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- Опубликовано: 10 окт 2018
- Tough day following a tram line up to a mine high in the mountains above Sandon called the Ivanhoe.The Ivanhoe occurrence is situated on Crown grant Lot 743 at 2058 metres elevation above sea level, between Sandon and Selkirk peaks, in the Slocan Mining Division. The underground workings cover most of the eastern portion of Lot 743 and extend east on to the Elgin Crown grant (Lot 742).
This property was owned in 1952 by the Minnesota Silver Company, Limited, who have owned the claim since 1894.
The property was located about 1893 and was worked fairly steadily up to 1905, after which it lay idle until 1913 when operations were resumed and continued until 1921. Since that time little if any work has been done within the property limits. In 1900 a 100-ton mill was erected at Sandon. This was connected to the mine workings by an aerial tramway 2590 metres long. The mill was burned in 1915, and subsequently rebuilt by the Rosebery-Surprise Mining Company who acquired an option on the Ivanhoe property in 1919. This option was allowed to lapse the following year and in 1921 Silversmith Mines, Limited, took over the mill and remodelled it.
The mine was developed by 8 levels over a vertical range of about 183 metres. Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 8 levels are adits. Ore was stoped from No. 6 to 12.1 metres above No. 1 level, a vertical distance of 99 metres, but most of the stoping was done between levels Nos. 2 and 4. No. 2 level, driven on parts of a large and complex lode was partly accessible in 1948. No. 8 adit reaches the Ivanhoe lode at 399 metres and No. 4 adit reaches it at about 152 metres from the portal. The longest levels are Nos. 4 and 8. The former extends 224 metres east and 780 metres west and southwest of the crosscut, including in the latter direction an extension of 335 metres into the adjoining property of the Canadian group (082FNW197). No. 8 level drifts about 152 metres west of the crosscut and 286 metres east and also passes into Canadian ground for 247 metres. These levels are only partially accessible and the other levels are short and for the most part inaccessible.
Regionally, the area lies on the western margin of the Kootenay Arc, in allochthonous rocks of the Quesnel Terrane. In the vicinity of the occurrence, the Quesnel Terrane is dominated by the Upper Triassic Slocan Group, a thick sequence of deformed and metamorphosed shale, argillite, siltstone, quartzite and minor limestone. Rocks of the Slocan Group are tightly and disharmonically folded. Early minor folds are tight to isoclinal with moderate east plunging, southeast inclined axial planes and younger folds are open, southwest plunging with subhorizontal axial planes. The sedimentary sequence has been regionally metamorphosed to lower greenschist facies.
South of the occurrence, the Slocan Group has been intruded by the Middle Jurassic Nelson intrusions which comprise at least six texturally and compositionally distinct phases ranging from diorite to lamprophyre. The most dominant phase is a medium to coarse grained potassium feldspar porphyritic granite. Several feldspar porphyritic granodiorite dikes, apparently related to the Nelson intrusions, also cut the sedimentary sequence near the occurrence (Paper 1989-5).
The Ivanhoe occurrence is hosted by limestone, argillite and quartzite of the Slocan Group that are intruded by quartz feldspar porphyries. The rocks are folded in a synclinal structure with the limbs striking north-northwest and dipping moderately southwest and northeast. The occurrence consists of a broad and irregular zone of faulting and shearing over 7 metres in width containing brecciated wallrock cemented by quartz and siderite with local lenses and veins of sulphides up to 1.5 metres thick. The walls of the fissure vein are marked by consistent gouge. The shear zone strikes east-west for most of the property but swings sharply southwest as it approaches the Canadian property (082FNW197). Veins within the shear zone dip 52 degrees south. On the Ivanhoe and Elgin Crown grants the vein system has been developed on at least eight underground levels and over a vertical range of about 180 metres. Above the No. 3 level of the mine the stopes were continuous for about 180 metres. Within the productive section of the veins the ore consisted of argentiferous galena and sphalerite in a matrix of siderite and quartz. Much of the ore was concentrated in semimassive lenses up to 1.5 metres wide between the second and fourth levels.
Production from the Ivanhoe between 1895 and 1935 yielded about 14 tonnes of silver, 2366 tonnes of lead, 330 tonnes of zinc and 31 grams of gold from 40,293 tonnes mined. 
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I enjoy the way you talk to "us" out here watching ... just like we are there with ya'. Enjoy listening to you ... thank you for sharing your knowledge. I enjoy your explanations and good humor. I have learned a lot from your videos. Thank you!
