Deep Exploration Into Abandoned Tin Mine Workings.

[@neilgeorge9294]

This takes me back as a former employee of Geevor tin mine, the shed in the field was known as bridge works, a big ventilation fan used to be in there and the shaft your colleague went down to the water is called Treweeks shaft. It is 1500 feet deep. I've gone down that shaft in the cage and walked underground and came up the Victory shaft at Geevor mine as this was all part of Geevor and linked all together underground .Thanks for posting.

[@AshRolls]

Love the fact that a random shed somewhere in a field in Cornwall contains a tiny portal to another dimension!

[@BenoCam]

Haha crazy isn’t it. It’s locked to keep the kiddies out but then unless you knew it was there it’s not something very obvious

[@MikeFloutier]

Yup, these are some of the most amazing videos on KZbin, quite why they don’t have millions of subscribers truly escapes me. 🍾❤️

[@MainlyHuman]

A lot of the protections are relatively recent. I remember going around with my dad in the 90s, lots of them only had a barbed wire fence.

[@JohnnyDanger36963]

​@@BenoCam6:16 if that white stuffs fungus,better learn how to do hydrogen peroxide nebulization. Thetruthabouthydrogenperoxide

[@andrewbarrett2685]

As an ex Welsh coal miner of 15 glorious years 14 of those on a mechanised coal face and descending a 2000 ft shaft every working day love your vids love to be there with you😊

[@BenoCam]

Cheers Andrew, always good to hear from professional miners 👍 glad you are liking the vids .

[@Олександр-ю4ы7ю]

I am a miner in a uranium mine. I have been working since 2010. Seen so much in the mine. Hello from Ukraine. 💙💛

[@BenoCam]

Sounds awesome . Good to hear from you. Stay safe 🇺🇦

[@Олександр-ю4ы7ю]

@@BenoCam you too, bro, stay safe.

[@spidos1000]

Is it very hot down that mine with all the radiation?

[@Олександр-ю4ы7ю]

There, the cold is combined with the heat. The lower, the greater the air pressure. The lower it is, the more stuffy a person is, a person begins to sweat, he becomes hot from minimal physical exertion and work. A mine is a cellar in which there is always dampness and cold, there is water everywhere, the water there is always ice and the air temperature is from about 11 degrees Celsius to 13-14 degrees. I always dress warmly when I go to the mine, if the depth is more than 300 meters, then I take a rubber suit with me because of the water that always pours on the miners' heads, if I work where the water is not pouring, then I undress a little because I start to sweat due to the high air pressure and artificial ventilation.@@spidos1000

[@freedomforever6718]

The work involved with bringing down all the lumber, piping and ladders is incredible.

[@BenoCam]

It probably goes down another couple hundred meters or more below the water level too 😮

[@freedomforever6718]

@@BenoCam , Impressive.

[@tooby98765]

What about the work of removing all that stone?

[@DoodlesMcpooh]

Thanks again Ben and friends. I'd never fit in those shafts and I wouldn't want to try but I love watching the videos and exploring these mines from the safety of my armchair.

[@Carolb66]

Just amazing! All that under that tiny square opening in a shed! Great explore both of you. ❤😊 keep safe.

[@BenoCam]

I think the shed used to house ventilation equipment as this was used as emergency acces and ventilation for nearby Geevor mine as late as the 90s

[@Carolb66]

@@BenoCam thanks for your replys to my questions & comments Ben. 🥰❤ keep safe.

[@MildaGoesWild]

Looks like a great mine, very expensive. Clearly some modern workings but some older stuff too.

[@ronmarking3776]

Wish I was 40 years younger and could join you!

[@stevedrane2364]

Brilliant. . . Thank you for the video. . 👍👍

[@sulray]

Thanks for posting, enjoyed the tour greatly...

[@NickPenlee]

About time you got back into the sea and 'hit' those wrecks; it's April now!

[@NicSkerten]

Fascinating video Ben. I can't even guess where that is given the depth of it and the fact that there are modern workings intersecting the old workings.. Did you find out what the white deposits were - I've never seen that before. Wondered if it was an arsenic salt being leached out. Strange that the shaft you entered had been left uncapped in a shed in a field!

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Quick reactions with those rocks there :) The crawls remind me of the ones in the Norpex dig at Rampgill. Very interesting place.

[@KernowekTim]

Proper job Ben. Good work. I hope that the clan 'D' are all well. Cheers.

[@TheNorthernTsar]

Looks like Janine can hold her own spelunking and exploring those abandoned mine workings with you and any of your mates!!

[@christopherrosindale3175]

That cramped section reminds me of the Norpex Door in Rampgill Mine at Nenthead. Similar size, and discomfort in squeezing through.... I speak from experience. That shaft which Janine went down had skip rails, ladders and pumping pipes, so it must have been a main shaft of this mine.

