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We head back into the Phoenix Mine, get some awesome ore carts for the museum and show you the many awesome places including the spectacular parts still frozen in ice!
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[@ItsToXxy]

I should be sleeping, but this seems more interesting than sleep.

[@InEffigy88]

This is a whole mood because same

[@DJPhantomRage]

It's always more interesting than sleep...

[@gungasc]

You know, there has to be a group dedicated to be mules for this guy. Not only for the marvelous experience, but literally helping rebuild history with sweat and blood.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

There is much more to come...we are rebuilding a mine for people to explore!

[@Askjeffwilliams]

good job getting that axle set out .....who needs a gym just be a Gold miner ..Congrats on the show ..... glad to see you restoring all this ... good job sonny Jim .

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks buddy!

[@joeazbill8644]

I can't believe FRANK pulled the one red page out of your book and I bet he's gonna catch hell for it!!

[@joeazbill8644]

I really hope it doesn't though, only a few of us know the joke..

[@seudechrist]

My two fav channels that has to do with mining :)

[@shiretransportation5547]

AND YEAH YOUR GONNA GET WET

[@finreed6089]

Such an honour being in a video with y'all, one of the coolest experiences ever and something I'll never forget. I hope we can cross paths again some day!

[@leonorgrandle5960]

I love Sharon! She is a strong, adventurous, woman with the voice of an angel! Just hearing her voice brings joy. I love your videos Frank. I would have loved to join you both but I physically can't.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Absolutely!!

[@williamwintemberg]

I'm convinced there isn't much that will stop Sharon and Frank! Lots and lots of work! Hard Work!

[@shiretransportation5547]

Bringing out those axles man that's what I call dedication

[@exploringabandonedmines]

237 LBS !

[@20PINKluvr]

Awesome about you being in the show

[@johnizitchiforalongtime]

Hey, their pushing and pulling wheelies, getting their workout in. Giant bar bells. Plus, how to salvage an ore cart 2.0. Intricate work on wheel removal. Did you know Frank was a mechanic, i didn't know. Must be a Jack of all trades. Stope A and stope B, lots of tonnage of ore missing. Kudos to those who helped Frank and Sharon.

[@TheSWolfe]

Wow the Ice Palace looks really different! So much ice-melt yet so little liquid water. Sharon is my underground heroine - sassy & strong. The Phoenix never disappoints. Congrats on yr growing success. Stay safe & have fun.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Yes, I know it was melting quite a bit in the last few years but I was shocked to see how little was left!

[@seudechrist]

Lol you guys are the best.. 237 pound chunk of steel.. "Its coming with us"

[@dr3itausendundeins549]

You repair the stuff for generations to come ? This is awesome Sir ! Thank you - it is a good time watching your Channel

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Yes, thanks

[@davestuart6593]

I do love the Phoenix mine,have enjoyed each visit and very cool on the saving and restoring of the equipment! Thx Frank and Sharon and yes she’s a tough lady,and awesome photographer!

[@exploringwithcaelan]

That’s cool that you guys are rebuilding the old stuff from the mines

[@petewebster2977]

That was a very interesting, looks like an awesome place to explore. You put so much effort into saving old mining gear Frank . See you next week.. Pete Australia

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@robertlyman9789]

Well the title fooled me! Thought something was in PHX,Az?

[@MikeOrkid]

I definitely won't be upset to see more of the Phoenix.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Go back and have a look at some of the older episodes.

[@MikeOrkid]

@@exploringabandonedmines already saw them. I'm pretty much all caught up on all the episodes. 🙂

[@twinvideoproduction9662]

Hi Frank and Sharon. Wow! You put your muscles to work to get some of those treasures out. Nice addition for the museum. Stay well.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks so much

[@barbararobinson7980]

Super fit, hiking in through the snow before starting the explore, phew. It was amazing to see the changes with the ice melt. It looked magical in deed. Fantastic filming and photography. The history filmed in this single episode is awesome. Good job on rescuing various items to put an authentic finish to your rebuild. Those wheels though - go team Frank and Sharon. A real shame you weren't able to get the body to the cart, can't fault your great team effort in trying. No messing about with Sharon then, after seeing her physical strength! 💪 💪 I loved that those old wheels had all the manufacturing/identification marks, so cool. EPIC show. Thank you. Take care and be safe. 👍 ❤️❤️❤️

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks Barbara. We have quite a collection of ore carts. There are other cars that would go with it that we could get at easier. The axles are the most important part of that one anyhow.

