#49 A look at my MINING MUSEUM ! 2017

[@victoryfirst2878]

Frank you must be the most in shape fella I know on KZbin. You will live forever.

[@johnizitchiforalongtime]

Frank, you sure gathered all this cool stuff for your mine, massive display. That barrel, small as it is, had mercury in it, easier to handle. You got a good display. Some of your other videos, you showed other museums, they were massive. You and those who collect for their museums really relish the moments to admire how it looks on display.

[@1roanstephen]

Thank you for taking the time to collect and preserve all of these interesting artifacts instead of leaving them to be buried or disintegrated.

[@TVRExploring]

Thanks for sharing the treasures inside your museum with us, Frank. I can't imagine how you got some of that equipment there, but I was also amazed with what you did with getting "Tippy" in as well.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Before I "retired" we moved drilling rigs up north........they are much bigger!

[@TVRExploring]

Yes, they certainly are! I understand now why moving things like "Tippy" aren't a big deal to you at all.

[@richardsnyder9271]

Love seeing the old equipment and just amazing how they got it up the mountain or deep in the mines and kept them running.

[@ToddEWalnuts]

Hey Frank, that is a very nice setup you have with those relics from days past. It's good to see that you are rescuing these items from the mines, and not letting them rot. I look forward to seeing what you'll find next. Thanks for sharing this stuff with us. That hand blown light bulb is very cool, and so was the map and old signs, but my favorite is the locomotive. Amazing! Take care man, and be safe out there.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks for watching Tod and your comments!

[@LastMageOnEarth]

Man its been really entertaining watching all these old mine explorations. Watching all from 1st episode. Very addictive show to watch. Cant wait to see more episodes.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Wow Eric a really dedicated fan! So are the videos getting better?

[@LastMageOnEarth]

For sure, Id say they have been getting better. Some good narratives throughout the videos. Makes them more interesting. But its also entertaining because you think like wow that looks dangerous as hell. Then suddenly you say that looks cool lets check it out and proceed to climb through a some crazy pile of rocks or and ore chute or a narrow opening. Let alone repelling into a mine. . Idk its just entertaining watching someone explore these old mines and places that normally you dont get to see. Another thing, alot of ppl are usually affraid wondering around in a mine but you go through them without worry it seems. Anyway thanks for making the series, hours of entertainment.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Everyone has different abilities, skills or interests. What seems dangerous to you might be a walk in the park for me and vise versa. The interesting thing about You Tube s that you can see things that other do that may be out of your comfort range.

[@gingerbread6614]

We love your museum. This is the second time we’ve watched it. Thank you.

[@edwardglamuzina3421]

Fantastic collection! When you find artifacts yourself it is a feeling that's hard to describe. There's the adventure of exploration, the danger of the environment, the excitement of the find,the hard work of recovery and the satisfaction of seeing your finds everyday at home.You get to relive the adventure every time you look at your stuff. My best piece was an ore cart I recovered from the Bismark, a silver mine in the Mojave desert. Thanks for your great videos.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks Edward, yes when I go through the museum it is like a walk through memory lane!

[@TheStwat]

Absolutely fascinating. Many thanks for the tour. I would love to visit in person some time.

[@napoleano2748]

Very cool museum you got there Frank!

[@davidbrennan5]

Coming along nicely Frank. You can still get the parts to fix most of those old air motors. That steam powered generator is a gem.

[@strate886]

Hey Frank, I love your museum and am impressed by your collection of artifacts. I've got a couple of carbide "Guys Dropper" lamps that we used to use for exploring caves back in the 50's 60's and 70's. We used to put the palm of our hand over the reflector and let gas build up behind and then hit the striker and see who could make the loudest pop. Fun and games

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Did you ever set yourself on fire? LoL

[@DaleDuffy]

Real neat history, thanks Frank...!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

You are very welcome

[@zenmoto870]

very good narration,very interesting. I love all kinds of old things and history.my grand dad was a farmer,he never owned a petrol powered equipment.everything was horse power. bailing hay , cutting hay . welding done with a forge,had a treadle lathe. had a sorghum press, horse drawn.made his own axe handles.unfortunately he died before I was born.

