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[@exploringabandonedmines]

In before the Riff Raff

[@patrickthedestroyer6427]

Atta-Boy Frank! Keep it up deep diver!

[@evanscreekbrahman7511]

Only by about 4 minutes!

[@paleogeology9554]

I been mining here in the USA my entire life. I'll be out in Arizona from November 10th till it gets to hot out in the desert. I'd be happy to show you guys hundreds of mines if your gonna be in La Paz County, AZ this winter. Whoever told you there isnt any mines in the states that you can enter obviously doesnt know anything about mining or just wanted to discourage you guys for some odd reason. Best of luck guys!! Love your videos

[@mattjonathan2645]

I could have took you to some amazing mines in Washington state. The easy ones rite off the road are closed up but yhey are not exciting at all. The ones back way in are amazing. Yall should have hit it the old monte Cristo mines.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

@@mattjonathan2645 The border to the States has been closed since last year. I don't know why you can come up here!

[@ScoundrelSFB]

Glad to hear your accent in your accent in our neck of the woods neighbor! 🇨🇦 Always happy to see a Canadian in Washington!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Right on!

[@grantgoatsav7622]

Just rode a four wheeler and an enduro bike up to this on July 24, 2022. Hasn't changed much in appearance since this video in 2019. Left my signature in the back room on paper, hope no rats find it. Thank you guys for doing this, it helped me come prepared.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Good to hear!

[@jeepejeep]

Welcome to America, here's a nice, big mine for you! Amazing view from there. Cool buildings and mine. Thanks.

[@chasehilderbrandt9962]

Hey I actually know a little bit about this mine an old guy told me that lived at the bottom. at the end of each shift they would send the miners down the mountain in the oar carts and one would stay up there through the night to run the lift, to pick up and drop off the miners.

[@user-td4gh6kj2z]

Loving the drone footage of the older buildings Frank, its an awesome way to see things from a diff perspective.

[@gregkinney5219]

I anticipate your videos on Saturday morning as much as I did cartoons as a kid. thanks for the great show and hope you enjoy the USA! stay safe Frank.

[@mauserdave]

Glad to see your in my neck of the woods Frank. Stay safe buddy

[@swishersw33tz]

I Love Your Videos Friend, Could watch them all day. Love seeing whats down there in the historic places

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Glad you enjoyed

[@williamwintemberg]

Cool Old Mine! Looking down from the top of the tram is really some view!

[@patrickthedestroyer6427]

One of my life goals is to own an old 1900s or 1800s engine, either an old mining engine or something that would've been used for it such as a buss engine or large truck engine. All this old metal does nothing but motivate me. Thanks Frank.

[@wygold]

Patrick The Destroyer My life goal is to own a 1880’s-1930’s ghost town or mining camp, restore it back to its beauty. If I can’t achieve that then the next best thing would be is to create a fictitious Mining town on my own piece of desert land.

[@patrickthedestroyer6427]

@@wygold yo there are so many old mines for sale.in Colorado. I was looking at The Maid of Athens for $10,000. There are so many like it around the crystal creek vane I believe. They're surprisingly cheap and come with alot acreage. You should look into it. Very attainable dream imho.

[@diruswolf]

Welcome to my state! Lots of history and mining here, glad you found such a cool site so quickly!

[@danlutjemeier4183]

A few of us from Curlew made our way up there in the early 80's in an old Ford 3/4 ton pickup, we actually made it back down to the railway in one piece! A web search reveals little about this mine, and the best info. I could find is in "Discovering Washington's Historic Mines" vol. 5; pg. 224-227 "During its lifetime, the mine produced ore containing copper, zinc, silver, lead, tungsten, cadmium, and bismuth." Thanks for the tour Frank!

[@stephenj.mst3kfan836]

Welcome to America, Frank! May these mines be as Awesome as those you explore in Canada! 👍😀

[@gingerbread6614]

We are following you throughout the USA

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Leaving a trail of empty beer cans!

[@drummer0701]

Awesome stuff Frank! Pretty surprised how big that room was. Welcome to the states!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks!

