Also the comments about the pvc glue I've had a few old timers say that they used it on the hoist winch break band pads to make them last longer for cheap I guess when money's tight you do what you gotta do!
Stopalicious! Love the deep red ore body in the last stope. Neat mine, thanks for the grand tour and that ball room was huge. Thanks Justin for another fine mine.
I am down here in SoCal, Riverside County. Who would have guessed a mine like this still exists here in SoCal. You could spend days down there. Some amazing stuff. And that chamber was huge. Also all the relics, thanks for sharing.
What an awesome mine! A LOT or rick and ore came out of there ... 22:39 I can't imagine trying to wrestle those two giant trees down to that point and placing them. 24:45 looks like wire rope cutting unto the track over hundreds of loads. Thanks for sharing!!
@@TVRExploring - please please please tell me you are going back to this one. As awesome as it was, it had a rushed feel, which I never get from your other explores. I chalk it up to excitement and sheer scale, but outside of the ‘placer mine of doom’...you know the one I speak of....this is now my hands down favorite load mine. The state of preservation is amazing. I hope getting there and staying isn’t a logistic nightmare, because it’s a really exciting mine and I just know there’s more in there. As always, thank you so much for taking me along.
Rail is soft so it can be bent, and won't crack or break under heavy load. Very cool mine! Very cool to see you exploring with Boxy and friends in a recent vid.
As always TFS that was incredible. I wish we could see an X-Ray of the mountain from the outside, just cause that would look like a piece of swiss cheese left to the rats .. lol .. with those massive stopes and whines in every direction and would think any seismic activity in the area and that mountain would disappear ;)
Just gotta say, WOW. Those stopes were incredible. How the hell did they do all that? Can't imagine the work that it took to remove all that ore. Great video. Thanks you. Stay safe.
Wow, this mine is nuts. Looks like one day they just downed tools and never came back and it's never been pillaged - or at least very little. They still even have actual ore in some of the chutes.
I noticed that, too. Just an amazing state of preservation. Even the items, like some of the found documents Justin came upon, were left neatly on the table for the next explorer to see. This may be my favorite (*non-placer} mine yet.
Fantastic level so much in great shape. Diamond plate on some of the equipment. Might give you date when it was available. But that flat shovel . I made one just like it to scoop dirt out of a hole I dug to set a beam. It looked just it.. I was surprised how dry that had to be because the rails were still shiny. Great job as always
Very impressive finds of "leftovers". Looked like a ashtray for the skip runner 13:02. To find a skip still tethered by the cable on the rail, wow! Startled me when you kinda slid next to that deep pit. Some huge workings! A very interesting tour and adventure. Thanks for your "daring do", going into & about all the stopes. :
10:00 Wow, when you went round that ore chute and it opened up into the chamber with the riveted skip car just hanging there over the winze like they'd literally just left it there and gone on lunch...! :-O So much of the stuff looked like it had been cleaned and put into a museum, almost like it was active up to a few days ago. So little discolouration or patina on those labels. Just... amazing! Absolutely wasn't expecting THAT much stuff after part one... this one had it all! Thanks for another adventure! :-)
@@TVRExploring By contrast, I still think back to that mine you went to in, was it Russia? The one with the HUGE underground lake! Still think it would be incredible to be able to go back there and light up that whole cavern somehow, do some depth mapping with lasers! That's still one of my favourite moments in your videos I think, because of the mystery that remains due to the sheer size of it and the fact your lights didn't even touch the other side and just vanished into darkness!
@@Jennralize that mine was kick ass too. I love how neat and orderly the Russians make their adits. Smooth concrete walls. The soviets sure loved their concrete....but there was a level of craftsmanship and method to that mine that is in real contrast to North America ‘get in there and get it out’ mines. Not saying one is better than the other, but I like the variety.
