Big Cowboy Shout out to Tony ( aka Speedy Caver from the UK ) he's such a crazy man and to Joanne for coming out and having so much fun with us . Tell us your story of lost mines with incredible artifacts and .....Smash that like Button...Smash it hard !!!
Ooh! Great, I love technical mines. The more technical, the sweeter the rewards. Untouched artifacts to photograph, and more! If I was 30 years younger I'd be right down there with you! Great video,!
Linda, I just turned 65 and I do pretty well hanging in with the crew. A few days before this explore, Tony and I climbed about 350 feet of vertical ladders. Just about killed me and I hurt for a couple of days after, 🙂🙂 but I made it!! LOL I sure wish I was 30 years younger so I would have more time for adventures. I feel like I can hear the clock ticking on my ability to do these extreme adventures. 😥
@@OutdoorAdventureTV I'm turning 70 next month. WHAT? Mentally I don't feel that frigging old, but my body sure feels it at times. I have a torn anticrutate ligament in my left knee, that was fixed. I've hike the John Muir trail in its entirety, snow skied all my life. Hiked the Grand Canyon south to north Rim. Had a small ranch in Eastern Utah, rode horses alot in the in that area and up in Duchesne County. I've traveled and stayed for 3 months in Ethiopia on a medical mission, have also traveled to Europe, and Australia. I've tried to live my life to the fullest, but my body doesn't like me much anymore. LOL.
Well done guys.. Jeff and Lila..you guys are definitely living life to the fullest.. I wish I was 30 years younger and even then I don’t if I would go down old abandoned mine shafts..😳 Glad you guys are safe and happy a wonderful weekend coming up. Cheers Tony.
This video really captured the essence of what it's like to explore with Tony "SpeedyCaver"!! He and I have spent a LOT of time exploring together and this video shows what it's like. Lots of rope work and crazy adventures. All good fun really. It's physically, and sometimes mentally challenging to keep up with him, but I've been places that that I would have never seen otherwise. Jeff, great voice-over and graphics for the M&M explore! I can't wait until we can start another adventure!! 😊🙃😊
thanks Joanne and yes it does ....Tony is so much fun to explore with and his skills on rope are on a another level so never have to worry about rigging . Can't wait for him to get back here so we can pull that Volkswagen out and finish the explore and hopefully here soon Joanne. Be safe out there
Lol. A long time ago there was a guy who call himself the archair adventurist. I think we all are armchair adventurest to some degree thank to people like Jeff and Lila and all of his guests. A special shout out to aquachigger who has been taking me on adventures for years! Well Jeffs been years now too! Mabe ill get to dig fer gold on one his trips.
Jeff I sure do enjoy your videos and sometime I would like to either come work in your mine with you if I could. I was in Quartzsite, Arizona last September to the second week in October. If we were able to use heavy equipment at Congress, I'm sure we could have found some gold for sure. We were moving rocks and boulders in the heat and dealing with ants and a young mountain lion. Keep up those great videos.
Wow, cool explanation! Very neat mine! Jeff, love the info of the geology in the mine, very fascinating! As for some of the artifacts, always great to see! The Scooby wood was hilarious! Really looks like Scooby Doo! 🤣 the Acme Beer can is a great find! Acme was a Los Angeles based brewery, and they started to can their beer as early as 1938, they called it the “keglett” and they kind of revolutionize the can concept. The trick with cans at that time was, to coat them so the tin can didn’t effect the flavor. The can you found dates to the early 40s! So your estimate was quite accurate! Keep up the great videos!