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

Hey, Frank, nice video again. Thanks for sharing with us. Stay safe and have a great weekend, eh? Bon chance, mon ami. ❤🇨🇦❤

[@alurquhart701]

Great video! Really enjoyed a first look at a mine in the U. S. Looking forward to next week's video....

[@caboosevx9676]

If anyone wanted to know this little info I found on google about this mine. It worked low dipping contact metamorphics in schist and produced in 1915, 1916, and 1946-1950. Developments include 2,000' of shafts, crosscuts and drifts

[@steveanderson5888]

That's awesome you made it to my state another great video from you brother

[@hepplewhitesonsexploration4791]

i know this place..nice tour. Thanks!

[@barbararobinson7980]

Excellent drone footage. That was a good adventure, loved the old buildings, the way the timber has aged and the machinery. The mine had a little bit of everything - mine cart, compressor tank, a bat and a rat. You and Mike seemed to share a sense of humour. Nice scenic views from the bunk house. Thank you for sharing the explore Frank. Take care and stay safe. 👍 ❤️

[@ClaytonCountyHistoryHound]

Enjoyed watching. Thanks for sharing the adventure. Take care.

[@CutthroatMcRage]

TY Frank once again AWESOME :)

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks glad you enjoyed it!

[@loyalkuhn5778]

Great tour and video. They left a lot of copper ore behind, so they must have been after gold. Interesting stope with a lot of chutes down to the haulage. From the looks of it, they must have taken the high grade and moved on. Thanks for the look-see at the buildings. Have a good one...

[@jamesglenn2006]

Pretty cool colors in that mine. Good job guys🍻👍

[@1roanstephen]

Glad you are here at last.

[@rogeradam7391]

Right on frank nice little mine as always great explore ready for your next adventure.🍻😸😸😸😺👍👍

[@seandepoppe6716]

That's cool i grew up right down the road on the US side. 👍👍😎

[@oxskirra]

Welcome to the states Frank. Definately looking forward to the many videos to come.

[@SpaceWormMark]

So awesome to finally see ya here in the USA! I hated that you were kept from coming over for so long over something so minor/stupid. Enjoyed seeing this lil mine, hope you have a great trip!

[@raydowley1038]

easing us in Frank with a little US mine, with bigger things to come. cant wait!!

[@gingerbread6614]

Thank you.

[@wygold]

Hey Frank, You finally made it👍🏻🎉🇺🇸 If you ever make it to Southern California, I would love to join you in on one of your adventurous mine trips.

[@dubdub5925]

Great job as always Frank

[@darylsmith5985]

Hunted Owl Mtn. as a younger version of myself. Been to this mine a few times. I thought the road in was gated off from the valley and from the west now. Pretty cool. Like I remembered.

[@evanscreekbrahman7511]

Almost caught me slippin' this morning!

[@spitztheweevil]

Awesome adventures . Thank you

[@alexanderloadsmanthefirebu3753]

cool video Frank i wish i could do these mines with you sometime.

[@wkovacs]

3:30 Traylor Engineering Co., builders of heavy-duty mining equipment, Allentown, Pennsylvania (~1905 to WWI)

[@StaticSnow]

Very cool. I live in Allentown.

[@Mine_Explorer]

I am a Japanese abandoned mine explorer. Thank you for this wonderful mine video. Is this a copper mine? The wooden ruins are beautiful and the cableway pulley feels history 日本よりこんにちは 今回も素晴らしい鉱山の動画をありがとう。これは銅鉱山ですか？木造の廃墟も美しいし、索道のプーリーも歴史を感じます

[@Peter_S_]

You are correct, it was a copper mine primarily from 1915 to 1918. In addition lead, zinc, and silver were also mined here in commercially from 1946 to 1948. Tertiary metals encountered here include bismuth, cobalt, cadmium, and tungsten.

[@Mine_Explorer]

@@Peter_S_ Thank you very much. It is a very historic mine. I found that the copper mine can produce ore similar to Japan

[@paigelee6321]

Oh very cool your in my state awesome, never knew of any mines here, interesting, awesome find guys

[@exploringabandonedmines]

There are lots !