[@thepyrodude]

hey FRANK I really appreciate what your doing and really enjoy the videos....my family scratched out a living in the 1849 California gold rush and gained a wee bit of fame in California's history doing so

[@exploringabandonedmines]

They didn't strike it rich? Not many did.

[@socalxplorer]

I really enjoy your uploads of places where few men will tread. Thank you for your work.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I do enjoy the road that is less traveled!

[@ss-gc9qq]

What you're doing here is really important, and incredibly interesting. I really can't wait to visit your museum soon.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Ok great, thanks for the comments.

[@jittychitty]

Cool stuff you have collected there. Your channel is my favorite mine explorer channel... You do a great job and have a great attitude!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks.....and you have excellent taste!

[@AbandonedMines11]

Wow! What a collection! Thanks for explaining a lot of it. I enjoyed the explanations of the jaw crusher, the carbide lamps, the rail drill, and so much more. I learned something! That ore cart was pristine, as you said. Must've been heavy as hell to bring it up out of a mine. That is a nice stack of dynamite boxes in your other room. I've seen a couple counting boards down here that are similar to the one you showed. I think they are somewhat rare. Nice collection, Frank! Awesome! Great video!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks, I figure I should start this so when I run out of mines to explore I will have something to do.

[@carstenhemel2574]

When will you Two great mine explorers do a tour and a video together?? Two great explorers, what kind of interesting video this must become and even more it would be interesting to listen to your expert talks as explorers. Hopefully, I am not the only subscriber who wish this incident will take place one day?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Maybe we will meet up in Mexico during the winter. They have some awesome mines down there!

[@carstenhemel2574]

Wow, that sounds really great. Hopefully you will record a nice video then.. Wish you a lovely and safe journey in advance.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

It might happen this winter in Mexico.

[@masterbower6083]

Man Frank, I did not know you had all that stuff. You have so many mine cars you should build your own little railroad. That the man reason why I started watching your Chanel was to see the mine carts. Once again great videos, always enjoy it .

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Planning on a track down the one side of the shop and building a tram line and an ore chute. I also have my eye on an electric locomotive!

[@masterbower6083]

Exploring Abandoned Mines In BC nice can't wait to see it

[@001desertrat3]

Frank - Please don't handle that Copper cased electric Blasting Cap any more than is absolutely necessary, they can be extremely unstable. The detonating material inside the cap is Mercury Fulminate, over time the Fulminate sets up a corrosive action with the Copper creating Copper Fulminate which is even MORE SENSITIVE than the original Mercury Fulminate. - Just handling it can cause it to DETONATE ! - < Doc - Retired, Miner for nearly 50 years > .

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Ok thanks, it is usually safely behind glass I will make sure it isn't handled. Thanks for the comment.

[@Captionmarvelous]

The blasting caps that I have used in the past had a lead crimped across the wires so that a nearby police radio or lighting would not set them off. If the leads are not shorted, they should be and the wires should be bunched up while in storage so they won't act like a radio antenna that would pick up stray radio frequency energy.

[@TheMrShinagami]

Thank you so much for showing us your museum. I'm based in the UK and it's going to take a while but I'd love to come and visit the museum in person some day. Its surprising what got left behind in some of the mines.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Wait a few years......I will have way more stuff!

[@TheMrShinagami]

I'm working my way through your old videos at the moment and enjoying all of them. I'll take your advice and wait until you say your ready, It will give me a chance to save to spending money for the trip lol.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Here is the link to Survival Shakedown mostly shot from my drone. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqrGZXSmpsikm6M If you want more info and pictures of the event go to the BC general aviation website.

[@barryclarke3010]

i was really impressed with the 110v dynamo excellent bit of kit, i was disappointed that you don't have semi naked babbes showing us around the museum , ! cheers, Frank

[@exploringabandonedmines]

They were all tied up!

[@kevinbrennan2004]

I admire your passion Frank. Got some cool stuff there me boy..

[@barbararobinson7980]

Thank you for the tour of your mining museum Frank, it was really interesting to see the awesome collection of mining artefacts. I enjoyed your history lesson of the lamps, how on earth they ever saw anything with a candle I do not know. Nice explanation of how the carbide lamp worked particularly if they ran out of water. It’s hard to believe that something as delicate as a hand blown light bulb has managed to survive. I hope you manage to get the Crossley engine running in the future; it looked to be super solid, built to last as were most things back then. Wishing you every success when you are ready to open. Keep up the excellent work.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks Barb. The Crossley isn't hard to operate but you need to know how. It certainly was built to last!