Well Jeff I'm really going for it up here in New England! My goal is to have a cabin off grid where I can live and mine full time.. I been in construction for 24 years. Out of nowhere in 2015 my soul told me to be a prospector which is absolutely bat poop crazy due to where I live and extreme lack of knowledge at the time. After years and countless hours of research & boots on the ground I feel I'm ready to go all in! I'd rather fail at something I love then to succeed at something that's not fulfilling. It has nothing to do with the gold and everything to do with the hunt! God Bless you & your Family Jeff! Let's go!!🏆🌞🌞🌞
@@Askjeffwilliams I failed😔 I should have known when I didn't find any free mill gold in the ore I processed. I don't know where I went wrong. I roasted the ore until it was red. Then mixed it with hank flux & borax. I put it in the furnace until it was liquid. I poured it into my cone mold and got nothing. I been feeling like a failure. Last month I vaporized 9 grams of gold when trying to refine it. It's times like this that get me down.. I sometimes think I should toss in the towel and walk away but unfortunately my soul won't let me. Ughh. I honestly don't know why I was picked to be a prospector. I was a HardCore kid from NY with zero experience & zero knowledge of this trade.. I got zapped in 2015. That's the only way I can explain it. Out of nowhere I got flooded with memories or what I think are memories of all kinds of stuff. I seen a line of dudes in cowboy hats fighting over spots to pan, I seen big buildings with piles of rocks around it. All these memories hit me in a nano second. It's the craziest thing that has ever happened to me in my life.. I feel like God picked me to do this thing but I honestly don't know why? God should have zapped me with auto repair man or electrician, or something that isn't a needle in a hay stack!🤣🤣🤣 New England is no place to have this passion.. But, I will stay the course for I truly believe it's God's will! I'm not 100% sure, but' I think I'm supposed to unmasked the biggest mother load ever to be found on this planet.. I know that sounds batt poop crazy but that's what I was told by some voice the day I got Zapped.. If someone told me this about myself back in 2013 I would had LMAO to no end.. I wouldn't believe it for one second.. but, here I am! I own Offical Bull Fence Co on Facebook! Located in the Albany area! Things have been difficult financially lately so that's why I haven't been able to donate to the dream. We are gearing up to do a scrap run soon and I will definitely send out some money! I want to help any way I can because when I got zapped I didn't know where to start. I spent months at the library until one day I met some guy. We got to talking about gold. I told him my story and he pointed me to this channel! I been here on this channel since 2016! You have helped me more then any book & I thank you from the bottom of my heart! If and when I find the Mother Load you will be the 1st know know because I plan on hand delivering you a bunch of gold to add to your collection and it will be special New England gold! God Bless you and your Family🙏 May the Good Lord help you find a 3oz nugget shaped like a bull!🙏
Nice teaser background there JW, reminds me of the 395, all those shafts next to the HWY. I know you know where i am talking about. I am not much for roping, so i stay out of the shafts if i can. I don't mind a little bit of roping. Hey i gotta know JW, um, there was a mine cart in W.E. that had JW painted on it. It's now at the bottom of the incline from the upper west adit that drops to the main adit that exits the East Portal. Any relations ?? LOL
I have found Acme beer cans in my area of the foothills near North Fork close to the exact center of CA. When complete they have a funnel top with a screw on cap.😀
You can sure tell Ol Cornish Jack(Tony)’s spent a good bit of time underground. It’s great to have two miners guiding the tour. And agree that drift looks like it’s fulla river rock. Best explore video in a while. Thanks.
Acme brewing company 1896 1916.---17. Macon Georgia. Prohibition but funny. The can looked 60s. It was all bottles before WW2. I. Researched it. Great video. The Brit. Is a hoot. Funny as all get out. Another great video. Love the adventure and yes minor geology lessons. Happy trails Jeff.
How odd...I found acme brewing same location as you but says from 1907 to 1954..also brewed in LA and Sf. as well..anyhow cool history though I thought.
@@zomdweeby3422 good research my friend. Explains the can. And always research same as Jeff. Facts. And history blended with geology and gold. Add good people. Yes great fun. Again good research
Hey Rick , thanks for the reply. One thing I enjoy a little more than watching these video's is getting to interact with other good people with the same likes have a wonderful day and take care.
Wiley Coyote used to drink Acme Beer........I really like your thumb nail picture. You have a great method for keeping track of your detonators. Just keep them with the dynamite! I really like that mine!
Jeff you can learn to hang your pack from your harnesses rear loop for descending. I recommend RUclips..... Ive learned so much from you as a prospector im happy to be able to give something back! Im still interested in hosting you at our claims in montana for veterans!
That was awesome buddy. I don’t know what color that VW was but at the bottom it looked like a piece of something blue. That was a niffty old mine. Tony can rock and roll on those ropes. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Just curious , i was wondering if you thought about putting a camera on the back of your helmet. While climbing around the mines, and the ladders. Aimed down your back. So your decent can be seen.
This is the first time either watching you Jeff, Frank & Sharon or Gly, that I actually felt sick from claustrophobia! But oh boy, what a great explore, thank you. There's certainly some pretty colours down that 1st mine. What age roughly is it please? Must just say, who needs a fictional character like McGuyver, when you have a Tony?!! He's as mad as a box of frogs lol. Thanks again to you, Lila, Tony & Joanne. Stay safe over there. Take care.
hahhahaha yep it get a little tight in there .....the mine is late 1800's ...Tony is the best at rope work ....he is a legend in the UK....... but so much fun to hang out with because no matter what I want to do .....he always say yes
Hey Jeff I'm new to the desert prospecting, I'm detecting around la paz and yavapi counties Arizona,any recommended spots, advice, I've never in my life found a nugget with a detector
I’ve read about going into mines no big deal but when u walk through and mix up gases on the bottom of the ground it can become toxic I’ve heard a little beeper go off in some videos is that what it’s warning for or just low oxygen? Or does it do both?
