Special Visit To The Incredible 16 to 1 Mine: Part 8 - 1000 Level
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 5 ноя 2024
- This video in our continuing series exploring the great 16 to 1 Mine covers the lengthy 1000 Level on foot and via rail... This level really has it all - historic mining equipment, gold-rich stopes, another ride on a mine train (this time including a derailment) and plenty more of Duane’s great stories.
We will also be making some connections to the lower levels of the gold mine on the 1000 Level as you’ll see where the pipes from the modern pump that is presently dewatering the mine head toward the surface as well as where the rusted pipes from the historic pump we saw on the 1700 Level make their long run to the surface.
One particularly interesting aspect of this level is a section where the old timers drove a winze down… Fortunately, they left the hoist and other equipment behind and so we’re able to get a good glimpse of how they operated and the way it looked when they did. Interestingly, not a lot is known about how much gold they recovered from this section.
I’m glad that you were able to see a ride on the mine train with Duane in front of us on the trammer (the electric locomotive) so that you can see how they are operated. One definitely must pay attention! The derailment was an unexpected and exciting bonus to that ride.
A few comments in the last video criticized me for sometimes repeating what Duane said and for not always keeping up with him. Tough crowd, huh? Obviously, I would rather have Duane narrate whatever it is that we are seeing and would prefer to have the camera perfectly angled to include both him and the feature being discussed. However, when he is walking ahead while I am contending with changing batteries, changing lenses, avoiding hazards that are more difficult to notice when one’s attention is focused on the camera, dealing with water in the microphone, cleaning mud off of the lens, adapting to video equipment failures, changing lights and also trying to show every unique nook and cranny of the mine…well…it isn’t always easy to deliver seamless perfection with Duane carefully staged - bathed in mood lighting and wired up to deliver perfect audio - in every scene. Oh, and please don’t forget that unlike Duane and Jake, I am having to climb around these steep, slick obstacles without the benefit of using either of my hands since one hand has a camera and the other is holding the lighting equipment. This also slows me down relative to them. To perhaps convey the difficulty in filming underground - I shoot photography and video of frontline combat for a living. And, believe it or not, it is far easier to film while being shot at, mortared, etc. than to film underground in a mine. Filming underground in a mine is one of the most difficult video tasks one can set out for themselves.
Also, the reason that I sometimes repeat what Duane said is that I have no way of knowing at the time what the camera has picked up or not if Duane is speaking rather distantly from the microphone. So, in order to try and make sure that everyone in the audience heard what was said, I will repeat it if there is any doubt.
Ha, like I said, tough crowd…
*****
Our guide on this tour, Duane, has a RUclips channel of his own in which he has posted videos he has taken in mines where he has worked. It can be found here: / @muleskinnermining8661
For more information on the Sixteen to One Mine or even to buy physical gold or stock shares from the company, one can visit their website at: www.origsix.com/
*****
All of these videos are uploaded in HD, so adjust those settings to ramp up the quality! It really makes a difference.
You can see the gear that I use for mine exploring here: bit.ly/2wqcBDD
You can click here for the full TVR Exploring playlist of abandoned mines: goo.gl/TEKq9L
Thanks for watching!
*****
Growing up in California’s “Gold Rush Country” made it easy to take all of the history around us for granted. However, abandoned mine sites have a lot working against them - nature, vandals, scrappers and various government agencies… The old prospectors and miners that used to roam our lonely mountains and toil away deep underground are disappearing quickly as well.
These losses finally caught our attention and we felt compelled to make an effort to document as many of the ghost towns and abandoned mines that we could before that colorful niche of our history is gone forever.
I hope you’ll join us on these adventures.
#ExploringAbandonedMines
#MineExploring
#AbandonedMines
#UndergroundMineExploring
Man, that dude knows his mine!!!! What a gold mine of knowledge coming from that dude. Cool!
I love the personality of your "guide". "Did we just derail? Why did we derail...." he seems so innocent, I love it. Hes so proud of what he does, and is excited to show people....I love shit like that, people should be this excited about what they do for a living
The fun continues . Thank you Justin ,Duane and Jake for yet another look at this Historic Mine .
This was cool better the any runaway mine ride I ever been on .