[@michaelcsiti3476]

that heavy drum you mentioned that you didnt know what it was, was used to store mercury. it was so heavy when full the rings on the drum were for rolling it.

[@alurquhart701]

Fascinating museum, Frank, thanks for sharing. Loved Tippy!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks Al it is getting better every day!

[@Tracks777]

Awesome! Keep it up!

[@scottcol23]

That old barrel with the ribs on it looks like a Mercury barrel. They needed the reinforced ribs because mercury is very heavy and you had to roll it around.

[@miker5893]

cool stuff frank! you have all the equipment to start digging our own mine.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

In theory yes....but they won't sell me any dynamite!

[@holtzbolt5445]

What a great collection, thanks for making this video.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks it is a great start for the first year.

[@TheFurriestOne]

Great collection, thanks for the tour!

[@chrisarnold2560]

awesome finds frank , good luck with the collection

[@royreynolds108]

The boiler is riveted shell and welded firebox. As suggested please get it tested for thickness and have it hydrostatically tested for pressure to at least 150% of desired operating pressure. You will need a set of grates for the fire unless you are going to use oil for fuel. You will need a sight glass, try-cocks, pressure gauge, safety valve, stack, and an injector for putting water in the boiler unless you are going to use the duplex pump for that. Add some piping to supply the steam to what you want to use. I don't think that boiler will have enough steaming capacity to run the steam turbo-generator.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Maybe I should run it on my air compressor?

[@andrewoconnor5108]

Fascinating -- learnt a lot and really enjoyed it, Thanks.

[@jde9095]

Wow, amazing what you have accomplished. thank you for sharing

[@EmilTheEvil99]

You have collected some nice stuff over the time, when I am ever on the American continent, i would really like to visit you!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Sure you are welcome to come for a look. Might be better to wait for a couple of years. The way it is going it should be pretty awesome.

[@BestBuddies.]

HAHA yes Tippy I remember that you scaled Tippy down that slope nicely!

[@bigbadwood279]

Wow another great Video !

[@Captionmarvelous]

Nice collection! That looks like a DC generator to me. When you first apply steam to it it may not work because it may have lost it residual magnetism. To restore the magnetism, you would lift the brushes so they do not touch the commentator. You could do this by pulling them out or by putting some plastic between the brushes and the commentator. Once the brushes are free of the commentator, you would apply 12 to 24 volts DC to the field by hooking up your batteries or voltage source direct to the output terminals, You only have to just spark the the output terminals but do not leave the voltage source on! Just spark it for just an instance.Not longer than 1 second. If when you fire it up and you find that you do not have 110 DC, lift the brushes again and reverse the voltage source to re-polarize it in the opposite direction on the output terminals. You can use ordinary incandescent bulbs as a load. You will not hurt it by running it without a load. My guess is that it will put out about 30 amps at 110 volts or about 3 KW. You would want to control your steam so that it does not go over 110 volts as it will make more voltage as the RPM's increase. You'll probably need more steam pressure as the load increases. I would suggest a five amp fuse in series with your voltage source to protect the generator if it needs to be re-magtised. I wish I lived near you to help restore some of your stuff but alas, I live in Upstate NY.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I have a large air compressor with a 3 phase 25 hp motor I could run it from .....trouble is what would I use 110 DC for?

[@Captionmarvelous]

Hi Frank, I think it was used in the mines for lighting judging from the things you do? It could run about 30 100 watts light bulbs. Some early hand tools would run on AC or DC so perhaps there may have been tools used back then on DC . If they used 60 watt bulbs they could light about 50 of them. I used to work on motor generator system in my early days of repairing forklift batteries and chargers. That's where I learned about DC generators. If it were an AC generator it would have had a pair of slip rings to carry DC to the armature for excitation. If the generator was outside of the mine, they would have needed heavy gauge wires going into the mine to eliminate voltage drop. I guess any form of electric light had to be better than miners lamps or candles? some of those mines must have been very dusty and bad for the miners lungs in those days? Love your shows! Are you going to get a new airplane one day?