You are so welcome
I totally agree. ALWAYS keeps us interested and informed. My favorite mine explorer.
Thanks again for sharing.
Fairbanks Standard NO 4 was a scale (I'm sure you already know that) my dad and I used to refurbish old scales like that. We had old lathes and a CNC to make parts if we couldn't find any
It's amazing how high in the mountains these mining concerns operated. Absolutely stunning landscape, breathtaking!
up over 6,000 feet so you can imagine that this time of year is the Hawaii month. Note that so many of the major finds in Montana, Idaho, and surrounding states were above 6,000 feet elevation??
We were still using carbide lamps in late 80s and early 90s in some remote high altitude exploration mines similar to the ones that Frank is showing you. Good to detect low levels of oxygen in some old mines and the presence of draft (natural ventilation). Btw great views Frank. I also liked the goats. Didn't know that there are goats around Idaho peak.
Thanks for another cool adventure Frank. Interesting to see the old riveted ore carts, would love to have one in my yard on a piece of track! Guess they are there because the logistics of getting one back down would be nearly impossible.
Those opening scenery....wow just wow
Another great video! Beautiful scenery too!! I’m originally from eastern Kentucky and there are abandoned coal mines everywhere. I’m sure there are people that do go into them, but not me Jack! Between the dangers of roof falls, methane builup, and flooded shafts, they are death traps. In all my years living there, I can only remember one instance of someone getting killed exploring one. I do recognize the difference in the mines up north and out west, totally different animal. Thanks for all your hard work, keep it up!!
Love your videos could watch them all day, as I have been doing lol
What a cool bucket swing! Wow the view, with the cloud below your vision and snow flurries was amazing, and the shot from the portal was really beautiful. There were some awesome artefacts in this week’s show - riveted steam boiler, the bucket, carbide lamps, skip car, mine cart and I loved the air tank with switch, and so much more. Dynamite - Noooooo! You always find that stuff. And you do all the hard work, hiking, clambering through small spaces, getting wet and we get to sit back and enjoy the show with a nice cup of tea, coffee or a beer. Thank you Frank for the education and the rollercoaster ride that is Exploring Abandoned Mines. 👍 👍 👍
I am so lucky to have awesome fans such as yourself that enjoy what I am doing.... Thanks for your kind words!
love that first clip of you sitting in the tram bucket! Would make a neat bench swing to have in the museum.
Yeah I would love to have one of those buckets they are in pristine condition. The trouble is they are hard to get to. Maybe hire a chopper?
maybe start a go fund me page, people can donate to get that bucket to your museum and stop those things from disappearing forever.
A chopper would be very expensive, costing around $2000/hour. However I wonder about fabricating a replica? I've been trying to research info on how trams were built so that I could make a miniature model. Videos like this are very helpful as information is scarce. I would love to get dimensions of things like the towers, buckets, and bull wheels.
roll it in bubble wrap and roll it down the hill
I always catch myself bobbing and weaving ,when you go in those tight spots, so I don't bump my head. Thanks for another great time Frank.
Maybe you should wear a helmet too!
Every time I hear "Big Balls' By ACDC your videos pop into my head.
This guy is the best of them mine explorers as he tells it the way it is and you know he loves it, keeps you watching.Well done to him keep it up stay safe.
The cast iron frame you found with 'Fairbannks Standard No.4' on it was from an old platform scale.
That makes sense......not where you would expect to find a scale!
Was about to say that till I seen your comment friend haha
Good lord. I've been all over that mountain; Matter fact, all over all those mountains. Just watched one of you other ones, and you showed me stuff I missed. The tram house, I remember was still standing. At least mostly. The bull wheel, I don't remember. Thanks again Frank.
Not sure how I ended up on your channel but Wow, you have me hooked. You sir are living the dream. Thanks for sharing this adventure. Will be subscribing. Take care and be safe.
Amazing scenery and amazing how they could mine that high up! Thay had to have a lot of ingenuity!
They go where the Gold is!