[@misterp158]

Awesome video and photos. What a workout! Great stuff. I am over 3000 miles away but I added "visit your museum" to my bucket list. Keep doing your thing. Be safe. Thanks

[@sunqwest1]

Thanks for preserving history and going into places most of us never will.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jamesfrank7]

The axel rolling across the ice leaving tracks was awesome 👌

[@evanscreekbrahman7511]

Frank's gonna be getting Orc Hearts outta there! YUMMY!

[@williamshedden2081]

Got me so hooked watching every episode great job guys

[@fredericktinsley3255]

Fantastic relic restoration 👍💯😎

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@danielbarrows7144]

The mine car wheels are a great find, fascinating how the self lubricating axels work! Thanks for taking them apart and showing us the insides. Another awesome video, Sharon is a keeper hope you took her out for a nice dinner after all the hard work! 🍽🍹

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I did!

[@robertbrown3676]

Great video lot of work getting that stuff out of their minds Sharon gets a big thumbs up👍💪

[@remmiemax3624]

A-W-S-OME "artifact's"!!! Sharon you're a good Coach!! Be safe & Rock On! 🍻🍻

[@gokublack4211]

Best duo ever

[@johnnyanders5371]

Really great video Frank and a lot of thanks to Sharon she makes a lot of this possible

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Absolutely!

[@casedoumasr656]

Hello this is a super duper adventure seeing the machinery left from the old mining days and all your hard work to get things out .Your museum will be the best that Canada will have .Cjd wash state .thank you

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thank you very much!

[@gingerbread6614]

Great video. Very interesting.we love watching Sharon, she is a go getter. Thank you

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Our pleasure!

[@franklogan494]

Great Video Frank!! And that looks like quite the camera set up at 47 seconds, very professional, like the Channel!! Keep up the great work!!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

It was a $ 35,000 camera...not mine!

[@cut--]

Sharon's a badass for carrying that axle set out! Had to a have weighed over a hundred pounds !

[@blackmonday738]

I love her sweet voice, but I can tell don't make her mad. 😄

[@misterb9936]

Hell yeah backroads!

[@577buttfan]

Beautiful mine..the 360 footage is strange but cool.

[@volktales7005]

Very cool! Enjoyed the fact you're restoring that cart and it was pretty neat to see how those wheels and bearings function. I really hope to visit your museum one day...

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Cool, thanks!

[@skillian09]

Really cool video Frank. Keep exploring!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

We will!

[@iainweller452]

Loved this video, great to see you preserving the mine carts, there’s no point leaving them to rot away to nothing

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Exactly!

[@Aries13Mars]

Another Excellent adventure! :o) Geez! Ronnie Coleman would have thought twice before trying to carry that axle outta there! Kudo's to Sharon for demonstrating her Power lifting skills too! :oO !! We Should call her Mighty Mouse from now on! I watched the attempt at trying to get that cart out of there too!..I only have one suggestion!..you just need a few more Franks!! :o) I hope everyone wiil hit that "LIKE" button!! I Love watching all your videos Frank! And Sharons Photo's are top notch too! Thank you for the excellent entertaining and educational footage! Keep up the Amazing work!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Tank you for your kind words!

[@stealthexploration899]

Frank great job filming this episode. I really like how you set up the cameras of you and Sharon walking. 3d cam is cool too. Sharon is a tough woman carrying that axle!!!! Don't mess with her. Stay safe guys.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I used a pocket DJI it has a little tripod

[@jimschafer9196]

Great content, so enjoyed the trip. Awesome finds and great recovery. Thank you for the share.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@turji]

Cool video, summer soon, cant wait😎

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Same here!

[@patrickwebb1100]

Thanks!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thank you!

[@wheels636]

Thanks again from Utah. If Canada opens up this summer my wife and I may make the yearly trip to Barrhead and Edmonton to visit he family. On the way back we may stop by and meet you. You mentioned your museum is wheelchair accessible. Looking forward to hopefully seeing Alberta even though I've been up there almost every yesr since I married a Canadian 42 years ago.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Please do!

[@toastymctoast420]

Who else loves his content?

[@toastymctoast420]

@excollier114 good question because there's so much good content

[@exploringwithcaelan]

Who doesn’t been subbed to them along time

[@zinzrah]

Loving the nod to Jeff Williams. If you want to find gold the ask Jeff Williams channel should be on the top of your list.

[@AdventuresRUs]

Awesome video guys!! Really great intro and excellent use of your toboggan.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks so much!

[@robertmartin4821]

Very interesting Frank and Sharon. Two thumbs up to Sharon for packing the steel wheels. Thanks to your helpers for their time and effort in helping you to preserve the century + artifacts. Most people, when driving by the turn off on highway 3, have no idea what a bustling, going concern Phoenix was many years ago.