Trying to imagine the miner's reaction to what they found in that chamber. Then the amount of work and care to dig it all out. Wonder how rich it looked? BTW, thanks for the great write ups. Only descriptions of value on RUclips.
If memory serves "Richfield" was the second part of "Atlantic Richfield" which rolled into ARCO in the early 70's. Dating myself, I know. That was something else, the size of those winzes and stopes were mind boggling, and explained the huge piles of explosives boxes you came across. Looking at that seat the winch operator used and seeing his cigarette box, then the butts on the dirt where his feet would have been really put the human in there. A moment frozen in time. All that material came up in that skip car...they worked that mine for awhile.
Hi Justin, what an absolutely awesome mine, it had so much cool stuff in it to see, not to mention the huge stopes and those skip cars were just amazing to see as you don't come across those every day. A very cool find and explore, thank you so much for sharing this one with us, much love. xx 🙏💖
Very nice mine. So much stuff and spots to watch. And we don't mind you lost tiny location video, at least you did not break camera this time. 😉 Great show! 👏☺️
11.51secs now that is one awesome Setup iv ever seen in a mine and to see a skip car in place and holding on to that wire is just so awesome. Also that HUGE Stope like Omg that was impressive the size of it was insane , like how did they even do all of that . the whole bottom of that mine was just insane with awesome stuff mate , almost frozen in time if it were. Hope you got some awesome photos as well.
Huge glory hole! 👍 square sets, how miner engineering gets the job done! The things that remote miner work with and on the fly mining ⛏👀 What they overcame to do what they had to do for a living, Survival of the mind, mines, the darkness, under the ground. Thanks again, Justin!!!
Great find guys. Looks like they may of been in there in the 70’s or maybe the 80’s as well. Needless to say awesome mine specially for being in California and like you said. Keep up the great work and remember stay safe out there. 🇺🇸⚒⛏💎🇺🇸🍺
Grew up in socal, specifically Big Tujunga Canyon area. There are numerous mines in them thar hills. Although, when my cousin and I discovered them, we were very young and didnt venture too far in. The flashlights back in the day left a lot to be desired as well. We discovered one mine that was hidden behind a small waterfall. Thx for posting these interesting vids.
I would be surprised if many of the mines of your childhood are still open. Haha, I take my hat off to you for exploring those mines with the flashlight technology that you had available at the time! The mine behind the waterfall sounds cool.
Finally got time to watch the second part of this impressive multilevel mine. You did a very good job documenting it Justin. Lost footage, it happens sometimes. Did you use that brightest 100000 lumen flashlight to lit up those big stopes? Brent from Cerro Gordo got one. Another interesting channel.
One of the guys I was with does a lot of tinkering with lights and has one he made himself that does an extraordinary job. I don't know how many lumens it is when he cranks it up though.
This mine is amazing! Thank you for taking the risks and recording it so the rest of us can see it! Edit: could that tin at 13:00 have been for setting a lantern or light of some kind in? That would probably be more comfortable for the operator as he wouldn't have to have it on him and it would illuminate the whole area better.
I saw this was on, made myself a big bowl of popcorn to watch this with (grins!). As an aside, I have a great mine to explore and I can't remember where it is exactly. Maybe your fans can help me. I know it is east of Baker California, and the mine goes completely through a mountain and has different levels and some interesting features. At the top of the mountain is an incredible ore trestle built across a drop that is absolutely amazing. It has a steep dirt road that I recommend only for four wheel drive or motorcycles to get to it, but you can access the trestle from inside the mine too. There are other mines in the same mountain, but this mine eclipsed all. Best part is it has a super open area in front of the entrance, perfect for an rv to park! My family visited the mine twice and we all loved it. How we found it was my dad was a geologist and we went. And we weren't disappointed.
Amazing video !! Abruptly ended unfortunately. Outro plz!!! What a Pleasant voice you have btw Maybe consider give us an outro recorded from the editing room
Yes, many viewers seem to think that mines are all a dull gray or brown color. The reality is that most of them are covered in rock dust from blasting. So, yes, if the walls were washed off, you'd see many more minerals.