The explosives reminded me of a old story at work. Long time ago I worked for a TV station I had a huge walk in safe full of expensive items of all types including chemicals. There were lots of chemicals most people need a special licence to buy in bulk but seeing it was a TV station companies let them buy anything no licences required they so dumb! Had a heap of bottles the size of old moonshine jugs full of stuff and heaps of it. The stuff was used by mostly 60 Minutes to clean old film for production use. We had our own Kodak film processing lab that got around $20,000 worth of Silver each week. You'd like that no mining needed LOL. Anyway this chemical name is Nitrocellulose liquid. One day a old guy said something about a bomb sent in a crate outside. I talked about it to him before security got some expert to check it further. This old guy said to me why worry about this little bomb you have a way bigger bomb inside your safe that could blow the roof off this 4 storey building if detonated properly. Hahaha I didn't have a clue what the stuff was all I knew it was film cleaner. funny one hey mate? :)
Cool video,Frank. Thanks for doing all that hiking for us. You mentioned how did they ever find this mine. It always amazes me how they did. The prospectors covered every inch of this earth looking for profitable minerals. All the years(28) of exploring the San Juan mts in Colo, I couldn't believe how many prospect holes there were at the top of these 14000 ft mts, and they had to hike up there every day with their tools and equipment. Mind boggling!
Probably found it from surface showings in the area.
Thank you for sharing the history and nice views too ! ! !
Great Channel
Another great explore, Thanks, Frank.,
Fearless Frank because I love your videos they cheer me up be safe always
Awesome adventure Frank, Thanks for bringing us along.
Absolutely love your videos an passion an the history thank you for taking us along much respect frank as always be safe
What a view from the top. An awesome location well off the beaten track.lots of nice artefacts and remnants.
I never tire of the iconic mountain scenery. Esp since i been up since 2am eastcoast. Glad i could be wet today from the rain and "black gold" just as you f endure for all of us albeit the snow and hail. Great vid and i like this intro you got going on now.
Wow another 5 star video ... Thanks and stay safe !
Thanks for taking us to all these neat places!
You have the absolute best videos in mine exploration on the entire interweb, beautiful part of the world too. I hope to see that part of Canada some day. Really good video, thanks Frank.
Thank you for all your comments and support...you must have seen most of them by now!
Very cool and and even better views from up there! Great video. Take care and be safe!
Thanks for all the leg work. I enjoy your videos
Frank, I bet there is not much you cant fix or build? You cant beat those West Kootenay outdoors type! Great videos! Thanks!
Excellent exploration Frank thanks buddy...
Excellent video Frank your shows should be on TV hang in there be safe From the lower 48.
That may happen sooner than you think!
@@exploringabandonedmines Sure hope so your programs are Informational & Educational have A super great day from the lower 48
Bloody addicted too the whole thing. Thanks for sharing.
those were some great views... thanks Frank
Frank, I have watched and liked about 30 of your videos so far and have enjoyed everyone of them. I gave my Pastor the name of your site so he could watch also. Here in Arizona we have our share of abandoned mines. My brother and I went down into the old Christmas mine when I was 12 y/o. Now that I am retired You have inspired me to do it again.
Hi FrankAn other great video.Great find's the carbide lamp bottom and the whole justrite carbide lamp.Looks like you needed the T N T in some place's to go more in the Audits.Stay Safe.
Ha, you found the rare miner's swing! A little snowy mine hunting, eh? Maybe they removed the power unit when the mine shut down? Looks like it was flat-belt driven. (unless it was gravity-driven and that part of the bull-wheel was the brake) Wow, a metal wheel-barrow, don't see those often! (except as a yard decoration) Nice timber-saw! Pity it's so rusted. (and large) Too bad you couldn't ride the rails down, that'd save time!
Thanks for the tour, was fun!
You must enjoy exploring and hiking and climbing a lot! 😎💨😷
I do!
Another master piece thank you Frank the views looking out the portal's was amazing and breathtaking. So many nice artifacts lying around on the ground. History just sitting there slowly returning to its original form.it is a pity that you don't have someone who regularly goes with you to these wonderful places.
Where i live in Australia is the town of Bendigo its in the middle of what they call the golden triangle a very gold rich area. A lot of our bush area's remain with trees growing up near and in between old mine shafts .its hard to imagine thousands of men crawling over the landscape in the height of our gold rush we had a very large Chinese population working here at that time.
Look forward to new weeks treat for you thank you so much Frank.
Stay safe.
Hello from Lightning Ridge :)
Thank you very much for sharing and taking your time in doing so :-)
Beauty country great vid again Frank
Very interesting video. Ty for sharing. Peace ✌
I'm finally catching up on some of your earlier videos, Frank; all a good body of work (and no, I can't take advantage of your new chronological list of videos because of my slow connection! A ten minutes video usually takes more than half an hour to load and watch!). Thanks for all your explores!❤️👍
That view is fantastic.
Awsome as always frank
Your videos are awesome! Keep up the good work mate
Great show.....
