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@markkilley2683 8 сағат бұрын
About the Smitten cat milk. I've actually drunk one of those. I'm still here.
@markkilley2683 10 сағат бұрын
What a location.
@markkilley2683 Күн бұрын
Amazing place.
@qldabandonedmines 19 сағат бұрын
@@markkilley2683 Definitely one of the best. No modern miners go after these small vein copper deposits anymore.
@markkilley2683 Күн бұрын
Great one.
@markkilley2683 Күн бұрын
Amazing site.
@markkilley2683 Күн бұрын
Interesting lost mining history. Was it all just tin?
@qldabandonedmines Күн бұрын
Yes mate. Tin lodes in every direction for over 50km.
@markkilley2683 Күн бұрын
Cool vid and spot.
@forgottenmininghistory 4 күн бұрын
It was great seeing this exploration again! Phenomenal as always.
@qldabandonedmines 4 күн бұрын
@@forgottenmininghistory Thanks Mate! There will still be some 2025 explorations that we do that I will ensure at least you will get to see 😉 Eb.
@markkilley2683 4 күн бұрын
Hot and humid, would do me in.
@markkilley2683 4 күн бұрын
Very interesting history and vid. Worth metal detecting?
@qldabandonedmines 4 күн бұрын
@@markkilley2683 Thanks Mark. This was one of our all time favourite mining missions. Very interesting bit of history linked to the original claim holder too. We may head back one day in the future as we discovered another cluster of workings further down the creek. You almost need a bloody helicopter to get in and out though! Eb. QAM.
@HebrewHammerArmsCo 5 күн бұрын
Awesome adventure....
@qldabandonedmines 5 күн бұрын
Cheers mate, hope you enjoyed the final episode of this gnarly mission!
@markkilley2683 6 күн бұрын
Great scenery and vid.
@qldabandonedmines 6 күн бұрын
@@markkilley2683 Thanks mate. Beautiful part of QLD!
@markkilley2683 6 күн бұрын
Azurite is beautiful. I would like to find that amount.
@Mark_The_Magnificent 6 күн бұрын
Good Lord that was more than just a little sketchy! Excellent series here, thanks for letting us see it and happy new year!!!
@buckchancey 6 күн бұрын
Thanks mate! It was definitely something a bit different.
@TheSilmarillian 6 күн бұрын
Remote rural NSW here opal miner and that was one widow maker of a mine indeed you knew when 2 call it.
@buckchancey 6 күн бұрын
We definitely could have kept crawling through. Chris even tested the collapsed timbers by climbing on top of them. IMHO we just needed more positive thinking 🍺 Ebenezer won't admit it, but he loves worming through collapses. It's his natural element.
@98xjdriver 6 күн бұрын
In the US a lot of gold mines "became" Tungsten mines so they could keep mining during the war.
@wayneiona 6 күн бұрын
Excellent videos. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
@qldabandonedmines 6 күн бұрын
@@wayneiona Thanks Wayne. Have a great 2025 and thanks for following our adventures. QAM.
@OGRocker1 7 күн бұрын
G-day Eb, Chris Buck and John... Epic muddy mess of a mine... Thank you for all of the effort needed to film and bring it to us... SKETCHY ! but cool. ... Good on you for this explore... Best wishes on the New Year, take care and stay safe, till the next. ... cheers 🥂
@qldabandonedmines 6 күн бұрын
@@OGRocker1 thanks for supporting us all year my friend! Hopefully I get the US one day soon and we can go on a mission together in person. Happy New Year to you and your Family OG
@buckchancey 6 күн бұрын
Cheers buddy!
@detecting_Nathanael 7 күн бұрын
G’day Eb, how are you this New Year 2025. Happy New Year to Buck, John and Chris too.
@qldabandonedmines 7 күн бұрын
G'day mate! Pretty bloody exhausted to be honest. Relentless year with work, exploring & home improvements. I hope you have had a tremendous New Year's, mate, and all the best for 2025.
@detecting_Nathanael 6 күн бұрын
@@qldabandonedmines I did have a really good New Year thanks mate. 2025 promises to be a good year for me. I start a part time job at a school looking after their safety on January 15. Only 42 weeks a year. That'll be hard to take after working in jobs where I worked up to 90 - 96 hours a week. It's good to be able to slow down.