If you look at some of the ore seams they left, it gives a clue. Grayish says sliver to me and...to some extent...copper seams are there too. Justin doesn’t like to give up too many details so that these mines remain great like this one was...but the clues are there. AZ is also heavy on silver mines, so I’m going with that.
The fact the information regarding these mines is "hidden" by not being on-line means that the dedicated explorer will have to do their homework. Keeping information off-line preserves them (from antique hunters and FS). Great find and keep up your dedication.
@@worldtraveler930 why would the FS or BLM be messing around in a mine? I am assuming that the mines are or were privately held. Maybe I am just naive.
hey :). would it be possible to have your playlist in order please? older to newer, to be able to just let it play continuously and watch them all? thanks
Not sure if I know what I'm talking about so don't quote me but the other day I was reading something about pre-WW2 battleship steel being really really valuable.. Something about less radioactive or something irdk.. But I bet this rail in alot of the mines you are in might litterally be loaded since like you said the rail is made of really hard steel and it hasn't been exposed to the radiation.. Interesting thought anyway...
WOW!!! Great find on this one guys!! How deep do you think it goes, 400 500ft? At about 9:25 that is actually an upside down regular ore cart with the wheels and carriage off of it. The skip car right up from it thou is awesome, too bad the winch and motor were gone. As always stay safe out there.
As an environmental health & safety scientist and manager, I often worked with geologists and other engineers. This is really fascinating. The timbers seem to be in good condition, considering their age. I find the mineral formations interesting. You mentioned galena, which is a lead ore. What are the other ores? My gig are sedimentary fossil bearing layers more than hard rock (I've collected fossils for personal interest for decades).
I think there might be a lot of people interested in seeing more of the mineralization in these mines. For instance a close up for a few seconds of the pillar at 30:35 would have been cool.
@c103110a -- Time for the dust to settle would depend upon the ventilation in the mine and the location of the blasting . With good ventilation , I've seen the dust clear out in as little as 20 minutes . Number of blasts during the day would depend on the size of the mine and the number of Shifts working during a 24 hour period . Normally with just one shift working , the blasting would be done at the end of the shift after everyone was out of the hole , Blaster is the last man to leave . In large mines with 3 Shifts running around the clock 24/7 , blasting is done during Shift Change when everyone is out of the mine except the Blaster and his Safety Man . --- < Doc , Miner for over 50 years > .
@@001desertrat3 Thanks for the info. I cannot imagine working in such a remote location, with primitive tools, to create a massive mine out of a mountain. Lots of man hours.
When was this mine last worked ? There was a plastic PVC fitting there mixed in with the square nuts and bolts. The other oddities can be explained by earlier visitors (1970's zippered corduroy jacket, pull tab style drink cans, etc.). A lot of other fairly modern debris/trash. The plastic 1gal. milk jug in the ore cart, The skoal dip can with modern graphics on top of the cart.... Most of that can be explained by modern visitors. But the one that is getting to me is the PVC fitting. That style dates to the 2000-teens. How and why is that there, deep in the mine ?! PVC compressed air pipes patched into rusted antique pipe ?! The PVC glue with paper labels there in the hoist operators station, is 1970's vintage
That's what you need. A huffer for your hoist operator. That ought to have ended well, lol. It's probably safe to say that's not actually what that was for, but it's funny anyway. But holy crap, they hogged the hell out of that place. Must have had some mighty good ore in there.
Always enjoy your videos. You do a great job of telling where you have been and the next place you are going. One question at the 3030 mark there are things floating through the air. The look like they are falling from the celling of the stope. What is happening ? Thank you for all off you're videos
I live in California and there is mines like this in my back yard and I live in the Bay Area. I’ve seen big cavities like that one where shoots have caved in and they dug loose material out of the bottom.
