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We made it through the collapse at the #2 shaft. After a year of removing 1600 loads of waste rock we finnaly cleared the shaft! Now we can timber the shaft and take people under it to the rear sections of the Yankee Boy Mine.
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[@1944chevytruck]

HAPPY B DAY!... LOOKING REALLY GOOD U2!..........BE CAREFUL!........ Thanks 4 video!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

So nice of you

[@johnizitchiforalongtime]

Sharon, Frank was not trying to run you over, at least it may have looked that way, but he loves you. Here she comes, the Queen of the ropes. WOW, that came down like a waterfall, the light on Frank was almost blocked out by the dust. Hope coming back is easier. Yep, Sharon was clipping down that rope, hey speedy. I can hear the air blowing down that chute, wow. You struck it rich, hurrah. Clean-up and block that opening, smooth sailing Progress and success! Beautiful. Been watching to see this point of progress. That makes you both happier than a bunny on clover.

[@Disgruntled_Ex-Hippy]

Great pictures of Sharon!

[@misterp158]

Good Stuff, albeit so dangerous, how cool it must be to have a playground, gym, and a shelter with its own fresh water supply all part of your backyard. Too Cool. thanks for sharing.

[@slimwantedman6694]

Good evening from Southeast South Dakota

[@justachipn3039]

Oh how I would love to go through those "mucking's" 🌵🌵💀💀👍👍🌵🌵

[@robleppala5114]

hey hey hey:) look at all that gold!

[@randyboggess]

Thanks Sharon & Frank for a Great video as always you both put in a a Lot of work doing this just so we can watch this is awesome.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@douglasreinken7213]

Frank and Sharon you do a wonderful job of recording and explaining everything to us. Thank you!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Our pleasure!

[@Jim-np9it]

BOY, THAT SHARON SURE CLEANS UP VERY NICE WHEN SHE WANT A HELO RIDE...JUST KIDDEN. SHE DOES ALWAYS. FRANK YOU BETTER KEEP HER AS SHE REALLY IS YOUR BETTER HALF HUH? WE ALL LOVE YOU BOTH. PLEASE BE SAFE AND GOD BLESS.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Right on

[@MichiganHunter007]

Happy Belated Birthday Sharon 🎂👍👍

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks so much

[@Jan-pw4po]

Great progress, stay safe, happy belated birthday to Sharon

[@SweetMoonSugar]

ROCK AND STONE!

[@ralphpatrick3071]

Cool and sketchy! Thanks, F&S!

[@wadecartwright4277]

Glad I made it😊

[@MCBxlx61]

Great work at an awesome place!

[@remmiemax3624]

I'm back from vacation and had to check this new vid out....and see the Qeen of the Mines in action! Sharon so cool 😎😎

[@MrLotrecht]

Glück auf !

[@robleppala5114]

Wow! Alot of gold in your mine

[@handyman1957]

Oooooh, I can't wait. Gonna be good. Haha, the pov of waist rock. Oh look a smiling face, it must be ok to come out now ; ) Looks safe, famous last words....

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Hope you like it!

[@handyman1957]

@@exploringabandonedmines Haha, Sharon was soooo sure she was gonna win that bet! Awesome stuff. Had me worried a bit seeing all that stuff coming down on ya. Nice to see you guys having a good time. If I wasn't so far away, I would come visit. Love watching, keep up the great work.

[@barbararobinson7980]

Enjoyed seeing the great photography, Sharon - belated many happy returns for your Birthday ❤! That was pretty heart stopping to watch but you guys were calm and collected. Thank you for another exciting update of the Yankee Boy. With love and greatest respect for you both ❤👷🏻‍♂⛏👷🏻‍♀

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thank you so much!

[@johnizitchiforalongtime]

This has me so excited, seeing you're so close in clearing up this problem. So satisfying that this working is closing, and the mine museum will be up and running to full capacity.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

You got this!

[@ka1lsh]

Enjoying the premiere... nice job Frank & Sharon!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks so much

[@deshb22]

I would love to come work up there Best mining channel on the tube

[@owlhead7594]

Happy🎉birthday Sharon I hoped you enjoyed that helicopter ride God bless to both of you .very nice museum. You guys did a hell of a job take care.

[@catchaser52]

What a great accomplishment. A Canadian Dream Come True. God Bless you two. (and the bank).

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks so much!

[@alias2263]

Hello my dust storm Refugee friends this is great thank you

[@rawbsworld6604]

🤗 awsome 👍 … didn’t know you was a helo pilot too! Happy Birthday to Sharon !