[@Peter_S_]

From the US mine data for the Talisman it appears it was primarily a copper mine discovered in 1896 and production work dates from 1915 but it also yielded lead, zinc, silver as primary products with 1st output in 1916. Bismuth, cadmium, tungsten, and cobalt are listed as tertiary. Looks like it was worked in two phases, 1916-1918 and 1946-1948. From that data one of the ores was chalcopyrite and the data says,l "ORE BODIES TABULAR-CONCORDANT WITH FOLIATION IN HOST ROCK; UPPER PART RICH IN SPHALERITE, LOWER PART RICH IN CHALCOPYRITE", but I don't see any mentions of arsenic or any mention of gold. From the notes: "521 TONS SHIPPED IN WORLD WAR I AVERAGED 5% CU, 4.1% ZN, 3 OZ/TON AG"

[@Peter_S_]

mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep_id=10098463 mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep_id=10131104

[@Peter_S_]

and one more.... mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/show-mrds.php?dep_id=10042380

[@jamesthompson8008]

Peter S -Thanks for sharing that info, it's great to get some output info regarding these old mines as it gives an idea of cost/benefit ratio. So many of these videos show how much effort went into them, but no idea of output. Thank you very much.

[@Vaasmios]

Ohh finally , a place I've been 😁 . I live in Washington too

[@josephgrant9137]

Sweet. Can"t hardly wait for the next one. Thanks Bro.

[@jeremiahjanson9881]

I grew up in Washington I didn't think there is still cool stuff now I'm going to keep my eyes open

[@Porty1119]

If you want some real sketchy (I mean...exciting) mines in the US, come on down to Kelly, New Mexico. Give me a holler if you do and I'll point you in the right direction.

[@WacKEDmaN]

nice one Frank! cheers mate!

[@RyanHammon]

There's thousands of mines in Shasta County in Redding, California. 2 down by my house that I like exploring

[@ttxela]

Great little mine, good start to your trip 👍

[@oldschoolmoto]

prety cool frank welcome to usa.if you get up to norther california and justins not showing you some spots hit me up and we will go have a look at some of the mines take care bud

[@grandprismatic]

Frank, 1st Welcome to the USA... the further you guys go south the drier it will be. Intact head frames, tram stations, internal cribbing, timbers, buildings and machinery. The shear amount of unseen/documented mines albeit claims or prospect is greater then what has already been seen. Nonetheless their are plenty on known mines that still offer plenty too see for the 1st time. Really enjoying this series and should you ever be on on the eastern side of the Sierra's, your're in for a treat. Plenty of high altitude unnamed spots. Party on \m/

[@doge_ram7234]

All that old mining equipment hurts me. I would do anything to get my hands on and restore some of those cool old machines.

[@shawsmining]

you got me hooked on old mines lol

[@terracethornhill]

I've seen videos of some amazingly extensive and well preserved mines down in the desert region of the US. Looking forward to seeing what you find.

[@probablyhomer9338]

I wish they’d give you access to the the Frog Mine and old Fierro mine in Hanover, New Mexico. It’s owned by Freeport McMoran. So many cool buildings and other stuff. They’re super stingy about people going there though. New Mexico has tons of zinc, gold, lead, copper mines littering the landscape.

[@janeshattuck8681]

Welcome to the U.S., looking forward to more mines.

[@TheDisabledGamersChannel]

FRANK ! ! ! PLEASE PLEASE let me know if you come to Las Vegas NV, i would LOVE to meet you and get a picture with you, it would make my year !

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Too late already passed though on the way to Arizona!

[@TheDisabledGamersChannel]

@@exploringabandonedmines I'm eternally saddened now :(

[@exploringabandonedmines]

@@TheDisabledGamersChannel I would like to meet you......not a big fan of Vegas though!

[@TheDisabledGamersChannel]

@@exploringabandonedminesYea i HATE this city with a passion !

[@BeaverSmashing]

Welcome to Washington! If you're coming down Interstate 5 watch out for State Patrol. They like to speed trap from Centralia south down to Longview area.

[@TheGoldeyFamily]

Welcome to America!

