now that was impressive to see the compressors and mine cars still in tact .....keep that place quite because people will go there and take it all ....love the hand steel wedge bits and shovels..... good explore
did you guys un buckle both your sternum strap and hip belt when crossing that waterfall area? You accidentally slip it, could be disastrous. Take my word for it...not something you want to experience. Fun video! Have you ever tried to go to the mines in upper Horseshoe Basin? NOCA. They are a bit creepy...but weirdly cool...well at least they were 35 years ago. Not easy access.
@terrahmama That's why we dropped down to a shallow slower moving pool to cross with plenty of dustance from the drop. The upper waterfall was a death trap. But to your point, that is a yes when in water.
@ghosttownsandminesofwashington good to know...a mama bear at heart ❤️. Safety first. As I am telling you to go back at each and every turn😆 I have only been into main entrances of mines no way would I go more than 50 ft.
After now watching the video and personally being able to see what you got to explore for a "bucket list" site there is zero regret on the decision made at the portal for the safety of all who made the trek out. I am both enthralled and excited that you got the opportunity to do this, nice work Tim!.
Crazy how we’re all not gonna be here one day, and the world will keep spinning for more thousands and thousands of years. I hope you all have a good life and can grow old and happy and cherish your every moment and make the best of what you have.
Me and my uncle dug that tunnel open 15 years ago and it looks pretty much the same with the air pipes and the ore cars. Don’t remember all the water in the beginning though. That was the longest hike I’ve ever been worth it to see all the cool stuff.
I really appreciate all of the work it takes to reach these sites, and the choice to keep them safe. What a treat to see a first person tour of such a well preserved and extensive site. Your depth of knowledge and interest in the mines and the equipment is evident. I’m somewhat amused by your lack of interest, however, in the actual aim of the mining: the minerals and deposits themselves. I’ve been saying, “no, wait, stop, I want to look at the walls” while all these amazing deposits and veins are going by. What a rare opportunity to see inside a mountain, and at all of those beautiful specimens..
Thank you for the observations, yes guilty on not paying the minerals a lot of attention. We have improved in other videos trying to show the veins and minerals more. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
Wow! Another great explore!! Thanks so much for documenting this for all of us who will never be able to see this and the other mines you explore. Keep up the great work!
I love this kind of history. And being the first person to go in there for perhaps decades and to touch something that was last held for maybe a century
Pretty cool place! I'm in Arizona and it's a pretty hot place!.... Mine exploring around here in the summer is a hot topic!........ Seriously now, your videos are really good, thanks.
Wow, what an incredible experience that all was! Most amazing mine and artifacts, especially the air compressor parts in the beginning of the video. Remarkably well preserved and extremely interesting. Amazing effort indeed!!
@@ghosttownsandminesofwashington you’re very welcome! Growing up down by Mt St Helens and my dad being a log truck driver, he saw some neat stuff in the woods! He’d either take pictures or he’d drive our family up to look on weekends. We enjoyed the old cars, buildings, mining equipment and such! Being disabled now makes it pretty impossible to get out hiking but your videos remind me so much of our trips around the mountains! Be careful and keep the videos coming!!!
@@jennikeane641 i got my love for places like that the same way. My dad had his own log truck while i was growing up and i rode with him as much as i could and on the weekends he'd take us up there to cut firewood. we live on the kitsap side of hood canal and there's a old tin mine in the hills near our home that's always intrigued me. Thank you @ghosttownsandminesofwashington for sharing your adventures with us! They're awesome!
@@susanchristopher166that great to hear! I would never trade growing up in the woods! It was the best childhood! Thank you for sharing this with me! Many happy trails to you and your family 🤗
Dug this mine open in 2004. Looks pretty good still. If you had climber up in the manway in backfilled area and looked up you can see another tunnel above thats not on any maps. Also another tunnel above you can climb up above from outside. May be discovery adit also unknown. Further up the valley is an old camp and tram cable was still kinda hanging in 2004.
Thanks Chris good to hear from you, and appreciate your insights. Your guys trip back then inspired to go for it several years ago but came up short. Finally reached the goal. Any insights on the winze that is mapped but doesn't appear to be in there?
Pretty cool to see that wooden ore cart intact! i have the bin metal banding and hinges and such for one and wanted to put it back together. but wasnt sure what the carriage looked like. from the one you found looks like all im missing is the wheels.