[@robertjordan2962]

Hello Sharon and Frank from Millbrook Alabama. You're doing great work there folks! Keep it up!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thank you! Will do!

[@twinvideoproduction9662]

Congratulations Sharon and Frank. You did an amazing job. I cannot think how this could be done without having those rails there. Happy belated birthday Sharon!

[@ET_AYY_LMAO]

That sign is awesome! Nice touch with the light in the headlamp!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

It was my Christmas present.

[@lljumpingequestrianll]

I bought the same hammer. Also thanks to JW. Works great!

[@Downsviews1056]

Hi Folks , Hi Frank 💥Hi Sharon 👷‍♀ You are working to a great achievement looks exiting thanks for all your effort and taking us all along 🕷🦇🐭

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks so much

[@davidmurphy4550]

Sharon is amazing you have her working well the mine is looking great it will be nice to come out and explore when you have it all mucked out Looks like you still have quite a bit of work to be done. You guys are getting it done quick.

[@worldofronkuhnel]

That was simply an outstanding episode

[@jamesthompson8008]

Glad to see you guys get to this point! Not done yet, but it sure as hell helps when you can see the end is near. Hopefully, no more surprises out of #2 shaft. Congrats, hope the mine tours are picking up.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

We are keeping busy!

[@galethomas3995]

This was very exciting Frank and Sharon thank you for taking us along. I wonder if steel "I" beams would be good for the safety roof rather than wood? I'm not sure they are any stronger though. 🙂

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Lots of timbers lasted 100 years they are much cheaper and are more appropriate for a restoration.

[@beverlyhanlon8376]

2021 loads. What a trip you took down the Second shaft. A few scary spots. Please stay safe Frank. Sharon would be upset if you got hurt. So would I. See ya my friends.

[@timmc49]

Well done Frank & Sharon!! And chocolate cake too - just what any respectable miner wants after a long day of work! Yum! 🤪

[@seldoon_nemar]

The wood coming out last makes sense at it would "float" though the falling rocks, being less dense. doesn't really apply when the pile is static, but as it came down that stope it would sort it out somewhat

[@exploringabandonedmines]

They seemed to.

[@petewebster2977]

Well done to both of you , huge effort. Thanks for taking us on yet another adventure. Pete Australia 🇦🇺

[@jimmime]

Hope you had a very Happy Birthday, Sharon! Thanks to both of you Great mine excavators! I mean, Explorers. You've come a long way, that overhang on the #2 shaft was sketchy indeed!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Yes! Thank you!

[@kenpatton7359]

WOO HOO GLAD TO SEE A NEW VIDEO CANT WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE !!!

[@guffalump756]

Holy macaroni that slide was bananas. There was more than a few big boy rocks howling off down there. Glad you weren't hurt!

[@VxSPLIT]

Congrats, you almost made it. You can see the other side.

[@rolfsinkgraven]

Frank and Sharon you do a great job out there, stay safe while building that roof, that was a bit dangerous in there wow.

[@Justme85857]

You guys are working hard I respect your work ethic

[@loyalkuhn5778]

Wow!! Great job getting #2 cleared - now it's just clean-up and timbering for safety. Great video, wish I were there !!!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

You are we see your Silver coins and geode every day!

[@Gordonseries385]

👍 Hello Frank and Sharon, wow got goose bumps enjoyed watching take care!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks for watching

[@tomsawyer3947]

I wish I could visit your mine but I'm way on the other side of the continent. Vermont, USA. Just want to say Thanks for posting! and please Keep 'em coming! For some unknown reason I have become fascinated with mining and mining methods in the last couple of years. I can't help saying: Please be careful!

[@iainweller452]

Great episode guys , looks like Frank is having the time of his life, the mine has come so far you should be proud

[@hllgll4293]

Hi Frank, hi Sharon, thank you so much for your effort and your time that both of you have in making this videos. I used to watch all the videos back in the old days when the channel was small and eventually got off of it. I only found all of it a few weeks ago and had some catching up to do. And to be honest, mine exploring was and is cool, but the Yankee Boy is by far your biggest adventure. I love watching you guys mucking out the shaft and as far as I'm concerned, the videos could only show that and still woulkd be interesting enough to watch. Luckily for me you still have the third shaft ahead of you. 🤗 I would have loved to have flown to your place in BC and helped you, I've actually been there before and it was beautiful. But at the moment the way from Germany is simply too far and too expensive. I tried to do you a favor and let the playlists run in the background to generate views for you. A few thousand should have come together by now. I hope that it is useful to you and that you at least get something back in return. At some point I'll come over and visit your museum and the mine. My Canadian travel permit is still valid for a few years - you have to take advantage of that. All the best to you both, many visitors and good luck in all your adventures.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

It does help. We get paid by the view. Thanks!

