I watch these videos because Frank and his channel Exploring Abandoned Mines and Unusual Places is the best when it comes to mines throughout the USA 🇺🇸 Frank’s voice is appealing, and he brings great entertainment and insight on mines. The ghosts are cool, but I’ve always loved mines since I was a kid, so your 80% comment on people watching for the ghosts is hogwash Fake BLOOD 💪💪👻👻👍
glad you’re here! Thanks for your recent comments. I returned to this mine last summer a year ago but did not go back down the inclined shaft because I was by myself. Not much has changed up there after seven years. I did explore a new tunnel that I found up there which we apparently skipped for some reason during our initial visit seven years earlier.
To me what happens at the 4:25 ish mark on the left (which everyone is talking about) looks extremely like a foot going down a ladder almost exactly like at 3:15. Very eerily similar. Anyone else agree?
Exploring Abandoned Mines in CA, NV, and AZ : Frank, the device at 05:14 is called a ''Jack-Leg''. The rock-drill is fastened to the swivel end and the spike is planted into the floor of the drift. When the valve knob is turned, air pressure extends the telescoping Jack-Leg. Now the rock-drill can be tilted up or down, swiveled right or left, & raised or lowered, all without the miner having to hold that heavy rock-drill in his arms.
+Exploring Abandoned Mines in CA, NV, and AZ The "paranormal activity" just looks like a member of your group still descending to where you are. Was everyone already down there, or was there still some coming down while you were filming?
thats what i thought but both his description claiming it was paranormal being a credible person and all and a close examination of the boots seems to suggest that it could be genuine there are alot of variables of course but the boots seem to be of a much earlier period with the sole design and the leatherwork, that they appear to have no legs attatched if you look to the very last couple of frames wich could simply be a lighting issue or dark pants/socks?
@phxxr650r I agree with you about leaving things the way you found them.. but common, you don't think in this case it would be a good idea? Considering the tunnel is on the verge of collapsing & permanently sealing itself for good?
This talc mine was in pretty bad shape. One of the worst I have ever seen or been in. I like to consider all of those collapses as collapses that are happening in slow-motion. I think that is an accurate assessment. I hope you noticed that we did not go past that one point where the timbers had collapsed to form an X across the tunnel. Sometimes one's instincts tell one to turn around and get the hell out. Thanks for your comment, Paul!
Exploring Abandoned Mines Thanks. You are doing a fantastic job. I love seeing these videos from my couch and appreciate the risks you take to bring it to us. Keep it up and safe explorations.
Wow that boot part gave me goosebumps haha! Although I caught something else around 9:24 looking like a hand or something just slowly moving quickly. You'll have to pause it or look at it a few times to see it clearly.
7:35 " Apparition " of Black Shadow Figure Standing then Crawling Back on ground... Its Behind the guy in front to the upper left behind the beams. IT'S THERE !
In all honestly, your dedicated to going to abandoned mines whether they're creepy or not just so u can show us these cool and scary places this world has to offer, I respect that glad I subbed to u
Another home run of a video Frank! I just like seeing these old items left behind and learning about the jack leg drill these are all just awesome to watch! But the collapses and snapped timbers are somewhat alarming! I just love this great channel ,as always thanks for taking me a long into a another mine guys!
Thanks, Lynn! This mine definitely was one of the more dangerous and unsafe ones due to it being a talc mine and naturally unstable. We didn't even explore the whole thing. There were one or two more lower levels that we did not go to. I have so much video footage from this trip that I will be publishing another video next weekend showing some of the horizontal tunnels we explored as well as the many surface structures. Stay tuned!
I've seen a lot of things deep underground ... the guys who worked that mine had more balls than brains. that place is pretty deadly considering the target is talc. emeralds I could see. be safe out there Frank. no more places that bad.
kasnitch I noticed that the mine seemed to be put together in a very sloppy, careless way. The timbering seemed sloppy and half-assed unlike what I've seen in many other mines. Even the square-set timbering, which was used extensively in this mine, wasn't put together neatly.
That is the first gallon sized glass coke bottle I've ever seen, amazing. I'd love to explore a mine, but with my luck I'd get stuck :( Going to Vegas for a week in September, can't wait to check out some ghost towns. Awesome video 👍
4:28 To me it feel like someone was there just waiting and he thought you saw him so he started moving, which would explain the sudden rock falling and on top of that I can clearly see two feet coming down. It would explain the other movement too, it's creepy but someone was watching close by.
Awesome! This mine was pretty cool despite all the collapses everywhere. I returned here last summer, you know, for a follow-up visit but did not go down into the mine because I was by myself. However, in that video, I explored a tunnel that we didn’t explore the first time around for some reason. Check it out!
Nice work Frank always love watching your vids and seeing all the vintage artifacts. We use to find a lot of old Blasting cap boxes and wooden dynamite boxes back in the day but all of that is gone now so it is always a nice treat when you show that they still exist. Take care and keep the vids coming me and Slim always get a kick out of watching them. P.S. do you ever use air monitors / Jeff and Slim
Thanks, Jeff! No, I haven't invested in a gas detector/air monitor. Really need to get one for total peace of mind. I agree with you -- the relics are pretty much gone from these old mines. Explorers from decades ago already snagged most of them, I'd guess.
@@markuss-gj2qm Yes, I've been carrying both an oxygen meter and a hydrogen sulfide gas detector for the last several years now. What were the details of your experience with "bad air" that you hinted at in your comment?
Outstanding! This is an example of dangerous mines can be, but this also demonstrates miners harsh working conditions and how they worked the mines and what they used, I just wish we would preserve these historical places, I mean I'll bet by 2055 all of them will be forgotten and gone more of us and historians and explorers should help preserve them instead of just throwing them aside as if it was pebble. Sad, Keep up the exploring Frank!
2:33 could be a diamond still there XD And I mean at 9:24 it's just a light effect. Nothing alive or ghost effect from this scene. It follow light move.
Dunno if it is a ghost or not but you clearly see two feet taking steps down a ladder to the left at 4:28 First (4:28) you see the right foot, then (4:30) the left foot and finally the right foot again causing rocks to fall (4:35)
The drill that they found was the base of an pneumatic drill which uses air to drive the drill bit and to raise and lower the stand and water for dust suppression. The end he was holding to the wall would dig into the ground during drilling the other end would have the actual drill mounted to it. This is what it looks like in action ruclips.net/video/uSbFTHlNRt4/видео.html
Jesus, imagine working with a machine like that in such close quarters. Not only deafening but I imagine the powerful vibrations potentially caused cave-ins.
Thanks for watching! We knew that the mine would probably not be in an optimal state because it was a talc mine. If given the choice between exploring a talc mine and any other kind of mine, I would go with any other kind of mine.
Exploring Abandoned Mines and Unusual Places Yes. Kind of rough on the lungs and skin. Cough hard a couple of times and it will all puff down around you!
Cryptid at 4:27 between the first and second timber on the left! Whatever it was looked like it was definitely trying to hide from you and as you moved and unknowingly got a better view of it it moved to try to hide behind the next timber down.
