Exploring The Arizona Scar - A Gold Mine With A Shady History

[@barneyrunston1799]

Thank you for this video! I found this mine a few years ago and did not have the time to explore it as extensively as you have.

[@debhicks5453]

Cool Video...I really enjoyed it and learning more about one of the Gold Mine in my backyard. Looking forward to a new episode.

[@PacificRoamer]

Thank you, I enjoy doing the research for these types of videos. More to come!

[@Langemann]

Why dont you make a video of the gold mines in your backyard and post it on youtube, i wish i got a gold mine or two in my back yard, but i live in Norway, and there is not many goldmines here, but we have a rather large silver mine area in Kongsberg, a town 55 miles from me, i have done a lot of climbing and exploring in those mines. i was in a smal old zink mine a couple of days ago a little closer to my town, here it is on youtube kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpzMo317gb2HrtE&ab_channel=MortenLangerud

[@AandGAdventures]

Thanks! The history you found is very good. I could not find this on google maps

[@Theastrobrief]

Tarantulas and bats oh wow that's crazy. Watching with my Uncle he's kinda blown away. Another great video

[@PacificRoamer]

Thank you!

[@NormanSurgeon]

Well researched, nicely presented, and brilliantly videoed and photographed! ...Thanks for sharing...

[@PacificRoamer]

Thank you!

[@nutcase0001]

Agreed!

[@brannancloward]

That is one massive open stope!

[@richardbeee]

Pretty cool place. I'm a retired assayer so i'm always interested in assay reports. In particular ,where, by what method (grab sample, chip sample,etc.) Loved to explore that place. Great video! Hope to see ya soon.

[@PacificRoamer]

It's awesome to have viewers who know about this type of content as well! I'm about to go out and film another video similar to this one so I hope this new location has similar documentation as well.

[@joeymetzner6422]

silver mine family mined1800 -1960

[@bethbartlett5692]

My first thought was, (did they really abandon the site based on "1 Geologist"?) As a Researcher, I learned to never rely on 1 resource of data, always gather 3 9r more when possible. Due to the technology level then, and the advancements at present, I would consider a "New Geology Report" worthy. ... and, statistically, it is highly likely more ore in the area.

[@richardbeee]

@bethbartlett5692 usually I like to take numerous assays. To get a broad spectrum. In the lab, I'll often fire the same sample 4 to 6 times. Add them together and divide by the amount of samples fired. To easy to get a high or low result off of one sample. Just a pinhead could be worth one ounce per ton. Thanks for your comment.

[@paraglidingprospector]

Looks like a tailless whip scorpion above the tarantula. Whip scorpions are arthropods - neither spider 🕷nor 🦂. They have no stingers, fangs, or teeth and are completely harmless to humans (aside from scaring you to death with their unsightly nature). They are non-venomous and some folks keep them as pets, allowing them to crawl all over their hands and whatnot. Also, great video! Good work filming, editing, and running your audio gear too! Thanks for sharing! Edit: typos

[@victorponce7238]

I enjoyed the video. You did some very good filming. Kinda felt realistic ya know...I was there walking alongside you. Lol. Thanks for the adventure. Take care 😁👍👍👍

[@PacificRoamer]

Thank you!

[@NQExplorers]

Awesome video beautifully shot and edited. Appreciate the effort this took, let alone getting to the spot in the first place. Safe Travels! Warren.

[@DRGWRailfan]

Fantastic work as always!

[@billpotokar360]

...this terrain looks familiar... it this IS where i think it is , im AINT gonna tell the other veiwers...

[@brianthegreat1-j4w]

Thanks to the geologist who said this mine contained very little gold. Shareholders saved tons of money :)

[@stellarform-9440]

For a solo hike, this was edited beautifully. Great job.

[@PacificRoamer]

Thank you!

[@olaasnaah6118]

Damn bro, this is top quality editing. Kudos sir!

[@PacificRoamer]

thank you!

[@rangerkeane2159]

There’s a few of these types of mines in Arizona, not to this size but with the some style! The one I exploded was just off mile marker 111 on the 93. Never found a name for it but definitely worth the drive!

[@kadoj]

There’s a very similarly structured mine here in Northern California near Old Man Mt. in the Meadow Lakes mining district. It’s much, smaller than that, but still enormous. Big enough to throw a couple VW Microbusses in there at the same time, and you could do it without any danger of them hitting the sides in the way down. Point being, very unusual, indeed, but not a one-off. I just thought it was cool, I guess, that I’d found one that reminded me very much of this, albeit much smaller surface-workings.

