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We continue digging out a back filled stope and discover more buried sections of the Yankee Boy mine.
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[@frankgutjahr8188]

Pretty cool to see Tippy the hundred year old cart still workin hard!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

She's a workhorse!

[@jimmime]

Thanks for the progress report, Frank & Sharon! I said a few years back, you can move mountains, well, you have moved a lot of that mountain!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

We're slowly chipping away at it.

[@Jan-pw4po]

Merry Christmas Frank and Sharon, good to see an update, awesome progress

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks! It's coming along nicely.

[@remmiemax3624]

EXCELLENT TOUR/UPDATE!👍👍👌👌😎😎Just be safe!!! Hi Sharon!!! Hope you had a good Christmas!!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Merry Christmas!

[@GTGibbs]

Hello Old Friend. Glad to see all your success at preserving our underground heritage, you have come a long way man. Thanks.

[@davidphillips7321]

Happy Holiday's Frank & Sharron...Thank You for ALL You Do...Keeping History Alive...and Well...

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Our pleasure!

[@rons1566]

Exciting progress, slow going back breaking work and I can see how you really have to keep your whits about you for safety. Will be great so see the tunnels you open up. Thanks for all you do!

[@wildcaliforniaghosttownsan9526]

Super time capsule , looks like that old Tippy is still working perfectly !

[@exploringabandonedmines]

That old Tippy is a workhorse!

[@tradermunky1998]

That's awesome, love how you're leaving some trash for others to discover later!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Artifacts...not trash! ha ha

[@scottguenther-lee2214]

Happy holidays to you and the family! 🎄

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Same to you!

[@evanscreekbrahman7511]

I’m in!

[@OGRocker1]

Thanks for sharing an update on your progress, impressive. Trust you and sharon had a good Christmas... Best wishes for the New Year. Take care and stay safe... ⛏⚒⛏

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, too!

[@lindabeck6549]

Castlegar checking in. Hi Frank

[@bcmineresearch]

A lounge! I'm in.

[@danielfmyers]

Merry Christmas 🎄

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Merry Christmas to you too!

[@philliphall5198]

Would be great, would love to see it and walk thru all of it 😊😊😊 That’s is worth big bucks

[@exploringabandonedmines]

We will be offering tours again this summer. Go to exploringabandonedmines.com for more details

[@loyalkuhn5778]

A belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to come !!! Bless you both and may the wind always be at your back !! I love the accomplishments you have made and it's almost getting unrecognizable with all the rock you have moved out. Cheers for New Years Eve and keep the shiny side up and the dirty side down !!!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks for the well wishes and cheers!

[@slimwantedman6694]

Good morning from Southeast South Dakota

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Good morning!

[@johnizitchiforalongtime]

Making progress to the museum mine "Yankee Boy" HAPPY NEW YEAR!

[@CaptainSpud80]

Nice to see the intro back 😃 really draws you in. Hope you’re having a good holiday season awesome video as always!

[@rickyjohnson4767]

Awesome mine

[@rawbsworld6604]

🇬🇧 HMS Terror 👍 Anything to do on Erebus? Certainly earning that New Year’s Eve celebration hot tub soak!!! Looking good 😀 Happy new year !!! ✌️🤙

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Yes our other manway is called Erebus!

[@1944chevytruck]

Merry CHRISTMAS!

[@lindabeck6549]

When did the mine close down ¿

[@exploringabandonedmines]

1941

[@GTGibbs]

Ray those Hanging walls look like shite. There a bunch of weight just hanging off of it. Stay safe Brother.

[@stevenhigby3512]

That’s going to be something to see when you are done.

[@bcmineresearch]

Hey, is that my old tow rope?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Yup!

[@NathanaelNewton]

13:25 oh oh.. man that's sketchy AF 😮

[@imchris5000]

thats some pretty good road base your pulling out of that mine its got the perfect amount of fines to it

[@exploringabandonedmines]

It varies some is too coarse, some too fine and some is perfect!

[@evanscreekbrahman7511]

I remember when you were burning brush and chucking piles down that very hole!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Not the same hole that was up at the 2800 level.

[@Peter-z5f]

That's quite a project, kudos. There are probably good reasons not to do this, but if was me, my basic long term goal would be to remove every loose piece of rock. And I'd use machinery as much as possible, a loco and a mucker, and extend the tracks to where they're needed. Build a pipeline, figuratively speaking, instead of hauling buckets. As for the big rocks you've been stacking, I'd try to figure out a way to remove them. But of course that's just me sitting in front of my computer spit-balling, it's your sandbox.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

It would take a lot of time and money to put air and rail everywhere in the mine!

[@bcmineresearch]

@@exploringabandonedmines Frank, you've got lots of time and money. Go for it!

[@westcoast8562]

I dunno man. You've earned my trust and I admire the incredible work you've done in that mine and abroad but working in that slip has got to be getting damn near stupid. And too boot you're projecting an incident . Anyways, hope you guys had an extensive holiday break and are coming back fresh. Maybe you have already worked past the apparently dangerous conditions. Incredible bordering on insane! Lol i cant wait to see the museum.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

No I never stopped for the holidays...kept right on working every day!

[@westcoast8562]

@exploringabandonedmines cant say im surprised, hope your past the worst of it! 🎅🤶🧑‍🎄

[@harrickvharrick3957]

I would like to see how you get so much material hauled out to fill a small dumptruck every day... how do you do it??! With how many are you carrying out that backbreaking work? Also, are there any earlier videos of yours on this museum + mining project? (Couldn't find one by myself.) Great thing(s) man what you're doing!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Just me and my wheelbarrow mostly. If you go to my KZbin channel Exploring Abandoned Mines there is a playlist called Yankee Boy Mine. There about 20 videos going back to when we started.

[@bcmineresearch]

Skaggy old rope

[@jamesmaroon6161]

Hey Sir. I know you guys are closed until next year. But I have a question. You said you get ore out of the ground. What do you use that ore for? Just asking

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Nothing it gets dumped over the bank. We are restoring the mine not operating it.

[@deanatkins69]

Love ya videos and thanks for the great work you do given us this footage Is it always wet under the top soil if so how come Does that mean the rock on the walls is damp or no😊

[@exploringabandonedmines]

It depends on how fractured the rock below the soil is, how much recent precipitation and on air flow in the mine.

[@BrianRandolph-jt5vp]

Better stop putting off those safety precautions!

[@bilrand]

When u going to buy an electric push or pull tugger? You getting old bro! They make them small & powerful today. No solar power one though for the mine shaft bro.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I have an electric winch but am not using it for anything. The waste rock is going down and out, Gravity does most of the work!

[@edwardmckenzie3402]

Where is your girlfriend?

[@np939427a]

If I ever need a man to move a mountain. Call Frank" Merry Christmas..

[@exploringabandonedmines]

We aren't moving it...just hollowing it out!