Very unstable mine workings. Fascinating the way the timbers are contorted by the huge pressure of all the tons of rock in the slow motion collapses. I didn't spot the ghost, so I'll watch it over to see if I can see it. Another great vid, Frank.
at 5:00 .. that is part of a jack-leg drill. a style I've never used or seen up here in Canada. It appears to have the extensible by pnuematic leg part and a shoulder frame assembly that would hold the rotating hammer drill, that uses hollowed out drill steel with carbide wing bits, and pushes air and water to the toe of the hole to clear the cuttings. Google or wiki secan jack-legs .. those are most commonly used up here in hardrock mines ... although I have used 50 year old Ingersoll-Rands that need a gorilla to drill back holes, but can drill like the dickens .. also used Gardner-Denver, Joy and my favourite , the Secan by Boart
kasnitch Thanks for chiming in about the jack-leg drill we found inside the mine! It's interesting that the one we found is a style that you don't have or use in Canada. Could be a regional difference, perhaps. I and the other viewers appreciate your comment and its additional information. Thanks!
I've been into the South Comstock Mine which tied into the Succor Shaft up in Silver City, NV. There is an amazing hollowed out room that runs right into a quartz vein and once you go down the winze to the lower level you reach one of the largest empty stopes I've ever seen. It was very dry and well ventilated. I haven't been inside it since around 2005 though. This is probably one of the most dangerous places I've seen you enter. Good videos, keep it up.
+Dennis Richardson Thanks for your comment, Dennis! Believe it or not, I haven't made it up to Silver City, Nevada. Hopefully one of these days in the coming year I'll make it up there. Sounds like you saw some pretty cool stuff when you were up there back in 2005,.
The 'ghost' part of your video is just a bonus. I love watching your explorations into these places. I'm not claustrophobic but no way in hell I'd set foot in one of these mines. Hats off to you guys!
Was just there exploring the above ground. Loved the still intact shed above the main shaft and the old radio/turntable cabinet inside. Stunned at the amount of work these guys did below ground! So much heavy timber.
I had heard quite a few years ago that the old radio and turn table in the shed had been removed. I guess that was wrong information if you said they are still there. Glad to hear they are still there!
@@AbandonedMines11 Yep, radio is still there. Have you been to the Santa Rosa Mine near Conglomerate Mesa? Difficult un-promising entrance that opens up to satisfying exploring.
There is another movement at 9:24 of the same type and color as when looking up the shaft. It's on the left side yet again, just behind a timber. Creepy.
That is an air leg that was clamped to the drill it would not only support the drill while drilling , also it would feed the drill forward as the drill/ steel advanced . Also known as a jack leg , air leg ect . Looking at the picture it appears that the crows foot was broken so that's probably why the miners left it as junk . However because of the "Y" hose connection it could have been what's known as a "Sweed" leg. A type of after market adapter that was Clamped to the side rods of sinker drills ( jackhammer type) to enable the miners to use a sinker as a jack leg drill . They were not too popular because the feed control for the leg was mounted on the leg itself a real PITA to manipulate not to mention a knuckle busting proposition if you weren't careful . yes I've had the misfortune of using one in a couple of tramp holes Didn't care for it much . Give me a good old GD83 or IR300 any day !
bigwallrog Thanks for the info! Interesting to hear about the broken crow's foot. I would not have noticed a detail like that on that piece of equipment. Thanks for pointing it out.
Alright I swear to god at 4:28 on the left side of the screen where it's mentioned in the description (between the scaffolding) there's that white boot that's rather obvious but just as he starts zooming up somethin whizzes by the boot. Then if you pay attention I noticed that when your hear a rock get flung or fall or something the boot reacts to it, personally it looks like it's going up when the rock sound happens
+DarkTheRaven Its the other boot xD He or It is climbing down. Then it gets to the next step and the visible boot "vanishes" behind the wood ( probably to the next step )
+AirsickCashew just so you know cause it took me a couple of times to catch it but his buddies are already below him so who is the fourth person coming down the ladder? there is only three of them.
I am not suprised at the damage you showed us of those 12+12 beams, they used dynamite to mine that area and the slippage of the ceiling from the explosions, probably really fractured the talc into huge unstable sections, which caused many collapses while they were working, this would have been a very dangerous mine to work, loved the square set timbering shots you took, reminded me of the Yellow Aster at Randsberg, before that Canadian company screwed up the area, ray lowery
ray lowery Ray, the square-set timbering is very nice to see. There was a lot more of that in the mine than what was shown in the video. It definitely is a lost art-form. I agree with you -- this mine would've been very dangerous to work in. Thanks for commenting!
The Hercules boxes were a really cool find. Hercules powder was made at the Badger ordnance works plant here in Prairie Du Sac, Wisconsin. The Badger ordnance works plant started in WWII to help the war effort.
On a scale of 1-10, how dangerous was this expedition compared to your others. I would've been your buddy there sitting by the blasting caps thinking "I'm dying in this mine."
What I find most interesting about your "ghost" is in one frame, you can clearly see what appears to be eyes and a mouth, in the next frame, it appears to have parted hair. But it's also NOT the only thing that moves in that clip. I would love to see the rest of that segment without interruption. Before it "hops" you see something move left to right then a light anomaly move from left to right, there appears to be 3 all together. I have ghosts, and they always stick together. They are very social and rely on each other much like we do.
4:26, the "ghost" hops towards them. Some in the comments are saying lens flare, others are saying shadow. MY experience with spirits are they can be that solid I also mentioned I would like to see more of that footage to analyze it better. I don't think it's a shadow and I don't think it's a lens flare however without seeing a decent full length clip of the critter, I can not rule it out. I have spirits. I have seen them many many times in solid form just like this. I also understand their psychology, (yes, there is psychology), they are very intelligent for what they are. You can not ask for more. They are alert, they know you are there, and they do have emotions like happy, sad, love, hate, missing things and people, I have a whole channel based on them. There is no tricks or pranks, I don't make anything on my videos, I am simply teaching people how and what they are like, how to handle them and most of all not to be afraid, I do not sell fear. When it comes to spirits, I am what they fear. But I am also who they love, so many of my videos show a bond between us no one has ever seen. You should check it out. They love it when people watch their videos and they get to read comments. They love to read.
and that is why I'd take tobacco, whiskey, and fresh fruit (oranges) to leave as offerings to make sure they didn't follow me home or anything.. Show your respect, voice it, and leave them in relative peace. Any video of possible sightings should be sent to Chad Calek in my opinion, well known video nut that is really good about debunking/proving these things.
J.A.Ratt85 - People should say “Jesus Christ” & that apparently protects you from these things, if you feel scared quote Jesus & they should go, like if you have sleep paralysis, just keep repeating Jesus Christ Save Me over & over again
Great video, Frank! Wow, those fracturing timbers really illustrate the immense weight they are supporting. You guys have some courage, climbing through that narrow opening left after the collapse (towards the beginning of the video)! I am curious whether such collapses typically happen all-at-once, violently, or whether it's a more gradual event. Probably both scenarios occur. Another great video, Frank! Thank you for your efforts. Happy holidays all of you!
Fleotus Bing I mention in the video that the collapses are "collapses in slow-motion." But I'm sure some collapses happen in a split second. Talc is just inherently unstable to begin with. Any talc mine is going to have a lot of collapse in it regardless. Thanks for being a great fan and supporting the videos. I appreciate it very much.
I also see this "ghostly anomaly" at 4:31 , But i'm wondering if it's you or your partner stepping down on the left ladder alongside the shaft. ?? If not, something definitely moves.
Great video! That drill you guys found, is actually the jack leg of a pneumatic drill that would be connected to the left hand side of the pipe. The leg you guys are holding is telescopic and adds pressure to the pneumatic drill while its drilling. Amazing find no the less!
Nice video man!!! Love to watch these and thought it was pretty cool to see these artifacts you discovered in there! Kinda weird they would usually be taken by looters
You sir officially have balls of steel. Even watching just this video made me scared lol. Impressive work!! Those collapses and bent wood would make me so nervous.