That was quite the trek out there and seeing the two ore carts was awesome. Two carts in one mine and one being wood….may be be the only place in western Washington with that.
I got to go inside the gilt edge mine in SD around 1983 it was almost identical to this. my brother did his thesis on it around that time, very interesting stuff especially considering the amount of equipment that gets left behind at these sites .
@@ghosttownsandminesofwashington yes sir would have loved to been there! I noticed they mined what looks like where a lot of slips and stack rock to the right side met a much more stable band on the left side of shaft. Awesome stuff! You guys stay safe down there and would love to see you have a multi gas detector with you but I’m sure your aware of the conditions. Great video!
The difficulty reaching the mine was really adventurous and interesting I could do that 👍🏼. First view of the mine opening any real life adventure instantly gone , I wouldn’t go in that mine or any mine very creepy , awesome video though 😎😎
Well done! It's always fun to see ore cars. The wooden one would have been a good choice for that remote location as it would have been taken apart to haul in. Once at the mine site you could cut the necessary lumber and bolt it back together. It would have been nice if one of your buddies accompanied you in for safety. I really wanted to see you slither into that portal. Thanks for the effort.
Yes, it is really cool to see any ore car, but this especially as they very rare for these parts. I have only heard of one other in all all years doing this. We were more concerned with the portal conditions as it was sketchy without the rain, and the saturated materials escalated the concern, so we kept the two out just in case. The slither in was a mess for sure, but I'm not sure the camera would have survived the mud. 🤣 Very much appreciate your comments and love your channel! Thank you.
My aunt lives in Portland Oregon and she said that the running joke in the Pacific Northwest is that people fall off their bicycles and drown. We have hard rock copper mines abandoned all over Utah and they couldn't compete with the economy of scale of the open pit Bingham Canyon mine.
Y'all need a few more trips to the dry side of the state to poke around! Would be interesting to see some of the workings over here. I can only check out the ones you can drive to anymore, too busted up to hike much.
Now that was very cool I'm 71 years old, so I would have needed a helicopter to get in There's no way I would even try to Hike. but I'm really happy you guys did Because we saw a really cool mine thank you so much and you guys are great!
I'm not sure how far you venture, but there's a 17 km tunnel with a full-size train and cars in it still in British Columbia. From what i have seen, you would go in it
Really cool explore. That makes two wood ore carts I've seen documented now. The other being somewhere at the portal of an undisclosed desert mine. At 26:51 the graffiti on the left makes reference to the Sunset Mine that is off of Trout Creek in Snohomish. Thanks for bringing us along!
First time to visit your channel! Excellent video! Washington sure is a beautiful state. It always reminds me of Lord of the Rings. The dad in me makes me say, please be careful of bad air in those old mines! It's a silent killer. I'm an old man that's fighting cancer, so your videos are my portal to the world! Thank you for a great video! Subscribed and thumbs up! 😊
There was a road all the way in. It has deteriorated, and nature reclaimed it. The compressors were most likely being brought to the mine, and then operations ceased. Why they were left is a mystery.
Great video of the mining shafts and mine cars etc.. However, did you ever get to the spots where they were actually digging the copper from? That's what I really want to see. What does the source of the copper look like. Is it just a "vein" in the rock - like quartz veins?
I AllWAYS think about the mules and horses that moved it up to the mind and how hard it must to have been 😢, I don’t see a wagon hauling it but dragged up by animals 😢
Wish some explorers would grab rock samples and make a second video identifying the rock formations in the mine. To explore is one thing but to see what they were mining would be better I think.
It's definitely a good idea. We unfortunately do not have the indepth geology knowledge and have focused on the history. Something to consider for sure. Appreciate your comments. Thank you.
Scariest moment back in a mine with similar wadding water and not enough light and there to our horror A good sized whirpool inviting us to be it's next victim
That was pieces of air pipe used to brace some of the rock and material. It was put in place by the group who dug it open a couple weeks before our visit.
at 26:24, that appears to be Louis Willman Jr. 6/29 and the year looks to be wiped out. Doing some digging, I found a Louis Willman Jr. that lived 1915-1985. Might be him.