Living in the southwest the surrounding scenery just reminds me of home, /tony is the crazy man ples of debris no collar fearless. had another thought what about the mines that were mining ore that others over looked E.g Gold Tellurides, Gold Selenides, ando gold etc...
Pardon my ignorance, perhaps I missed y'all saying it, but where is this mine? I work for a company that caps abandoned mines (Don't get your helmets crooked, we cap them in a way that keeps them open to bats and people (with a key) while making them safe for the public) and this looks an awful lot like Randsburg, California. Is it nearby? Anyway, I've gotten hooked on your channel, Jeff. You do what I wish I could do. I live in southern AZ, I spend a lot of my free time in the Oro Blanco mining district near Ruby, AZ. Someday if y'all ever make it out this way, give me a shout, I'd love to be your guide and show you around.
The problem with old dynamite boxes is that nitro leaks out of the powder sticks and is absorbed by the box. I have detonated old powder boxes, after the stick powder failed to detonate.
Jeff, great video, love exploring these mines with you from the safety of my house, lol. I'm curious about the spacey, background music in this video and other videos of yours. Do you happen to use a H.G. Fortunes vst plugin? It sure sounds like the kind of music these plugins generate.
Glad they caught the guy that robbed and sadly ended the gold lady and her husband. Crazy how it went down and the other bodies recovered. Rip to early and they are missed.
@@Askjeffwilliams living in the area, THANK YOU, for giving light to this on your platform. Justice may not have been served because he was a coward but least they can’t hurt anyone else.
👍🏼 Pizza !!! with Habanero & Chicken👍🏼 I aint never tried rappelling,,but have wore climbing harness working on grain bins. only because somebody called OSHA!! hurts me nutz 😭
Jeff, your knowledge and your head are very interesting, indeed. But I object to your wife going deep underground. I fear greatly for you both. We're very fortunate to have you. But remember Steve Irwin? ❤️ Kobe Bryant? ❤️ Stay alive. ✝️
I'm over here just north of cajon pass heading up to Mt Baldy in morning hopefully get a few nuggies. Blue cut is hard to access. I dont know where to enter horse thief from the 15 unless it's on the side road cleghorn.
@@jeffatkinson3288 yes wS my plan to go up to ice house or very top bend to baldy so thanks, upland is my home town just in process of moving back from az to high desert.
It would be nice to see a couple samples of the actual ore where the gold was in. I know it wasn't possible in this case but in other mines it would be nice to see. Im a geeenhorn.! I know nothing!
@@Askjeffwilliams great please take picks and post before you run them. If you could. Ive seen the sandy ore that didnt look like anything but there was large deposits the could use in leach ponds. Cant remember what it was called now. Sierra pretty or slab grade but not a whole lot others. I know there are lots. But im curious !
Geology is the only Academia were Crazy gets a degree. Jeff has such a degree. I have seen some crazy things Geologists do Because I watch Mr. Jeff Williams and that's as close to an open Mine I am going to venture. Because I am Going to Stay Out of Open Mines to stay safe and stay alive.
I've heard there's gold everywhere if only it was profitable to mine. Gold is dielectric it hates magnetism. Physics. If one could make a Device which acts like a gold magnet collection would be easier. Got the idea from theoria apophasis on yt. Very nice person. Very VERY smart guy. In magnets there's 2 dielectric planes. If one forces opposite poles together the dielectric plate becomes larger. An array of them and sluice as gold flows through it's attracted to the dielectric ( diamagnetic) VOID. However other materials like glass will also concentrate. This combined with the correct vibration might do it. Anyways love you sir spread your love you are a heart of gold. DON'T TELL ANYONE THAT WAS FROM ME ya morons. If money was all I wanted I'd have it. I'm looking for love in all the wrong places
Drop some dynamite down there to that Volkswagen so you can get past it and get to the gold….. is that a rich mine ? great adventures thanks for sharing see you on the next one 👍🏼👊🏼
@@Askjeffwilliams lol ya right the concussion would probably bring the remnants of the head frame down and really plug the shaft you would probably need shape charges to do an accurate downward blast to cut a hole through then you could shore up underneath the plug to keep it stable and safe ?