Mike Green Thanks, Mike, for watching and commenting. This was one of the worst mines I have ever seen or been in due to all the collapse. I would rate this mine as a "deathtrap" and encourage others to stay out of it. Because this video is already over ten minutes long, I didn't include the footage I have showing that the claim is not signed properly or that there are no lockable gates or doors in the various portals to prevent access -- a stunning example of mining claim mis-management. Go figure.... Thanks again for your support, Mike! Really appreciate it!
The large room with the square set Timber... had you not pass those slow-motion cave-ins we would have never seen this large room and beautifully Place Timber. On the other hand your recent video revisiting this place 7 years in the future I 100% agree if I was alone I ain't going down that ladder. With age comes wisdom
I was really tempted to descend that ladder again but had forgotten just how steep it was at the very top. As you saw in the video, the ladder bottoms out and becomes more gradual a little further down. Some things just aren’t worth the risk even though I had already climb that ladder seven years earlier. Being by myself was an additional factor that made me decide not to go back down there.
Nice Frank👌. Don't listen to those who knock your video's as I know you don't👍. There will be always be the few who will criticise. Plenty more of us viewers who love your vids👍.
Heh watched the video before realizing I didn't see any ghost. Checked the mark and yeah that's definitely one of them in the shot climbing. It's a boot. You can definitely see that it's a boot. Love the videos. This one looked awfully dangerous. Neat stuff.
+John Broda Thanks, John, for watching and commenting! Always nice to hear when someone is enjoying the videos and what we find deep inside these abandoned mines.
The drill he is holding is actually called a jack leg. The point is the base it goes into the ground to hold the drill steady and digs into the ground so the drill doesn’t spin. The other side would be where the drill is , but the drill part is gone.
Now that's your most compelling and legit ghost video yet! So, does anyone else see what happens starting at the 4:26 mark? On the very left side of the screen (in between the 1st and 2nd timber piling) there are two usual "white" anomaly's dancing around while watching Frank do his narrative. Just watch it starting precisely at the 4:26 mark.
@@jaketrat3725 Look, genius... Making a refute comment over a white apparition floating along the side panel of the screen as a "boot" isn't going to cut it from the atheistic world point of view. Check the footage again and check your boot. Believe you me, I'd rather it be without having to exhaust the energy in just watching these videos and typing back these stupid comments.
Frank On closer examination of your video , that is definitely a swede leg The small hose Y- ing off the one inch hose gives it away not to mention the two side clamp saddle arrangement that would be clamped to the side rods of a sinker drill . My guess is the miners probably threw that nasty contraption away after the first use and More then likely broke it on purpose . FYI the pointy end of the leg your friend is referring to is the crows foot it has one point and two Chisel shaped wings on ether Side that when placed firmly into the muck on the (sill) floor would keep the leg from kicking out as the miner drilled and the inner leg ( piston section) advanced the drill into the face . One of the wings is clearly broken off in the video .those legs have a lot of air pressure Andif one kicks out it can and has caused some bad ankle /shin Injury's . A crows foot is a standard replaceable item on every jack leg this fact further leads me to believe this particular Leg was purposely left where it broke . I've seen Thor sinker drills with this arrangement and had the displeasure of using a couple , I'll bet there is some broken 1" chuck drill steel Laying around that hole somewhere . Early sinker drill were notorious for using 1" chucks , unlike the jack legs we use today that have a standard 7/8" chuck.
3:09 Looking up from the 200-Level Shaft 4:34 Looking up from the 300-Level Shaft Part 1 9:59 Looking up from the 300-Level Shaft Part 2 Part 1 seems to be one of your buddies climbing down, so far I haven't seen anything out of the unusual.
Glad to see others with you exploring other than yourself. Hope you guys saved the Coca-Cola bottle. That's a collector's item now and probably worth some decent cash if sold.
4:26 - 4:38 left looks like something grey and faceless is hopping toward you from behind the wood 😱got to take a 5 minute break to faint a little then will come back for more
3:15 Look at the guy coming down, and the rythm his boots make Now look at 4:24, and notice that there's a 2nd ladder to the left, and that the 'ghost' is actually just one foot with a boot on it coming down 'hopping' as it waits for the other foot, which is out of view, to make a step first.
Thank you very much for this very interesting video, it was amazing the amount of artifacts there are inside this old mine. Certainly unstable with all the collapses or indeed ready to happen.
Thanks for your comment, John! Did you see that I returned to this mine this past summer? I posted a follow up video. I was by myself this time, so I didn’t go down the shaft. However, I did find a new tunnel up there that we somehow either missed or skipped exploring seven years earlier. Check it out!
I worry about the eventual effect of these holes in the earth. Especially these powdery talc mines, it seems like a sinkhole waiting to happen. Oh yeah, that "ghost" was almost certainly a barn owl roosting. It was startled when you or your friend kicked a rock. You can just barely see the characteristic head movement, and the body coloration
+Mycofauna It's interesting that you mention sinkholes. I've been to some mine sites where the ground on top has subsided due to the tunnels underneath caving-in at certain points. It's not that common, but it does happen.
Yeah, at 4:31 look to the left between the two vertical timbers. If that isn't creepy, I don't know what is. Down in a mine shaft and something moves in the Darkness.
+Abandoned Mine Exploration Nova Scotia Feel free to chime in at anytime. Thanks for watching. I just discovered your channel, subscribed to it, and will put a link to it on my channel's homepage under "I Recommend These Channels". Looks like I have some new mine exploration videos to watch later this afternoon and tonight! Keep up the good work! I like how you use animation in your videos. I'm not that advanced and only use Windows Movie Maker.
Exploring Abandoned Mines in CA, NV, and AZ OMG we are a bit star-struck to receive a comment reply from you guys. Your channel is by far, the MACK DADDY of mine explore videos in the whole RUclips world. The best by far. For me personally, your videos were the main inspiration to shoot the videos we do. We've had you as a Featured Channel since day one :) Hey don't worry about your video editing... the simplicity is completely overshadowed by your CONTENT. Miles and miles and miles of glorious footage. Where you live is the envy of any mine explorer. So many mines! We're going to be lucky to find one tenth of the quality of sites you guys find, up here in Nova Scotia. So to compensate (plus for the fun) I go overboard in the editing stage and try to make it more like a "TV program". Abandoned mine channels are fairly rare on RUclips, and we're just starting out, so hopefully we can all entertain our very niche corner of the interwebs :) Keep up the GREAT WORK. STUNNING explores !!!!
+Abandoned Mine Exploration Nova Scotia Yea He's lucky all right! I feel your pain about finding intact enough sites to explore. In northern California we deal with LOTS of flooded adits and f#*@ing mosquitoes! By the millions! I know I sound like a broken record, but, look at him! All fat - N - sassy with his miles of DRY, OPEN mines! It's just not fair! T_T lmao by the way this one scares the shit outta me frank! :D
The water drill is a airleg for a rock drill, the bit you think is for drilling is the foot, the other end attaches to drill. Y piece hose feeds drill and the leg off main hose with a oil bottle between(turtle).