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now that was impressive to see the compressors and mine cars still in tact .....keep that place quite because people will go there and take it all ....love the hand steel wedge bits and shovels..... good explore
Thank you very much. Glad you enjoyed seeing it. Great channel you have!
did you guys un buckle both your sternum strap and hip belt when crossing that waterfall area? You accidentally slip it, could be disastrous. Take my word for it...not something you want to experience. Fun video! Have you ever tried to go to the mines in upper Horseshoe Basin? NOCA. They are a bit creepy...but weirdly cool...well at least they were 35 years ago. Not easy access.
@terrahmama That's why we dropped down to a shallow slower moving pool to cross with plenty of dustance from the drop. The upper waterfall was a death trap. But to your point, that is a yes when in water.
@ghosttownsandminesofwashington good to know...a mama bear at heart ❤️. Safety first. As I am telling you to go back at each and every turn😆 I have only been into main entrances of mines no way would I go more than 50 ft.
And ya, your going to get wet!!!!
This video deserves a like and a comment. It took a 13 hour hike to film all this, that alone is impressive.
Very kind of you to say. Much appreciated, and thank you!
Yes it is I cant stand the rain!!
After now watching the video and personally being able to see what you got to explore for a "bucket list" site there is zero regret on the decision made at the portal for the safety of all who made the trek out. I am both enthralled and excited that you got the opportunity to do this, nice work Tim!.
Thank you. I appreciate and value your assistance and participation in making this happen. Thanks again for everything.
It's wild how clean the water looks!!!
All of the water in the mines around here is very clear until disturbed.
Crazy how we’re all not gonna be here one day, and the world will keep spinning for more thousands and thousands of years. I hope you all have a good life and can grow old and happy and cherish your every moment and make the best of what you have.
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We are in the last days or close to it and everything that the Bible tells us is happening now!!!!
THANK YOU FOR SHOING US THIS HISTORIC PLACE!!!!!!!!!
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Me and my uncle dug that tunnel open 15 years ago and it looks pretty much the same with the air pipes and the ore cars. Don’t remember all the water in the beginning though. That was the longest hike I’ve ever been worth it to see all the cool stuff.
Very cool. Do you mind telling us who your uncle is?
I really appreciate all of the work it takes to reach these sites, and the choice to keep them safe. What a treat to see a first person tour of such a well preserved and extensive site. Your depth of knowledge and interest in the mines and the equipment is evident. I’m somewhat amused by your lack of interest, however, in the actual aim of the mining: the minerals and deposits themselves. I’ve been saying, “no, wait, stop, I want to look at the walls” while all these amazing deposits and veins are going by. What a rare opportunity to see inside a mountain, and at all of those beautiful specimens..
Thank you for the observations, yes guilty on not paying the minerals a lot of attention. We have improved in other videos trying to show the veins and minerals more. Appreciate you watching and commenting.
Wow! Another great explore!! Thanks so much for documenting this for all of us who will never be able to see this and the other mines you explore. Keep up the great work!
Thank you very much appreciated.
I love this kind of history. And being the first person to go in there for perhaps decades and to touch something that was last held for maybe a century
Agree, it was a very cool experience. Thanks for your comments.
Pretty cool place! I'm in Arizona and it's a pretty hot place!.... Mine exploring around here in the summer is a hot topic!........ Seriously now, your videos are really good, thanks.
Appreciate your comments. We have explored years back in Nevada, very different for sure. Thanks for watching!
Wow, what an incredible experience that all was! Most amazing mine and artifacts, especially the air compressor parts in the beginning of the video. Remarkably well preserved and extremely interesting. Amazing effort indeed!!
It was an awesome trip, and have the opportunity to visit this site. Appreciate your comments.
Did you add that set of wheels to make a full cart?
Great exploration. I really enjoyed seeing the wooden ore car, a true rarity!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you!
That entryway looks like it's ready to cave in. You got guts going in there.
Yes, it was crazier than the norm.
You can tell you're in Washington when it even rains inside tunnels :)
That is very true!! Thanks for the comments.
Ha ha and accurate and true , I’m sure you’re a seasoned Western Washingtonian 👍🏼. East side for me ☀️
I don't see how you can stand it??? I'm from Arizona and we get it all but nothing like rain constantly!!!
I couldn't take that!!!!
Way cool! Thank you so much for showing us the amazing places you get to explore!
