As a six year old in 1952 I would camp with my dad and my mother's cousin on Uranium claims nea Moab Utah. We moved to Northern CA in 1954 and my dad would spend time every year up to 1962 on a claim my mom's cousin thought would be huge..my dad said it was a waste of time and gave his share away. IN 1967 the claim became the Rio Algum Mine and ran 17 years 24/7..the largest employer in Moab...refinery built at the site to process ore at this mine and other mines west of the Rockies..shut down when prices dropped for ore used to fuel power plants. Nothing left except three ponds..30 ft shafts 2300 ft deep were cemented to 30 feet deep. Ore body is still a viable source of ore if ever becomes needed in the future. I'M 76 years old and live in Las Vegas after owning a water well drilling company in Northern CA for 46 years. Still love the deset and mining history!!!
Poking around in the mines around town was fun when I was a kid 50+ years ago, and I know with your lights and gear now you'll be have'n big fun too. Thank you for the videos.
In the mid nineties a large section of street collapsed in Tombstone due to subsidence and erosion in parts of mines under the town. Looking at the tiny sticks holding some massive pieces of rock up, I am not confident of this not happening again. Great video. Thank you for sharing. Marion.
Hey you-all dudes always make great videos ya always go over the whole mine beginning to end.....as if I was on the exploration with ya I'm a big dude 6.6 295 lbs had NFL hopes played arena & college football def line almost destroyed knees totally 4 acl's lost track of all others surgery's point here is exploring myself is painful. EXTREMELY so just wanted to say thank you guys I don't hurt go explore with you guys....you guys are funny...funny funny & y'all work well together.....don't ever change nothing you guys are awesome.....thx fellas
My great grandfather, his father and other Pennsylvania investors (Philadelphia capitalists) once owned the Toughnut and other mines in the area, bought from Ed Shieffelin. According to the old mining books, cobalt was also listed as an element besides silver, lead, gold, etc.
They had owned the Tombstone Mill and Mining Co for awhile, and then they sold their shares to focus on gold and silver mines in Mexico, called the Inde Reduction Co. Lost all when a freak torrential rain and wind storm swooped down from the mountains, flooded all the mines and couldn't be recovered.
Hi Graham, a pretty non descript mine this one, that decline goes down a long way. Pretty cool they had those steps going down, you hardly see that in a mine. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx ❤
That’s a spacious mine so far. And no ropes necessary. I suspect the next video will include using ropes since everyone is wearing their gear. Nice that all the different channels joined together for a group explore. See ya next time and thanks!
Wow just thinking, miners only had overalls shirts and shoes when they were down in the mines working all day in the dark. What a hard job they had for the little money they earned. Can’t wait till y’all explore the Biden mine. When you do make sure you leave him down there ,Thanks!
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I dnt usually comment on mine videos just take in adventure but the conversation at start was interesting especially with way things are been manipulated by our masters. There to much fluffy none important stuff on TV the web but these issues are affecting us all & we need talk about them but you tube would demonitize your content but not all things should be about money. Free speech is now a commodity isnt free has a price which is wrong.👍🏻☘
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Perhaps a few too many people on this explore...the guys behind the camera guy are just chatting about nothing relating to the caving.. and the camera guy isn't saying anything...the two guys in front appear to know what the caving is all about.... difficult to watch...and listen too..
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As a six year old in 1952 I would camp with my dad and my mother's cousin on Uranium claims nea Moab Utah.
We moved to Northern CA in 1954 and my dad would spend time every year up to 1962 on a claim my mom's cousin thought would be huge..my dad said it was a waste of time and gave his share away. IN 1967 the claim became the Rio Algum Mine and ran 17 years 24/7..the largest employer in Moab...refinery built at the site to process ore at this mine and other mines west of the Rockies..shut down when prices dropped for ore used to fuel power plants.
Nothing left except three ponds..30 ft shafts 2300 ft deep were cemented to 30 feet deep. Ore body is still a viable source of ore if ever becomes needed in the future.
I'M 76 years old and live in Las Vegas after owning a water well drilling company in Northern CA for 46 years.
Still love the deset and mining history!!!
Poking around in the mines around town was fun when I was a kid 50+ years ago, and I know with your lights and gear now you'll be have'n big fun too. Thank you for the videos.