@qldabandonedmines 6 күн бұрын
@@detecting_Nathanael you have earned it. Save a couple of your winter weeks leave as we may be going on some Tin adventures down New England way
@detecting_Nathanael 6 күн бұрын
@@qldabandonedmines Sounds good to me.
@sampowell7253 9 күн бұрын
We went here on Monday and that was my 3rd trip to the smelter sites. My son was asking a lot of questions about the mine and your video answered a lot, it was very informative. Thanks a lot!
@geoffgeoff143 13 күн бұрын
Smelt and melt are totally different
@wayneiona 19 күн бұрын
Excellent journey. Thank you.
@qldabandonedmines 18 күн бұрын
@@wayneiona Thankyou and Merry Xmas! Hopefully you can join us in two weeks for the final episode.
@andrewbarker9773 20 күн бұрын
yeah them timbers toward the end of the video are next level scary,
@qldabandonedmines 20 күн бұрын
@@andrewbarker9773 indeed. The water is flooding up from the levels below, up and out of the main shaft. As it's so far underground, the water is creating a positive-pressure invironment. If the water recedes and the mine was to dry out, the workings would all fail we would say.
@buckchancey 20 күн бұрын
@@qldabandonedminesnot true - Chris (lead explorer) advised that it was perfectly safe. The timbers get stronger as they metamorphose over time. Similar to dinosaur skeletons - a well studied area of science 💎
@markkilley2683 20 күн бұрын
Very interesting history. Terrifying beautiful mine.
@qldabandonedmines 20 күн бұрын
@@markkilley2683 Cheers mate. Glad you enjoyed our mission. Terrifyingly Beautiful was going to be the original title for this series! Haha. We didn't think anyone would get it!
@markkilley2683 20 күн бұрын
What were they mining?
@qldabandonedmines 20 күн бұрын
@@markkilley2683 Primaries were Tin & Tungsten but also some lenses of copper.
@buckchancey 20 күн бұрын
@@qldabandonedmines Hydrozincyte mate get your facts right.
@35andsolid 20 күн бұрын
No way would any body get me in that mine ,you guys have to scale it down a bid , it's getting to dangerous ,cheers
@buckchancey 20 күн бұрын
Sometimes you just have to take a chance.
@justsomebloke460 20 күн бұрын
holy moly! Looks like something you'd see in Fallout!Some of your best work lads, keen for part 3 🤘⛏️
@qldabandonedmines 20 күн бұрын
@@justsomebloke460 Merry Xmas bro to you and your Fam!
@mikewinings4120 20 күн бұрын
I can't imagine how tiring it is walking through that sludge,thanks for taking us along my friend 😊
@qldabandonedmines 20 күн бұрын
@@mikewinings4120 Walking out was a little grim! We had a few moments on the way out that pushed our limits. Then a 2 hour walk back to our camp for the night. Merry Xmas Mike and thanks for watching and supporting all year.
@OGRocker1 21 күн бұрын
G-day Eb, cool explore of a gnarly mess... No casualties, not even the radio, eh buck... Awesome colors and timbering, nice artifacts.... You have outdone yourselves with this one guys, thank you... I'll pass over the Americans comments, yes, a strange breed indeed... Till the next, take care and stay safe, outback and down-under Y'all ⛏⚒⛏ Cheers on Ya!
@qldabandonedmines 20 күн бұрын
Cheers mate! We had a few close calls on this one, but thankfully no casualties and all the gear survived. Buck saved at least one of us from falling into the spicy water. That part is in the next and final episode. It's the best we saved for last. Merry Xmas brother from the QAM crew
@OGRocker1 20 күн бұрын
@@qldabandonedmines Merry Christmas to all my QAM mates, Cheers Eb...
@rjyadventures 21 күн бұрын
Thank you for posting another amazing video. Really fascinating seeing deep under groung. Way too scary for me that is for sure. Merry Christmas to all involved at QAM. Hope you and your families are all well and have a fun holiday period. Im always looking forward to these coming out every fortnight. Thank you..
@buckchancey 21 күн бұрын
Thanks mate - it'll be tough keeping up this pace of exploration next year, but we have some ideas 🍻
@qldabandonedmines 21 күн бұрын
@@buckchancey The collapsed Theodore adit?
@buckchancey 20 күн бұрын
@@qldabandonedmines get back in your hole
@Kevin-mw9yl 21 күн бұрын
Next level CRAZY kids. That being said, EPIC explore.
