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A huge Copper Producer with awesome samples and piles of junk left behind when the mine was abandoned!
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#planet mine

[@tindoortailgator]

Frank & Gly - Thank You - Stay Safe, Watch Out for (Falling) Rocks, Again Thank You for the Spectacular Video and Keeping Our Mining History from Being Lost... Dave...

[@johnizitchiforalongtime]

Gly and Frank exploring and giving us a marvelous adventure in a colorful mine, great colors. Wise man, that ladder says don't trust me. That mine, roping, happy the mine was configured to accommodate easy adits to get out. That was funny, short adits, scared to be under ground. Adits all over the place, one after another.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Tom1k9]

I'm never usually this early, but i'd just like to use this opportunity to thank you for the amazing work and effort you put in to sharing your exploring experiences with us. I live in Cornwall in the UK which has a very rich mining heritage and it's something that's always fascinated me. Some are very quick to judge on your methods of doing things sometimes, but at the end of the day, you're putting your life on the line to not only do something you enjoy, but to balance there with a camera in one hand so that you can share it with us too. Cheers Frank

[@benleydon]

Check out the Carbis Bay Crew on facebook for some UK mine explorers that are pretty intrepid and like Frank use ropes to access parts of mines that don't normally get visited.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

At the end of the the day I always make it home safely...so I be doing something right!

[@moanderson6]

its good to see you back .....................................both of you.................

[@andrewbarker9773]

fantastic coloured mine man , wow, that blue

[@rdamp2374]

Great Video Frank And Gly. Frank when you saw what the world look like and I am not coming out slid back in to whole.

[@CutthroatMcRage]

Awesome as always Frank and what great samples they were exceptionally great in rich colors.

[@DaleDuffy]

Was at that mine a few years ago, I believe the blue rock is Chalcanthite, fantastic video, thanks again Frank, Gly...!

[@rolfsinkgraven]

Very nice one loved watching it.

[@phillipjansen1222]

Spent 6 winters snow birding in Bouse. Thank you for showing what I didn’t miss at Swansea

[@skillian09]

Wowwwwww mannnn thats soooo beautiful!! All that blue in the mine. You really see some crazy shit!

[@HawkGT1988]

You may want to bring a Geiger counter with you in those AZ mines ! Awesome videos! Stay safe

[@fredfarquar6709]

Thanks, Frank! Colorful mine! I imagine the ore they hauled out was outrageously beautiful! Hey, if the band that does your ending music wants to make a video, this would certainly be the place to shoot it! Adits EVERYWHERE! 👍👍❤️

[@kadinketterling7276]

Keep up the great videos guys

[@benleydon]

Lol - Be careful Frank - That ladder at 6m16s - when your friend starts climbing it you can see the crack in the side rail get longer and longer with each rung he climbs

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Yeah it wasn't in great shape!

[@spidykat7188]

Frank that's still photo in the very beginning of this is badastick. That's the serious look! I still wish I could hook up with you and go down one. Stay safe my friend

[@shaunlaverick5793]

Marvellous video

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jasonchristian958]

Nicely done on the video my friend...

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks Jason!

[@jasonchristian958]

@@exploringabandonedmines yw 👍

[@leehilton9932]

At the 20:46 mark it looks like the mountain is eating you, lol. Beautiful colors in some of those mines. As always be safe out there

[@adventureswithducky4088]

"hardly swing a dead cat ....." haven't heard that one in years ........... not since I moved from Canada! Thank you Frank for the smile that brought to my face!

[@hocuspocus6363]

Colourful rock, colourful guys! Can’t wait for next episode!

[@matthewtracy8744]

To bad there wasn't more to explore. Those colors were awesome!

[@jerrygillespie6121]

You should check out the Ducktown copper mines located in Ducktown Tn. It's over a 150 years old. My grandfather was a miner in those mines back at the beginning of the 20th century.

[@jonesfactor9]

Cool colorization in the rocks you’re picking up👍

[@tectonicD]

That ladder at 6:00!!! Yikes! There’s always a few moments in your videos that remind me of my gratitude for being able to “explore” with y’all from the comfort and safety of my bed! Thanks guys!