This I enjoyed so much has to be the best mine tour I seen thank you all
Don't think your efforts go unappreciated. They most certainly are!
Thank you very much.
What blows me away is a lot of that was under water. So amazing!!!!! The guy taking you through is very knowledgeable.
Man totally awesome, how many people do you know that can say they were on a mine cart that derailed !!!
Marcassa Mine in Kirkland, Ontario, Canada. Still use oar cars, jack leg & stopers. Cars derail all the time and ya gotta hand muck er all back in, and quickly as other ppl want to go to lol head on’s happen from time to time too
@excollier114 coal belts were better, much faster all the way out to the bunker. Totally illegal ☺
Wow it certainly gives me a new found respect for the gold wedding band on my finger, when you see what those men had to go through in their daily lives it was harsh hard work. Duane certainly has a great fondness for that mine and immense knowledge collected from years of being underground. Thank you, I don't think I will ever look at abandoned mines in quite the same way again, big respect to all miners everywhere. Thank you so much for this amazing comprehensive look at mine operation. x
Thank you very much, Sue. Yes, seeing all of this does certainly provide one with a new perspective on the gold jewelry that some give little thought to (not saying that you ever did, but some people take such things for granted)... I'm glad you came along on this series. Just one new video left, I'm afraid.
@@TVRExploring Awww only one lol, I think this is the best series you have ever done imho. Thank you for all of your hard work. x
Yes, I'm afraid so... However, Duane showed us around the Rainbow Mine as well, which I will show in the future. I need to give people a break from series for a little while since this one has been so long.
I agree. This will be a very hard series to top!
Thank you for your kind words.
@@TVRExploring Cool you get to do another one with him, awesome. x
It's a smaller one, but there is a lot of great stuff contained within and without!
Absolutely awesome series. I assure you pretty much all of us really appreciate your video documentation of mines, especially an active historic mine like this one. Don't let the few cry babies that are probably just jealous bother to you. Keep up the great work
Appreciate that very much... Thank you.
"I have a special treat for you" - Duane. This whole series is a special treat for us!
Keep up the narration! We have a lot to learn and I don't want to miss any of it. It's amazing how much knowledge Duane possesses. Geology, electrical engineering, mechanical engineer, construction...on and on. Mines are no place for fools.
Duane is awesome.
Every time I look on my phone and I get a new episode coming up it's like Christmas all over again thanks guys
Thanks for watching.
What a great series.Thank you Duane ,Justin and Jake. Duane has a light in his eye telling the history of the mine and the work he's done and doing.I watch your explore videos but watching how the work is done is just as cool,puts it all together
This is one of the coolest series I have ever seen!!
Still being blown away by this series and what we are seeing!
dude, this documentation is incredible. don't waste time with the folks that might complain.
Thank you very much.
All you guys make this tour so very interesting that I fear that the end of the video will be the last one. I hope it keeps going and going.. This is the most impressive mine I have seen.
Thank you. It will be very hard to top this series!
Thank you for this long series on this mine, gotta say, i need a jack to pick my jaw off the floor, WOW,! absolutely amazing. ⚒️⛏️😁👍
I could listen to Duane talk all day. Very interesting man.
You and me both!
Thanks for repeating what Duane is saying, I don't always catch it. Very interesting. 👍
Thank you. Glad I'm doing the right thing by repeating what I thought some might have missed...
It gets better every time, very nice story and some great equipment still there, it is amazing too see and hear how they got that stuff down there.
Thank you. Yes, it is an awesome mine.
Loving the series looking forward to the next instalment.
Thank you. Looking at the amount of video left, I think this will be 10 videos in total.
TVR Exploring fan- tastic
@@TVRExploring awesome (Ore sum) sorry couldn't resist. Bloody epic tho love the whole shebang. I hope you get more opportunities to do more stuff like this....Please thank the guys at the 16:1 for sharing their knowledge with us....
That is some Real History There..!!!
I love all our videos but this series was extra special. It was very interesting and I learned a lot. Thanks so much for your awesome videos
Thank you. Yes, this is one of our favorites as well... Duane is great.
Man another great video in the series just mind blowing of how extensive this mine is you are so lucky to be able to go see this mine
Yes, we feel incredibly fortunate to have connected with Duane. He - and the mine - are awesome!