Problem with the "ghost" is that that's not where the ladder is. It looks more like a light effect from the guy panning his flashlight and camera past it. I still get thrown by that when I'm out after dark with a flashlight, either a shadow being thrown by an object between the light and the ground past it that appears to move because the motion of the light, or a reflection of the light being cast off of something. Just a few months ago I was out in the woods on a drizzly, rainy night and I beat a hasty retreat at what I thought was a skunk or wild animal moving on the far side of a dip in the overgrown path I was walking on. It wasn't until I moved back up again after making a fair amount of noise to "scare it away" that I realized it was actually just a shadow being cast by the light from a plant in front of me. I didn't have time to think, and I do come across skunks, etc frequently enough, so I just assumed the worst. Of course, other times there is no doubt it was an animal. I was walking after dark last summer and went to clip my dog back on the leash, when I heard what I thought was a dog panting and straining on a chain up ahead, about 30 ft off. We started back the way we came, and I shone the light towards it. But it kept making noise, and I realized it was actually something else, snuffing and panting loudly in the bushes. I went around and thought maybe I'd go by on the other side of the cemetery, but as I came abreast of it, it started up with the rustling and snuffing again, and it sounded like something of pretty good size up in a tree. All I could think was "bear!", so once again I decided not to press my luck, and we went home instead. I had a .38 with me, but I don't know if that would even do any good against a bear, and I'd rather not find out. Don't want to shoot a bear anyway.
There is no doubt that we are watching someone climbing down at 4:28. Those are boots, however, they have no tread on them, like old-fashioned boots. Frank, can you confirm that someone in your group could have been climbing down at that moment? Those boots are plain as day.
right after he turns his camera you can hear the two guys with him talking to his left,but hopefully he replies and confirms if someone was climbing down the shaft.but I agree with you, it looks like someone is climbing down the shaft there.
FYI, just before the Spirit is seen while filming up the incline, just as the shot is fading from the sign to the shot looking up, you can clearly hear a Spirit say "blah blah, what about me!". I'm not sure what the first two words are which is why I put blah blah, but the rest is very clearly "what about me?". As I say in my other comments below, I have been a Paranormal Investigator for many many years, with my own teams over the years. Many mines are haunted and EVP are actually fairly common. You should check out the TV series 'Ghost Mine" as they had quite a number of good EVP and sightings (actually, they missed dozens of EVP that I could hear, but oh well).
+Larry Barker What kind of audio filter ( if any ) do you use to isolate E.V.P's? We have a couple vids that E.V.P's are evident in them, but I'd like to clean up the sound ( if possible ) to hear them better.
Hay would you know what timber that is doesn't look like redwood because obviously they aren't going to be as strong as the mine in australia where I live because you don't have red gum/ gum trees
At 4:33, listen carefully. You will hear what sounds like some pebbles being tossed on the left channel if you wear head phones. A second later, also on the left side, you will see something move almost like someone lying low and moving away. Visible between the second and third vertical beams.
***** Yes, talc mines are often that way. The amount of ongoing collapse in this mine was staggering. Talc mines are definitely mines to approach with an extra amount of extreme caution. We do believe that the inclined shaft might've continued down to a fourth level but is now plugged at the third level with dried mud, rockfall, and other debris.
80% who watch these videos do it just because of ghost.
There were ghosts down that video. The old relics of the miners there. Who knows how much the value of that old termometer in a pawn shop
Guess I'm in the 20% who just wants to see the mine.
I can't see any other reason why anyone would watching these videos.
i dont i like and interested in old mines
I watch these videos because
Frank and his channel Exploring Abandoned Mines and Unusual Places is the best when it comes to mines throughout the USA 🇺🇸 Frank’s voice is appealing, and he brings great entertainment and insight on mines.
The ghosts are cool, but I’ve always loved mines since I was a kid, so your 80% comment on people watching for the ghosts is hogwash Fake BLOOD
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Came for the ghost, stayed for the quality of the videos and Frank's personality. Sir you have balls of steel and a strong mind.
glad you’re here! Thanks for your recent comments. I returned to this mine last summer a year ago but did not go back down the inclined shaft because I was by myself. Not much has changed up there after seven years. I did explore a new tunnel that I found up there which we apparently skipped for some reason during our initial visit seven years earlier.
My all time favorite Frank moment: "it sounds like snakes..."
To me what happens at the 4:25 ish mark on the left (which everyone is talking about) looks extremely like a foot going down a ladder almost exactly like at 3:15. Very eerily similar. Anyone else agree?
Spooky friends with scary boots
lol yep. didn't notice the second ladder at first but you're absolutely right xD
Same rythme and probably a light effect for the wrong place
it is. you can see the other boot come down behind it to rest on the step above. then as it moves it kicks some rocks and makes noise.
yep u right is a boot
Thanks for watching! The only thing that came out of that mine at the end of the day was the talc dust all over our clothes.
Exploring Abandoned Mines in CA, NV, and AZ : Frank, the device at 05:14 is called a ''Jack-Leg''. The rock-drill is fastened to the swivel end and the spike is planted into the floor of the drift. When the valve knob is turned, air pressure extends the telescoping Jack-Leg. Now the rock-drill can be tilted up or down, swiveled right or left, & raised or lowered, all without the miner having to hold that heavy rock-drill in his arms.
001DesertRat Got it! Thanks for the explanation. It certainly was rare to find such a drill in an abandoned mine like this one.
+Exploring Abandoned Mines in CA, NV, and AZ The "paranormal activity" just looks like a member of your group still descending to where you are. Was everyone already down there, or was there still some coming down while you were filming?
thats what i thought but both his description claiming it was paranormal being a credible person and all and a close examination of the boots seems to suggest that it could be genuine there are alot of variables of course but the boots seem to be of a much earlier period with the sole design and the leatherwork, that they appear to have no legs attatched if you look to the very last couple of frames wich could simply be a lighting issue or dark pants/socks?
+Exploring Abandoned Mines in CA, NV, and AZ where was the ghost
No amount of money could get me into that mine. You guys are brave.Thanks for sharing!
Those Coke items could've fetched a good price on several markets.
Pandoras Flame I would have carried the intact bottle back however that thermometer was really rough
I believe that gallon jug had held Coca-Cola ® syrup, that would be mixed by a soda jerk with carbonated/soda water.
@@CaptRich-bi3gp Like the modern bladders in a box for fast food joint.
@phxxr650r I agree with you about leaving things the way you found them.. but common, you don't think in this case it would be a good idea? Considering the tunnel is on the verge of collapsing & permanently sealing itself for good?
@@CaptRich-bi3gp A soda jerk? "Aaay, get yer soda here ya bums. What? What you can't HANDLE soda? Psch. Youse don't even deserve the damn soda. "
8:40 “(what the hell was I thinking, letting these guys talk me into coming down here)”
looking at some of those collapses, you guys have some huge balls going further.
As for ghost....I never saw anything like a ghost.
This talc mine was in pretty bad shape. One of the worst I have ever seen or been in. I like to consider all of those collapses as collapses that are happening in slow-motion. I think that is an accurate assessment. I hope you noticed that we did not go past that one point where the timbers had collapsed to form an X across the tunnel. Sometimes one's instincts tell one to turn around and get the hell out. Thanks for your comment, Paul!
Exploring Abandoned Mines Thanks. You are doing a fantastic job. I love seeing these videos from my couch and appreciate the risks you take to bring it to us. Keep it up and safe explorations.
I saw a foot climbing down a ladder ... no idea if that was a ghostly foot or not.
Arcane & Rarefied It's the sole of a workboot of his offsider.
Paul Capocasa I'm glad you pointed that out thank you.I thought it was something paranormal but it now seems it is a boot.
Wow that boot part gave me goosebumps haha! Although I caught something else around 9:24 looking like a hand or something just slowly moving quickly. You'll have to pause it or look at it a few times to see it clearly.
Uhh youre right, its on the left, when Frank stars to say "Square", got me chillos, ghost was watching them
More than that, it looks like someone wearing a veil peeking around the corner at them.