My poor knees hurt just watching you climb the freekin ladder,,, Some nasty looking ribs ! And is it worth reopening ? The one up in G town Ont was closed in the 30s and now they are reopening it as a strip,,, gona be a big pit,,, stay safe brother and watch the rib.... just an old MSHA guy
Where are you it looks like you are at the atoia mine in california the site of the yellow aster those tanks in the background remind me of the tanks that we refurbished to use for the mill and those heads are all over the Kelly head burned down about 15 to 20 years ago that if your there the Kelly head was huge like 14 stories tall incredible place really the potato patch shelite
I don't know I wouldn't take chances like you do and me you are an adventurist me I'm too chicken I wouldn't be able to do what you do I think that time when I went into a cave and I heard somebody hitting like a pickaxe I know I was the only one in there there were no other footprints in the mud so then I started leaving and rock got thrown at me and landed beside me and I've never gone into another one thanks for the video
Question... and I know its gonna sound dumb but I know nothing about repelling . I always see people going down ropes into shafts in videos but how in Sam Hill do yall get back up to the surface??? That part is always cut out of videos it seems. Is there a machine to pull yall back up or do u just have to climb up the rope yall went down on?? Cuz I failed rope climbing back in middle school. No upper body strength at all.
Big Cowboy Shout out to Tony ( aka Speedy Caver from the UK ) he's such a crazy man and to Joanne for coming out and having so much fun with us . Tell us your story of lost mines with incredible artifacts and .....Smash that like Button...Smash it hard !!!
Tony is as crazy brave as you Jeff and this made one great video that scared my pants off.........for a moment
I want to help with your drift mine
Tony have a youtube channel?
P
I wanna see nothing but assholes and elbows of you mucking out the wobble pop drift. I need to see some new shiny fast.
Have you ever taken a gieger counter or radon detector? It never ceases to amaze me the work these mine shafts required.
Ooh! Great, I love technical mines. The more technical, the sweeter the rewards. Untouched artifacts to photograph, and more! If I was 30 years younger I'd be right down there with you! Great video,!
Linda, I just turned 65 and I do pretty well hanging in with the crew. A few days before this explore, Tony and I climbed about 350 feet of vertical ladders. Just about killed me and I hurt for a couple of days after, 🙂🙂 but I made it!! LOL I sure wish I was 30 years younger so I would have more time for adventures. I feel like I can hear the clock ticking on my ability to do these extreme adventures. 😥
@@OutdoorAdventureTV I'm turning 70 next month. WHAT? Mentally I don't feel that frigging old, but my body sure feels it at times. I have a torn anticrutate ligament in my left knee, that was fixed. I've hike the John Muir trail in its entirety, snow skied all my life. Hiked the Grand Canyon south to north Rim. Had a small ranch in Eastern Utah, rode horses alot in the in that area and up in Duchesne County. I've traveled and stayed for 3 months in Ethiopia on a medical mission, have also traveled to Europe, and Australia. I've tried to live my life to the fullest, but my body doesn't like me much anymore. LOL.
Well done guys..
Jeff and Lila..you guys are definitely living life to the fullest..
I wish I was 30 years younger and even then I don’t if I would go down old abandoned mine shafts..😳
Glad you guys are safe and happy a wonderful weekend coming up.
Cheers Tony.
TONY !!!! Thanks my brother .....you could do it , we know you can ....say hi to Wendy and be safe out there . Cheers
@@Askjeffwilliams
I will and stay safe you guys..👍
This video really captured the essence of what it's like to explore with Tony "SpeedyCaver"!! He and I have spent a LOT of time exploring together and this video shows what it's like. Lots of rope work and crazy adventures. All good fun really. It's physically, and sometimes mentally challenging to keep up with him, but I've been places that that I would have never seen otherwise. Jeff, great voice-over and graphics for the M&M explore! I can't wait until we can start another adventure!! 😊🙃😊
thanks Joanne and yes it does ....Tony is so much fun to explore with and his skills on rope are on a another level so never have to worry about rigging . Can't wait for him to get back here so we can pull that Volkswagen out and finish the explore and hopefully here soon Joanne. Be safe out there
12:10- As Jeff starts down through that tight space I find myself leaning back, like I was going through. 😄
Lol. A long time ago there was a guy who call himself the archair adventurist. I think we all are armchair adventurest to some degree thank to people like Jeff and Lila and all of his guests. A special shout out to aquachigger who has been taking me on adventures for years! Well Jeffs been years now too! Mabe ill get to dig fer gold on one his trips.
Thanks!
thanks Bart , we really appreciate that
Jeff I sure do enjoy your videos and sometime I would like to either come work in your mine with you if I could. I was in Quartzsite, Arizona last September to the second week in October. If we were able to use heavy equipment at Congress, I'm sure we could have found some gold for sure. We were moving rocks and boulders in the heat and dealing with ants and a young mountain lion. Keep up those great videos.
Wow, cool explanation! Very neat mine! Jeff, love the info of the geology in the mine, very fascinating!
As for some of the artifacts, always great to see! The Scooby wood was hilarious! Really looks like Scooby Doo! 🤣 the Acme Beer can is a great find! Acme was a Los Angeles based brewery, and they started to can their beer as early as 1938, they called it the “keglett” and they kind of revolutionize the can concept. The trick with cans at that time was, to coat them so the tin can didn’t effect the flavor. The can you found dates to the early 40s! So your estimate was quite accurate!