Your train ride reminded me of a ride I went on at Disney world! Seriously!
Thanks for the tour! AWESOME!
Hi Justin, Great video, some day I would like to visit the mine. What a train ride. Thanks again for the show
Thank you. I hope you get the opportunity to see it in person!
Amazing how much quartz is in this mine ❤️ awesome tour and they are still working in this mine
I've never seen this much quartz in any other gold mine. Ever.
This mine never stops amazing me! Awesome !!
I think your narrative style is great and I am enjoying it very much. Keep up ther good work!
Thank you very much.
New video. Can't wait to watch. Thank you.
This has been an awesome series!
Thank you. It will be very hard to top it!
The old timers were amazing what they did and how they did the mining back then and hot the heavy machines down that far just amazing
The old timers never fail to impress me...
Wow, a fun ride until you get derailed... Amazing how they got the equipment in there and somehow got it working and fully functional.
Somebody was busting their butt to keep it all alive. Another great tour of this amazing mine...
Well, we try to provide the full experience. So, it's good that we got the derailment...
Oh, and, yes, some of the stuff miners have gotten underground is totally unbelievable to me.
I'm getting addicted to your videos thanks for the great content.
Thank you.
Great vid guys, would love to do something like what you're doing. 2 train rides that got me excited must be fun.
Far better ride than the Wild Mouse at Lagoon.
Definitely!
In all the mine exploration videos I've watched over the years, I've never seen some much quartz in one mine my life!
Me neither. I've never seen anything that even remotely compares to the amount of quartz in this mine...
Been waiting on this video! I love the 16 to 1 mine!
It's an amazing place...
Waiting FOR.
Another interesting segment of a great series!
Great! Glad you're finding it interesting...
That cart ride would be awesome if recorded in 360. I was trying to look around and up and down.
I've looked into the 360 recording underground and it just isn't practical because of the lighting needs... You need a space that is already lit up because it is nearly impossible to manage the cameras and not have the lights interfering with them - not to mention the power needs for all of that.
Crazy cool and very impressive!!
Isn’t nature a fascinating thing, so many years of pressures compacting the rock to form a different kind, then millions of years later came man who learnt techniques to mine it out, those guys really worked.....amazing...
It is hard to get one's mind around it!
Fantastic series!!
Thank you.
Great footage, I'd be like some tweaker with a pneumatic scalier on that winch.Duane needs a TVR decal on his helmet.
Haha, that's a good description. Man, I think you're right about those TVR decals!
best tour ever
Exemplary filming as always keep up the good work!
Much appreciated!
Quite the testament to what lengths gold will drive men to!
Indeed!
You see several comments about today's people being Too lazy to do this work yet the "Gold Bug" has the same effect on folks now as it did back then and with today's gold prices people are going Back into the old mines (legally or otherwise) and labouring away to feed their "Gold Fever".
P.s. Not to be confused with those "Meth-Billys" who are only looking for what they can steal to feed their syringe.
Found your channel from being a regular on franks abandoned mines.love your channel just as much,especially this series 🙂.subscribed!!!
Welcome aboard!
I really enjoy your channel and stay because if your "long videos," honestly I always have time for your awesome video! Now that said that, never disappoint so great video once again! Keep them coming...
Thanks amazing thanks for sharing
Every time I see dislikes on your videos it’s reminds me of my grandfather anytime I dug holes as kids or even talk about mine exploration now days. He always says “ I didn’t spend all those years in the dark for you to end up dead after fooling around in those places”.
I wach you guys all the time keep it up
Thank you.
I was glad you were repeating what he was saying.I have a mine up the road think you and the viewers would be quite interested in? Next spring or summer hope you will visit my historic mine?have a couple other spots you and the viewers would enjoy across the Yuba river in nevada county.
Yes, I'd love to connect with you and see your mine as well as the other spots you mentioned... Please email me at TVRExploring@gmail.com and we can sort out the details. Thank you.
I bet that big eyebolt over the winch was used to put that winch in its final position. if you know the center of gravity and the lift points of a big piece of gear like that, it wouldn't be hard to figure out the layout ahead of time, drive that sucker in and use it as a reference, start the job of digging out whatever you need and moving the winch in at the same time, and you can make sure that the whole project will work in the end, because all you need to do is lift that winch an inch off the ground, turn it into the orientation needed, set it down, and it's exactly where it should be. you can even get a floor reference with a simple piece of string or chain.