We've been experimenting with LIDAR, but are still working out the kinks... I'll share the 3D maps from those once we get it down and if I can figure out a way to do so.
The grove in the skip track was from the cable cutting into it from not having guide rollers!
I was wondering about that. thanks
Yep, that was my thought. Problem with a bendy track.
Also the comments about the pvc glue I've had a few old timers say that they used it on the hoist winch break band pads to make them last longer for cheap I guess when money's tight you do what you gotta do!
Interesting
Hence why all the grease buckets
Been watching mine videos for 6 or 7 years, this is the coolest mine I have ever seen. Best wood and stopes and ladders and wow! Being dry sure helps.
Dry makes a big, big difference!
And a ton of intact rail and ore chutes. I’m a sucker for rail.
Man, that hoist operator lived the life. Sitting underground chugging grape juce, chain smoking and sniffing glue.
Sounds like some of the characters I’ve worked with!
that was definitely put there AFTER the mine was finished mate
I mean come on grape drink
@@escapetherace1943 , if you let it set there long enough, it becomes fermented grape drink! The preferred drink of miners.
I thought everyone did this. Hummm.
@@muleskinnermining8661 Yeah, but back then that was some GOOD glue!
When you actually hear Justin utter the phrase "Holy Shit!!" Then you know this is going to be a damn good video. 🤠👍
Lol. I thought the same thing.
Stopalicious! Love the deep red ore body in the last stope. Neat mine, thanks for the grand tour and that ball room was huge. Thanks Justin for another fine mine.
I am down here in SoCal, Riverside County. Who would have guessed a mine like this still exists here in SoCal. You could spend days down there. Some amazing stuff. And that chamber was huge. Also all the relics, thanks for sharing.
A mine just full of stuff to keep you busy for days. Another great video!
Thank you.
I think this is one of the coolest mines maybe the coolest! All kinds of artifacts! So many places to explore! Huge chamber! Nice! Nice Nice!
100% this
It’s crazy how well preserved everything is
Thanks for bringing us that one. LOTS of cool stuff to see and those stopes were amazing!
What an incredible mine. It's enormous (and very dangerous). Thanks for sharing, Paul
What a great mine to explore, very sound, and it justs keeps going and going. Great job.
It is nice to know that abandoned places have a lot of historia and one look at many thigs that one not seen before,good video Amigo thanks,
23:10 Thank you for taking a moment to show us some of the mineralization as you come across interesting colors, etc.
By far, the best mine so far. This place is incredible. Must have been a ton of miners working this one. It's enormous.
What an awesome mine! A LOT or rick and ore came out of there ... 22:39 I can't imagine trying to wrestle those two giant trees down to that point and placing them.
24:45 looks like wire rope cutting unto the track over hundreds of loads.
Thanks for sharing!!
Hot damn! The cliffhanger was worth it. Justin delivers.
I'm glad you think so.
@@TVRExploring - please please please tell me you are going back to this one. As awesome as it was, it had a rushed feel, which I never get from your other explores. I chalk it up to excitement and sheer scale, but outside of the ‘placer mine of doom’...you know the one I speak of....this is now my hands down favorite load mine. The state of preservation is amazing. I hope getting there and staying isn’t a logistic nightmare, because it’s a really exciting mine and I just know there’s more in there.
As always, thank you so much for taking me along.
SO COOL! Its like something you would see out of a movie set.
@13:02 the item hanging on the pillar is a homemade candle holder. Interesting collection of artifacts.
That was my thinking too
Well they were digging all over by the looks of it great stopes wow, a very interesting explore again thnx.
The Swiss Cheese 🧀 mine wow very cool artifacts thanks for the trip back in time 👍
Rail is soft so it can be bent, and won't crack or break under heavy load. Very cool mine! Very cool to see you exploring with Boxy and friends in a recent vid.