Beautiful country Frank
the hills are alive with the sound of mining! lol! more great work bud! stay safe!
Some amazing views
Thank you for the knowledge!
Awesome job guys! !!! I still say those steel balls gotta be mighty uncomfortable! LOL! 👍
love your show sir,,,,I could never go into those mines lol
Ive seen crazy before this guy beats all
This was Frank being careful.
Fearless Frank is at it again I love these videos
Now you can cross that intro off of your "Bucket" list =)
Would have loved to see that ol tram line working great video had my imagination going
I simply love this channel... I feel like I have a brother in the awesome host...
Another great video
Brilliant comentary really enjoying and informative and eduacational many thanks indeed
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you!
Your one crazy person and I mean that in a good way lol and I thought I was crazy lol thanks for taking us on another one of your adventures. Im on Vancouver Island in the Shawnigan lake area and spitting distance from Kinsol and the Kinsol trestle is basically in my backyard . I figure you probably know of all the mines in the Kinsol area and I believe that they were mostly copper mines. We used to go through them when we were teenagers and I am also a couple miles from Leech town as the crow flies anyways I enjoy your videos take care and Cheers
No I have never heard of it.......but then I have never explored any mines on the island. I am surprised every time I hear of more. I did some pipe lining on the island years ago. It was really hard to get into the back country then. Everything was locked up!
I'm born and raised here so know lots of people and alot of these people use and go to the bush on a regular basis whether it's hunting, hiking, mushroom picking etc and with some of these people it's a generational thing as it is for me what I mean is their fathers and grandfathers and even great grandfathers have been doing it. There are alot of pissed off people who are locked outa the bush by a logging company thats not even Canadian or even based in Canada alot of these people carry a universal key (cut-off saw) lol .The keys to these gates can now be gotten legally by having a miners license and posting a $500 bond for the key which is returnable whenever the key is returned and in the Shawnigan lake area its TimberWest you have to deal with.Anyways the mines that I was talking about and these mines are small compared to what you explore are within a mile or two of the Kinsol Trestle and if you haven't heard of the trestle just Google it because I hear its become quite the attraction. Anyways I have been babbling along but I want to say that I really enjoy your videos. Take care and Cheers
The old bricks don't have a 'frog', which is an indentation to hold mortar. We have an Accrington brick from here UK that was called NORI, IRON spelled backwards, it is so tough they made the foundations of the Empire States building, our house is made from them, SKY TV now carry special power drills to fit sat dishes, a normal drill or hammer drill will not even touch an Acci NORI unless you have about 3 hours to drill through it.
Sure looked like a Mountain goat.
Love you videos
That reel of cord and pile of explosive looked fairly modern. It was nearly crushed by that collapse!
They stopped manufacturing 'Thermalite' Safety fuse cord in 1995. That's probably not much help, but did you notice how the individual piles were strung together in the pile? They only do that at the place where it was to be used, so either they didn't get around to firing it, or there was some improper fusing. They clearly intended to bring the mine down, that was a pretty big pile of firecrackers!
@@rickautry2759 hey that's really interesting actually! Maybe there is someone buried behind that collapse and they never finished the job!
Rick Autry Thermalite was igniter cord not safety fuse. It burns very hot and is good for connecting time fuse when you want good fire transfer. Manitor has replaced it.
@@rickautry2759
I have two boxes of Thermalite cord. I was wondering how old it was. I use it as cannon fuze, and it works very well. I can smack it with a hammer and it will light. Kinda works like a quick fire mechanism, if I use a short fuze
"AWESOME BIGFOOT"...!!!
Fairbanks standard no 4 was a scale
I will send you one of those Thermalite boxes. I picked up a couple of rolls at a gunstore. It makes wicked cannon fuze.
Fairbanks is a scale company. Nice Video!
“I don’t think we’re going to have time to get to that one.”
Jump cut
So here we are.
I’m new to this channel but I’m learning that when frank says he can’t make it he really means he will be there shortly.
Well you know time flies when you are having fun. Same thing actually happens when I say fuck no that is too scary I ain't doing it..........eventually I man up!
@@exploringabandonedmines Manning up never goes wrong, eh Frank? Tell viewers about your adventures in the Rabbits Paw mine. ;)
Love your vids
Thanks for the great videos. You have big balls. Im telling all my friends to subscribe. Be safe. 👍
Beautiful country
I’d love to go explore all them places.
Awesome !
