fall in on you. I love how you narrate everything I know you seen them many times for us few just cannot make out everything by camera.Here's to ya guys!!
Good show once again
Great cameras great lighting great microphone. !!
When’s the next adventure???
The big tunnels would make a awesome haunted attraction. Great vid👍🏻 BE SAFE🌵
Your explorations never disappoint
Good to. Hear your voice again Michigan
20:00 With ducting that big, and so much ground moisture, I would be on high alert for bad air.
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Interesting that at 32:53 and 34:33 are a matching pair of bearing covers (or maybe they're pipe clamps?)
“Gly”: In our conversations we were saying the exact same thing regarding bad air. Those were clamps that were used to hold sections of the compressor pipe together.
A great way to start my Saturday morning. Thank you! 03:41.....barking spiders maybe?
Gly I set here and watch you explore mines, which is something I used to do. And everytime I am amazed at how men dug these holes and how much rock and dirt they moved mostly by hand. It just boggles my mind at how much man power it took to do all this work. I bet it's hard to find a good mining crew now a days. If I was younger I'd be with you on these trips. Thanks again for another good video.😀👍
“Gly”: Thanks Aaron!
Will See Ya! Thank you Sir!!
Yay!!! Have to much to do right now ... will be FIRST on my watch list tonight! Exciting! Thank you!
Thank you for taking us along.
You take care. Be safe. Great video sir.
Love Saturday's at 7 a.m.!
Thanks Gly, you have a lot more faith in those ladders than I would! Have a great week! 👍
Wow! One hairy adventure - lots of soft material on the verge of collapse. The incline was scary. Thanks Gly and crew.
Just casually walking around dynamite. My jaw is clenched so hard watching these but I'm addicted. Thank you for the amazing material.
Thanks for taking us along for part two some of those ladders looked pretty scary please stay safe out their, sharing on my FB .
Well, that's another enjoyable episode 😊 many thanks.
Some really mineralized rock, excellent video...thanks again Gly...!
That was a good use of the workings in place. Too bad there was no safe way to get to the drifts. But safety comes first. So good call👍
Always enjoy watching your explores.. it takes my mind off my troubles. Looking forward to next weekend's vid. ;-)
Thanks for another awesome installment Gly!
Awesome show love it
Love your adventures!
And dialogue!!!
Stay safe out there!
Another great adventure video. Something to look forward to during these scorching hot days and the virus crisis..
Really enjoy waiting for your weekly videos, I can't wait to see what you go exploring next. Thank you :)
Another awesome adventure, Gly what a find , keep the adventures coming. Pete Australia 👍 👍
Well, once again you had me on the edge of my seat!
This was so scary I had to take breaks so watching this in sections
Hey man that upper tunnel stuff was pretty cool.
Wow that is a big mine. Thank you
Awesome video thank you so much
😎👍 Part 2. Mr M missed a lot of the mine ☹. Keep 'em coming!!
That was an interesting mine especially how they put that big vent into the 80's workings. Thanks,Gly.
Another awesome trip under ground. I'm ready for the next one.
There was a metal chain ladder hiding in the dust to that lower level below the collar you were on. 37:58 The leap of faith ladder...
Gotta go back Gly.
You're knowledge is amazing
I watched Part 1,just finished watching part 2 ,really enjoyed it ,i;ve subscribed
Thanks and stay safe.
Time for another adventure
Colorful mine, that silver vein in the 2nd drift was twisted pretty and you're pretty too. Glad you had some company on this one. Great explore. Have fun and enjoy your week.😍
I’ve been in three mines. Two of them were guided. You got some serious brass balls. I videos are great.
Your videos are great.
I would love to go on one of these mine explorations. My curiosity is goin nuts wanting to do something like this
“Gly”: I realize that my videos give people ideas to go out and explore abandoned mines on their own but that’s not something I want to endorse or promote. Please do not go out and explore an abandoned mine without the proper equipment and experience to do so because the possibility of becoming injured or killed in these places is very real.
Fantastic Video keep them coming.
I just stumbled across your channel the other day. Subbed and hooked!
“Gly”: Thanks for subscribing and welcome aboard!
We still use that vent bag, drill steal, and even all that pipe and clamps are the same, at least in northern Nevada.
P.s. I know your knowledgeable but here are some things you may or may not know.
the orange clamps you see on the pipe are called Vics which is short for victrualic.
These specific rock bolts are called split sets, they use spring tension to hold the rock in place the short ones are called Jimmy's usually to pin your wire up.
Fantastic video Gly, really interesting and sometimes dodgy. At times I was nipping the old ring piece at the state of the mine, man what a way to spend a Saturday night with a few tins of cider. Thank you for sharing your excellent adventures. 🇬🇧🛸👍👍👍👍
Very Interesting!!
Keeps Going Down!!