[@skarekr0w3]

Awesome video, thanks for the tour. I really enjoyed it.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks Eric , glad you enjoyed the tour!

[@skarekr0w3]

I'm watching part 2 of Paris. Ever figure out what that funny box with the holes in it was for from the #7? I do love the history. To imagine these mines were actually dug out by hand and not natural, is pretty amazing. You ever metal detect these old ghost towns?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I got a metal detector for Christmas but haven't had time to check it out on any old towns.

[@skarekr0w3]

You should, you would probably....Um.... Dig it... Think about it this way. Back in the old days, miners were murdered for the gold. So to protect it, they would sometimes bury it. so that it wouldn't be stolen. Often, that treasure would be lost. I don't know about there in BC, but here in the states, it was the wild west. If you're going to these places, you might as well go armed to the teeth for success. There IS over $4,000 burred on my property from around the 1920's. I have no idea where. But I do know it's there and it was never found. The people who buried it were pretty well off, and this was rainy day money. Unfortunately times have changed and landmarks are no longer there.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

The gold in this area was really fine and contained in quartz or sulphides. You would not be able to see it with the naked eye and had to be processed to be removed from the host rock.

[@hammill23]

well sir your doing a great job .if im ever out in bc i'd love to come over and check ot the collection .Keep up the great work!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

You are welcome to but it will be much better in a few years.

[@pidgeiam4979]

Thanks Frank for the tour, lotta cool artifacts you've gathered. The drum early on (I've got zero mine experience keep that in mind) looks like they woulda had it horizontal and pushed it on tracks, filled with dynamite or gun powder, a person could give it a push with a fuse lit and and be a "safe" distance away...that's what I see. I'm interested to know what you find out about it. Awesome looking museum man. Right on right on!!! -Pidge.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

No I am pretty sure it isn't a barrel bomb! I think it was used to test or as a safety device for either a steam boiler or a compressed air line.

[@christripp2828]

Mercury or cyanide flask

[@godhasleftthebuilding3224]

I would love for you to take one of those lamps down there one day to give us an idea of what it would be like in front of the workings with that kind of "illumination". That would be really interesting to see. thx for all your good videos stay safe

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Me too but I can't find Calcium Carbide.

[@Daniel-gi3jo]

www.amazon.com/Calcium-Carbide-Lumps-50g-Bottle/dp/B00JWU3TA2

[@exploringabandonedmines]

They won't ship to Canada. I did manage to track some down though!

[@RustyOldF250]

Very cool! I started volunteering at the NW Railway Museum down here in Snoqualmie not that long ago, next time I'm there I'll ask what they know about the steam dynamo. Any model numbers, etc on it? If I had to take a guess I would say it makes DC, it looks just like the generator end of my welder (Lincoln SA200)

[@fredmoller1675]

I'm licenced in Ontario to operate the pneumatic mucking machine, your rocker shovel, Eimco 21s and modern Atlascopco LM56s, Atlascopco rubber tired pneumatic mucking machines, Atlascopco pneumatic 310/510 cavoloaders, they have a small hopper that the 'rocker' bucket dumps into, and in turn the hopper operates like a traditional dump truck enabling you to dump the muck down into a raise of the stope that you're mining.

[@bobfuller9759]

The square double ended wrench is used for telephone telegraph line work.

[@CanadianGoldProspector]

Love your videos. ..keep up the great work. Anything you can share on Antler Creek?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Never heard of it.

[@CanadianGoldProspector]

Exploring Abandoned Mines In BC Really?? it's about 10 min east of Barkerville

[@CanadianGoldProspector]

No mine that I know of but great for placer minning

[@auyeah7842]

Great video!

[@jeffd6540]

Nice museum you have there

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks Jeff!

[@williamwintemberg]

Most Interesting!

[@crazzed4]

hello Frank. I sure like your intro song it's awesome.