Nice view becareful
Really enjoyed the video. Makes ya wonder what's behind each collapsed area. I don't think I'd want to try to clear it as unstable as it looks. Might just turn out to be unstable to collapse behinf you or on top of you. Glad you enjoyed the serpentine !!
Yes thanks again there is a picture of in on the facebook page.
Awesome and TY Frank :) Heck I think I would have took that there reel of fuse back with me as a memento LOL ;)
I have enough stuff in my museum
I meant if I was with ya mate LOL … If it was the type a fuse ya light that is LOL :) Could come in handy on the fourth a July ;)
Crazy some of the stuff that gets left up there. I always wonder what the story is on the explosives that are left behind (seems like that stuff is pretty sensitive to just leave it there)
very cool
oh i would love to come and visit you and explore some mine sites but I'm in australia 😬
love those old aerial Tramways....even has it buckets.....great.....to bad the Winter snows have made the outside timbers in bad shape....that rock looks like graphite....love the cartridge powder with detcord....to bad everything is rusted so bad....
Thanks Jeff the elements are harsh..........how is Slim doin?
looks like and he is as Grumpy as ever ...thanks.
@@Askjeffwilliams I heard it from slim he says you need to blow up more Dynamite that he's hid under your bed
Yeah he would say that........he would love to see me in the bed when it goes too.
lol i tell ya i've watched your channel for years and love the video you did with that skeleton, you two knew how to make me laugh also you know i've got a little vial of old from juneau alaska, i got it while panning at the aj mine and gastineau mill, they allow tours of the mine and it was the first sort of abandoned mine i've ever been to, i say abandoned because actual mining cease in 1980 but since then the mines been open for tours
Fantastic
That dynamite would make for a bad day. The outside scenery would make good thumbnails. You had a nice hike up, and now the way down. High Up on the hill, greener grows the grass, down comes the Billy goat sliding on his ass. That sounds optimistic, walking too far but not getting anywhere. Frank, you're a Guru, i swear.
Totally awesome video. We dont need 4k. Everything looks great.
Tim Cantrell You wouldn’t notice the difference without a 4K screen anyhow!
Tim Cantrell You wouldn’t notice the difference without a 4K screen anyhow!
Love it!!
what a beauty i wouldve loved to work up there
Would love to check some of the mines in the PNW where I'm at
Recently discovered your channel. Absolutely love your videos they are amazing. Looking forward to future notifications and new material. Thanks for sharing
I'm surprised those wheels spun at 22:07
Thanks for an amazing video! For about how long do you spend time in there at a time? You got yourself another sub, be safe out there!
It all depends on the mine.......sometimes only a few minutes other times it can take weeks to see everything!
Hello, Mr. Frank. I am binge-watching your videos and the scenery in this one is just breathtaking! I've been above the clouds like that only once, and it's an amazing feeling. I just wonder how the miners got down into some of these places on a daily basis... Did they use a rope and tackle? Was there a skip? How did they do it? Thank you!
They used ladders a lot and of course used manways , skips and hoists.
Would it be legal (I know it'd be very unsafe) to dig out those collapsed areas inside the Addits? Especially the final portal you were inside with the substantial waste rock pile outside. It'd be cool to see what's been sealed behind that collapse for so long! Imagine the untouched artifacts!
Nothing illegal as far as I know. the problem is more of the time involved and as you say the danger if it is in an unstable slope it may slide in again while you are under there.
C'mon Frank, bring up a Carpenter - Logger Engineering Crew and fix these Mines!
Well, you have a case of dynamite and det cord....
Enormously badass exploration! Beautiful views, wonder how high above sea level those mountain tops are? There's clouds floating by at that same height a bit further away in the distance! Besides all that, I often get this feeling that it is rather horrible that things are allowed to get so dilapidated, somehow. As far as it isn't nature and 'the elements', it's nearly always a consequence of property laws - and depressing.
6,000-7,000 feet.
So pretty WoW
No way would I have left that explosive there, irresistible to blow it either in there or some place else.
Fairbanks Standard NO 4 is a scale, I actually have an antique Fairbanks in my law office as it used to be a bank back in the 1920 - 1930's
Poop. I don't know if you stopped at Silverton, but the old stamp mill there came down from our old claim. The King Jack. Which then went to Chapeau. And then to more yet. If you like, In Blewett, near nelson, is one of our old mines as well. I don't know if our old partner has bolted it up, but in the Kootenays, I swear, you cannot go a square mile without stumbling across some old mine shafts.
Yup lots of mines in that area. We have been up around Ainsworth quite a bit lately.