It looks like the same thing as 4:25. Same color and sort of weird fuzzy shadow look to it. It's following them around
At 9:54 something moves to the left on top of all the timber. Could be dust. But look for yourself.
6:20 Is that a stick of dynamite in that box?
Piping he said
Probably a stick
7:35 " Apparition " of Black Shadow Figure Standing then Crawling Back on ground... Its Behind the guy in front to the upper left behind the beams. IT'S THERE !
Drew Ames either that or a flare
@@milesdyson5211 if you slow it down max, you can see it's a person with a flashlight
In all honestly, your dedicated to going to abandoned mines whether they're creepy or not just so u can show us these cool and scary places this world has to offer, I respect that glad I subbed to u
Another home run of a video Frank! I just like seeing these old items left behind and learning about the jack leg drill these are all just awesome to watch! But the collapses and snapped timbers are somewhat alarming! I just love this great channel ,as always thanks for taking me a long into a another mine guys!
Thanks, Lynn! This mine definitely was one of the more dangerous and unsafe ones due to it being a talc mine and naturally unstable. We didn't even explore the whole thing. There were one or two more lower levels that we did not go to. I have so much video footage from this trip that I will be publishing another video next weekend showing some of the horizontal tunnels we explored as well as the many surface structures. Stay tuned!
I've seen a lot of things deep underground ... the guys who worked that mine had more balls than brains. that place is pretty deadly considering the target is talc. emeralds I could see. be safe out there Frank. no more places that bad.
kasnitch I noticed that the mine seemed to be put together in a very sloppy, careless way. The timbering seemed sloppy and half-assed unlike what I've seen in many other mines. Even the square-set timbering, which was used extensively in this mine, wasn't put together neatly.
That is the first gallon sized glass coke bottle I've ever seen, amazing. I'd love to explore a mine, but with my luck I'd get stuck :( Going to Vegas for a week in September, can't wait to check out some ghost towns. Awesome video 👍
4:28 To me it feel like someone was there just waiting and he thought you saw him so he started moving, which would explain the sudden rock falling and on top of that I can clearly see two feet coming down. It would explain the other movement too, it's creepy but someone was watching close by.
That’s the other explorer coming down the ladder
Catching up on/rewatching old videos! 👍👍Thank you! Frank! Thank you!💗🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙🖤💙💗
Awesome! This mine was pretty cool despite all the collapses everywhere. I returned here last summer, you know, for a follow-up visit but did not go down into the mine because I was by myself. However, in that video, I explored a tunnel that we didn’t explore the first time around for some reason. Check it out!
Nice work Frank always love watching your vids and seeing all the vintage artifacts. We use to find a lot of old Blasting cap boxes and wooden dynamite boxes back in the day but all of that is gone now so it is always a nice treat when you show that they still exist. Take care and keep the vids coming me and Slim always get a kick out of watching them. P.S. do you ever use air monitors /
Jeff and Slim
Thanks, Jeff! No, I haven't invested in a gas detector/air monitor. Really need to get one for total peace of mind. I agree with you -- the relics are pretty much gone from these old mines. Explorers from decades ago already snagged most of them, I'd guess.
@@AbandonedMines11 I hope now you got one. A year ago a gas detector saved my ass, I'm not going in any mine without it now :D
@@markuss-gj2qm Yes, I've been carrying both an oxygen meter and a hydrogen sulfide gas detector for the last several years now. What were the details of your experience with "bad air" that you hinted at in your comment?
This looks like the most dangerous mine you've visited, with all the collapses.
Outstanding! This is an example of dangerous mines can be, but this also demonstrates miners harsh working conditions and how they worked the mines and what they used, I just wish we would preserve these historical places, I mean I'll bet by 2055 all of them will be forgotten and gone more of us and historians and explorers should help preserve them instead of just throwing them aside as if it was pebble. Sad, Keep up the exploring Frank!
My anxiety goes crazy when I look at all that collapse. I would be getting out of there without stopping for lunch.
2:33 could be a diamond still there XD
And I mean at 9:24 it's just a light effect. Nothing alive or ghost effect from this scene. It follow light move.
Dunno if it is a ghost or not but you clearly see two feet taking steps down a ladder to the left at 4:28
First (4:28) you see the right foot, then (4:30) the left foot and finally the right foot again causing rocks to fall (4:35)
Yeah cuz he didn't went alone xDD
No. It's the other guy
The rock fell BEFORE the so-called "boot' moved so no, not that explanation.
Light from other explore behind him. No ghost
It’s his friend’s I think
damn that's a lot of nice lumber. I could build me a hell of a garage out of that.
The drill that they found was the base of an pneumatic drill which uses air to drive the drill bit and to raise and lower the stand and water for dust suppression. The end he was holding to the wall would dig into the ground during drilling the other end would have the actual drill mounted to it. This is what it looks like in action ruclips.net/video/uSbFTHlNRt4/видео.html
+Matt Hawkins Thanks, Matt, for the link! I'm sure the other viewers will enjoy it, too. I really appreciate you doing that.
Jesus, imagine working with a machine like that in such close quarters. Not only deafening but I imagine the powerful vibrations potentially caused cave-ins.
Mario Paul mining was and is a dangerous profession that doesn’t compensate for danger nearly enough!
Yes. An air leg for sure.
I think this is the most sketchy mine I've seen on your channel yet. but also with some really great artifacts at the same time.
Thanks for watching! We knew that the mine would probably not be in an optimal state because it was a talc mine. If given the choice between exploring a talc mine and any other kind of mine, I would go with any other kind of mine.
Exploring Abandoned Mines and Unusual Places Yes. Kind of rough on the lungs and skin. Cough hard a couple of times and it will all puff down around you!
Cryptid at 4:27 between the first and second timber on the left! Whatever it was looked like it was definitely trying to hide from you and as you moved and unknowingly got a better view of it it moved to try to hide behind the next timber down.
I saw that too!😅
Braver man than I going past those slow collapses. Never know when they might get fast.
Thanks for posting. Always interesting to watch.
that thing at 4 :35 is definitely not a rock. a rock cannot possibly move up a tunnel without pressure from a living thing
Yeah it was moving maybe a ghost?
+Volatile it looked more like a face inbetween the wooden pilar and the ladder
It's a boot, someone is climbing down the ladder
Raptor Primal it's a person
the thing moving on the left side of the video, in the gap of the wood. Almost looks like 2 feet.
Very unstable mine workings. Fascinating the way the timbers are contorted by the huge pressure of all the tons of rock in the slow motion collapses. I didn't spot the ghost, so I'll watch it over to see if I can see it. Another great vid, Frank.
at 5:00 .. that is part of a jack-leg drill. a style I've never used or seen up here in Canada. It appears to have the extensible by pnuematic leg part and a shoulder frame assembly that would hold the rotating hammer drill, that uses hollowed out drill steel with carbide wing bits, and pushes air and water to the toe of the hole to clear the cuttings. Google or wiki secan jack-legs .. those are most commonly used up here in hardrock mines ... although I have used 50 year old Ingersoll-Rands that need a gorilla to drill back holes, but can drill like the dickens .. also used Gardner-Denver, Joy and my favourite , the Secan by Boart
kasnitch Thanks for chiming in about the jack-leg drill we found inside the mine! It's interesting that the one we found is a style that you don't have or use in Canada. Could be a regional difference, perhaps. I and the other viewers appreciate your comment and its additional information. Thanks!
