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[@yadong8037]

Thumbs up for Heather, that fearless woman!

[@kasnitch]

props to Heather for getting right in there . impressive workings .

[@paulpence8895]

As said previously, we get a much better perspective of the size when you film someone standing in those stopes, massive... Another awesome adventure Frank!!!

[@MPGunther1]

Huge mine, thank you for taking us along

[@ClaytonCountyHistoryHound]

What an amazing mine. Thank you both for taking us along as you explored. Take care.

[@richardbrobeck2384]

Frank it was nice that you took Heather along you are so knowledgeable

[@conniegoldthwait1463]

Very cool! Loved it Frank!

[@lewy1019]

Magnificent, old mine carts still there that haven’t been touched for years

[@jimmime]

Hey, Frank, I think she's a keeper! And Heather, thank you, for keeping Frank safe!

[@mihaiad86]

As a geologist, i love to see your work. I miss the gold/copper ore deposits exploration days, now i work to find solutions to the problems created by the mining, and God knows that a lot of villages will just disappear because of the old mines, like in the next 30-40 years (working in France since 3 years).

[@charlie15627]

Having Heather along really improved the scenery

[@louisturner8842]

Frank, good to see you are still making vidjas and getting those views. Good work.

[@grandprismatic]

Nice mucker! Lol great finds thanks Frank

[@Troy-Tate]

Awesome work.Good find with the new mine. Heather did real well what a Ninja someone get that woman some climbing equipment.

[@rdamp2374]

Great Video Frank and Heather keep them coming.

[@rolfsinkgraven]

Another great find loved watching it thnx.

[@misterangel8486]

Amazing labyrinth this mine😎👍the size of some chambers... Wauw😮cathedral under the earth👌

[@alurquhart701]

The Lucky Jim was a very interesting explore! Definitely worth going back to it, thanks for taking us along , Frank!

[@gingerbread6614]

Wow what a mine.neat box. The mine has so many tunnels veering off. Thank you for taking us along.

[@barbararobinson7980]

Hello to Heather who was well prepared for the explore. Thankfully no one needed to use the toilet. The cart you used for a step up was pretty cool. That was quite a journey up the stope. It was huge in there and it was really helpful to get the perspective with Heather in shot. I had to laugh at your analogy of women with dresses and you with dynamite boxes. I loved all the artefacts that you were pointing out like the tram bucket, the cage for miners and core sample boxes. The mucker and the buckle for the drill were a nice find. That was an awesome explore - thank you so much Frank and Heather. Stay safe and take care. 👍 ❤️❤️

[@smartmonkey777]

I'm sure after a hundred years the poo poo has turned to dust.

[@barbararobinson7980]

@@smartmonkey777 😂 agree

[@rogeradam7391]

As always great explore !!! Stay safe see ya next week 😸😸😺🍻👍

[@DaleDuffy]

Very impressive, wish we had massive mines like that in Arizona. Great video, Frank..!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

There are some pretty big mines in Arizona!

[@jeepejeep]

Lucky Jim, named after me! HAH!You found a pretty cool spot after crawling up that ore shoot. Good for Heather following you up. Yeah if only gold was that easy to find! That "stairway" was very cool! Heather has a bit of mountain goat in her, doesn't she? Wow what a huge mine! Lots of artifacts, really cool.

[@TheMattc999]

That's absolutely amazing how that was all dug out by hand.

[@mikec1096]

Thanks Heather! and thank you Frank

[@gearslappingarage7561]

Awesome video loved how a lot of things were still untouched considering it’s the main mine from a old town

[@Wheel-1]

Great footage Frank , Have a Great weekend...

[@remmiemax3624]

Heather and you were having such a great time! Good to have a (female) Companion🥰 she is a Trooper! Best mine yet!! As always cheers 🍻 and Rock On!

[@talanpacheco4660]

Love the vids keep up the good work!!👍🏽

[@Ozark-nq9uu]

Your videos are great. I love all of them, I would love to explore a mine someday, preferably with someone who has experience.