[@davebeckley2584]

Now we know where all the artifacts have gone.'-) That is a really neat collection. People wonder why so many tools and so much machinery are left in the mine after it plays out. If the mine paid well it would cover the cost of equipment many times over making it more trouble than it's worth to haul large pieces out. Smaller tools were occasionally lost and not found until a 21st century scavenger stumbles across them. There are also times when owners of the mine decide there is no return on their investment and inform the miners at the end of the day not to come back tomorrow. Or miners would show up for their shift and be told the mine is closed, look for another one to work in. The miners had left tools in a drift, cross cut, winze, or stope expecting to come back the next day. I was exploring Colorado mines back in the 1960s and '70's. Some of the mines had shut down only 5 to 10 years before so there were a lot of artifacts but the only thing I kept was a double jack starter bit from Horace Tabor's Little Pittsburgh mine in Leadville, Colorado. I'm of a different mind set now. Lots of the items I left are now either completely rotted, caved on, or under water. In any event they are no longer accessible where someone might get a chance to bid on them on Ebay. One thing I never thought to ask when I was exploring was how did they get the floors smooth enough for cross ties and rails. I asked a couple other explorers and they didn't have the answer. They may have forgotten about it since there usually aren't miners loitering around abandoned mines answering questions. Do you know how this was done? I can't believe the lifting charge smoothed the floor as the cross cut was advanced. If you know, please enlighten me. Thanks for a great tour.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Most of the things we now consider artifacts were junk when they were left there. Sometimes equipment is left in a mine because they thought it was going to be a temporary shutdown and they would be resuming operations in the future. The larger operations were owned by publicly traded companies. when the ore ran out they just dissolved the company and left everything. In many cases the market for the minerals dried up and many mines shut down at the same time so there was no market for the used equipment either. They probably smoothed the floor with a sledge or a jackleg, easier than doing the back or the ribs.

[@christripp2828]

They used fine muck to seat the ties, it would set up like concrete

[@bumblerock4048]

Frank's Mining Museum & Gift Shop!

[@ExploreWithPoe]

Wow that is amazing! I only found out about the channel few days ago, love the mining videos. Id love to go inside one 1 day...

[@exploringabandonedmines]

It is much safer to visit the museum!

[@ExploreWithPoe]

A little to far away.. im from europe !

[@drewconrad7093]

Would love to visit and see all the stuff you have.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

If you are in Grand Forks give me a call and see if I am home 250-444-0183

[@douglasfreebirdphotography8473]

Very nice Sir....

[@doughunt5175]

If there are three holes staggered down the side of the tank it's likely they are trycocks. . Simply valves where you could open each one to see if steam or water comes out. It's a backup, foolproof way to check water level.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Sound reasonable.

[@DuaneTheOakHirst]

Totally incredible Thanks

[@jandragarrido3796]

Wow! Love it!

[@mayzo7439]

love it frank keep it up buddy your collection is awesome and how your plane coming thank you

[@exploringabandonedmines]

The insurance company wrote it off. I am going to stick to flying drones!

[@TheDisabledGamersChannel]

I love your channel so much, something about these mine videos that are so satisfying and fun to watch, nice museum you have there, any plans on replacing your aircraft at some point ?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

No I crashed enough planes!

[@LlamaMonster]

That's cool man.

[@jeffmillikan9070]

Good job!! looks like you been busy in your shop on restoration as well as exploring. Do you every do any gold sampling in any of the mines? thanks for the tour!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

No I am only interested in history I am not a miner.

[@jeffmillikan9070]

I love the history.. Just started learning the prospecting n the past couple years... caught the gold fever from just a flake... Keep it up!!👍 Be safe!!

[@rc300xs]

That's a lineman wrench on the bottom at 14:59. Still used today by phone companies. Klein tools makes them.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I have some Klein climbing spurs.....haven't used them for years.

[@timsatori]

Back then they compared it to 17 actual horses but it looks like you got most of it there get a good Magneto and you can probably get that baby fired up looks like it might be an oil drip system could run off of gasoline

[@exploringabandonedmines]

It starts on gas and you can switch it to diesel.

[@mountainmineexplorers]

what type of Museum cases at what's the name of the museum case

[@ashamedofcanadiansastoundi2962]

very cool.

[@ADITADDICTS]

So are you open to the public and if so, what are your hours?! lol Great finds!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Just drop by with some beer and it will be open!

[@ADITADDICTS]

Exploring Abandoned Mines In BC Now that's reasonable admission!!