I've been into the South Comstock Mine which tied into the Succor Shaft up in Silver City, NV. There is an amazing hollowed out room that runs right into a quartz vein and once you go down the winze to the lower level you reach one of the largest empty stopes I've ever seen. It was very dry and well ventilated. I haven't been inside it since around 2005 though. This is probably one of the most dangerous places I've seen you enter. Good videos, keep it up.
+Dennis Richardson Thanks for your comment, Dennis! Believe it or not, I haven't made it up to Silver City, Nevada. Hopefully one of these days in the coming year I'll make it up there. Sounds like you saw some pretty cool stuff when you were up there back in 2005,.
The 'ghost' part of your video is just a bonus. I love watching your explorations into these places. I'm not claustrophobic but no way in hell I'd set foot in one of these mines. Hats off to you guys!
Dunces: entrance
Geniuses: PORTAL
Anyone else notice that thing at 9:24 on the left side of the video?
i saw it 😐
kagapeme I saw it also definitely a boot coming down
U got eyes like a fkin eagle man 😂
what the hell i dont see it
that ok. they don't either :)
Was just there exploring the above ground. Loved the still intact shed above the main shaft and the old radio/turntable cabinet inside. Stunned at the amount of work these guys did below ground! So much heavy timber.
I had heard quite a few years ago that the old radio and turn table in the shed had been removed. I guess that was wrong information if you said they are still there. Glad to hear they are still there!
@@AbandonedMines11 Yep, radio is still there. Have you been to the Santa Rosa Mine near Conglomerate Mesa? Difficult un-promising entrance that opens up to satisfying exploring.
@2:05 a small drone with camera could have surveyed this collapsed area that would be very cool too see.
Imagine filming live and knowing that those were ghostly boots climbing down. I would stand there paralyzed with fear and/or pass out.
There is another movement at 9:24 of the same type and color as when looking up the shaft. It's on the left side yet again, just behind a timber. Creepy.
Turned out there were a lot of creepy things in this video most of which were pointed out to me by eagle-eyed viewers.
Interesting.
vroomoon it looked like a hand almost
That was an effect of the flashlight
vroomoon maybe that was a bat or a hand..
That is an air leg that was clamped to the drill it would not only support the drill while drilling , also it would feed the drill forward as the drill/ steel advanced .
Also known as a jack leg , air leg ect . Looking at the picture it appears that the crows foot was broken so that's probably why the miners left it as junk .
However because of the "Y" hose connection it could have been what's known as a "Sweed" leg. A type of after market adapter that was Clamped to the side rods of sinker drills ( jackhammer type) to enable the miners to use a sinker as a jack leg drill . They were not too popular because the feed control for the leg was mounted on the leg itself a real PITA to manipulate not to mention a knuckle busting proposition if you weren't careful .
yes I've had the misfortune of using one in a couple of tramp holes
Didn't care for it much . Give me a good old GD83 or IR300 any day !
bigwallrog Thanks for the info! Interesting to hear about the broken crow's foot. I would not have noticed a detail like that on that piece of equipment. Thanks for pointing it out.
Alright I swear to god at 4:28 on the left side of the screen where it's mentioned in the description (between the scaffolding) there's that white boot that's rather obvious but just as he starts zooming up somethin whizzes by the boot. Then if you pay attention I noticed that when your hear a rock get flung or fall or something the boot reacts to it, personally it looks like it's going up when the rock sound happens
+DarkTheRaven Its the other boot xD He or It is climbing down. Then it gets to the next step and the visible boot "vanishes" behind the wood ( probably to the next step )
+SArtisto1 who wears two boots? :P
+DarkTheRaven That's his buddy climbing down the ladder
Yes,I see It too! a White In left
+AirsickCashew just so you know cause it took me a couple of times to catch it but his buddies are already below him so who is the fourth person coming down the ladder? there is only three of them.
fantastic video, looks very dangerous with them splitting beams! keep up the great work :)
I am not suprised at the damage you showed us of those 12+12 beams, they used dynamite to mine that area and the slippage of the ceiling from the explosions, probably really fractured the talc into huge unstable sections, which caused many collapses while they were working, this would have been a very dangerous mine to work, loved the square set timbering shots you took, reminded me of the Yellow Aster at Randsberg, before that Canadian company screwed up the area, ray lowery
ray lowery Ray, the square-set timbering is very nice to see. There was a lot more of that in the mine than what was shown in the video. It definitely is a lost art-form. I agree with you -- this mine would've been very dangerous to work in. Thanks for commenting!
The Hercules boxes were a really cool find. Hercules powder was made at the Badger ordnance works plant here in Prairie Du Sac, Wisconsin. The Badger ordnance works plant started in WWII to help the war effort.
Thanks for the info, Todd! I appreciate it.
On a scale of 1-10, how dangerous was this expedition compared to your others. I would've been your buddy there sitting by the blasting caps thinking "I'm dying in this mine."
What I find most interesting about your "ghost" is in one frame, you can clearly see what appears to be eyes and a mouth, in the next frame, it appears to have parted hair. But it's also NOT the only thing that moves in that clip. I would love to see the rest of that segment without interruption. Before it "hops" you see something move left to right then a light anomaly move from left to right, there appears to be 3 all together. I have ghosts, and they always stick together. They are very social and rely on each other much like we do.
This is really an amazing clip. They are watching you. It's been a long time since they have seen anyone, and they will miss people.
Eric Ek Ummmm.....I want whatever you take...haha. Where is this Ghost you are talking about? What time does it appear? Thanks.
4:26, the "ghost" hops towards them. Some in the comments are saying lens flare, others are saying shadow. MY experience with spirits are they can be that solid I also mentioned I would like to see more of that footage to analyze it better. I don't think it's a shadow and I don't think it's a lens flare however without seeing a decent full length clip of the critter, I can not rule it out. I have spirits. I have seen them many many times in solid form just like this. I also understand their psychology, (yes, there is psychology), they are very intelligent for what they are. You can not ask for more. They are alert, they know you are there, and they do have emotions like happy, sad, love, hate, missing things and people, I have a whole channel based on them. There is no tricks or pranks, I don't make anything on my videos, I am simply teaching people how and what they are like, how to handle them and most of all not to be afraid, I do not sell fear. When it comes to spirits, I am what they fear. But I am also who they love, so many of my videos show a bond between us no one has ever seen. You should check it out. They love it when people watch their videos and they get to read comments. They love to read.
Eric Ek Thanks. I will check your channel, sounds interesting.
GO CHECK OUT 4:36 WOW.
and that is why I'd take tobacco, whiskey, and fresh fruit (oranges) to leave as offerings to make sure they didn't follow me home or anything.. Show your respect, voice it, and leave them in relative peace.
Any video of possible sightings should be sent to Chad Calek in my opinion, well known video nut that is really good about debunking/proving these things.
J.A.Ratt85 - People should say “Jesus Christ” & that apparently protects you from these things, if you feel scared quote Jesus & they should go, like if you have sleep paralysis, just keep repeating Jesus Christ Save Me over & over again
Great video, Frank! Wow, those fracturing timbers really illustrate the immense weight they are supporting. You guys have some courage, climbing through that narrow opening left after the collapse (towards the beginning of the video)! I am curious whether such collapses typically happen all-at-once, violently, or whether it's a more gradual event. Probably both scenarios occur. Another great video, Frank! Thank you for your efforts. Happy holidays all of you!
Fleotus Bing I mention in the video that the collapses are "collapses in slow-motion." But I'm sure some collapses happen in a split second. Talc is just inherently unstable to begin with. Any talc mine is going to have a lot of collapse in it regardless. Thanks for being a great fan and supporting the videos. I appreciate it very much.