Skip cart lift operator huffing PVC Solvent . Great idea ? Thank you for the explore of the Half Hollow Mine . stay safe
Well, whatever it took the hoist operator to pass the time, I suppose?
@@TVRExploring Ha ha long working Hours for sure .
As always TFS that was incredible. I wish we could see an X-Ray of the mountain from the outside, just cause that would look like a piece of swiss cheese left to the rats .. lol .. with those massive stopes and whines in every direction and would think any seismic activity in the area and that mountain would disappear ;)
wow really great mine that is having grape juice too. soo much stuff there.love from Globe Explore
Lots to see in this mine, thanks for sharing.
That's some cool crazy stuff. Like this explore. Thanks
By far the best mine video I’ve seen in a while, so much stuff. And your knowledge is refreshing, and super interesting.
Another fabulous video there's only one problem they always end too soon
Great mine!
Awesome massive chamber👍⚒
Just gotta say, WOW. Those stopes were incredible. How the hell did they do all that? Can't imagine the work that it took to remove all that ore. Great video. Thanks you. Stay safe.
Wow, this mine is nuts. Looks like one day they just downed tools and never came back and it's never been pillaged - or at least very little. They still even have actual ore in some of the chutes.
I noticed that, too. Just an amazing state of preservation. Even the items, like some of the found documents Justin came upon, were left neatly on the table for the next explorer to see. This may be my favorite (*non-placer} mine yet.
Fantastic level so much in great shape. Diamond plate on some of the equipment. Might give you date when it was available. But that flat shovel . I made one just like it to scoop dirt out of a hole I dug to set a beam. It looked just it.. I was surprised how dry that had to be because the rails were still shiny. Great job as always
Thank you. Yes, this one was perfectly dry, which is why even the cardboard was preserved so well.
Amazing amount of work, should be archived reports on this mine. Employees and estimated tonnage.
Thank you for showing the galena ore, you'd be surprised how many abandoned mine videos don't mention at all what the miners were after there.
Very impressive finds of "leftovers". Looked like a ashtray for the skip runner 13:02. To find a skip still tethered by the cable on the rail, wow! Startled me when you kinda slid next to that deep pit. Some huge workings! A very interesting tour and adventure. Thanks for your "daring do", going into & about all the stopes.
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10:00 Wow, when you went round that ore chute and it opened up into the chamber with the riveted skip car just hanging there over the winze like they'd literally just left it there and gone on lunch...! :-O So much of the stuff looked like it had been cleaned and put into a museum, almost like it was active up to a few days ago. So little discolouration or patina on those labels. Just... amazing!
Absolutely wasn't expecting THAT much stuff after part one... this one had it all!
Thanks for another adventure! :-)
Thank you. Yes, this was a really great mine... One reason everything was preserved so well is that the mine is exceptionally dry.
@@TVRExploring By contrast, I still think back to that mine you went to in, was it Russia? The one with the HUGE underground lake! Still think it would be incredible to be able to go back there and light up that whole cavern somehow, do some depth mapping with lasers! That's still one of my favourite moments in your videos I think, because of the mystery that remains due to the sheer size of it and the fact your lights didn't even touch the other side and just vanished into darkness!
@@Jennralize that mine was kick ass too. I love how neat and orderly the Russians make their adits. Smooth concrete walls. The soviets sure loved their concrete....but there was a level of craftsmanship and method to that mine that is in real contrast to North America ‘get in there and get it out’ mines. Not saying one is better than the other, but I like the variety.
Trying to imagine the miner's reaction to what they found in that chamber. Then the amount of work and care to dig it all out. Wonder how rich it looked? BTW, thanks for the great write ups. Only descriptions of value on RUclips.
Whatever they found in that chamber must have been pretty outstanding for them to do that much work... Thank you for reading the descriptions!