Phew that was one hell of a ride you took there down that old manway, sheesh. The Andesite was so crumbly too in that 80's part and you went way further than I thought you would. Thank you just isn't strong enough on this video as that was some very sketchy stuff you were scrambling around on. A fantastic explore and I'm very relieved nothing happened. Please take care, much love. xx💖
“Gly”: Thanks Sue. I can’t imagine how dangerous it was to install that ventilation pipe down that incline shaft. Those guys had to have been on ropes as they fitted those sections together.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Yes I agree, definitely not a job for the fainthearted. x
Awesome vid gly really enjoyed it looking at going down the incline around 38mins there looks to be an electron ladder going down on the right of the air vent pipe
You're damn brave. I can go in a mine, a cave, submarine, no worries. But I'll be damned if you'll get me to climb that ladder!
The Part 2 at 37:50 Vent Pipe and 8" pipe may appear in Part 1 at 16:42. Both are vertical. There is a wooden ladder by the vertical vent pipe. I am not sure if that is at
the right location since I am not there. It could be that you can reach the missed drifts from below by climbing up from Part 1 at 16:42.
“Gly”: After mapping out the area using Google Earth I was able to determine that the 8” steel compressor pipe and the vent pipe were in the same location in parts 1 and 2.
Is it worth going back and shinning up the 8" pipe to explore the 1500' addit above. I know I am asking this while I sit comfortably in my home office and not 300 feet underground in a sketchy mine. Are the earthquakes around Mina, NV affecting any of the mines you are exploring? The 3.0 and above earthquakes are 6,000 feet to >6 miles deep. They could shift along the fault lines which the mines seem to follow.
ahhhh yeah i'm stoked to see where this goes!!
That's Something!!
Loved it ty
Always love your videos
Good stuff - very interesting, thanks!
Hello Gly that's a cool mine there now you need to do like Frank and invest in some roping equipment and get used to using it too that way you can descend into those places and explore them as well have a great day now and I'll be waiting on the next one
As always cool stuff gly interesting mine close up shots on the geology is always great to see awesome job guys thank you again as always be safe 👍👍
Yes, this was fun
At the end of that shaft I think I see two ladders. One is to the right of the vent and right of the pipe at 37:13. It's a metal bar and chain style ladder running along the crevice. There is a wooden one at 37:35 on the left that looks like it lands in that left side drift but it's obscured by boards and rocks. They probably weren't very accessible but I wanted to point them out in case you ever go back.
“Gly”: Your right, I did notice that chain ladder when I was editing the video.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces yeah I bet it's easier to notice things like that once you are somewhere safe.
Wow, the ladder in the beginning (2:41) has loose hardware and busted welds. I had to put on a harness just to watch the video.
Big ⚾️s
Silver!! Cool
Amazing
Awesome geology. Thanks
Another excellent exploration, I think it might be interesting to try someday. On another note, I hope you adjust the guy with the rather rude comments down below
“Gly”: Yeah, the comments section can sometimes be like an elementary school playground. If it gets to nasty I’ll put the kids in the corner for a timeout.
You are very brave. The heights alone would make me nervous.
Gly that was kind like Yeah about time Frank did his Spiderman Impression anyhue nice view of the Minerization of SILVER vein views Impressive Thank's Thank's fellas nice work!!!; )
15:02 I seen that moldy orb floating!
“Gly”: Mold orb. 🦠
Abandoned and Forgotten Places Old ghost 💀
So the purpose of the head frame was to haul out the spoil from extending the shaft down to be a vent route? Does that explain the small head frame as it was only needed for the punch through to the lower workings? And in the lower workings, huge adits but no stopes, so did the adits and drifts become the primary ore extraction points? Seems odd there was no ‘just going after the ore’ sections??
GLY- The DATE of ANY BOX, or Bag, or CONTAINER can be determined, as long as it has an address. The 5-digit US Postal Zip Code came into effect right about 1962. The 9-digit zip is right about 2000. In the 1940's and 50's there was also a zip code system, but its a bit confusing. There is a 2 or 3 digit zip code USUALLY placed between the city and the state. These Zips were TYPICALLY used in metropolitan areas, but not all metro areas. At this same time, often the address contains no Zip at all. Please Google the exact dates for this system, but I'm pretty close. I'll ad this post to a few more of your videos so that you can find it, because I think this Zip information will add some solid facts about the artifacts and your location. Love your vids...great job! Please stay safe. Good luck!
Waiting on my shirt. DHL not good on their promised date. Yesterday. No big deal but cannot wait to get it!
“Gly”: Shipping lately has been a nightmare! My drop shippers are way behind and taking forever to process orders all because of COVID.
Hey, can someone let Mr. M know that it looks like the barn door has been left open. (23:00)
No wonder that rock felt moist
@@MPGunther1 lol!
I am always interested to hear what material had been mined and curious to know whether you can still see remaining gold seams being visible in gold mines.
“Gly”: Oh yes, in many of my older videos especially in Episode 29 and 52 you can clearly see the veins of ore they were chasing.
Interesting part 2 of a bit crumbly mine, too bad there were no ladders at the end.