Merry Christmas, uncle Eustus. Talc mines are tough to gift wrap, so here's the map.
Why, thank you, Cousin Cleetus! It's just what I always wanted. LOL
I also see this "ghostly anomaly" at 4:31 , But i'm wondering if it's you or your partner stepping down on the left ladder alongside the shaft. ?? If not, something definitely moves.
That's clearly the bottom of his partners shoe as he steps down a rung on the ladder.
May be a fucking rat
Great video! That drill you guys found, is actually the jack leg of a pneumatic drill that would be connected to the left hand side of the pipe. The leg you guys are holding is telescopic and adds pressure to the pneumatic drill while its drilling. Amazing find no the less!
I had no idea that coca cola had bottles like that, good video frank.
It was quite a find!
4:28 someone climbing down while he’s looking up the shaft 😱😱😱😱
Tony freaked me out!...nearly choked on my Kit Kat!..so glad he was real!
Nice video man!!! Love to watch these and thought it was pretty cool to see these artifacts you discovered in there! Kinda weird they would usually be taken by looters
9:24 algo raro a la izquierda
Wtf ! 😨
Es verdad¡ 😨
Looks like cobwebs
You sir officially have balls of steel. Even watching just this video made me scared lol. Impressive work!! Those collapses and bent wood would make me so nervous.
Mike Green Thanks, Mike, for watching and commenting. This was one of the worst mines I have ever seen or been in due to all the collapse. I would rate this mine as a "deathtrap" and encourage others to stay out of it. Because this video is already over ten minutes long, I didn't include the footage I have showing that the claim is not signed properly or that there are no lockable gates or doors in the various portals to prevent access -- a stunning example of mining claim mis-management. Go figure.... Thanks again for your support, Mike! Really appreciate it!
Exploring Abandoned Mines in CA, NV, and AZ You will always have my support brother!
4:36 something is moving up and down then back, on your left. Can be a reflection.
"Deapite the danger, we will press on cautiously" shows up on screen just before you stumble
The movement although not expected in an abandoned mine could have been an animal living in the mine. It looks more physical than ethereal.
Wow, you guys are brave. I don't know if I could venture that far into a mine of that stature. Be safe and ATB, David
Thanks, David, for watching and commenting.
The large room with the square set Timber... had you not pass those slow-motion cave-ins we would have never seen this large room and beautifully Place Timber. On the other hand your recent video revisiting this place 7 years in the future I 100% agree if I was alone I ain't going down that ladder. With age comes wisdom
I was really tempted to descend that ladder again but had forgotten just how steep it was at the very top. As you saw in the video, the ladder bottoms out and becomes more gradual a little further down. Some things just aren’t worth the risk even though I had already climb that ladder seven years earlier. Being by myself was an additional factor that made me decide not to go back down there.
@@AbandonedMines11 yeah and the ladder is 7 years older, and if the latter was built while the mine was operating, it's already old...
people are really worried about a ghost when 300 ft of rock is being held up by splintering timber
So true!
Nice Frank👌. Don't listen to those who knock your video's as I know you don't👍. There will be always be the few who will criticise. Plenty more of us viewers who love your vids👍.
Well said! As it says on the ABOUT tab on my channel, my videos are for education and entertainment.
Heh watched the video before realizing I didn't see any ghost. Checked the mark and yeah that's definitely one of them in the shot climbing. It's a boot. You can definitely see that it's a boot.
Love the videos. This one looked awfully dangerous. Neat stuff.
thank you so much in showing what's down their!
+John Broda Thanks, John, for watching and commenting! Always nice to hear when someone is enjoying the videos and what we find deep inside these abandoned mines.
The drill he is holding is actually called a jack leg. The point is the base it goes into the ground to hold the drill steady and digs into the ground so the drill doesn’t spin. The other side would be where the drill is , but the drill part is gone.
Now that's your most compelling and legit ghost video yet! So, does anyone else see what happens starting at the 4:26 mark? On the very left side of the screen (in between the 1st and 2nd timber piling) there are two usual "white" anomaly's dancing around while watching Frank do his narrative. Just watch it starting precisely at the 4:26 mark.
@@jaketrat3725 Look, genius... Making a refute comment over a white apparition floating along the side panel of the screen as a "boot" isn't going to cut it from the atheistic world point of view. Check the footage again and check your boot. Believe you me, I'd rather it be without having to exhaust the energy in just watching these videos and typing back these stupid comments.
That coke thermometer, is holding up the mine. LOL.
Take care troops lots of warm greetings from Scotland to you and all the viewers
Frank
On closer examination of your video , that is definitely a swede leg
The small hose Y- ing off the one inch hose gives it away not to mention the two side clamp saddle arrangement that would be clamped to the side rods of a sinker drill . My guess is the miners probably threw that nasty contraption away after the first use and
More then likely broke it on purpose .
FYI the pointy end of the leg your friend is referring to is the crows foot it has one point and two Chisel shaped wings on ether Side that when placed firmly into the muck on the (sill) floor would keep the leg from kicking out as the miner drilled and the inner leg ( piston section) advanced the drill into the face . One of the wings is clearly broken off in the video .those legs have a lot of air pressure Andif one kicks out it can and has caused some bad ankle /shin Injury's .
A crows foot is a standard replaceable item on every jack leg this fact further leads me to believe this particular Leg was purposely left where it broke .
I've seen Thor sinker drills with this arrangement and had the displeasure of using a couple , I'll bet there is some broken 1" chuck drill steel Laying around that hole somewhere . Early sinker drill were notorious for using 1" chucks , unlike the jack legs we use today that have a standard 7/8" chuck.
+bigwallrog Thanks for the detailed information! It really helps to enlighten and clarify what we saw in the mine.
Not sure why I tend to watch these vids at night…
3:09 Looking up from the 200-Level Shaft
4:34 Looking up from the 300-Level Shaft Part 1
9:59 Looking up from the 300-Level Shaft Part 2
Part 1 seems to be one of your buddies climbing down, so far I haven't seen anything out of the unusual.
Glad to see others with you exploring other than yourself. Hope you guys saved the Coca-Cola bottle. That's a collector's item now and probably worth some decent cash if sold.
4:26 - 4:38 left looks like something grey and faceless is hopping toward you from behind the wood 😱got to take a 5 minute break to faint a little then will come back for more
Sausan Al Balooshi
Yeah, it definitely was a humanoid.
Ye it was one damn scary boot of his buddy
I'm a firm believer in the paranormal, but that could have been an animal.
I didn't see boots.
I'll look again, but I'm pretty sure what I see here is an animal moving. I'm open to suggestions, so I don't mind.
I don't see any boots. It just looks like a rodent of some kind.
3:15 Look at the guy coming down, and the rythm his boots make
Now look at 4:24, and notice that there's a 2nd ladder to the left, and that the 'ghost' is actually just one foot with a boot on it coming down 'hopping' as it waits for the other foot, which is out of view, to make a step first.
Thank you very much for this very interesting video, it was amazing the amount of artifacts there are inside this old mine. Certainly unstable with all the collapses or indeed ready to happen.
Thanks for your comment, John! Did you see that I returned to this mine this past summer? I posted a follow up video. I was by myself this time, so I didn’t go down the shaft. However, I did find a new tunnel up there that we somehow either missed or skipped exploring seven years earlier. Check it out!
@@AbandonedMines11 I will check it out.
I worry about the eventual effect of these holes in the earth.
Especially these powdery talc mines, it seems like a sinkhole waiting to happen.