We very much enjoy sharing these places with you and appreciate your comments. Thank you
@@ghosttownsandminesofwashington you’re very welcome! Growing up down by Mt St Helens and my dad being a log truck driver, he saw some neat stuff in the woods! He’d either take pictures or he’d drive our family up to look on weekends. We enjoyed the old cars, buildings, mining equipment and such! Being disabled now makes it pretty impossible to get out hiking but your videos remind me so much of our trips around the mountains! Be careful and keep the videos coming!!!
@@jennikeane641 We certainly will. Thanks
@@jennikeane641 i got my love for places like that the same way. My dad had his own log truck while i was growing up and i rode with him as much as i could and on the weekends he'd take us up there to cut firewood. we live on the kitsap side of hood canal and there's a old tin mine in the hills near our home that's always intrigued me. Thank you @ghosttownsandminesofwashington for sharing your adventures with us! They're awesome!
@@susanchristopher166that great to hear! I would never trade growing up in the woods! It was the best childhood! Thank you for sharing this with me! Many happy trails to you and your family 🤗
Fascinating watching you guys explore those old shafts. LOL no way I would brave entering those.
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Amazing, no its a spectacular video. Thank you.
Thank ypu!
Super cool mine! Looks like it was tough but good thing it's so hard to get to. Hopefully it stays as pristine as it is.
Thanks, we do our best to keep it the locations guarded.
Dug this mine open in 2004. Looks pretty good still. If you had climber up in the manway in backfilled area and looked up you can see another tunnel above thats not on any maps. Also another tunnel above you can climb up above from outside. May be discovery adit also unknown. Further up the valley is an old camp and tram cable was still kinda hanging in 2004.
Thanks Chris good to hear from you, and appreciate your insights. Your guys trip back then inspired to go for it several years ago but came up short. Finally reached the goal.
Any insights on the winze that is mapped but doesn't appear to be in there?
I'm a part time mine explorer in WA State too, I see some familiar places in your videos. Thanks for sharing with us!
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Looks like it needs a lot more digging out!!!!
That we agree not doubt!
Been in several caves myself but never any that difficult to access or that fascinating inside. Thank you for bringing us along with you. Be safe.
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Nice work Tim, Forrest and Drew. I'm glad you got up there. You need to go back and see the rest of the place.
Yes, we do! Thanks, Daryl
The tracks laid down all through the mine.
Seeing a wooden rail car was really cool! Found your RUclips from your Instagram channel 😊 One of the true joys of the internet
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Pretty cool to see that wooden ore cart intact! i have the bin metal banding and hinges and such for one and wanted to put it back together. but wasnt sure what the carriage looked like. from the one you found looks like all im missing is the wheels.
Send us an email, and we would be happy to send you photos if it would help you out. Thanks for the comments and watching.
That was really cool thanks again for another great video
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Thank you for exploring this. amazing old mine, you are one very gutsy guy !
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Cool... Wonder who parked those mine carts the last time
Interesting thought for sure. Thanks!
1Great explore! Lots of tools along the way and inside the mine. Thank you
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Very Cool, Thank You!!!
Much appreciated. Thank you!
It's a shame that no one can save them ... they won't last to much longer... great video
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That was quite the trek out there and seeing the two ore carts was awesome. Two carts in one mine and one being wood….may be be the only place in western Washington with that.
Couldn't agree more. Thank you
You've got more intestinal fortitude than I do walking up in that excavation with the decaying wood shoring. Cool video
It is definitely not for everyone, nor should it be. Thank you again.
I am impressed and pleased that you looked at all the artifacts with your eyes and not with your hands!
Enjoyed the video
Thank you, this is awesome. I live in Washington, and I'm super jealous that I don't know where this is. Great video!!!!
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Fine I'll go play Minecraft again.
Awesome video I'm glad this showed up on my page today.
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@@ghosttownsandminesofwashington well I appreciate the effort of you actually going out risking life and limb and making an awesome video like this
Thanks for sharing.
Thank you!
great vids man just love old stuff like this keep up the good work
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Those air compressors belong in a museum!!!!
Yes they do.
Wow thank you
Welsh lad here, up in dinowic slate quarry in wales. There’s a few ingersol rand engines left. Really awesome to see more stuff about them.