Keep up the great videos!
thanks
Great video! Tony's a kick in the ass 😂 Keep up the great work 👍👍
Well Jeff I'm really going for it up here in New England! My goal is to have a cabin off grid where I can live and mine full time.. I been in construction for 24 years.
Out of nowhere in 2015 my soul told me to be a prospector which is absolutely bat poop crazy due to where I live and extreme lack of knowledge at the time.
After years and countless hours of research & boots on the ground I feel I'm ready to go all in!
I'd rather fail at something I love then to succeed at something that's not fulfilling.
It has nothing to do with the gold and everything to do with the hunt!
God Bless you & your Family Jeff!
Let's go!!🏆🌞🌞🌞
thats great ....we know you can do it ...... keep us posted and be safe out there .....thanks and you too my friend
@@Askjeffwilliams I failed😔
I should have known when I didn't find any free mill gold in the ore I processed. I don't know where I went wrong. I roasted the ore until it was red. Then mixed it with hank flux & borax. I put it in the furnace until it was liquid. I poured it into my cone mold and got nothing. I been feeling like a failure. Last month I vaporized 9 grams of gold when trying to refine it. It's times like this that get me down.. I sometimes think I should toss in the towel and walk away but unfortunately my soul won't let me. Ughh. I honestly don't know why I was picked to be a prospector.
I was a HardCore kid from NY with zero experience & zero knowledge of this trade.. I got zapped in 2015.
That's the only way I can explain it.
Out of nowhere I got flooded with memories or what I think are memories of all kinds of stuff. I seen a line of dudes in cowboy hats fighting over spots to pan, I seen big buildings with piles of rocks around it. All these memories hit me in a nano second. It's the craziest thing that has ever happened to me in my life.. I feel like God picked me to do this thing but I honestly don't know why? God should have zapped me with auto repair man or electrician, or something that isn't a needle in a hay stack!🤣🤣🤣
New England is no place to have this passion..
But, I will stay the course for I truly believe it's God's will!
I'm not 100% sure, but' I think I'm supposed to unmasked the biggest mother load ever to be found on this planet.. I know that sounds batt poop crazy but that's what I was told by some voice the day I got Zapped..
If someone told me this about myself back in 2013 I would had LMAO to no end.. I wouldn't believe it for one second.. but, here I am!
I own Offical Bull Fence Co on Facebook! Located in the Albany area! Things have been difficult financially lately so that's why I haven't been able to donate to the dream. We are gearing up to do a scrap run soon and I will definitely send out some money! I want to help any way I can because when I got zapped I didn't know where to start.
I spent months at the library until one day I met some guy. We got to talking about gold. I told him my story and he pointed me to this channel! I been here on this channel since 2016!
You have helped me more then any book & I thank you from the bottom of my heart! If and when I find the Mother Load you will be the 1st know know because I plan on hand delivering you a bunch of gold to add to your collection and it will be special New England gold!
God Bless you and your Family🙏 May the Good Lord help you find a 3oz nugget shaped like a bull!🙏
Nice dynamite box and some good rope work guys. Good luck with your claim.
Thanks 👍
Thanks, Jeff & Lila, as well as Tony! And yes, I tripped over that like button and SMASHED it
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i love the " Haaaaaaaiiii" in the beginning of the video. made me chuckle.
😁
Another dynamite explore! Love the lost mine content. More please.
you betcha
Nice teaser background there JW, reminds me of the 395, all those shafts next to the HWY. I know you know where i am talking about. I am not much for roping, so i stay out of the shafts if i can. I don't mind a little bit of roping. Hey i gotta know JW, um, there was a mine cart in W.E. that had JW painted on it. It's now at the bottom of the incline from the upper west adit that drops to the main adit that exits the East Portal. Any relations ?? LOL
we know that car and no that is not us ....we never paint on anything
I have found Acme beer cans in my area of the foothills near North Fork close to the exact center of CA. When complete they have a funnel top with a screw on cap.😀
That was a fun ride... thx for the ride along Jeff, and your geology input was awesome👍👍
Glad you enjoyed it
You can sure tell Ol Cornish Jack(Tony)’s spent a good bit of time underground. It’s great to have two miners guiding the tour. And agree that drift looks like it’s fulla river rock. Best explore video in a while. Thanks.
yes he is .....hes the best and thanks
"My estimation is that's rock." Tony's killing me!!!😂😂
Really been enjoying your shows thank you
Glad to hear it!