Oh yeah, that "ghost" was almost certainly a barn owl roosting. It was startled when you or your friend kicked a rock. You can just barely see the characteristic head movement, and the body coloration
+Mycofauna It's interesting that you mention sinkholes. I've been to some mine sites where the ground on top has subsided due to the tunnels underneath caving-in at certain points. It's not that common, but it does happen.
Yeah, at 4:31 look to the left between the two vertical timbers. If that isn't creepy, I don't know what is. Down in a mine shaft and something moves in the Darkness.
I don't see anything, all I see is the light from the hole that exits the mine.. hmm
Honestly it just looks like one of the other guys on the ladder moving
LOVE your channel. I had to speak up on this one, because it was scary as hell.
+Abandoned Mine Exploration Nova Scotia Feel free to chime in at anytime. Thanks for watching. I just discovered your channel, subscribed to it, and will put a link to it on my channel's homepage under "I Recommend These Channels". Looks like I have some new mine exploration videos to watch later this afternoon and tonight! Keep up the good work! I like how you use animation in your videos. I'm not that advanced and only use Windows Movie Maker.
Exploring Abandoned Mines in CA, NV, and AZ OMG we are a bit star-struck to receive a comment reply from you guys. Your channel is by far, the MACK DADDY of mine explore videos in the whole RUclips world. The best by far. For me personally, your videos were the main inspiration to shoot the videos we do. We've had you as a Featured Channel since day one :)
Hey don't worry about your video editing... the simplicity is completely overshadowed by your CONTENT. Miles and miles and miles of glorious footage. Where you live is the envy of any mine explorer. So many mines! We're going to be lucky to find one tenth of the quality of sites you guys find, up here in Nova Scotia. So to compensate (plus for the fun) I go overboard in the editing stage and try to make it more like a "TV program".
Abandoned mine channels are fairly rare on RUclips, and we're just starting out, so hopefully we can all entertain our very niche corner of the interwebs :)
Keep up the GREAT WORK. STUNNING explores !!!!
+Abandoned Mine Exploration Nova Scotia Yea He's lucky all right! I feel your pain about finding intact enough sites to explore. In northern California we deal with LOTS of flooded adits and f#*@ing mosquitoes! By the millions! I know I sound like a broken record, but, look at him! All fat - N - sassy with his miles of DRY, OPEN mines! It's just not fair! T_T lmao by the way this one scares the shit outta me frank! :D
+THE SLAKJAWMCGRAW Did you see the other ghost in this video that another viewer found it and showed me? It's at 9:22. Strange....
+Exploring Abandoned Mines in CA, NV, and AZ It's actually right after 9:24.
8:00 Excellent video! Just curious, is there a reason why he carries a gun?
Looks like a room I lived as student.
The water drill is a airleg for a rock drill, the bit you think is for drilling is the foot, the other end attaches to drill. Y piece hose feeds drill and the leg off main hose with a oil bottle between(turtle).
Is it just me or is there more ghostlike movement at 9:24 just as he's transitioning the camera across the edge of the wall...
Problem with the "ghost" is that that's not where the ladder is. It looks more like a light effect from the guy panning his flashlight and camera past it. I still get thrown by that when I'm out after dark with a flashlight, either a shadow being thrown by an object between the light and the ground past it that appears to move because the motion of the light, or a reflection of the light being cast off of something. Just a few months ago I was out in the woods on a drizzly, rainy night and I beat a hasty retreat at what I thought was a skunk or wild animal moving on the far side of a dip in the overgrown path I was walking on. It wasn't until I moved back up again after making a fair amount of noise to "scare it away" that I realized it was actually just a shadow being cast by the light from a plant in front of me. I didn't have time to think, and I do come across skunks, etc frequently enough, so I just assumed the worst. Of course, other times there is no doubt it was an animal. I was walking after dark last summer and went to clip my dog back on the leash, when I heard what I thought was a dog panting and straining on a chain up ahead, about 30 ft off. We started back the way we came, and I shone the light towards it. But it kept making noise, and I realized it was actually something else, snuffing and panting loudly in the bushes. I went around and thought maybe I'd go by on the other side of the cemetery, but as I came abreast of it, it started up with the rustling and snuffing again, and it sounded like something of pretty good size up in a tree. All I could think was "bear!", so once again I decided not to press my luck, and we went home instead. I had a .38 with me, but I don't know if that would even do any good against a bear, and I'd rather not find out. Don't want to shoot a bear anyway.
Wow that's crazy I would be scared to get stuck down there
There is no doubt that we are watching someone climbing down at 4:28. Those are boots, however, they have no tread on them, like old-fashioned boots. Frank, can you confirm that someone in your group could have been climbing down at that moment? Those boots are plain as day.
spacecowboy2k
right after he turns his camera you can hear the two guys with him talking to his left,but hopefully he replies and confirms if someone was climbing down the shaft.but I agree with you, it looks like someone is climbing down the shaft there.
U GUY'S ARE VERY BRAVE. PLEASE BE VERY CAREFUL, AND MAY GOD BE WITH YA'S ALWAYS.
Great footage! Always a fun journey with you and the crew!
Thanks! We do manage to have a good time out there.
FYI, just before the Spirit is seen while filming up the incline, just as the shot is fading from the sign to the shot looking up, you can clearly hear a Spirit say "blah blah, what about me!". I'm not sure what the first two words are which is why I put blah blah, but the rest is very clearly "what about me?". As I say in my other comments below, I have been a Paranormal Investigator for many many years, with my own teams over the years. Many mines are haunted and EVP are actually fairly common. You should check out the TV series 'Ghost Mine" as they had quite a number of good EVP and sightings (actually, they missed dozens of EVP that I could hear, but oh well).
+Larry Barker What kind of audio filter ( if any ) do you use to isolate E.V.P's? We have a couple vids that E.V.P's are evident in them, but I'd like to clean up the sound ( if possible ) to hear them better.
I use Audacity. Has quite a few filters built in.
+Larry Barker I will check it out, and thank you very much for your response!
+THE SLAKJAWMCGRAW oh, and it's free.
+Larry Barker Even better! lol
Hay would you know what timber that is doesn't look like redwood because obviously they aren't going to be as strong as the mine in australia where I live because you don't have red gum/ gum trees
Another thing that most people wouldve missed is that short humming voice just after 1:01
Max Western good catch
This collapsed mine looks really cool, didn't even realize the title had the word "ghost" in it.
6:22 scared the shit out of me more then any ghost, thought it was a collapse starting, just tripped though!
Thanks Frank, usual good video, will look forward to the next one,
Garry
Garry Stebbings Right on, Garry! Thanks for watching.
Woah that climb to get out looks crazy! Love your videos man.
It wasn't too bad of a climb. I think things like that always look worse in the video than they do in person. Glad to hear from you, David! Thanks.
At 4:33, listen carefully. You will hear what sounds like some pebbles being tossed on the left channel if you wear head phones. A second later, also on the left side, you will see something move almost like someone lying low and moving away. Visible between the second and third vertical beams.
The "Hercules" explosives equipment were made in my home town for many, many years until they finally closed up shop.
It's too bad a lot of those tunnels were inaccessible.
***** Yes, talc mines are often that way. The amount of ongoing collapse in this mine was staggering. Talc mines are definitely mines to approach with an extra amount of extreme caution. We do believe that the inclined shaft might've continued down to a fourth level but is now plugged at the third level with dried mud, rockfall, and other debris.
Exploring Abandoned Mines in CA, NV, and AZ It's unfortunate.
yeah the drills are powered by compressed air still. the water is used to suppress the dust , as previous people said. awesome vid.
You are crazy working around those partial collapses.