[@christophertravers4435]

What is your primary safety equipment entail when adventuring old mines

[@prospectorphil4764]

That'd be the Tyro mine.

[@jimmymavis4177]

Thx

[@ThatOneChannelinAZ]

Nice work ive been into 40+ Mines ive been wanting to go into this one but i own only a exotic car. great work man.

[@300zxss]

Bro I’m from az too qc San tan area, do you know of any good mines between in Phoenix and here you could point me to?

[@jimmylarge1148]

40+ mines in your Lambo eh?

[@gcegubbels4734]

The place is so interesting

[@ronaldnickell6110]

I like the well documented research given with one of the most unusual mines that I've ever seen. Thank you. How do you go about finding the documentation?

[@kerorogunso961]

The production value to traffic this channel gets ratio is way too unfair. You need more viewers man this is great content!

[@enriqueroman62]

Awesome !

[@highdesertexplorer123]

Great video. Strange this popped up as I was here today 07/24/2022. I’ve been here several times. This mine has a name but I suppose I’ll keep it to myself. The mine has been purchased, I had the opportunity to meet the owner out there. When you took the left branching drift from the timbered shaft that ladder next to the chute at the end accesses the top of the chutes. Also there is an access where the spider was, someone has tied a rope to one of the stulls. If you look at the levers on the ore chutes they are made from drill steel. I’m the timbered shaft it appears the second ladder going down has lost its landing or I wasn’t able to see it well enough. I did not go down the ladders though they appear to be in decent shape. I’m the ball room where the timbered shaft is, is a large pocket of fluorite, pretty stuff. Again, cool video loved the history given on this too.

[@PacificRoamer]

Thats funny, it really is a small world. I try to keep mine names excluded in videos to avoid unexperienced people from snooping around. I have family out there and was actually in the area yesterday too! I noticed that many of the mines in the surrounding area have recently been marked and fenced off but I assumed it was just safety protocol from the mine bureau, not a new owner. Are they planning to resume large scale mining out there?

[@highdesertexplorer123]

@@PacificRoamer I figured that was why you didn’t include it’s name and why I omitted it from my comment. That was my understanding when I spoke to the owner last summer. He had actually offered me a job which I respectfully declined. Kind of wish I had taken him up on it now. The signs and fencing went up probably 4-6 months after they acquired the properties. There are at least 3 properties, possibly 4 that they acquired, I’ll leave the names out. I don’t know when they are supposed to start up, they fixed the roads much better than they were prior. We were in that mine for 2 or 3 hours yesterday. We packed lunch and had lunch in the ball room where the timbered shaft is.

[@Mike-01234]

@@highdesertexplorer123Does the owner have a patented claim making the land private property? I live in Arizona explore some of these mines sometimes I find people there working the old mines they tell me it's private property. My own maps show BLM owns the land, but they were sold an unpatented mining claim they assumed they actually own the land.

[@highdesertexplorer123]

@@Mike-01234 I would guess most people that say that are just trying to run off others so their “claim” isn’t worked by someone else. As far as the owner in this video I would imagine they have everything in place making it private property as they are a larger company. I’ll take a ride up there and look around.

[@saminaneen]

@@PacificRoamer What makes YOU think, YOU are the only one, that knows the name of it, YOU are just a typical UTube troller, for likes, and NOT a real person.

[@LoveAcura]

Nice truck keep it up 👍

[@jmain3195]

Man you have some balls of steel to go in there by yourself

[@VaughanGuitars]

I have seen other KZbinr mine explores at this site, But with no real history behind the explore. Great job in doing your homework.

[@PacificRoamer]

Thank you!

[@enzomoya1689]

That looked like a tarantula hawk waiting for that tarantula to make a move.

[@LeTrashPanda]

Vinagaroons are rather shocking when you first meet one, even the juveniles like this one....🤣 but the Tarantulas won't hurt ya! 😅

[@That_Guy_Miggy]

Great video, Gly from Abandoned and Forgotten places has done an exploration video on this as well!

[@jonlo5540]

ooh that looks sweet, where is this located? I tried finding it on google maps with little success

[@foxmulder7616]

Is this out by havucuar mtns?

[@clintxxxracerx9435]

Man, if you ever need a Mine Buddy, holler! Sketchy AF by yourself man.

[@unclejack41]

Are you in Golden Valley AZ or Oatman area

[@foxmulder7616]

How do you get info on mines?