@qldabandonedmines 21 күн бұрын
Thanks Kev and Merry Xmas mate! Final episode of this big one up in the next fortnight. From Eb & The Gang.
@detecting_Nathanael 21 күн бұрын
G'day Eb, you'd have to be vary sure of your way with all of the drives and shafts around in there. And that growth on the timbers looked a bit like the wiring used in blasting with non el detonators, but a bit too thin. That place would really give me the heebies!
@qldabandonedmines 21 күн бұрын
Absolutely my friend. Bad vibes.. but glad we got to see what was in the mountain. We were on level 4 of 9. What I would pay to see the lower workings. The relics down there would be phenomenal. Merry Xmas mate and see you once it cools down for a mission! Eb.
@detecting_Nathanael 20 күн бұрын
@@qldabandonedmines Hi Eb, happy Christmas to you and your family too. Also to Buck, John & Chris. Maybe the mission could be considered for school holidays? I have just accepted a part time safety job at a school. 42 weeks a year and five mornings a week. If we can swing the school holidays, that would work really well.
@FronbondiSkegs 21 күн бұрын
Wow, that stuff growing out of the timber was creepy as ...
@qldabandonedmines 21 күн бұрын
Yes that was a first for us. I am certain some things we find would be very unique species as these environments, the dark and the mineral sediments would create some bizzare lifeforms. If it puzzled John, then it most certainly is a rare find. I am pretty sure it was listening to us 😂😂😂 Eb. QAM.
@johncarter3521 21 күн бұрын
the mud is essentially rust
@johncarter3521 21 күн бұрын
ET life
@buckchancey 21 күн бұрын
Hannah says the wire fungus looks like my back hair.
@qldabandonedmines 21 күн бұрын
One strand was definately looking at you John! That stuff gave me nightmares
@ClayHarris-g4r Ай бұрын
the Deepest respect and your selfless service to any of this have been done before so please keep on doing what you Been doing .....love from Australia.Clay Evangelical warrior... Deepest respect all ways
@lucky-lukedj9226 Ай бұрын
Hey :) You made a really great video. I like that. I am going to lost places and explore them too. Can we get in contact with esch other please ? :)
@TheSilmarillian Ай бұрын
Remote rural off grid NSW here opal miner, luv abandoned mines thanks for taking me along. For those that wish 2 explore abandoned mines unless you have experience the right equipment and knowledge they can be a rabbit hole you will not surface from , abandoned miner no matter how shallow stay out stay safe, never truer words spoken . Am a first responder here SES mine rescue and vertical rescue tech and RCR ,unfortunately sometimes mine rescues turn out to be body retrievals and not just miners . These are only my thoughts experiences and in no way represent the organisation in any way shape or form, had 2 add that good people. But i digress great upload indeed.
@qldabandonedmines Ай бұрын
@@TheSilmarillian thanks bud and I've pinned this comment for all to read as we agree on all of it. We hit bad 02 in two zones of this mine that without bump tested and calibrated 4 gas metres, could have led to a situation miles from the portal. I see countless people cruising through old workings in various places online, stating they will "see if they get dizzy" and retreat or "smell the bad air" and that's not the way bad atmospheres work, as you would well know. Stay out and there is no risk. Eb & the QAM crew
@buckchancey Ай бұрын
@@qldabandonedmines Yep and to add - the bad air is rarely where we would have expected it to be. Stay out, stay alive.
@Bagheera68237 Ай бұрын
Mate there are two horizontal shafts on the other side of the road that goes up to camp Mountain picnic area, northern side.
@qldabandonedmines Ай бұрын
We never found them. Spent hours looking them and that was the start of our dehydration. Those hills are no joke. I have no idea why we executed this mission in the peak of summer.
@LAXMASTER022 Ай бұрын
Stumbled upon the channel by accident. Really nice content. I'm a research geologist at an Australian University and what I will say is that these old abandoned mines and workings (along with the waste dumps) are absolute god sends for our work in targeting critical metals. While most of the visible ore is long gone, all the waste piles usually have sufficient whole rock and mineral samples (Cassiterite, Tantalite, Muscovite, Apatite, Zircon etc.) for our research purposes. Namely understanding how the deposits formed and if we can use that data to develop targeting exploration parameters for finding similar deposits in the region. I literally just got back from sampling a whole bunch of abandoned pegmatite workings in the Northern Territory, and I know what you mean when you turn up to some of these mines and you just get overwhelming feelings of discomfort and concern.