[@somewhere7129]

Another great video . thank you !!👍

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@stevenheasley610]

Frank and Sharon Thank You for the history wrapped up in all your work.

[@fredericktinsley3255]

Persistence 👍🤩

[@philwellsify]

THANKS FRANK AND SHARON!!!!!

[@FightinAggieFarmer]

Can’t wait to make it to the museum one of these days

[@jimmime]

Thanks for showing us some of the effort you put out to bring us a tour, and recover cart parts. A whole lot of weight to bring out, should have laid down some track. lol

[@heithdotysadventures7824]

Wowsers . The ice palace has gotten as thin as slim now 😲🥺😁 . Glad you went back . Thank you

[@exploringabandonedmines]

It went from 15 feet thick to 3 feet in 5 years!

[@heithdotysadventures7824]

Melted away kind of fast

[@bobpace5464]

A great video Frank see you next time.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks 👍

[@SueGirling68]

Hi Frank, I nearly didn't put a like as I am now number 666 to like the video lol. Another very cool look at the Ice Palace/Phoenix Mine, I am shocked as to how much ice has gone now, I remember when you saw it for the first time, it was very impressive and like you said it did look like an ice rink. Those ore carts have really started to deteriorate fast now, it's really sad to see them disintegrating. I think your museum is just awesome, it's preserving history for the generations to come which is so important. Thank you for sharing, much love to you and Sharon. xx 🙏💖

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks Sue yes it is surprising to see the changes since 2015!

[@SueGirling68]

@@exploringabandonedmines The years have certainly flown by but I've enjoyed every episode. xx

[@spartacus8661]

you did what, that's what my grandma would say Mighty job well done

[@Gordonseries385]

Hello Frank and Sharron enjoyed watching! Really cool and the history great job on your museum. Take care!

[@dombutler7685]

Really happy to see some carts getting saved before they are dust! The Phoenix mine was the first video I ever saw and I have been hooked ever since! Did you find Sharon in a mine? Because she is pure gold!!!!

[@n8fancy]

the 360 cam is cool !

[@neilhinton7740]

Great video as always Frank

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I appreciate that

[@wretchedz]

Great filming with the stabilized camera, makes it much more enjoyable to watch, and we can take more of the surroundings in. stick with the stabilized camera Frank, best episode so far!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks 👍

[@tankkilburn3907]

Always excited to see where you go next

[@davebeckley2584]

Was there some sort of assistance provided when dumping ore or waste rock by tipping the carts? Mine carts were usually one-ton or two-ton carts (imperial or metric, it's still damned heavy) which makes it hard to imagine one person getting the tilting started before the cart body was at enough of an angle that the material would react to gravity. I've never seen this addressed in any other mine videos. While some mine explorers try to shame anyone who removes anything from a mine I believe there are certain times that mines are in such an advanced degree of decay that soon they will be closed off denying anyone the opportunity to view the mine and its artifacts. As long as your museum remains open to the public I'm glad to see you 'saving' these artifacts. Thanks for the video.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Yes there are a few places in Phoenix where you can see an I-beam that would have a pulley on it to dump ore cars. In later years they were replaced with the Granby Automatic Dumping Ore Cars. Invented in Phoenix 1905 by the Granby Smelting and Power Company and still used worldwide today!

[@jdhinckley1954]

What I can't stop thinking about, or imagining is the moment when these mines were abandoned, or equipment left behind. Who were the men who spent some part of their lives underground, and where did they go? It's always on my mind as watch these videos you share with us.

[@blackmonday738]

I know me to, plus in cerra Gordo when that wall collapsed and I think over 20 or 30 men were trapped couldn't get out and died. Couldn't begin to imagine the suffering of them.

[@kaden1989]

the one wheel to rule them all

[@thatisyourname]

Awesome episode Frank and Sharon. Cant believe how much the Ice palace melted! Loved seeing the breakdown of the axels as well! Going to come check out your museum sometime.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I would love to have you!

[@thatisyourname]

Awesome! I head through on the way to Alberta sometimes, is your museum open on a day to day basis, or would I call ahead to make sure you guys are around?

[@zerofox7347]

Jeff n slim's gonna be mad, So come on, Let's go! 😆

[@Askjeffwilliams]

hahahahha

[@magnavox4794]

So much light. it looks nice.

[@ralphpatrick3071]

I remember the Ice Palace when you first video taped it. You were able to climb to the bottom of the rink.