[@gavinbae7887]

I'm sure you now know, but as @neilgeorge said the main shaft you came across was Treweeks and would've surfaced 200m towards Geevor from Jennine's shed. Treweeks compressor house and winder house still remain. Cornishmineimages have a page on the shaft if anyone's interested

[@BobKernow]

Awesome video!

[@keithrimmer3]

Nice one Ben this looks interesting, Be nice to see down in the lower levels sometime

[@abandonedandlost]

yes, very cool

[@kernow..exp.]

Brilliant video ben nice to see you with jenne we're going to start going underground very soon again

[@BenoCam]

Haha well it’s always entertaining although it’s a bit of work blanking out all the F works in the edit 🤣

[@kernow..exp.]

@@BenoCam lol

[@Bobafett72]

when will you explore Williams shaft? I will be totally fascinated by that! I use to hang out there when I was a kid before the shaft entry was covered and hang my legs over the abyss. Silly I know but I was only a kid. :). Living in New Zealand now. Already told my sons about the mystery and dangers on mine shafts in Cornwall when I was younger. Keep up the great work.

[@BenoCam]

If you look on my Facebook page (Ben o cam productions) you will see one of my last posts we had a look there, but that’s very deep and very wet !

[@Bobafett72]

yea man. but totally fascinating. @@BenoCam

[@lindathomas5500]

I’ve seen that white stuff in a basement that hand a lot of seawater hitting it, it was the salts leaching through!

[@lindathomas5500]

* basement wall that had

[@neilpearson157]

So how deep did you go? I get very anxious just watching your videos but somehow feel compelled to follow you to as far as you can get. My wife's grandfather was a Cornish miner. He emigrated to the US in the 20's when mine work largely ceased. When I see what you go through to get to the end of a shaft it brings home what previous generations went through just to get to an active lode, let alone start mining. Frightening but gripping videos - thank you.

[@BenoCam]

Cheers Neil glad you enjoyed. The first set of ladders were around 50m down then that second shaft was another 90m or so , maybe even as much as 150m total at one point 😮 can’t get much further down because of the water table

[@jeremyclifford1664]

I went on the ghost train,on Brighton pier,when I was a child thrill,s,ha ha,skeletons'n gho😂uls leaping out,phew,I don't think I'd dare,do as you do,thanks,love Cornwall

[@BenoCam]

🤣👍👍

[@tomstevens751]

Great video once again, Ben. To think that there could be kids in Africa down mines similar to this to fund the west's net zero lunacy.

[@nickwalters5380]

That's a relatively modern mine, can't for the life of me think where it is

[@dazphilpott2876]

👌

[@22terrytibbs]

So, with the copper staining, does that mean there are also copper lodes down there or does it make up part of the tin ore?

[@BenoCam]

Yes the two are often found together. It’s the edges of the granite where the quartz vines are when the other mineralisation’s occur. The water dripping down through the copper meeting the air is what’s caused the green and blue staining. Copper is often found in tin mines but not always at levels that would make getting it out economically viable. In a lot of Cornish mines copper was found shallow with tin often being found deeper down in the same ground.

[@GingerMole]

Can’t get enough of these videos, been reading up loads about all the random mines over Cornwall, and think I’ve found two that aren’t known (not that I can find any info online for them)

[@BenoCam]

There are so many that a lot are not properly documented or written about. Be very careful if they are totally unknown, I only make videos of the good ones… many we have gone down to find piles of rotting sheep/aspesdoes or other things that are really bad to land on top of 😮

[@GingerMole]

@@BenoCam it’s two adits I’ve found not shafts, not even looked inside them yet as I didn’t have a torch at the time and one needs some draining, one between Wadebridge and padstow and the other near advent by the camel

[@lindathomas5500]

Is that rainwater coming out from the pipe Ben? As it seems crystal clear!

[@BenoCam]

Yes I think so , seems to be draining workings further on

[@stuartpembertonpemberton273]

Do enjoy waching ex wheal jane now in oz.

[@Electobat]

Janeen is very proficient, you should make this a regular thing.

[@garry843]

Don't put your hand on your head, you have a helmet for that, and you could lose a finger or two.

[@greenrots]

Must be a good laugh to mine with Eddie Izzard.

[@stugill4513]

please please youse feet not meters

[@BenoCam]

We have moved on from feet and inches now and use the metric system !

[@user-qz2uq8wx8w]

@@BenoCam I'm glad that you do, feets and inches are difficult to understand from other parts of the world. Cheers from France! Many interesting mines await you here, I've been close to some in Brittany and in the Nord of course, but never went inside.

[@happychappy5135]

Are you sure that's a janine....

[@gowdsake7103]

nope

[@shaniapearcey]

A heshe?