@@TVRExploring maybe it was a cyst with a balrog in it! 😀😁😂🤣
If memory serves "Richfield" was the second part of "Atlantic Richfield" which rolled into ARCO in the early 70's. Dating myself, I know. That was something else, the size of those winzes and stopes were mind boggling, and explained the huge piles of explosives boxes you came across. Looking at that seat the winch operator used and seeing his cigarette box, then the butts on the dirt where his feet would have been really put the human in there. A moment frozen in time. All that material came up in that skip car...they worked that mine for awhile.
I love those "time capsule" scenes like that... It makes it very easy to imagine exactly how things worked and looked.
Love to see these intact mines ,what a cool mine, like the videos thanks.....
Me too!
Hi Justin, what an absolutely awesome mine, it had so much cool stuff in it to see, not to mention the huge stopes and those skip cars were just amazing to see as you don't come across those every day. A very cool find and explore, thank you so much for sharing this one with us, much love. xx 🙏💖
Thank you, Sue. Yes, this was a special one.
@@TVRExploring It certainly was. x
Thank you. That was awesome
Very nice mine. So much stuff and spots to watch.
And we don't mind you lost tiny location video, at least you did not break camera this time. 😉
Great show! 👏☺️
Haha, yes, fortunately, nothing was broken on this trip!
Love the vintage explosive packaging in the thumbnail. It looks like modern consumer fireworks labelling.
11.51secs now that is one awesome Setup iv ever seen in a mine and to see a skip car in place and holding on to that wire is just so awesome. Also that HUGE Stope like Omg that was impressive the size of it was insane , like how did they even do all of that . the whole bottom of that mine was just insane with awesome stuff mate , almost frozen in time if it were. Hope you got some awesome photos as well.
Thank you. Yes, this was a special one...
@@TVRExploring no worry's mate , must been the best mine explore ever
Awesome exploration, in the top 5 for sure!
Amazing mine! I don't know if the crazy big chambers can even be called stopes!
fantastic. thanks for sharing!
Wow! What a great mine! Lots of cool stuff. Great video, as usual.
Great going. Thank you
Your vids are amazing. I love watching them.
Huge glory hole! 👍 square sets, how miner engineering gets the job done! The things that remote miner work with and on the fly mining ⛏👀 What they overcame to do what they had to do for a living,
Survival of the mind, mines, the darkness, under the ground. Thanks again, Justin!!!
Wow what a mine
Nice and amazing stuff Down there
Thanks for sharing your adventure
Take care all best wishes
Yours Frank
Dont know how you dont get lost..i was really watching your turns ..i got lost quite quickly..lol
Great find guys. Looks like they may of been in there in the 70’s or maybe the 80’s as well. Needless to say awesome mine specially for being in California and like you said. Keep up the great work and remember stay safe out there.
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Grew up in socal, specifically Big Tujunga Canyon area. There are numerous mines in them thar hills. Although, when my cousin and I discovered them, we were very young and didnt venture too far in. The flashlights back in the day left a lot to be desired as well. We discovered one mine that was hidden behind a small waterfall. Thx for posting these interesting vids.
I would be surprised if many of the mines of your childhood are still open. Haha, I take my hat off to you for exploring those mines with the flashlight technology that you had available at the time! The mine behind the waterfall sounds cool.
So fascinating. Thank you for sharing this awesome video. I felt as if I were in the mine too.
Finally got time to watch the second part of this impressive multilevel mine. You did a very good job documenting it Justin. Lost footage, it happens sometimes. Did you use that brightest 100000 lumen flashlight to lit up those big stopes? Brent from Cerro Gordo got one. Another interesting channel.
One of the guys I was with does a lot of tinkering with lights and has one he made himself that does an extraordinary job. I don't know how many lumens it is when he cranks it up though.
At some point, you have to feel like a hamster in a Tunnel Maze. =P
You could retire on this one.. Best mine ever ,, Thank you
Not a bad mine . Lots of history in it
Indeed, there was.
This mine is amazing! Thank you for taking the risks and recording it so the rest of us can see it!