[@MistahBryan]

I think I might have wanted to see Frank's POV with the rockslide, then again.... maybe it's better we didn't see it :)

[@MarkBrockman1956]

Cool colors = hydrothermal intrusion

[@VikingExploration60]

Oh some proper hanging death near the end of the video in that Stope on the number 2 Frank, me and the guys are hoping to come over and visit some day.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Yes you should!

[@Wistful77]

You guys are amazing. This is really cool and I am enjoying watching your adventure. So much hard work...over 2,000 loads?! Sharon is an excellent climber in my opinion. She can go anywhere she needs to. It was raining rocks in there! That was all kind of scary. Thanks for the fun video. 👍

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Yes climbs like a monkey!

[@williamwintemberg]

It looks like the Yankee Boy still has some surprises left! One never knows what Sharon and Frank will find next! Nice work, both of you!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

That is what keeps us going!

[@westtexas806]

Lol he put that sneaky snakes ass to work

[@jeffreyyoung4104]

Great work you two! It looks like you need to give those stulls a good thump to jar the loose scree down the shaft. Someone with a scaling bar poking the scree could get it to fall safely. Once it is down, then you only have to worry about fracturing occasionally.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

As long as you don't end up down the shaft with it!

[@jeffreyyoung4104]

@@exploringabandonedmines It's a fun trip, till the bottom!

[@seldoon_nemar]

I almost wonder if you "suited up" and doubled up on eye and ear pro, if you could take your shotgun and put a few slugs into that loose stuff on top of the beam to trigger it to fall. a few well placed powder actuated pokes would probably do the trick of dislodging it. my biggest worry would be that the report also triggers something behind you

[@volktales7005]

Just amazing what you two have accomplished there! I am unable to make it there this summer for a visit, but hopefully next year will be possible!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Please do!

[@joshshelton796]

Awesome video guys!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks for watching

[@BrainsofFrank]

You should launch some bear scares at the pile of rocks on the stoll above the #2 shaft and see what the small bangs can shake lose. Otherwise just chuck a lite stick of dynamite at it.

[@AIM54A]

awesome job.. I think I'd find a way to get those giant rocks stuck up in that shaft down. I think a rock that size falling 20+ feet would split a 6x6.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

We use 8x8s but if they are covered with several feet of waste rock the weight is spread out and cushioned then they will hold.

[@aserta]

A fast way to split rock is to use a water saw and in the saw cut, to put those air jack pads you can buy to lift heavy things with. Pop a couple of them in there, pump them up and the rock will split. Not my idea, saw a guy who was clearing his access road up a mountain do this.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

You can drill rock and fill it with Dexipan.

[@norandois]

If you can stick 3-4 dynamite to a wooden pole and sit on that unstable stull it save you from any risk and let come down this hanging muck! I do rehab 11 years ago, underground as well and pushing ore cart and build chute, I deal with same stuff, rotten timber full of muck behind, and we not allowed to use any explosives at that time, cable knot around stull and pull them with the slusher lol. Soo dangerous, explosives could be your friend!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

We can't get or use dynamite.

[@norandois]

@@exploringabandonedmines slusher is the way or kind of scaling with long pole, its seem challenging to come down this stull, maybe just pull the cord is enough 😁

[@AIM54A]

@@exploringabandonedmines Maybe some black powder and an electric match might be enough to dislodge what you need.

[@johncorlett3699]

poke a couple of sticks around the stull, that will clear it, remote detonater

[@exploringabandonedmines]

You can't get dynamite.

[@MarkBrockman1956]

Can you make an extra long Pelican to pull some of that stuff down off that Stull?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

We have lots of long pieces of 2 inch irrigation pipe.

[@MarkBrockman1956]

Ya know, Sharon, after all this time and all these mines, I’m thinkin you wouldn’t give a Rat’s ass about Rats 😂❤

[@jbrobertson6052]

Sharon you had me in stitches about hiding your chocolate cake and goodies I even gotta hide em' on myself

[@Serial__DesginationN]

Bros restarting the industrial revolution. And I’m here for it.

[@raydowley1038]

Awesome stuff Sharon Frank, can you not just knock the hazard/hazards down to make it safe that way?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Then I would have to shovel it and tram it out,

[@DKTAz00]

21:33 the big one flying across the screen, yikes!

[@jasonwcoleman250]

Sharon reminds me of a Canadian Betty Boop.