[@SueGirling68]

Hi Frank, a pretty cool mine with quite a lot of old mining relics to see, it looked like quite a technical mine climbing wise but Heather climbed it all like a champ. A really cool explore, it was nice to see you clambering around with someone which is always a lot safer in case of any accidents. Thanks to you both for showing us some more of the Lucky Jim mine. x

[@andrewbarker9773]

that is a massive mine, them stoped out areas just seemed endless, Heather did a good job too, thanks for another great adventure Frank, I was watching another mine explore channel earlier and you got another mention Frank, not tvr exploring this time, abandoned and forgotten places, gly could have used some help getting down some amazing incline shafts he found but won't do rope work alone which is safest option obviously, he then asked if canadian Frank would come down and visit him, you are one popular dude Frank, stay safe mate and catch ya next week again.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I am heading down to Arizona in the morning to do some exploring with Gly!

[@josephdaiglejr8509]

@@exploringabandonedmines oh man I can't wait to see the video from Arizona you are gonna love it the weather just broke so no more 110+ degree days perfect time to visit us here be safe..I hope that you can see the tombstone mines wish you could find a way to get into the silver king that would be a awesome one for you to get to

[@jamesglenn2006]

You guys found some pretty cool places in there today, the big room with the stairs was amazing. Great exploration Frank&Heather, can't wait until you go back 👍🍻

[@CutthroatMcRage]

Yet another AWESOME as always Vid from Frank …. Thanks Frank :)

[@BIGBADWOOD]

Videos keep on getting better and better ... 5 Stars !

[@bingsballyhoo711]

Heather is a real trooper!

[@keithbarrett9449]

Awesome stuff! I would love to do stuff like this. I'm in New Jersey so I have no idea what's around here. I always watch your videos. Amazing work 👍🏼

[@Justin-tp3lr]

If I ever get out to BC I'm going to look up your museum. I live in the Northeast USA and have nothing like this around me. I wish I did. This and old logging areas has always fascinated me. Thank you for the great content.

[@kimbra1132]

Great adventure, I'm glad u had someone else with you this time. That was a massive mine. Way cool.

[@jeremyowen1]

Still can't get over what a badass woman Heather is. She makes most of us look like big bubble blowin' babies.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Yup!

[@quest2outdoors]

I really really enjoy watching where you go in mines I sure would like to do it someday be safe have a totally awesome day :-) peace

[@hookysprospecting3874]

WOW frank that is one awesome big mine

[@77subiedo]

Awesome vid, thank you for sharing

[@drekor72]

Those new headlamps and torches are killing it. They'd be brilliant in the Mines of Moria!

[@paigelee6321]

Always interesting very cool 😎

[@forestrot666]

I have only explored one abandoned mine and it was amazingly impressive. Old iron mine not horribly far from where I live. We didn't go as far in as you two did cause every shaft was pretty flooded or had been filled in with old blast rock ect. Pretty cool to always see what had been left in the mines,like old carts and such. Even as someone in the geology world and climbing experience,yah always gotta be super aware in such places for sure. Also what cool crates yah found!

[@WacKEDmaN]

cool stuff, as usual! thanks Frank

[@canastasiou68]

another great adventure,and more to come ,sounds cool. say hi to heather from your viewers.Cheers

[@fiidgett]

Hey man big fan of the channel; don’t know that I’ve made a comment before so let me start off with sorry about Max 😢. In this video I saw you looking up at 21:30 in the video and made me think about a spotlight I used to have. One of those 2 million candle power spotlights. They were kind of bulky but I have a house on the St Lawrence on the Ontario/Ny border and I used to be able to light up my neighbors houses through their windows at night across the bay. They are heavy and big but had really great projection. Just at thought. Thanks for all the great content I’m always looking forward to the next video! - Evan from Connecticut

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Lots of light is good but too much washes it out.

[@DjJDtech]

time to get a brew on! Looking forward to another episode Frank!

[@DeBoswachter]

Lara croft x Action man! Absolutely fantastic adventure again Frank!! Thanks alot :))

[@thaKGB]

You need to get a hi power uv black light. The mines you go in would look so different and amazing...