In the mid nineties a large section of street collapsed in Tombstone due to subsidence and erosion in parts of mines under the town. Looking at the tiny sticks holding some massive pieces of rock up, I am not confident of this not happening again. Great video. Thank you for sharing.
Marion.
Watching them going down, made me feel out of breath thinking about climbing back up out of there!
It was a long haul! Thanks for watching
Extremely dangerous job , but you come out with amazing video. Thank you
Hey you-all dudes always make great videos ya always go over the whole mine beginning to end.....as if I was on the exploration with ya I'm a big dude 6.6 295 lbs had NFL hopes played arena & college football def line almost destroyed knees totally 4 acl's lost track of all others surgery's point here is exploring myself is painful. EXTREMELY so just wanted to say thank you guys I don't hurt go explore with you guys....you guys are funny...funny funny & y'all work well together.....don't ever change nothing you guys are awesome.....thx fellas
My great grandfather, his father and other Pennsylvania investors (Philadelphia capitalists) once owned the Toughnut and other mines in the area, bought from Ed Shieffelin.
According to the old mining books, cobalt was also listed as an element besides silver, lead, gold, etc.
No kidding! We’re good friends with the current caretaker of the Toughnut.
They had owned the Tombstone Mill and Mining Co for awhile, and then they sold their shares to focus on gold and silver mines in Mexico, called the Inde Reduction Co. Lost all when a freak torrential rain and wind storm swooped down from the mountains, flooded all the mines and couldn't be recovered.
Those massive lights and 4K show the mine that the miners couldn’t Phaethon. They didn’t see the mine in full details through their headlights.
Hi Graham, a pretty non descript mine this one, that decline goes down a long way.
Pretty cool they had those steps going down, you hardly see that in a mine.
Thank you for sharing, much love. xx ❤
That’s a spacious mine so far. And no ropes necessary. I suspect the next video will include using ropes since everyone is wearing their gear. Nice that all the different channels joined together for a group explore. See ya next time and thanks!
Yep, there’s a bit of rope work in the next videos! Thanks for watching!
MY GOD the deposits in this mine are unreal...............
Nice intro bro! Love it..
Good stuff, gotta watch all your vids
That Libby can use no later than the 70's. Pop tops were on everything by the 80s. I think that can is from the 60s-70s.
Now that's a mine indeed
Man, one of those voices sounds a lot like Shango66.
Good morning from Southeast South Dakota
this is really underneath Tombstone?
What's the mine dug for?
Guy going down into mine @. 1:30 seems like a liability waiting to happen
"Some of these steps are no good" lol
Wow just thinking, miners only had overalls shirts and shoes when they were down in the mines working all day in the dark. What a hard job they had for the little money they earned. Can’t wait till y’all explore the Biden mine. When you do make sure you leave him down there ,Thanks!
What's the blue orr.
You can tell me to shut up whenever you want to
So do I understand correctly that if I become patron then you will only answer questions then?
At a minimum, you will get access to bonus content and community chat. Depending on the tier you select, you will also get early access to photos, live Q&A’s, a mine photography print mailed to you monthly, shout-outs in my videos, and a few other things. It’s all explained on my Patreon page.
There you go again.
Silver?
If you didn’t want everyone to know about the underground leeching pond, better be careful
I dnt usually comment on mine videos just take in adventure but the conversation at start was interesting especially with way things are been manipulated by our masters. There to much fluffy none important stuff on TV the web but these issues are affecting us all & we need talk about them but you tube would demonitize your content but not all things should be about money. Free speech is now a commodity isnt free has a price which is wrong.👍🏻☘
They worked hard for the money !
The whole world has limited time because of certain aspects. And get it done while you can. Because tomorrow is very uncertain
Tomorrow is already worked out by our puppet masters welcome to metaverse & data our new currency our new control system the Al will have all answers will be whorshiped will be obeyed.🤖📱💻📡📷🎥📽👁
Even more so now!
do you know why those drifts are only 5 feet tall, they were not cut for adults for their miners!
Surprisingly, people were generally significantly shorter in the days when this mine was developed.
So much touching hanging walls and supports. Someone wants to die underground
Not a very old mine. Maybe from 1940 area.
I hear some familiar voices
Perhaps a few too many people on this explore...the guys behind the camera guy are just chatting about nothing relating to the caving.. and the camera guy isn't saying anything...the two guys in front appear to know what the caving is all about.... difficult to watch...and listen too..