[@barbararobinson7980]

The drone footage gave a good overview of the site. That blue was so vibrant, and how cool there's so much of it lying around outside. Adits, a plenty, and you explored so many of them. Shame there wasn't an extensive cross cut for you to explore Frank, after roping down but at least you didn't have to climb back up. There were some classic comedy banter between you two. Thank you Frank and Gly, take care and stay safe. 👍❤️

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks for watching and your great comments ...as usual.

[@fibs1]

Yeaaaaah buddy I’ve been up waiting for my dose of Fearless Frank’s craziness!

[@billylewis2426]

Never seen a blue in Rock like that one cool guys as always

[@peterodushkin8434]

Thanks for sharing your adventure, very colorful mind

[@gloriaa5060]

Thumbs up to this video!!!!

[@sunqwest1]

Thanks for the adventure

[@boomtop1]

Thanks Frank nice vid have anice weekend

[@TreasureGeo]

Good morning Frank, another great video.

[@SueGirling68]

Hi Frank, another very cool explore of some old adits and boy there was a ton of them, I guess the old miners had a bit of rabbit in their veins lol. Thank you for sharing another jam packed episode. xx

[@exploringabandonedmines]

There was a lot more boring footage I didn't include!

[@SueGirling68]

@@exploringabandonedmines Awwww spoilsport lol. x

[@stevetabor4447]

What a awesome place crazy colors absolutely love when you an gly we’re together great stuff frank as always be safe

[@getyourbone]

Hey thanks for the. It would be nice to hear more about the geologic nature of things...the minerals,etc,... Have fun!

[@richardwarnock2789]

The Colors Man!!!; )

[@gaz1tinsley]

Wow i would love to just have a strole around a place like that with all the colorful rocks everywhere ! in England it is mostly boring or a lot of rope work and dangerous ! Good show Frank ! I used to work down a 1062 meter deep coal mine !

[@exploringabandonedmines]

WE get to visit all kinds from mild to wild.

[@WacKEDmaN]

cool stuff Frank... if you ever need a new channel name.. "batshit and stolls" is perfect!

[@mountainmikeoutdoors]

"Impossible to get lost." You grossly overestimate my mental capacity, Frank.

[@herrmp5sd]

Love to see you together. All thumbs upp as always...

[@oliviaannejohnson9689]

Fearless Frank is back at it again be safe my friend

[@oliviaannejohnson9689]

Thanks frank ❤️

[@gingerbread6614]

Very interesting. Thank you

[@TA-xj5we]

Just another COOL AF VIDIO FROM THE TUNNEL RATZ IS ALL!!! ⛏🐿☠

[@willf5768]

Cool mine Frank to bad they left such a Mess.

[@lsd-25ayahuascadmt7]

"hmm, there's a little hole here, there's a rabbit that ended up in here and couldn't get out. So, I guess they can't jump any higher than that." Priceless XD XD XD

[@TheGramophoneGirl]

Lol. Made me laugh.

[@ronniecardy]

Love these mines you find to explore

[@sdavis7916]

Needed this, thanks!!!!!

[@mrme5240]

Nice to see friends having fun frank

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Cool shirt!

[@richardgunter9944]

Hey Frank it would of been nice if you guys had collect some of that Limonite and panned it out just to see some specks of gold

[@exploringabandonedmines]

It was a Copper mine. Gly calls everything Limonite!

[@jonesfactor9]

14:00 “Alright. I guess. That’ll have to do”😆

[@billyazprospector]

Didn’t know you were coming to my home land! Hope you enjoyed!

[@fadedexile]

you near parker?

[@WitchidWitchid]

A really nice mine to explore. I love the beautiful colours of the minerals in the rock. I would love to be a mine explorer myself but 2 things prevent me from doing so. One is my claustrophobia. The other is arthritis in my knees I'm just not as agile as when I was younger. That's why I appreciate your videos so much.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

You need to be a little bit crazy too!