Acme brewing company 1896 1916.---17. Macon Georgia. Prohibition but funny. The can looked 60s. It was all bottles before WW2. I. Researched it. Great video. The Brit. Is a hoot. Funny as all get out. Another great video. Love the adventure and yes minor geology lessons. Happy trails Jeff.
thanks Rick and yes he is ..... take care my friend
How odd...I found acme brewing same location as you but says from 1907 to 1954..also brewed in LA and Sf. as well..anyhow cool history though I thought.
@@zomdweeby3422 good research my friend. Explains the can. And always research same as Jeff. Facts. And history blended with geology and gold. Add good people. Yes great fun. Again good research
Hey Rick , thanks for the reply. One thing I enjoy a little more than watching these video's is getting to interact with other good people with the same likes have a wonderful day and take care.
Tony is awesome! Love his mangelation of American terms.....
He molded that outa his own WHAT ,poor scooby ...lol Great stuff Mr. Jeff ..
Good afternoon from Southeast South Dakota
Howdy SWM
Hey Mr Slim! Hope you're good?
@@SueCooke All good here. And you?
You and your friend Tony are crazy! Crazier than ‘2 peckered billy goats’.
thanks Gary and we will get ya some more salutes in the next video
Jeff. I thought u were crazy but these old timers were at another level of crazy. Dammm
yes they were and tough as nails too
NICE NUGGET, YOU THE MAN!!!
Amazing adventure thank u for sharing
Great content, I’m not overly keen on the stressful chords.
Ain't gonna lie, I get a lil anxiety when you guys repel into those old mines. Great channel. Excellent content creator !
thanks
Wow! Extreme venturing Nice. That blew my pants off for sure. Nothing like sitting around the house butt necked watching your videos 🖐️🤠👍
Wiley Coyote used to drink Acme Beer........I really like your thumb nail picture. You have a great method for keeping track of your detonators. Just keep them with the dynamite! I really like that mine!
exactly ....is that MSHA says to do with caps
Jeff you can learn to hang your pack from your harnesses rear loop for descending. I recommend RUclips.....
Ive learned so much from you as a prospector im happy to be able to give something back!
Im still interested in hosting you at our claims in montana for veterans!
thanks for the tips..... that would be fun
Awesome Jeff
thanks
Kaboom said the dynamite box with clear drops of nitro attached to the wood or waxy films
That was awesome buddy. I don’t know what color that VW was but at the bottom it looked like a piece of something blue. That was a niffty old mine. Tony can rock and roll on those ropes. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
we saw that too ....yep Tony is the best on rope
27:20 ACME Brewing Company, San Francisco (1907-1954).
That's nuts!
Think of the sweat , sore muscles, and lives spent digging these tunnels.
Amazing
Hey jeff Williams how would I go about getting a Hercules box? I’ve never come across 1 in my mine exploring.
we find them all the time www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/hercules-powder-extra-dynamite-wooden-27412960
Great video buddy
Hey Jeff' I'm new to your channel Love what you do. I've been binge watching your vids for a couple of weeks now (TO COOL) I'M HOOKED stay safe.
Thanks Bart and weclome aboard ...you know we always love hearing that .....thanks and you too
Great adventure.
If gold is down there somebody should have removed that volkswagon long time ago
Just curious , i was wondering if you thought about putting a camera on the back of your helmet. While climbing around the mines, and the ladders. Aimed down your back. So your decent can be seen.
Hey Jeff.. That underground rock climbing looks like a blast. I just hope Tony doesn't get his bum stuck in a crevasse! Lol have a good one. Dave
Pam and I found an Acme can while hunting for a Pony Express box a few years ago on Gold Hill near Virginia city NV
I remember that
Sweet! Watching now.
Yo where you been hiding
@@_TONY_Az Ive been here, where you been???
@@WheelieShinyGold like i go anywhere lol
“Gly”: Unless I’m mistaken I recall you showing me that shaft during our collab. It was neat to see what’s down in there. 👍
just the outside .... but you never went down that shaft before and definitely not the second one
Would you have gone into the first mine Gly if you'd had a chance? You come across as quite a crazy guy, but maybe not so much as Mad Man Tony lol!
Hey Jeff, off subject, but I just seen you on that show Ancient Aliens today!! That was bad ass man!! 👊🤙
the greesmokey ....yep thats me and we have more episodes coming out next year
You are a brave man Jeff 🤠 🏴☠️
This is the first time either watching you Jeff, Frank & Sharon or Gly, that I actually felt sick from claustrophobia! But oh boy, what a great explore, thank you. There's certainly some pretty colours down that 1st mine. What age roughly is it please? Must just say, who needs a fictional character like McGuyver, when you have a Tony?!! He's as mad as a box of frogs lol. Thanks again to you, Lila, Tony & Joanne. Stay safe over there. Take care.
hahhahaha yep it get a little tight in there .....the mine is late 1800's ...Tony is the best at rope work ....he is a legend in the UK....... but so much fun to hang out with because no matter what I want to do .....he always say yes
Hey Jeff I'm new to the desert prospecting, I'm detecting around la paz and yavapi counties Arizona,any recommended spots, advice, I've never in my life found a nugget with a detector
I’ve read about going into mines no big deal but when u walk through and mix up gases on the bottom of the ground it can become toxic I’ve heard a little beeper go off in some videos is that what it’s warning for or just low oxygen? Or does it do both?
both my brother
@@Askjeffwilliams technology is amazing. Gone from bringing little birds in cages to little devices.
