A Top Notch Colorado Gold Mine!

[@HeavyMetals1969]

Anyone viewing this switch to 1080. It really is an amazing tour. Thank you for making this.

[@RDEnduro]

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[@exploringmorecolorado6223]

I'm surprised you all were able to find an open adit in Colorado! Props to you for exploring this dark and damp mine.

[@frankthetank6558]

Hahah, there’s lots! Just gotta know where to go;)

[@exploringmorecolorado6223]

@@frankthetank6558 I've definitely explored a few mines in the state, but most of them have ended up being flooded or filled with bad air and unstable ground. Colorado also has a crazy mine closure program, and hundreds of mines are sealed off every year, making it alot more difficult to find explorable mines in the state 😞

[@TVRExploring]

Colorado's mine closure program is insane... I can't imagine what their budget must be to so aggressively close and destroy historical mines, but they are spending a lot of taxpayer money! At some point, I'm going to publish a video about this topic called "Colorado Hates Mine Explorers" or something like that.

[@exploringmorecolorado6223]

@@TVRExploring Looking forward to it!😅

[@bigstick6332]

Great way to end work on a Wed, with a TVR video. Thank you

[@terrystewart2070]

Maybe the level of nastiness is what saved those ore cars from becoming yard art. That rusted out gold pan and the ore car was just amazing to see. Somebody was messing around in there at some point post plastic pipe invention, and that wheelbarrow looks exactly like mine which 25-30 years old. Can't really see that the later miners (?) did anything. Too bad all those ladders were so rotted out, no telling what might be up there. Another awesome explore!

[@davidsnider1703]

What a wet mine. Great finds

[@darrenbeavers8099]

Wow you can see the waterline like half way up the wall 😮

[@TVRExploring]

Yes, this one would have been impossible to visit if the water were that high when we visited!

[@MikeOrkid]

Absolute beauty. Still really intact given the water and everything else.

[@LawnMower-hu9pw]

I like the way you explain things and if you don't know you say I just don't know I like the honesty

[@rolfsinkgraven]

That waterline was very high, and the protection by wood was non existing, in some parts i got the Mc Murphy feeling by looking at that lol. Nice explore including a interior water fall, and some very nice old stuff like the carts.

[@milwaukeeroadjim9253]

Amazed at how much water is running through this mine.

[@seldoon_nemar]

I can't wait to see this! I was literally just looking for some Colorado mine exploring vids last weekend

[@markhooper5824]

I must say that you do find some fantastic mines. Brilliant job again guy's.👍

[@leighsayers2628]

Great mine explore ..love this channel . From Australia

[@williamwintemberg]

What an explore! Just getting there! The old boiler and winch along with the riveted ore carts inside. It's a shame the ladders were all rotten. Thanks Justin and Friends!

[@frankgaletzka8477]

A amazing mine with great artefakts. Thank you for your work and the Energie to Do all this stuff. Yours Frank Galetzka

[@HangtownDave]

Very Cool!

[@davegrummett1263]

Great to see another video Justin. Thank you. It would have been so amazing to see this mine in its hay day. It looked like it has some good variety and complexity.

[@gmhard]

I absolutely love your videos! I always recommend your channel for anyone that wants a thorough well put together mine exploring vidya!

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you very much.

[@gmhard]

@ of course!! Out of curiosity, do you guys ever sample any of these locations?

[@LawnMower-hu9pw]

😊 you make me feel like I'm right there with you

[@TVRExploring]

I'm glad to hear that. That is the goal.

[@granttulocay3053]

Awesome!

[@LawnMower-hu9pw]

Always enjoy your videos been watching you for almost 3 years now or maybe more I'm not sure

[@Baked_intell]

Cool mine that hanging wall was rad ran for days 😎

[@johncarold]

Hi Justin, WOW, that's a cool looking old mine. At least they left a little bit of quarts. I wonder how much gold is still in all that quarts still there ? Thanks for the video.

[@nathangibson3264]

Very cool mine! Great video as always man! I appreciate what you do!

[@rayh.williamsiii]

That was awesome!

[@paulcooper9135]

Great mine! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

[@markattardo]

Awesome stuff!!👍👍

[@Mikishots]

Stunning location. Wow.

[@crispy63]

Great mine video. Very cool…

[@darrellraimey7571]

Wicked to find you guys an you guys have a lot more guts than I've got I'm very claustrophobic just watching you guys freaks me out sometimes lol

[@mikewinings4120]

Nice to see you where I live,great video and am dying to see more😊

[@I.Live4oldcars.prospecting]

Fantastic mine. I love the huge fault. I love seing faults when exploring mines.

[@-r-495]

The boiler and condensate collector are huge, too bad the steam engine isn’t in situ. The geology is just ever so slightly different to your usual habitat too. I‘d just come over for the beautiful scenery outside, absolutely beautiful 😮 Thank you very much for taking us along!

[@TVRExploring]

The scenery in Colorado is phenomenal.

[@sirmonkey1985]

looks like they stored all the ore carts thinking they were coming back and never returned.

[@TVRExploring]

It's amazing how often you see that happen...

[@uwillnevahno6837]

41:10 that guy Dave has been everywhere across space and time

[@robertmcfarland3323]

Man you had to be tuff to be a miner back in the day

[@lvrida]

i was just thinking that there is no way modern citizens are doing this how did they... lol

[@TVRExploring]

Indeed, the old timers were tough!