[@skookumchuckreefer978]

👋 👀Pretty cool 😎 ,kept my interest, I guess I’m waiting till next week now 🍻

[@001desertrat3]

Frank , @ 3:22 - the Ore Car wheels with the spokes were for "Spragging" . When tramming a loaded ore car down a decline , the miner would deftly throw a wooden sprag between the spokes thereby locking up the wheel so it would act as a brake and slow down the ore car so it wouldn't become a run-away . -- < Doc , Retired , Miner for over 50 years > .

[@graydonjones6912]

You never disappoint .

[@jeromygreiner2465]

Amazing mine! Good job frank and heather!

[@Bushguyrocks]

How did I miss this episode? Never seen it before. Nice mine. You seem to like the Sandon area. Cheers!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Lots of amazing history there!

[@cannibus78]

Entertaining as always Have a great day

[@edwardlochbihler2089]

That is one gigantic room wow

[@randomoldguy3967]

Wow! The size and length of the stopes were very impressive! Have you thought about making some sort of 2 wheeled cart or sled to recover some of the heavier relics? Just a thought that I’m sure you have had. Great video!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Maybe one day!

[@ricklabreche7893]

Neat seeing the sodium cyanide drum I used to make drums just like that when I worked at cyanamid in Niagara Falls when I got there from 75 to 92 we made black cyanide for gold refining 48 to 50% strength the white cyanide furnace no longer ran when I got there not sure if it was sodium or not had drum shop to make drums like that had about 6 to 7 guys making 1000 barrels a shift then drum shop would shut down and go run cyanide furnace for the week.

[@MrJtappin]

That mine is huge and full of artefacts of very different times too. There is clearly more to find, not least of which is there must be a nearby mountain made of spoil!

[@-Viceroy-]

The scale of the mine really shows when you have companion in the film. (also friendly to the eye, when the companion is a good lookin gal)

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Yeah!

[@jdc8352]

Keep it in your pants man

[@hillsidehillside3095]

!!!!!! THANK U !! Heather !!!! ya U2 Frank !!!!!

[@MoosesValley]

Great video, thanks for the tour. Sure would be great like to send some autonomous drones in there to 3D map the entire mine.

[@user-vz2ei3sb7r]

Very Cool 👍

[@boomtop1]

thanks Frank have a good weekend

[@lisagates477]

Go Heather!! Awesome!

[@geraldfischer6049]

Good job Heather keeping up with him good job

[@frankjackson8]

Excellent video Frank. But I have to say that going underground without a helmet (Heather) isn't a good idea and is something that us lot over here in the UK would never do. A loose falling rock, accidentally bang your head, slip and fall etc., the risk is too great. If we forget our helmet(s) then we just stay on the surface and come back to explore the mine on another day.

[@Hoopty91]

27:50 ... Quite the graceful landing there😛

[@exploringabandonedmines]

As long as you don't break anything!

[@Hoopty91]

@@exploringabandonedmines well said!

[@jeffd6540]

Hi there, Nice video there.

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Hey, thanks

[@discovertheozarks1863]

this is great. i need to look into doing something like this around me.

[@charlesowens9784]

Thankyou

[@zeberdee1972]

Cool video as always :-)

[@joshuanorris5860]

22:25 what a stope! Huge

[@Saphire_Throated_Carpenter_Ant]

I don't know if you guys ever plan to get around Northern CA but there was a neat mine near where I grew up called The Afterthought mine which at one point was productive enough to justify building a small town around it but now all that is left is 2-3 buildings because it deteriorates noticeably more each time it snows. Anyhow I don't even know if the mine is open or if it's caved in but I heard it is open. Historical info I found says that it goes down into the hill about 700 feet and goes into it by about 3000 feet so I don't even know if that is worth exploring. I always assumed that the reason there hasn't been a documented exploration of it is because nobody equipped to do so has got the notion to do so and also it is on private property but that doesn't seem to bother you guys LOL.

[@LBCAndrew]

I'd be extra careful going into any Kalifornia mines. The nanny-state would definitely disapprove. lol. When i was 17, i was arrested for walking around in an abandoned construction site where there was nothing but a concrete slab and a few stacks of rotten 2x4's that had been there for years. In court, the guy who owned the property thought the arrest was beyond stupid and charges were dropped.