Living in the southwest the surrounding scenery just reminds me of home, /tony is the crazy man ples of debris no collar fearless. had another thought what about the mines that were mining ore that others over looked E.g Gold Tellurides, Gold Selenides, ando gold etc...
That dynamite box has absorbed the nitroglycerin from the old sticks in it. The box can detonate if you are not careful.
At 11:05 maybe it rotted away? Why would it? The ladders in those mines look almost pristine at a hundred. They don't rot. There'd be something left
You lucky married man. To have happiness and friends to help. Your a quality guide .
thanks HJ
I found a pretty intact ACME beer crate never found any of the bottles or cans though.
You guys are nuts, I'm never going down in there
hahahahhaha
So were the chasing the lighter color material?
What procedure do you have in place to test the air in these mines? Love your videos, and su esposa muy linda!
we use MSA Altair air meters
Pardon my ignorance, perhaps I missed y'all saying it, but where is this mine? I work for a company that caps abandoned mines (Don't get your helmets crooked, we cap them in a way that keeps them open to bats and people (with a key) while making them safe for the public) and this looks an awful lot like Randsburg, California. Is it nearby? Anyway, I've gotten hooked on your channel, Jeff. You do what I wish I could do. I live in southern AZ, I spend a lot of my free time in the Oro Blanco mining district near Ruby, AZ. Someday if y'all ever make it out this way, give me a shout, I'd love to be your guide and show you around.
thanks for the invite
The problem with old dynamite boxes is that nitro leaks out of the powder sticks and is absorbed by the box. I have detonated old powder boxes, after the stick powder failed to detonate.
Acme Brewing was from San Francisco. They closed up shop in '54.
Was this in the Searchlight area? Looked like it when you was outside... Great Video!!!!
wink wink
Jeff, great video, love exploring these mines with you from the safety of my house, lol. I'm curious about the spacey, background music in this video and other videos of yours. Do you happen to use a H.G. Fortunes vst plugin? It sure sounds like the kind of music these plugins generate.
thanks and we use several sites for our sound tracks
What air monitor do you use? And which one is best for the money, if u dont hav alot?
we use an MSA Altair 4 gas
Is that for the bathroom?
Glad they caught the guy that robbed and sadly ended the gold lady and her husband. Crazy how it went down and the other bodies recovered. Rip to early and they are missed.
thank you
@@Askjeffwilliams living in the area, THANK YOU, for giving light to this on your platform. Justice may not have been served because he was a coward but least they can’t hurt anyone else.
👍🏼 Pizza !!! with Habanero & Chicken👍🏼 I aint never tried rappelling,,but have wore climbing harness working on grain bins. only because somebody called OSHA!! hurts me nutz 😭
Wonderful ❤️ super 👌 Sir 👍
Jeff, your knowledge and your head are very interesting, indeed. But I object to your wife going deep underground. I fear greatly for you both. We're very fortunate to have you. But remember Steve Irwin? ❤️ Kobe Bryant? ❤️ Stay alive. ✝️
Acme was the coyotes Amazon. He got all his dynamite and roadrunner catching gear from them.
You guys are crazy but still looks cool as hell
I'm over here just north of cajon pass heading up to Mt Baldy in morning hopefully get a few nuggies. Blue cut is hard to access. I dont know where to enter horse thief from the 15 unless it's on the side road cleghorn.
Go in from other side. Take ski lift to top. Follow fire road down backside
@@jeffatkinson3288 arrowhead side? I will be heading south on I15 from hesperia area
@@dphxtruthresearchradio869 no. From Upland up Mt Baldy rd
@@jeffatkinson3288 yes wS my plan to go up to ice house or very top bend to baldy so thanks, upland is my home town just in process of moving back from az to high desert.
@@dphxtruthresearchradio869 there used to be access from Lytle Creek side but it's been a few years and I dont know if it got washed out
It would be nice to see a couple samples of the actual ore where the gold was in. I know it wasn't possible in this case but in other mines it would be nice to see. Im a geeenhorn.! I know nothing!
we did grab samples but have yet to run them
@@Askjeffwilliams great please take picks and post before you run them. If you could. Ive seen the sandy ore that didnt look like anything but there was large deposits the could use in leach ponds. Cant remember what it was called now. Sierra pretty or slab grade but not a whole lot others. I know there are lots. But im curious !