[@rvm8315]

the amount of effort put in, and they may or may not find whatever ore they are looking for, it's just crazy nowadays.

[@loucatozzi7656]

That boiler looks aweful familiar. This area wouldn't be right on a popular 4x4 trail in SW Colorado, would it?

[@TVRExploring]

One needs to get onto a popular 4x4 trail for part of the way to get here, but it is necessary to get pretty far off of that trail in order to reach this abandoned mine.

[@vincentgarner3164]

Damn, wish I knew you were in Colorado I would have love to meet ya and explore some mines.

[@FinerMiner17]

Great video! Is this near Silverton?

[@TVRExploring]

It's in that mountain range, but it's a pretty long drive from Silverton.

[@BrianValley-me6bg]

Do you do any panning? Seems like there are a lot of opportunities to do that

[@shopdog831]

The is awesome land

[@Davidautofull]

"good stuff". yep. really nice video.

[@winstonsmith478]

At 8:11, it looks like they may have started drilling and then stopped for some reason. The plastic tubing is for what, drainage? When and why was it put there?

[@canastasiou68]

You haven't done an update to your mine for a while, I hope it's going as expected.

[@TVRExploring]

We wrapped it up. I posted the final video a few months ago with the explanation...

[@ProspectorJoeAdventures]

I'm in Colorado, and I would absolutely love to do a follow-up exploration here?

[@snoosebaum995]

new wires recently drained ?

[@darinday6930]

what an epic camp spot. Do you know how many feet a day, on average, could be advanced in a hard rock mine? With infrastructure in place i.e. track and cars and such.

[@TVRExploring]

There are so many factors involved that you cannot know for sure for any particular mine. It depends on the quality of the miners that are working the mine, it depends on how many things go wrong while they're working (and things always break down and go wrong), it depends on the type of rock, it depends on how many men were working there, it depends on the equipment they were using... All of that said, I can generalize to say that the miners could have pushed up to four feet a day if they were working multiple shifts and were on top of their game. That's with nothing going wrong though.

[@darinday6930]

@@TVRExploring Man that really puts into perspective what we are looking at in these mines. Thanks for answering that really makes it even more impressive.

[@TVRExploring]

@@darinday6930 The old timers were tough!

[@Crowdog1234]

good times

[@CoryWipke]

Didn't get to see closeups of the hoist and boiler from the beginning.

[@LawnMower-hu9pw]

Sorry Justin I'm going to kick off your video there is a severe thunderstorm coming through here maybe tornadoes I got to keep an eye on the weather keep up the good work brother

[@chuckgibson1274]

Why did you cut that out

[@darrenbeavers8099]

Couldnt tell did the ore car at 5:00 have rivets......must weigh a ton i bet but would be a nice souvenir 😅

[@daveg2104]

They were very rusty, but it looked like there were a lot of rivets.

[@rh5563]

👍👍👍

[@aaronpeterson385]

Don’t have to give exact location but where in Colorado?

[@cynthiatyler1606]

This seems like a different kind of mine that I have seen in your previous explores. Am I wrong

[@TVRExploring]

It's pretty typical for an underground lode gold mine of the sort that we typically explore. Quartz veins, lots of timbering, wet, etc.

[@ArenPeter]

San Juan Mountains?

[@TVRExploring]

Yes.

[@cynthiatyler1606]

Quarst fallowes is a iron horse.

[@WHuske]

Great adventure! But what do you think about wearing helmets?

[@myrrhavm]

Be hard to get any work done being in that country. Just sit there and gaze into the surroundings.

[@TVRExploring]

Haha, that is true.

[@TheScourge-sg5vv]

The ultimate conclusion to this and all your vids would be to have research dept attempt to find records on how much payload came out of mines.

[@TVRExploring]

It is very, very unusual for that information to still be in existence or for it to be available.

[@z50king29]

What a mess

[@daveg2104]

Yeah. Still not as bad as some of the mines Justin has been in.

[@bret354]

Looks more like a silver mine to me.

[@uwillnevahno6837]

jfc 5 ads in 17 mins....

[@TVRExploring]

That's on KZbin. I don't have control over the number of ads or the placement...

[@uwillnevahno6837]

@@TVRExploring I know it just crushes the immersion.

[@RockyMtnGobblers]

I'm a Colorado native still living in Colorado, really enjoying this mine. I found the location of a gold mine that has a good chance of still being open, if you're interested in possibly exploring it, let me know. You have to hike in to get to the mine. I've been following you for a long time, I know you don't need any help in finding mines.🫡

[@TVRExploring]

Mine locations are always appreciated... We have covered a lot of the low hanging fruit and are working harder and harder to find mines that have not been destroyed or already very extensively covered.

[@RockyMtnGobblers]

@TVRExploring It's too much to put here and I wouldn't want to put it here anyway. Do you have an email address or something I can send the information to? I would love to know that you explored it and left history as it should be when you left and I can watch It here.

[@TVRExploring]

@@RockyMtnGobblers Yes, you wouldn't want to post it publicly. You can email me at [e-mail].

[@RockyMtnGobblers]

@TVRExploring Okay, I sent you one email with a mine location, there are many, many more open mines in the area mostly on private. I hope you get to explore them.

[@RodHelms-e5k]

The old miner missed a lot of gold 🪙 n co