[@rydplrs71]

30:15 I saw the chair and was expecting you to take a seat with a cigar and a whiskey or beer. Maybe that’s just projecting what I’d do…..I guess you wouldn’t be closing in on 2000 carts removed taking mini victory laps. 31:00, I guess you hit 2000

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Almost 2100 now!

[@rydplrs71]

@@exploringabandonedmines I look forward to future updates. You are living a well earned dream.

[@johnizitchiforalongtime]

When you clean this up and get it plugged. Show us the results.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

We will!

[@charlesreynolds2798]

Did you check that dirt to see if it was pay dirt?

[@jessewilson8676]

4:35 just say no to crack it can kill.

[@richardminer1863]

Cool old mine, looks dicey in places? Have you run any material? Was it a gold mine? Enjoy the video, will be watching more!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Gold mine yes. We are restoring it not operating it.

[@Numberonecoinrollhunter]

I hope all is going well your way my friend from them big forest fires in Canada the smoke has literally blackened the entire eastern part of Ohio and up of Lake Erie it is horrible never seen anything like it you can smell it like our area is on fire i hope all is well and please keep our neighboring country of Canada in your thoughts and prayers.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

We have an issue with high levels of forest fuels. They have kept fires from burning for many years now mother nature is catching up.

[@myhificloud]

@21:43 Real Men (and Women) take long, relaxing stope showers....

[@sharonnicholson3393]

🙏 thank you Lord for everyone's safety that was in there when that rock slide happened 2:29 gigantic pile on the ground and more in the shoot holy heck that was intense

[@catchaser52]

Time to get Jeff Up There.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

He told he wanted to come for a visit when it is hot here!

[@user-vz2ei3sb7r]

When was the last time this mine was worked before you took over

[@exploringabandonedmines]

1941

[@johncos1068]

What year was the Yankee Boy started?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

in 1900 it was the first mine to ship ore to the Grand Forks smelter.

[@danosmixedgrill6067]

This is probably a silly ideah, but if you want to bring that unstable stall down with all the rocks on it, go back down with a gun & shoot the timbers untill they give way. We dispose of dangerouse tree branches that way. I know the dynamics inside a mine are way different but just an ideah. Cheers Daniel.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

It is a big stull. Might just poke the rock off with a piece of aluminum pipe.

[@jbrobertson6052]

What a great job you 2 are doing especially explaining everything to us, I wasn't exactly sure what your plan was around 24:00ish with what you were trying to do and then you have all of the rock stuck there and at 34:20 you know as well as I do but loggers would call that..."A Widow Maker"... I'm not sure what you would call it in the Mining Industry

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I guess the same if the that is the result!

[@robertlyman9789]

Miners crack or plumbers crack? I’m confused

[@donmarion8808]

Get an explosives guy to figure out how to shoot the Stull. Let the muck run. Better to spend time mucking than always worrying if a wall was gonna hold back a muck run..

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Better to timber it and fill the void with small material.

[@helenasmith4286]

Copper or azurite?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Azurite and Malachite...copper and silver

[@FrankLotz-cm3rz]

Must ask the rope that has a lot of muck on top of the cross timber is that the end of a false floor that had fallen down to the number two shaft at some time past ?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

It is beat up pretty bad!

[@timothyrussell4010]

ave you ever thought of sifting through the waste rock for gold meaning panning it to see if theres still gold i like to see that

[@exploringabandonedmines]

The Gold is too fine to pan.

[@frederickmoller]

Frank, just for my piece of mind, does a mining inspector ever visit your mine? I know for a fact in Ontario a mining inspector from the government would be checking any mine whether it's an operating mine or a tourist attraction, just thinking....another great video, please stay safe you two!

[@no2thenwo737]

Claim jumpers and nosy parkers are basically everywhere. What can you do?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

If it is not an active mine they don't bother you.

[@frederickmoller]

@@exploringabandonedmines different than in Ontario, more safety, good for you.

[@thedudematt7676]

Hey careful I seen a big crack when Franklin was pushing that oar cart...lmfao 😂😂🤢🤮

[@glennwall552]

And to think of all that money going into gyms while you two keep fit by labouring away.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I was thinking of going to the gym...but went to the john instead.

[@ronniecardy]

Be very very careful looks unsafe to me

[@rickrayn]

Will the mine be open for tours in September? I and 2 friends are considering coming through Grand Forks then.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

It will be closing at the end of September.

[@larry785]

That's a BIG NOPE from me!

[@Magnacorpanicous]

That wood could be worth as much as gold.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I will sell you some for only the price of Silver!

[@yosemitesam6945]

Pretty treacherous.