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I got to go inside the gilt edge mine in SD around 1983 it was almost identical to this. my brother did his thesis on it around that time, very interesting stuff especially considering the amount of equipment that gets left behind at these sites .
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Nice job on documentary
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Nice explore on those compressors it would take a good size steam Donkey .Great group explore and you did find treasure the 2 ORE CAR's⛏️🏆
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I recognize our state, what a beautiful state it is...ron
Yes, sir, it is. Thank you!
We definitely have a beautiful state!! ❤
I really love these videos. Big long mine!
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An awesome old mine. I live in Vancouver, Washington. I'm not sure if I would go in an old mine like that. Thanks for the adventure.
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I would need at least 5 extra flashlights to feel comfortable going all the way in there.
We always have three sources of light.
Loosely packed and full of slips. .. sketchy... love it❤️✊
Sounds like you would be a kid in a candy store also.
@@ghosttownsandminesofwashington yes sir would have loved to been there! I noticed they mined what looks like where a lot of slips and stack rock to the right side met a much more stable band on the left side of shaft. Awesome stuff!
You guys stay safe down there and would love to see you have a multi gas detector with you but I’m sure your aware of the conditions. Great video!
We do carry O2/gas sensors. We show that in some videos but not all. Thanks again.@@chadsmith9218
@@ghosttownsandminesofwashington stay safe brother!
@@chadsmith9218 Will do. Thanks
The difficulty reaching the mine was really adventurous and interesting I could do that 👍🏼. First view of the mine opening any real life adventure instantly gone , I wouldn’t go in that mine or any mine very creepy , awesome video though 😎😎
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Well done! It's always fun to see ore cars. The wooden one would have been a good choice for that remote location as it would have been taken apart to haul in. Once at the mine site you could cut the necessary lumber and bolt it back together. It would have been nice if one of your buddies accompanied you in for safety. I really wanted to see you slither into that portal. Thanks for the effort.
Yes, it is really cool to see any ore car, but this especially as they very rare for these parts. I have only heard of one other in all all years doing this. We were more concerned with the portal conditions as it was sketchy without the rain, and the saturated materials escalated the concern, so we kept the two out just in case. The slither in was a mess for sure, but I'm not sure the camera would have survived the mud. 🤣 Very much appreciate your comments and love your channel! Thank you.
@@ghosttownsandminesofwashington You're welcome!
Just found your channel awesome video quality nice camera will definitely watch more thanks
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Awesome! Little crazy, but thanks for sharing.
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Beautiful area!👍
It really is!
Like the stills that you mix in.
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very cool
Thanks!
Gold mining was quite an adventure and was very hard work
Absolutely no doubt.
My aunt lives in Portland Oregon and she said that the running joke in the Pacific Northwest is that people fall off their bicycles and drown.
We have hard rock copper mines abandoned all over Utah and they couldn't compete with the economy of scale of the open pit Bingham Canyon mine.
True on both counts...🤣
Y'all need a few more trips to the dry side of the state to poke around! Would be interesting to see some of the workings over here. I can only check out the ones you can drive to anymore, too busted up to hike much.
We just did a trip east and have a few videos coming from that side soon. Thanks for the comments and feedback.
Really neat😄👍
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Now that was very cool I'm 71 years old, so I would have needed a helicopter to get in There's no way I would even try to Hike. but I'm really happy you guys did Because we saw a really cool mine thank you so much and you guys are great!
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Those drills and other artifacts absolutely belong in a museum! Its a damn shame they are being left out in the elements.
Yes, it is for sure. Thanks for the comments.
I'm not sure how far you venture, but there's a 17 km tunnel with a full-size train and cars in it still in British Columbia. From what i have seen, you would go in it
Very intriguing. Thank you for sharing that.
You could see the copper ore within that rock pile as you were leaving.
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Really cool explore. That makes two wood ore carts I've seen documented now. The other being somewhere at the portal of an undisclosed desert mine. At 26:51 the graffiti on the left makes reference to the Sunset Mine that is off of Trout Creek in Snohomish. Thanks for bringing us along!
They are no doubt very rare. Thank you for the comments and watching.
What a amazing channel thank you from New Zealand
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Subscribed. Really cool stuff. Ever been to the old Mineral City site near Index?
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Very cool, new subscriber!
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Heard about it before you went. Thnx for not dieing. Next time plan in better weather. Been to the camp, now I've seen more thnx.