[@WitchidWitchid]

@@exploringabandonedmines I just got to thinking... The way things are going these days the safest place to be might be down in the old mines. :)

[@ambirbtruckdriver]

“I did get a nice spoon” lol

[@rottenpoet6675]

Imagine that this guy is a dwarf from Dwarf Fortress universe exploring a abandoned fortress

[@charlesowens9784]

Thank You Frank

[@goldenhomie2701]

At 24:07 it looks like those two addits are the eyes to a lions face, its even got a nose lol, idk maybe its just me great vid tho lots of great mineral finds and funny content

[@simonpotter7534]

Frank goes to the places we cannot go, stay safe

[@MrJtappin]

Great place to be a geology student! Looking forward to your deep exploration. Its a unique experience being deep underground, especially if you are somewhere people haven't been for decades.😁

[@markwellzero0]

Looks amazing

[@giebby369]

Thumbnail got me good... In a good way :)

[@exploringabandonedmines]

You can't sell papers unless you have a good headline!

[@misterangel8486]

The more sketchy the ladder is the more Frank enjoys it😂😂💪

[@exploringabandonedmines]

No just the less people have been there and maybe we get to see something really awesome!

[@Bizzybugproductions]

Was just on planet mine road, inadvertently, after driving back from kamloops on Campbell creek road. We stopped to sleep there

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Nice quiet spot to stop.

[@SaturdayNightSlamMaster1980]

Good place to hang out during the Coronavirus. 👌😷

[@hillsidehillside3095]

!!!!! KEEP OUT !!!! better go in !!!! THANKs Guys !!!!!

[@itsjustkevin6652]

Cool mines with the colors. Did you say Christmas dinner @ 9:20 ? Been holding this video for a bit ay

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Yeah went down south for 5 months exploring a ton of mines. I still haven't even seen all the footage I have it will be a while til it all gets released.

[@ggsmith099]

It must be great to see all these places in person, how many miles do you travel to make this video? 😎💨😷

[@scottcol23]

That perfectly square timbered shaft must have been an OCD miner. It looked really tidy. Too bad none of them really went in to any real workings. Gotta check em all though. Because the one you didn't go into would be the one with half a million in wild west outlaw gold stashed in a carbide can.

[@rc300xs]

3:20 That ladder is from a telephone exchange office. The top had rollers on a track and the bottom had wheels.

[@jimren5638]

Good to see you and Gly exploring together. Cool place, those mountains were Swiss cheesed with adits. Was that blue ore copper? It was so blue!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Azurite

[@DFDuck55]

Wild Burritos!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Wait til you see the videos around Oatman!

[@psyalice]

it seems like you went into a radioactive mine... your camera made some white pixel random in the picture and it doesnt seems like dust to me...... especially when you are talking about Lead dust....

[@exploringabandonedmines]

It is wash out caused by too much light.

[@maxdidlick4334]

Love what u do .thanks man but I do worry for you .that vid where u tube in freezing water n then have to climb out shivering so badly u could barely film. Much love brother but don’t die on us Max in uk Wish we had the cool mines over this side the pond We have a lot of coal pits n old tin mines B safe friend

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Stay out of those old coal mines..they are really dangerous!

[@maxdidlick4334]

Exploring Abandoned Mines thanks for advice friend “eh” lol. 😂

[@leeder131]

Not to discredit the awesome exploration going on here, but I would like to point out that according to your drone footage, this is not the Planet Mine. This is in fact the workings of the Mineral Hill Mines, roughly 2.5 miles as the crow flies southwest of the Planet Mine’s location. Nonetheless, great work! :)

[@jasper19661]

Easy to find? Cant find much about getting there. Would like to check it out this January. Thanks

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Good luck!

[@getyourbone]

It’s a “region” kinda...you should be able to find the original town “Planet AZ”...east of Parker...it’s out there!...don’t think you can get there by way of the rd along river.... on a good day 2 wd might get you there but 4 wd better.

[@toketwo]

finally dude thanks

[@Snotric]

You and Gly need to do more videos together 👍

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Maybe when the border opens.