[@smartmonkey777]

That drum looks like a mercury flask , a huge one if that's what it actually is, the rails were probably to roll the 200plus kilos around and for reinforcement.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Other people have also told me it was for Mercury.

[@RailPreserver2K]

I wish you luck with the museum

[@RailPreserver2K]

also two questions: one will the museum be open to the public ?, and two could you please send me the link for the intro song

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I don't know when it will be open I am busy collecting stuff but I am happy to give people a tour of it anytime.

[@mealex303]

to start that beast up get a good 30 or 40 feet of seatbelt webbing wrapped it on the big wheel then pull with a few Guys or 4x4's toe hitch?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

It turns over easy enough. I need to figure out the cooling and how to shut it off if I get it going!

[@mealex303]

i feel that round metal barrel was for diesel and could be hand rolled instead of carried?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

It is really thick material and it says return to the mine safety branch on it.

[@ratoncolorado7227]

Whats the name of he intro song? its pretty good.

[@barbararobinson7980]

“Live Bait” by Delaney Bramlett - copy and paste in to youtube.

[@rc300xs]

That electric generator is DC. The brushes are a dead giveaway.

[@rrich52806]

Excellant

[@davidrush8283]

that motor with wheels would have a lot of momentum

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Since it is a single cylinder the flywheels make it much smoother.

[@traindude70]

classic trolley wire using groove wire.

[@tommycolton4971]

how may psi is the steam generator maby tou can just juse a hot plate and pressure cooker to get enought steam

[@exploringabandonedmines]

You need both pressure and volume. The hotplate might generate enough for a steam whistle but that would be about all.

[@smartmonkey777]

Notice the brushes on that generator , means it is DC. Give me a better picture and ill verify that , cant really tell so well on YT.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Yes it is DC 13 KV.

[@smartmonkey777]

COOL , direct current 13000 volts quite the shocker ! im now a little confused as to what that little piece of kit was used for at 13kv , you could get quite the distance on some really skinny wire , mabey for a telegraph? Any idea?

[@alchemyphilosophersstone2634]

Cool

[@yellowboy1866]

Didnt see max.

[@alphaglugger5281]

Now u just need to make a replica mine

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I will have to move some junk out of my shop first.......I am working on it!

[@raytru3191]

your museum is going great for youyr generator you can have it turning and put a multimeter on it set it on dc you cant damage it if its dc you will have a plus and minus by reversing the lead it will show on the meter minus 110 or plus 110 if its ac it whont show nothing you just put your meter on ac beeing an electrician that is the way i would do it if you dont put any load you cant damage th generator also before you can check the winding to ground to see if its short put the meter on resistor and check if it show 0 its ground it can burn if you have it runing good luckhope it work if i was around yopur place i would be more then happy to check it out fo you

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I still haven't figured out what I can do with 110 dc ?

[@raytru3191]

it was surely used for the electric train inside mine you can used it for light 12v light in series you would need to put 9 bulb in series that is going in one going out the other +-+-+-+-+ plus minus

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I think the train used a lot more power than that probably 550 volts. The steam turbine was probably used for lights it was only 13 amps.

[@raytru3191]

i dont know about the 550 that would be very dangerus the top wire and the track with all the water and humidity 13 amps can drive a small motor it give out almost 1500watts and dc is very diff from ac motor have a biger torck

[@zenmoto870]

the old street cars at the turn of the century were direct current,they had to put a stean generator every so far, as dc will only travel so far.

[@davidmicheletti6292]

My uncle was killed by a side dump rail car when he was old seventeen or eighteen years old while working in the open pit Minnesota iron mines.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Sorry to hear that, a lot of weight to stop when it gets rolling.

[@blzr1155]

Here;s a OE1 Crossley diesel simular to your, might help yo to figure whats still missing of yours. Thanks for the video Frank. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3vdlIZ9qNSpars sjbuzz.net/video/page/crossley-hd4-diesel-engine-14hp

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks for posting this.....it looks just like mine. I wonder how old it is or if I can get an operators manual?

[@blzr1155]

Mayby this will help you Frank, good luck, lots of Crossley manuals www.internalfire.com/ifod/listpaper.php

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Ok thanks I was on the site before but I didn't know it was the OE .Looks like I am getting somewhere. Thanks for the help!