[@LuisDC21]

Where is this located?

[@aaronsmith5600]

I normally don't reveal locations Since this one is a very well known mine and They recently started working it again.. It's called the Tyro mine. It is roughly 8 miles from Bullhead City Arizona. It shows up on Google Earth.

[@donaldking8288]

Amazing journey, Thank !!

[@jackfox9548]

How are u not scared as hell those places r creepy

[@nutcase0001]

Open stopes! Do you follow Gly Coolness? I like your presentation of both the history and discovery.

[@PacificRoamer]

I just checked out his channel, I'm impressed by the camera rig he takes with him, great quality on his part! Thank you!

[@robertlyman9789]

Have relatives in Kingman, should go check out the Bullhead area

[@aceyorba]

You would have a field day at Cerro Gordo

[@rogerdavies6226]

hard hat Never have understood why these folk never took a metal detector -- stuff falls off the carts ya know

[@Glenn-em3hv]

What's that thing mounted on his hood???

[@PacificRoamer]

If you're talking about the historical photo at 2:50 you're likely looking at the static structure in the back. its for pumping air inside the depths of the mine. Other than that they have a bucket mounted to the front

[@gcegubbels4734]

Big mine waw i lo e it

[@muddintruckinhuntin9036]

Subscribed! Is this private property or were there any signs?

[@PacificRoamer]

Since the IRS gave the banhammer to the previous owner I believe its essentially back to being public land. Zero posted signs in the area. Wasn't able to find any true documentation on land boundaries for this area.

[@muddintruckinhuntin9036]

@@PacificRoamer thanks for the reply back. Makes sense! Were there any other people there on the trails or anything or was it pretty secluded?

[@aaronsmith5600]

@@muddintruckinhuntin9036 I've been there a 1/2 dozen times and there's always lots and lots of people. It's backup and running again so it's off limits.its the tyro mine

[@peterrussell9231]

Music playing in the back ground ruins your video

[@AbhayThakur-hh8rf]

Reddit bought me here

[@dodgerblue7381]

I would think that they would put some sort of barrier around the top. I know it is a remote area but someone could walk right in in the dark. Interesting place. Fraud, not a new invention.

[@clintxxxracerx9435]

Im same way about them nasty ass snakes. Spiders I don’t like but don’t bother me like snakes do.

[@patdenney7046]

The scars on the earth are you talking about them great big massive scars that you drove in on earth that you drive it on every day or that little scar that was called a mine. Have you seen the massive scars on this earth caused by roadways freeways etc. how about the railroads massive scars ! I bet you can look out your window and see the massive scars you don’t have to drive out the middle of the desert and hurt for one little tiny spot

[@williamdovey9971]

Um !!! You said that there were no reports you could find on how” to get up to next level , Yet you walked past a man way next to a ore Soute and don’t go up um “ , love to hear why ? . Cheers .

[@PacificRoamer]

I was hoping there was an accessible above ground portal. Personally going down ladders with climbing equipment is fine with me, but not going up ladders. Too much of a risk, especially when solo!

[@williamdovey9971]

Thank you so much for reply , am very interested in old mines and how much effort they put in , question please , if you find old dynamite how do you warn other mine explorers of the danger and not telling the blm of it as they would gloss old mine , thanks again. Cheers. . @@PacificRoamer

[@michaelfercik3691]

Good job of using an oxygen meter, but where is the HARD HAT ? One pound of solid rock dropping from the roof will crack your head open with killing you, so then the oxygen meter would be of no use ! Please set a good example for others to follow.

[@jamesandreadventures2284]

I’ve been to that mine, no need for an oxygen sensor. Breezes through every tunnel. Very well ventilated.

[@jamesandreadventures2284]

Spent the day out there a few years ago. One of the coolest mines I’ve been to. Didn’t see a soul out there. 120 degrees on my phone but nice and cool in the mine.

[@richardpollard9326]

Lose the background “music”.

[@jetskiwrench4093]

My name is John I live in Texas, I'm into exploring and prospecting I'd love to come with you on your next run.

[@loslakers530]

Awesome brotha. Love the builds and travel vids. What do you do for a living

[@PacificRoamer]

I'm actually a mountain bike technician, but am just really fascinated with history!

[@saminaneen]

@@PacificRoamer SO YOU really Don't have a REAL JOB, just YOUR typical lazy Gen X'er, who is too lazy to get a REAL JOB.