Edit: could that tin at 13:00 have been for setting a lantern or light of some kind in? That would probably be more comfortable for the operator as he wouldn't have to have it on him and it would illuminate the whole area better.
Probably put a candle in it and heated up a can of beans on top.
Awesome Mine, Awesome video. Good stuff... Thanks
That's incredible!!
Right on! thank you for the very cool tour it was entertaining,informative and interesting cheers
Great video amazing mine 👍
I saw this was on, made myself a big bowl of popcorn to watch this with (grins!).
As an aside, I have a great mine to explore and I can't remember where it is exactly. Maybe your fans can help me. I know it is east of Baker California, and the mine goes completely through a mountain and has different levels and some interesting features. At the top of the mountain is an incredible ore trestle built across a drop that is absolutely amazing. It has a steep dirt road that I recommend only for four wheel drive or motorcycles to get to it, but you can access the trestle from inside the mine too. There are other mines in the same mountain, but this mine eclipsed all. Best part is it has a super open area in front of the entrance, perfect for an rv to park! My family visited the mine twice and we all loved it. How we found it was my dad was a geologist and we went. And we weren't disappointed.
Hopefully, someone will recognize your description...
Love these videos! A whole nother world deep underground. Kinda get a "The Descent" vibe, wondering who or what might still be living down there.....
oh, they let the balrog loose long time ago . . .
What a really cool mine!
Amazing video !! Abruptly ended unfortunately. Outro plz!!!
What a Pleasant voice you have btw
Maybe consider give us an outro recorded from the editing room
The PVC Solvent guy had quite the setup.
Are the walls covered from mine blasting and dust? Would a little water make a difference, wash dust away? To see the minerals I mean.
Yes, many viewers seem to think that mines are all a dull gray or brown color. The reality is that most of them are covered in rock dust from blasting. So, yes, if the walls were washed off, you'd see many more minerals.
Very cool, do you what they were pulling out of their? Do you even check something like that out before you go in?
If you look at some of the ore seams they left, it gives a clue. Grayish says sliver to me and...to some extent...copper seams are there too. Justin doesn’t like to give up too many details so that these mines remain great like this one was...but the clues are there. AZ is also heavy on silver mines, so I’m going with that.
This is a great mine. This is what I like to see.
The fact the information regarding these mines is "hidden" by not being on-line means that the dedicated explorer will have to do their homework. Keeping information off-line preserves them (from antique hunters and FS). Great find and keep up your dedication.
Yes, Please Keep Up the Good Work !!!! 🤠👍
Thank you. And, yes, you're 100% right...
what is FS?
@@rembrandtshadows the Forest Service and or Bureau of Land Management BLM.
@@worldtraveler930 why would the FS or BLM be messing around in a mine? I am assuming that the mines are or were privately held. Maybe I am just naive.
What an amazing mine!
hey :). would it be possible to have your playlist in order please? older to newer, to be able to just let it play continuously and watch them all? thanks
Not sure if I know what I'm talking about so don't quote me but the other day I was reading something about pre-WW2 battleship steel being really really valuable.. Something about less radioactive or something irdk.. But I bet this rail in alot of the mines you are in might litterally be loaded since like you said the rail is made of really hard steel and it hasn't been exposed to the radiation.. Interesting thought anyway...
Love this video!
Someone was making grapefruit, grape and rum cocktails.
Well, they probably endured some LONG days underground...
@@TVRExploring how long were the nights?
At 3:25 & 10:45 the skip carts are really nice! I don't remember anything like it in your other videos.
Very rare to see...
WOW!!! Great find on this one guys!! How deep do you think it goes, 400 500ft? At about 9:25 that is actually an upside down regular ore cart with the wheels and carriage off of it. The skip car right up from it thou is awesome, too bad the winch and motor were gone. As always stay safe out there.
Yes, 4 or 500 feet sounds exactly right.