[@mealex303]

What is your experience with normal house hold extention cord? Is it strong weak is it stretchy or not wound u trust your life to a length of it? Please tell me your honest answers as much as you can thank you 🤘🙂👍

[@mealex303]

@Syd G 😂 good point 😂 🔥⚡⚡⚡

[@exploringabandonedmines]

In a video a few years ago I was climbing up a steep incline using an old rusty cable that snapped in the HB mine. I found an old extension cord and used it to lower myself back down! It held, better than nothing in a pinch but I wouldn't recommend it.

[@hksp]

beautiful blue asbestos

[@exploringabandonedmines]

No it wasn't.

[@rickcruz3382]

Are you looking for Fred Flintstone and Barney rubble's place of residence?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I remember thinking that in a few places we went through in the desert!

[@TheSWolfe]

"Looks like whoever's mining this is afraid to be underground." It's true, they just keep digging exits!

[@nettiewingate3697]

I think you are amazing. Although you give me fucking heart failure every time I watch these videos. I would love to go exploring with you all. Except I think I would die. But we all have to go some time, right? Thanks for sharing these awesome adventures.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

You don't want to die!

[@nettiewingate3697]

Exploring Abandoned Mines lol. Of course not. Some of the places you go would seriously give me heart failure . But I would do it in a heartbeat.. love what you do. Be safe oh and sanitary

[@darrenaqustic9473]

That shaft look like it about to calaps

[@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88]

11:50 Nah, couple strips of duct tape, a twist of two of some bailing wire and that ladder will be good as new!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

True enough!

[@mountainmikeoutdoors]

Have you ever had any issues with people trying to enforce claims when you take samples?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I don't take a lot....unless they are really shiney!

[@bearfoot100]

"Scared the Hell out of your girlfriend" hahaha

[@donnablake247]

I was wondering do you change shoes or disinfect them. So you wont have a chance of spreading germs that harm bsts.

[@chrispeterson1423]

How do you get there?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Somewhere near Merrit by a lake.

[@Dysturbed-00]

Great place for a house in the apocalypse as long as you steal a water truck and take it with you.

[@evanscreekbrahman7511]

In before a majority of the riff raff!

[@Gladiamdammit]

I resemble that remark...

[@SydneyRadio2UE]

A loud whoa-ho at 10:48! LOL...

[@magseh4433]

Being hit with a bat is no joke! That’s a pretty serious assault, you should report it to the local authorities!!!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Lol

[@michaelhill9738]

Assault and bat-tery.

[@delboytrotter8806]

Frank, can you send me the gold sparklie stuff?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

No I didn't collect any.

[@JusttheEdge]

Man if that's what's left imagine what they took.

[@ExploreUnderground]

The ore haha I'm kidding, sorta. Lots of colorful rocks are just trace minerals oxidized/weathered, but I'm sure theres a decent amount of nice ore there to scoop

[@robertbilbey1200]

This place reminds me of Phoenix BC just swiss cheese of addits

[@TheGramophoneGirl]

Wow. Surely that mine is still viable? To my totally untrained eye it looks like it has loads of ore or opportunities there. Or is it just cheaper to import things from China now?

[@ExploreUnderground]

I dont think much is coming from China for a while

[@exploringabandonedmines]

The short answer is no...if it was profitable it would be operating.

[@TheGramophoneGirl]

@@exploringabandonedmines that's a shame as it looked really pretty with all those colours - which I'm guessing is the ore?

[@ExploreUnderground]

@@TheGramophoneGirl the colors would be mostly copper sulfides and carbonates (sort of a modified mineral salt - best way to explain it from my knowledge) so you could extract some metals, but not like you could from the main ore bodies (usually chalcopyrite for copper, could also be bornite, native copper and a few others)

[@joes2362]

Saskatchewan Roughriders @ 20:26

[@montneymon-ta-knee6810]

3:29 bottom center who is that

[@exploringabandonedmines]

If looks like a face!

[@valium-fm7236]

Not first 😶

[@valium-fm7236]

Love your vids. Some of the things you find are amazing artefacts. Wish I could join you 👍🏻

[@andrewbarker9773]

keep out to Frank and Gly means welcome please enter lol