[@robertbilbey1200]

Is the Lucky Jim in the Jewel lake area? Amazing how extensive this mine looks! Hope you're doing well in the States Frank!

[@exploringabandonedmines]

No between Sandon and Kaslo. Heading to the States in the morning1

[@TheEarthHistorysConfusing]

Frank: Its not that steep up there ill give it a try. Me: Palms sweaty just watching.

[@williamwintemberg]

Huge Stopes!

[@RussianIvan82]

Интересно, спасибо!

[@mikev2116]

Greeting from America!

[@jimf1964]

"Would you like to go on a date with me Heather? Sure, what'd you have in mind? Oh, I was thinking we could go into a deep deep, dark, cold, wet, dusty, dirty, dangerous old mine, and check out rusted old tools. Uhhhh gee, maybe. I'll check my schedule." She went, she's a keeper! 🙂

[@SydneyRadio2UE]

I would bet the bands around the drum at 23:43 are actually rollers, which are used for manuvering the heavy drum.

[@dr.ryttmastarecctm6595]

Oh, to have knees again!

[@oldschoolmoto]

dynamite box was like new. to bad the slusher is so heavy be nice for the museum

[@exploringabandonedmines]

I have one that is similar.

[@juweinert]

You should take a strong UV flashlight with you! You can see in some shots, that the LED in your flashlight is not the best quality, why it spits out a bit of UV on the outer edges of the beam (it's just a bit and even high quality flashlights don't use highes quality LEDs, but I'm judging by a harsh standard here). Sometimes you see the rocks fluoresce pretty strong and you can see the difference between the outer and inner parts if the light spot. I could imagine that these caves look absolutely stunning when blasted with strong UV

[@Ryukai-san]

Wow, You can't really tell how big these things are until there's a person in the frame o_O

[@poorkitnerd2631]

Good times

[@augydraenor1598]

great video again Frank & Heather. Frank, did many of those "old timer" miners die with lung conditions mining hard rock? (Black Lung), or just good old age, beer & smoking?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

It the old days before water cooled drills it was brutal!

[@smartmonkey777]

i think the hard rock miners faired better that the coal miners , but there's a reason why the term miners lung exists..

[@clarkelliott5389]

@@smartmonkey777 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicosis

[@johnizitchiforalongtime]

What, Frank the Loner has a woman with him, shocker. She''s brave. She has a sense of humor as well. She found adventure in you Frank. Good, water here audible only, oops wet feet, again.

[@Hoopty91]

What the average temp in those mines? Seems chilly in there..

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Same as the average temp outside. In Canada just over freezing.........in Mexico closer to room temperature.

[@bongloveroncanabis-dude6664]

nice big mine

[@jimmyj2563]

That was cool I can’t get my wife to walk into a dark room let alone a sketchy mineshaft..

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Tell her sex is better in the dark!

[@darrellsmith5395]

Blowing the pillars is called retreat mining

[@papafranciscao]

well I watched a video and now I can't stop watching TAKEEE ME WITH YOU

[@ptshyu2]

How did they mine so high up in those big rooms?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

They started on the top and worked their way down.

[@ptshyu2]

@@exploringabandonedmines are there any stories of miners hitting the wooden supports and causing a collaspe?

[@johnandersson3967]

Where I worked, we mined the ore both from above and below. I worked with a hand-held machine and constantly broke upwards, it is called race wrestling in Sweden. In swedish = rasbrytning.

[@joshuanorris5860]

Well thank god for women.

[@okwhatever2995]

Why do they shut down? What where they once mining here?

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Mostly Gold and Silver. They mostly shut down for one reason.......not making any money.

[@JohnnyFaber]

Whoa, check out the demon face in the wall at 10:11. Spooky!

[@bernieponcik1351]

Frank looks nice, he seems cleaner somehow. Is his beard trimmed? He trimmed his beard! * Exploring Mines: Date Night Edition! Very awesome :)

[@exploringabandonedmines]

Nope!