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That head wall is massive
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First time to visit your channel! Excellent video! Washington sure is a beautiful state. It always reminds me of Lord of the Rings. The dad in me makes me say, please be careful of bad air in those old mines! It's a silent killer. I'm an old man that's fighting cancer, so your videos are my portal to the world! Thank you for a great video! Subscribed and thumbs up! 😊
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I keep waiting for you guys to Bigfoot hanging out, in one of the abandoned mines you explore. Lol
We keep waiting, too. Would make for some incredible content. 🤣
I cannot even think what it took to get all massive machinery down there back then.
It was an impressive feat without a doubt. Thanks for the comment and watching.
One piece at a time ,then assembly
Maximum effort!
That mixed with some crazy. 🤣 Thank you!
Nice work on the video will done
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A guy goes into an abandoned mine,several hours later he goes back out and finds he is the only person left on earth
We have seen that episode 🤣🤣
as the camera pans out most traces of human civilization crumbles in the foreground..anybody have James Cameron's number?
At 3:25, it is a flat belt pulley; not thick enough for a flywheel. All of that equipment was headed to the mine as nothing was worn.
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When I went to Washington it was raining and wet most of the time!!😢
Not uncommon. Although June through early October has been dry the last several years.
Come to the East Side….Much, much drier!! I live in the SE part, in Wa’s desert.
We have many times. We were just NE couple weeks ago.
We gotta go back
Yes sir.
Was there not a road at some time to haul the ore out to be milled? How did the compressor end up in the middle of a forest?
There was a road all the way in. It has deteriorated, and nature reclaimed it. The compressors were most likely being brought to the mine, and then operations ceased. Why they were left is a mystery.
Great video of the mining shafts and mine cars etc.. However, did you ever get to the spots where they were actually digging the copper from? That's what I really want to see. What does the source of the copper look like. Is it just a "vein" in the rock - like quartz veins?
We did not see any clear veins that stood out. Thank you for the comments.
Obviously someone dynamited the entrance..I've found numerous cases of unturned 20yrs or more dynamited near abandoned mines Barons
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Hope you were doing this with o2 sensor alarms that is a lot of rot.
We always have 02 and gas sensors when we explore.
I would be afraid to get lost in all those tunnels. 😅😮⛏️🎉
The good news is they are relatively small compared to a lot of mines, say in the Southwest and Colorado.
I AllWAYS think about the mules and horses that moved it up to the mind and how hard it must to have been 😢, I don’t see a wagon hauling it but dragged up by animals 😢
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Hard to believe they built all of that within 9 years, and just left it. Looks like something that already existed and they just went in.
Time stands still in these places. Thanks for the comments.
Way cool ore cars. ❤ 😅😅😊
Yes, they are. Thanks!
Wish some explorers would grab rock samples and make a second video identifying the rock formations in the mine. To explore is one thing but to see what they were mining would be better I think.
It's definitely a good idea. We unfortunately do not have the indepth geology knowledge and have focused on the history. Something to consider for sure. Appreciate your comments. Thank you.
Scariest moment back in a mine with similar wadding water and not enough light and there to our horror
A good sized whirpool inviting us to be it's next victim
That is wild. Have not heard of that before.
The air compressor looks identical to the argo mine compressors
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Was that a shaft, next to the large compressor, all covered in cut logs ? Looked sketchy to me, be safe 👍
That was pieces of air pipe used to brace some of the rock and material. It was put in place by the group who dug it open a couple weeks before our visit.
all that 1890's spray paint the mine looks more modern but the access is so overgrown
Spray paint was from a survey done, most likely in the 80s or 90s.
My friends and I did this all through the 90's and 2000's and used the book I linked below.
Very cool!!
I got claustrophobic just watching him in those tunnels. But it was interesting.
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at 26:24, that appears to be Louis Willman Jr. 6/29 and the year looks to be wiped out. Doing some digging, I found a Louis Willman Jr. that lived 1915-1985. Might be him.
Very cool, thank you for sharing that.
Don't you ever stop to read the names on the walls
Yes, we do. It depends on how legible they are.
That's a big mine
For these parts, it is a good size.
youre very brave cool mine and spooky any snakes bears mt lions ?
Thank you very much. Bears and Mt. Lions active in the area, no encounters. Appreciate your comments.