The hard work and the time it took to create that awesome mine is sentiment to mankind's ingenuity if our generation had the backbone our forefathers had we would be on Mars with are own underground caverns
How sadly accurate. I agree 100% with your comment. Couldn't possibly agree more...
Can't imagine what it looked like fresh and clean..
I enjoy watching very much, but could never go in side😀
That's entirely fair. Definitely not for everyone...
At some point, I would like to see gold, in situ in the mine. I realize that a miner would yank it out the moment he saw it, but I'm curious what it looks like, in the wild
vein structure, second to none. nice and flat with an east dip. keep going north and encounter some really greasy serpentenine
I've seen that greasy serpentine in some of the nearby mines. Horrible stuff...
How long was that level underwater before being pumped out? That winch is rusty and dusty.
Over 20 years.
Reedo!!!!! I remember when he hit that.
Reed is in there still digging somewhere now.
I've been enjoying all of these videos of the 16 to 1 mine, as I enjoy all of your videos. What I was wondering was, after the 14:00 mark when y'all were on the tram, why was he moving the lever with his left hand? Anxious for the next video.
Thank you. I'm glad you're coming along with us and that you're enjoying the videos... That lever on the left is the control for the trammer. Forward, neutral and reverse. To slow down or reverse, you flick it into neutral. It is bad for the trammer to throw it directly from forward into reverse (and vice versa). So, the neutral position is the equivalent of applying the brakes. Haha, hope that made sense!
That place is like a maze. A lot of manpower went into digging that out.
justin: how many days of filming did it take to research this mine? there is just so much work and history in the mine. kool looking equipment. hangin, carmine.
This was one and a half days of filming...
It’d be cool to see if you could try getting those hoists going again
Can't wait for the next part!
Fascinating. i love all the quartz. Just give me a little rock hammer and a metal detector and send me food parcels when you think of it. LOL
That's what I'm thinking about,ore every wherein, yes yes yes,and their and history shine my friend who has been there and done it
Is that cart run by battery power?
That is an 1.5 ton Mancha Trammer. Runs on 48 volts DC. The entire box is full of batteries.
@@muleskinnermining8661 Skinner , what's up ? At the end he says its 20 lb rail ? That 20 lb per 10 ft section ? Thanks ahead ... gubs
@@indycharlie , 20lb rail means a 3 foot section weighs 20 pounds. Heavy rail can support more weight and lasts much longer underground.
@@muleskinnermining8661 Got it , thanks . Bg
That big wench at towards the end is about the size of the one on the shrimp trawler I work on...bout the same condition too haha
That slab made Roman's jealous
all the massive amounts of gold that was previously mined decades ago (1930s?) up until the mine closed down - where did it end up. What things was it used in/on? Who bought it. Obviously there were no electronics with gold plated pins/connectors or semiconductors with gold bold wires in the 1930s and earlier so it wasn't used for gold plating.
All GOLD mined in the US in the early years had to go to the US treasury. We can only guess if there really is any gold left in Fort Knox?
You might want to look Deeper into the history of early electronics you find that gold was used even back then.
Best part about this episode was the squeaky toy as the horn.
that mancha has bad contacts in the gear switch mechanism should be 3 speeds, 1)lightly burning contacts 2)more intense burning of contacts (arc flashing /sparking/smell of burning grease, metal, paint) 3)contacts no longer exists /trammer acceleration increasing exponentially /imminent train wreck @ next corner, emergency brake function non-existant, must switch into reverse to slow the hurtling mass of steel and rock (to prevent DOOM!). normal Operations.
aaron keeth, believe it or not, the contacts have been recently replaced on that trammer.
It's interesting how one of the heaviest materials is shot through one of the lightest materials that our planet is made of.
When did they go away from traditional Dynamite fuses and start using det. cord?
I don't think I could go into any mine since I have reach old age I loved to go spelunking when I was young in caves was lots of fun but never had a chance to go in a mine
Well, in terms of the gear and getting around, they aren't much different. So, you have a good feel for what it is like...