[@moparracing0128]

If you ever make it to Minnesota, I would find it really neat to explore some of the mines here with ya, I've been wanting to find and explore the mines here

[@robertbilbey1200]

Pretty cool that you can see Christina Lake right from there

[@gravityzero2179]

Can’t wait to see what you find in california

[@davebeckley2584]

Welcome to America, Frank. At the very beginning you used a term we're not familiar with, it sounded like you said, 'meters'. I've heard that before and I think it has something to do with distance. In America, we use feet, yards, inches, miles, and damn far or damn close. You'll get the hang of it. This was interesting if it was a gold mine. They had to have a geologist with them to tell them where the gold was since there weren't any quartz veins that you usually see. Or maybe they didn't have a geologist and they just blasted here and there, crushed the rock and sent it off to someone else who didn't know what the rock was supposed to contain. Looking forward to your further discoveries. Thanks for sharing.

[@SueGirling68]

Hi Frank, a cute little mine with no expense spared lol. I hear you are meeting up with Gly, you two should get on really well, he's a really nice guy too. x

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Met him today......we are going to have a lot of fun!

[@SueGirling68]

@@exploringabandonedmines I can imagine. xx

[@TheSWolfe]

Nearly in yr backyard, eh? Nice find, Frank!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Yes a short drive!

[@excellentpuma8500]

Men with beards are tough. I liked this mine. Pretty cool.

[@TheRambler7480]

I feel like you and Aquachigger would get on like a house on fire 👍

[@rolfsinkgraven]

First hit just across the border nice one.

[@qwertyuio905]

The "road" has protected that mine from most yahoo's. The blue paint wasn't there last time I was in there. The bats and pack rats were tho. I proposed to my wife just to the right of where you were standing at the end of the video. Seemed fitting, it was a hard road that brought us together. The view isn't to bad either. Kind of weird to see that place on KZbin.

[@outandaboutwithdon656]

No mines here where I live but there are sink holes that have opened a few times over the years . One was about 50 ft deep with a small underground stream at the bottom, no one ever went in it , it was filled in with rock ,there is lots of limestone in the area , there was once a limestone quarry, near here once too. I live in Pennsylvania

[@remmiemax3624]

Great Vid about an interesting mine! Now that you're in the US, you gotta try some different beers. Leinenkugel's Original (one of my fav) will put hair on your _____😉. As always, Rock On!

[@manicmechanic448]

You should come over to Scott county Tennessee while you're down here. There's some good mines out here. I know were a couple of prison operated coal mines are. I'd like to show you were they are, if possible.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

sounds cool but no to coal mines!

[@manicmechanic448]

@@exploringabandonedmines sorry man. I think there are other types of mines out here, but they're few and far between. I do however have to ask, why?

[@TroubleBKC]

Your buddy has so much metal on his hands, looks like he's weight training his fingers! lol. Could any of that bigger stuff even be taken out of there if you say, wanted it in the museum? It looks like thick steel. Would be a impressive feat i bet.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Maybe but it would be hard to get permission.

[@andybobandy641]

Hey Frank! When you get down near L.A. I'll buy you a beer, bud!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

OK

[@andrewbarker9773]

yeah not bad frank, for your first US mine, didn't take you long.

[@jburritt426]

The Mayflower Gold Mill above Silverton, Colorado, has a Cone mill, a Rod mill and a Ball mill. This is a fascinating self guided tour. Too bad this whole area is now a Superfund site. Thank God we have a Heritage designation on this to save this historical building.

[@boognow6728]

beautiful area it looked like they mined more copper than gold

[@exploringabandonedmines]

They did surprizing since it was such a small mine.

[@mrstude]

Pretty cool ! Welcome to the US !

[@ihatedietcola7920]

There's a mine outside of the ghost town Monte Cristo in Snohomish county here in Washington.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

we will check it out next spring!

[@nickmg555]

If you ever venture into northern New England we have an old lead and silver mine that needs to be documented but needs an adventurous young lad with ropes skills such as yourself ;)

[@parkerrowe4687]

Nick goodwin. Im in new hampshire. U?