Geology is the only Academia were Crazy gets a degree. Jeff has such a degree. I have seen some crazy things Geologists do Because I watch Mr. Jeff Williams and that's as close to an open Mine I am going to venture. Because I am Going to Stay Out of Open Mines to stay safe and stay alive.
pretty much ..... thanks for watching
Acme brewing company and i still believe is still in operation, is from San Francisco..
Wow you dudes have Big Kahuna Balls; I'd be exploring the mine shaft when a 8.0 earthquake hits. 😂😂😂
Love it
I've heard there's gold everywhere if only it was profitable to mine. Gold is dielectric it hates magnetism. Physics. If one could make a Device which acts like a gold magnet collection would be easier. Got the idea from theoria apophasis on yt. Very nice person. Very VERY smart guy. In magnets there's 2 dielectric planes. If one forces opposite poles together the dielectric plate becomes larger. An array of them and sluice as gold flows through it's attracted to the dielectric ( diamagnetic) VOID. However other materials like glass will also concentrate. This combined with the correct vibration might do it. Anyways love you sir spread your love you are a heart of gold. DON'T TELL ANYONE THAT WAS FROM ME ya morons. If money was all I wanted I'd have it. I'm looking for love in all the wrong places
Drop some dynamite down there to that Volkswagen so you can get past it and get to the gold….. is that a rich mine ? great adventures thanks for sharing see you on the next one 👍🏼👊🏼
great idea
@@Askjeffwilliams lol ya right the concussion would probably bring the remnants of the head frame down and really plug the shaft you would probably need shape charges to do an accurate downward blast to cut a hole through then you could shore up underneath the plug to keep it stable and safe ?
A Farthinuggin Plug Moment at the End!!!; )
My poor knees hurt just watching you climb the freekin ladder,,, Some nasty looking ribs ! And is it worth reopening ? The one up in G town Ont was closed in the 30s and now they are reopening it as a strip,,, gona be a big pit,,, stay safe brother and watch the rib.... just an old MSHA guy
the ribs and back were tight is some places but it has a lot of Gold in it
That VW will be worth more than the gold in the mine these days ❤️💛💚
how do you get it out
@@Askjeffwilliams winch
Winch
Nice work guys! Now pizza 🍕 😋
great idea
Where are you it looks like you are at the atoia mine in california the site of the yellow aster those tanks in the background remind me of the tanks that we refurbished to use for the mill and those heads are all over the Kelly head burned down about 15 to 20 years ago that if your there the Kelly head was huge like 14 stories tall incredible place really the potato patch shelite
If that where you are I worked at that mine for four years did surveying for a year and in the mill for a couple and a lott of time building it
Nevada
Now this is really cool thanks . Is that full ofshiney
you betcha .....just past that plug
Ooooooh! Hey, where's the Hercules? Did I look away for a second? 🤬
Duo! Seems a lil deep for Dalton mate, where you guys at?
Nevada
I don't know I wouldn't take chances like you do and me you are an adventurist me I'm too chicken I wouldn't be able to do what you do I think that time when I went into a cave and I heard somebody hitting like a pickaxe I know I was the only one in there there were no other footprints in the mud so then I started leaving and rock got thrown at me and landed beside me and I've never gone into another one thanks for the video
sounds like you had fun in there ......it just was trying to say hi
Part of me thought you might throw in a "rickety old shaft" pun in there lol
Lol
Question... and I know its gonna sound dumb but I know nothing about repelling . I always see people going down ropes into shafts in videos but how in Sam Hill do yall get back up to the surface??? That part is always cut out of videos it seems. Is there a machine to pull yall back up or do u just have to climb up the rope yall went down on?? Cuz I failed rope climbing back in middle school. No upper body strength at all.
we use ascenders ...they are mechanical devices that grip the rope and only allow it move in one direction
It seens like a awful lot of work to find enough gold. How much gold per ton was it?
some areas are very rich ....well worth it
@@Askjeffwilliams im glad you got samples ! You never know you might hit something they missed!
Cool Dude~
Thanks 😆
Will you be mining that old mine again, trying to get more gold?
sounds like a great idea
I found acme beer cans out of yuma az area
Jeff, you said in the video that it was "your" mine. Did you buy the rights to the mine, and how does that go?
yes we did .....we filed on it
Harry Reid’s dad work that mine huh ? Im assuming searchlight nv awesome mine !
Starting @13:21 to 13:35 Jeff says this is his mine. Is this Jeff's mine?
yes it is