[@sonny1597]

Amazing! What a job! Got a mine for you South of Tucson .. the old Mowbry mine .. was active in the 1880/1900 era and again in the early 50's. At the main shaft it's a rock drop of 5 seconds! I did it three times to verify the time and to hear them hit a dry bottom. How deep is a 5 second drop? Somebody has cut an access hole thru the protective barrier to the shaft. I do plan on visiting the museum one of these days. Then you can show me that wheel and axle set .. LOL

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I would guess it would be 200 feet or so!

[@kimbra1132]

That is so cool u guys got some old ore car wheels. Bummer u couldn't get the car out. Thanks for the demonstration of the ore car wheels. That was interesting. Loved seeing all them granby carts still attached together waiting for the miners to return.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

They aren't Granby cars. Granby cars are self tipping cars that have two wheels on their side that roll up on a ramp that tips them.

[@kimbra1132]

@@exploringabandonedmines oh okay, thanks Frank for the clarification.

[@canastasiou68]

I loved this new adventure, thanks for sharing ✌

[@rolfsinkgraven]

A fantastic explore, nice to see you got further in that mine, it must have been a backbreaking job too that heavy stuff out of there, but it looks very nice.

[@DFDuck55]

I remember the first appearance of the Ice Palace on the show, and the second time when a couple gals went in with you.

[@bctrails7206]

Great to see those old ore carts! be amazing to see one of them wood ones restored/put back together the way they did back in the 1800s! raw wood, iron and all. Maybe clear coat or wax coat the iron after a light rust scailing/wire brushing, have always thought to myself there is something bout the look of old raw hand wrought and smithed iron that helps the imagination bring the conditions,the way things were built, and what they looked like while being used all those years ago to mind.Either way is a good save! holy! you guys well deserve some good praise for hauling those artifacts out! nice work and really enjoyed the vid thanks for sharing!

[@hamsterman2008]

You had me at Ore Carts ...lol .

[@unidentifiedbiomass4106]

when that slushy ice caved under the weight slightly and he kept walking lol

[@justachipn3039]

Fun Watch Guys, Thx Nice Filming 👍

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Our pleasure!

[@SONDELN-GOLDWASCHEN-BASTELN]

Nuce restauration👍

[@andrewbarker9773]

WOW THE ICE PALACE HAS THAWED HEAPS, even since your last visit Frank, love this mine, it always looks good on camera, must be your editing hey Frank, or Sharons lol

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I have some new cameras and a few new tricks!

[@andrewbarker9773]

@@exploringabandonedmines well it all worked well mate, good job

[@stephanb.3342]

Very interesting video. So much hard work to get artifacts out of the mines!!!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

You got that right!

[@WhiteManXRP]

Some might say dumb things, but I'm glad you are trying to salvage the Old stuff Frank, 👍🇺🇸 good stuff, Fuckin Frank is a Beast... Haha. Classic Frank, just hardcore no fucks to give...

[@wbenken7655]

Leaving that cart body behind has my OCD all flared up.

[@Snotric]

Finally Friday!

[@Falkenroth1]

Can’t believe how well those hubs held up for so long.

[@4orkast]

Love the latest intro update!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Glad you like them!

[@blackmonday738]

3:44 am in the states and u got me interested. 🤘 Btw yr accent is Cooowl and edgy with I'm in a hurry , young soul u have. I've watched lots of yr videos man u both get down and deep, no hold bars here. This is taking Covid to the next level.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@-Viceroy-]

Damn she is a little powerhouse

[@WacKEDmaN]

cool stuff Frank... interesting to see the changes to the ice since last time... wow what a mission to get the cart out...musta taken yas hours...great job

[@exploringabandonedmines]

A few days

[@disguisedangel3719]

that looked like a pain in the ass lol . you guys are pretty keen

[@royreynolds108]

You need to get that ore cart body out to go with the wheel/axle sets you got out if at all possible so it will be as complete as possible historically.

[@tantalizingpocket9286]

Sharon has your tickets to the gun show 💪🏼

[@tnbspotter5360]

Thought this would be about catacomb like caves beneath Phoenix Arizona.

[@foamfingermaker]

Should layout some track and roll it right out. You can use lots of things for temporary track like wood.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Way too many cave ins for that!

[@PhantomPhysics1]

I was hoping this was Phoenix Arizona

[@aserta]

One way to make moving those easier would be if you had a strap and shouldered the weight between the two of you. Kinda like you'd move a piece of heavy furniture.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

It would work on the level sections

[@PanzerKitsune-]

There is an entrance to a mine in the middle of a neighborhood in Phoenix Arizona my friend had told me about it in middle school a couple of years ago. He said the entrance is barred up.