@qldabandonedmines Ай бұрын
Thanks Ledge. Add me on insta and I can kick you some shots of the old mill and tails sights from this one. As well as the city sized dump piles. They are a sensational sight. We kept it out of the edit to keep the location obscured. This beast has had major issues with subsidence up topside in the 1990s. The giant stope chambers in level 1 up near the surface started to give way.
@MrRj7926 Ай бұрын
Any particular reason it took so long to release the video?
@qldabandonedmines Ай бұрын
@@MrRj7926 Hey bud. It was over 4 hours of footage that in total took 10 months to finish editing, as other explorations were easier to produce. There was also two audio channels and 2 b-roll cameras to synch & edit together. This one was an enormous chore to edit down to an hour.
@MrRj7926 Ай бұрын
@qldabandonedmines fair enough mate, I was just curious is all.
@35andsolid Ай бұрын
Shocking all the mud , makes me wonder where it all came from ,cheers
@qldabandonedmines Ай бұрын
@@35andsolid The frothy part was really nasty. I kept thinking a mine monster was going to grab my leg when we walked through that part. The mud is the sediment that settles everytime the mine floods over the last 50 years. The red would mean it's high in iron and that precipitates out of the waters leaving a thick sludge. It ruins your clothing permanently and stains your feet for weeks if your not wearing waders.
@35andsolid Ай бұрын
@@qldabandonedmines Yes I have seen the the mud in some of the mines where I live ,I always thought it was rust , cheers
@johncarter3521 21 күн бұрын
thiobacillus ferroxidans
@qldabandonedmines 21 күн бұрын
@johncarter3521 it's Hydrozicide mate!
@okalov Ай бұрын
I'm sure youve heard the rumours of large military cache from ww2 hidden in old mines around Gympie. Similar to the rumours of spitfire parts around Oakey, but the Gympie mines supposedly contain mostly American artillery and transport equipment including willies jeeps etc. Maybe one day there'll be some hard evidence, but the folklore is fun!
@qldabandonedmines Ай бұрын
GED mined the Gympie Monkland reef via a huge decline (The Lewis) in the 2000s, so if there was a cache, it would have to be moved a very long way away from that area mate. They were blasting truck sized helix's down, so any munitions would have been cleared out. BHP pumped the Gympie workings dry in the 1990s too, so if it's down there they would have had to remove it all to operate.
@colindeer4908 Ай бұрын
Have really enjoyed the series . Cheers
@qldabandonedmines Ай бұрын
@@colindeer4908 Thanks mate! We really love what we do and hearing our viewers enjoy them keeps us going!
@Mark_The_Magnificent Ай бұрын
WOW that really is quite a place! Looking forward to the next parts of the series as always!
@qldabandonedmines Ай бұрын
Cheers Mark. Wait until you see the tungsten deposit deep underground. It's bonkers! Thanks for tuning into our adventures my friend. Eb & The QAM gang.
@glengrant3884 Ай бұрын
LOVE YOUR WORK EBBO AND CREW!!💥🙌💪
@qldabandonedmines Ай бұрын
Thankyou Glen. The QAM crew pushed hard on this day! I think I'm still exhausted from it 😂😂😂😂
@MrPopo-nn7kp Ай бұрын
Looks sketchy as almost looks like a movie set. I enjoy the vids, please send the rain south.
@qldabandonedmines Ай бұрын
Thanks mate. We were well prepared for this one and I think we had enough lighting to make it a movie set!
@OGRocker1 Ай бұрын
Cool explore of a nasty, sketchy mine Y'all, love the colors, not so keen on the mud. Looking forward to part #2. Take care, stay safe, much love and best wishes from Oregon US, the wife and I to y'all. Did I mention; If you are ever in or near Perth, I have a niece that is a bar keep there, I would enjoy buying a round for you there. Cheers mates, till the next. ⛏⚒⛏ ~Jekyll the Hyde 🎩
@qldabandonedmines Ай бұрын
Thanks brother. Part 2 and 3 are great episodes. We think they represent the best stuff we have possibly ever shot for KZbin. Wait until you see the "Soviet Escape Hatch" it's a really weird find!