[@nickmg555]

Parker Rowe NH as well. Not many mines left but a few to explore. The mascot has most of my interest but unfortunately is in very bad shape inside and not much to see without ropes to either decend the main shaft or to get across the shaft to where the 2nd level adit continues. There’s at least 3 levels and it’s rare to find such extensive mines in New England

[@budinfield9064]

Nice day!

[@thrifty9797]

My great grandfather used to work in the metallurgy foundry that cast each part for those Traylor crushers in our home town of Allentown PA. There's a very high chance he produced that aswell, i know it's a long shot, but I wonder who I could contact to purchase it

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Maybe you could find one on Ebay. I don't sell artifacts I find in mines.

[@thrifty9797]

@@exploringabandonedmines id be interested in purchasing the entire crusher assembly directly from the land owner/state. I'll look into it, thanks for the discovery!

[@rdamp2374]

Great Video Frank. Did the rat have his passport with him. Can not wait for the rest of the videos.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

He was American!

[@amyj4825]

Welcome to Washington 😁

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Thanks Amy it doesn't feel any different than Canada. In Arizona now.

[@stevetabor4447]

Cool stuff love your channel heard in beginning heading California if so where you gonna be be cool to see ya

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Ballerat 7,11 th of November

[@stevetabor4447]

Oh sweet

[@johnizitchiforalongtime]

Love the Adit, strong. I guess only commonsense stopped you from doing the truly dangerous. Sounds like you can't talk him out of taking something, just like you. You usually black out the video and we see you outside, but not this time. The rest of the woodwork outside well weathered, cool.

[@chrisadamson9556]

The guys voice sounds like Burt from Burt and Ernie...lol

[@highclasswhitetrash9027]

Ah! You caught me with my coffee dripping! Come have a beer with me when you get to Utah frank, theres lots of mines around here to go take a gander at. Anyways, been waiting for you to make the pilgrimage buddy. Stay safe n till next time.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Beer is crappy in Utah...…..light stuff at 3.2%

[@highclasswhitetrash9027]

@@exploringabandonedmines bah only at the grocers frank! Real utahns know you get real beer at the liquor agency! Or Colorado is only 15 minutes away.

[@FloridaWaterAdventures]

"cute little ball mill"

[@creekwater9164]

This is about 45 minutes from me a lot of cool mines around here if you ever come back down I can point you towards some

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Where would that be?

[@creekwater9164]

@@exploringabandonedmines there’s a couple outside of chewelah and a lot on the ferry county side

[@chrisv4640]

I would love to come along with you if you explore anywhere in driving distance from Kansas City. Sometimes it looks like you could use an assistant.

[@deadpiratetattoo2015]

I don't know why this is so fascinating to me. Your descriptions bring it home tho. Eh?

[@unknown2469]

I love your videos first❤️

[@patrickthedestroyer6427]

Second.

[@unknown2469]

Nope

[@patrickthedestroyer6427]

@@unknown2469 fine then. I don't love the videos second.... I still love them tho

[@unknown2469]

Patrick The Destroyer 😎

[@paulmccarthy6971]

That trap wagon was for trapping naughty miners haha

[@joetheastrosfan3460]

Neat video

[@Ironicallyferm]

So did you just walk over an invisible line? Or were there boarder security?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

There is!

[@geoffreyjones2000]

Welcome to the USA sir :)

[@spartangamer1]

Hello, Thank you for the years of amazing content and info! You are a truly interesting person. not sure if you will see this but...what were the strangest things you have found in a mine?...or that found you in a mine!?o.o Thanks again!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Something cool every week!

[@parkerrowe4687]

Frank love your vids but whay are you showing the area and giving the names of U.S. mine??

[@exploringabandonedmines]

No or the BLM will destroy them.

[@parkerrowe4687]

Thats what i ment. In the video you give the name and exact location of the mine which is a HUGE no no in the U.S. The horrible p.o.s. loosers at BLM wacth these vids and target the destruction of out underground history based on vids like yours...dont make their life easy and dont be responsible for the loss of these great places. I love your vids and your sprit...just diffrent rules in the U.S.