As an environmental health & safety scientist and manager, I often worked with geologists and other engineers. This is really fascinating. The timbers seem to be in good condition, considering their age. I find the mineral formations interesting. You mentioned galena, which is a lead ore. What are the other ores? My gig are sedimentary fossil bearing layers more than hard rock (I've collected fossils for personal interest for decades).
I think there might be a lot of people interested in seeing more of the mineralization in these mines. For instance a close up for a few seconds of the pillar at 30:35 would have been cool.
I agree with you 100% Let us see those minerals! Cinnabar Ore for sure in that pillar. (Mercury Sulphide)
@@bob_frazier I agree!
Do you think that gouge in the rail could have been caused by the steel hoist rope for the skip due to the curve in the tunnel?
Definitely my thinking.
Yes, that is how I read that... Think of the sparks that would have thrown off!
After a blast, how long does it take for the dust to settle?
How many blasts did they make in a day?
@c103110a -- Time for the dust to settle would depend upon the ventilation in the mine and the location of the blasting . With good ventilation , I've seen the dust clear out in as little as 20 minutes . Number of blasts during the day would depend on the size of the mine and the number of Shifts working during a 24 hour period . Normally with just one shift working , the blasting would be done at the end of the shift after everyone was out of the hole , Blaster is the last man to leave . In large mines with 3 Shifts running around the clock 24/7 , blasting is done during Shift Change when everyone is out of the mine except the Blaster and his Safety Man . --- < Doc , Miner for over 50 years > .
@@001desertrat3 Thanks for the info. I cannot imagine working in such a remote location, with primitive tools, to create a massive mine out of a mountain. Lots of man hours.
Thanks very interesting
When was this mine last worked ? There was a plastic PVC fitting there mixed in with the square nuts and bolts. The other oddities can be explained by earlier visitors (1970's zippered corduroy jacket, pull tab style drink cans, etc.). A lot of other fairly modern debris/trash. The plastic 1gal. milk jug in the ore cart, The skoal dip can with modern graphics on top of the cart....
Most of that can be explained by modern visitors. But the one that is getting to me is the PVC fitting. That style dates to the 2000-teens. How and why is that there, deep in the mine ?!
PVC compressed air pipes patched into rusted antique pipe ?!
The PVC glue with paper labels there in the hoist operators station, is 1970's vintage
That's what you need. A huffer for your hoist operator. That ought to have ended well, lol. It's probably safe to say that's not actually what that was for, but it's funny anyway. But holy crap, they hogged the hell out of that place. Must have had some mighty good ore in there.
Laughed my butt of I thought the same thing about the pvc glue/solvent! Amazing time capsule looks like stuff from the early 80's maybe earlier.
The last work here was done in the 1950s.
Lot of works
There's some pretty massive stopes in this mine :-o
There sure were!
The stopes are huge - ha ha- yah -
"Stopes to the left of me, stopes to the right, here I am, stuck in the middle with you" :-)
Monster Mine unbelievable Huge
You know it looks like a switching real connected together you know when the two tracks switch over to the next track. Really looks like
That grove in the rail is where the cable ran off the side around the curve. Probably took some time to make that grove.
Always enjoy your videos. You do a great job of telling where you have been and the next place you are going. One question at the 3030 mark there are things floating through the air. The look like they are falling from the celling of the stope. What is happening ? Thank you for all off you're videos
Thank you. Those are dust particles getting hit by the lights...
I live in California and there is mines like this in my back yard and I live in the Bay Area. I’ve seen big cavities like that one where shoots have caved in and they dug loose material out of the bottom.
I wish there was a way to 3-D map all the mines you've been in. THAT would be awesome!
We've been experimenting with LIDAR, but are still working out the kinks... I'll share the 3D maps from those once we get it down and if I can figure out a way to do so.
I must add, that in 1971 there was a rather large earthquake (Sylmar quake). I am surprised that those mines survived all the earthquakes!