I love watching your trip in the mines very good work you do just be safe
Thank you.
We're they just boots left buy that slab of quarts ? Or did they actually leave his body under the slab of quarts ?
Dang, in a frenzy to get the ore out, make it steel only to bring it back into the mine and leave it.
My last job as a miner was as a raise driller. Two weeks after I left, my ex-partner and another miner were drilling a round in the same raise when a slab just like the one @ 4:15 came down and killed my ex-partner.The other miner managed to scramble up the foot wall but spent many hours trapped above the slab before he and my partner"s body could be extricated.
Very sorry to hear that about your ex-partner, but I'm glad it wasn't you... Thank you for sharing that.
Damn :(
Super Mario Mine Cart Madness! :)
"we just derailed, how did we derail?". "that was exciting" I laughed so hard at this idk why.
17:00 Whoa that was a little scary
Apparently not an entirely uncommon event in underground mines as every miner I know has a derailment story... Duane's expertise soon had us up and running again. Ha, it definitely woke us up though.
I would love to read the transcript of all he said!
That would be very nice to have!
I don’t even wanna know what that slab weighs in at
Haha. A lot!
TVR Exploring should have jokingly asked him if you could have taken it as a souvenir lol
Wonder how long it took for those quartz bands to fill..?
People living today would never work as these men did back when they worked to create these mining holes and that is because we all are just lazy. It's very sad
Yes, unfortunately, you are right...
Not so fast...know as the best digger in San Francisco opened up old Ironsides right up the road from the 16/1 hope to see you both there next spring/summer.
I go down mine not open for public is really fun
We’re miners, not house keepers!! No truer words! 🤣
*horrible background noises*
"Oh boy"
*thud*
23:23
Have you bought any stock in the 16-1 mine?
I'd love to have the stock certificates as a souvenir, but, no, I like dividend-payers and I tend to avoid penny stocks...
repair the track already, some places there is no track... just the mud keeps it online
aaron keeth, you know that M. Miller will not spend the time or money to do that!
Yikes!.....derail. I am glad it didn’t take bandaids guys.
Well, we try to give the full experience in a video. So, the derailment helped deliver that.
1200oz = $1,8 mil today's price
Not bad, huh?
@@TVRExploring Very interesting place, full of history. Having produced an estimated one million ounces of gold, the Sixteen-to-One Mine is the most productive mine in the Alleghany Mining District and one of the most famous high-grade gold mines in California. The present mine properties consist of 550 acres on the southeast flank of Pliocene Ridge and include the original Sixteen-to-One Mine as well as neighboring mines and claims that were acquired by the Sixteen-to-One over the years. These mines include the Tightner, Twenty-One, Ophir, Rainbow, Rainbow Extension, Red Star, and South Fork mines.(mrdata.usgs.gov) Watching you adventures all the way from St.Petersburg Russia. Cheers, fellas!
Yes, that's the one... I'll show a couple of those other mines in the future as well.
I like Russia in general, but particularly like St. Petersburg. So, I hope you're enjoying yourself there as much as I have. Are you there for work, fun or something else?
@@TVRExploring I lived half of my life in the US chasing the American dream, lost my health and couldn't afford them doctors - had to make a choice: go 6ft under or go back. If you ever in St.Pete give me a shout and I'll buy you a beer!
Our stories are not dissimilar - right down to the health... I spend most of the year in Italy now and just return to the U.S. in the summers. I'd love to have a beer with you.
Would be nice if you could find out what the host rock is of these mines and the hanging wall? The most important part of a mine is the geology of those to and the angel of coarse. Kinda look serpentine
block and tackle to move the winch, maybe?
What does the lever on the train do? Seems like he's constantly correcting for something..
If the train starts to go to fast, you bring the control back to neutral and let the momentum carry the locomotive through a corner or a bad spot of track. There is a lot of adjustment when there are a lot of corners and bad sections of track. The last thing you want to do is derail a 4000 pound locomotive.
I own a White's GMT detector.
One of the miners working there uses that White's GMT detector and has found a lot of gold with that machine!
@@muleskinnermining8661 Thanks for the comment. Nice to know.
if there ever was a mother load the 16 to 1 must be it.
5:04 - Wait a minute. Is that where the term "drifted off" came from?