Finally! New ladder in and down to the rolling cars of Columbia!

[@shermancase1494]

thanks for the rides on the carts

[@CactusMcNew]

Great video Ross. I'll make some time to come out in the fall to keep digging out the 165 level. - - Tim

[@Jake-yx7ct]

A great video. To badd it's just you doin the work. Keep working and saving history.

[@luckyhorsetail]

You were talking about the arsonist,who started that mine fire years ago, loved your saying. Here's one for that low life, may the bird of paradise fly up your nose, may a heard of elephants caress you toes! Love your videos 😊

[@tecopamines]

Well said!

[@SteveTheFordGuy985]

Hi Ross, very interesting video, you guy`s worked hard to show all of us, these deep and somewhat dangerous levels of the Columbia Mine that was fire damaged back in the 80`s by some idiot . Thanks for showing it to us, however, I am concerned that the burned timbers will give way at any time and a collapse could happen.

[@JimBagley]

Very cool to hear the ore cart rolling on the rails. The drill bits are a great treasure.

[@Tusker2zero2]

I just love watching KZbinrs like going down very deep old mines and checking out the wooden structures and finding all the cool artifacts left behind. Especially, those mines where the looters haven't picked them apart. I'm also curious as to how much deeper this mine goes. It's a shame that those lower levels are flooded. Think of the cool artifacts down there waiting to be discovered.

[@OnyxCollector]

Love the exploring!

[@Greg_Jones]

It looks like a bucket might be reconstructed up top if I were carefully marked and hauled up.

[@jerrykeenan1848]

Thanks so much

[@JohnLilland]

You the man!, I wish I could swing out that way and give you a hand someday

[@tecopamines]

Make it happen!

[@dianehansen1665]

Love the videos. Koodo’s to you

[@thatkajunguy8029]

Your video skills are getting better every time you shoot one........ Always good to have friends willing to give you a ride when you need one, lol...... Stay safe and see you in another video soon

[@Yubaactivistandadventure]

Yeah, his video skills, and talking to the camera is getting way better. Plus I subscribed to his buddy's KZbin page from his video. Ross is also paying it forward on the Sarah J WonderHussy help.

[@rhondaz356]

Ross, that was so cool. That ride on the running cars really interested me. I'm glad the last of the ladders are in place. A lot of work, on your part, and some good friends... 👏👏 Thanks for sharing. 👏🌞🤗

[@bigharmonicabob2593]

Thanks for the Ride!...😊

[@markthiggs3201]

Your best video to date. No suggestions, but they get better each time.

[@OdySlim]

Thanks Ross. That was an interesting carcide can. I never saw one like that. I am happt to see you still have items left in the mine. Thank you for the video & have a great weekend. Regards from Ody Slim

[@robertkoehne1795]

Remarkable video Ross. Where did they get the timber. Probably by train?

[@davidhudson5452]

Nice mine most metal ive seen so far stay safe dont have crushing event

[@davegoodridge8352]

Yep, if I was a Tommyknocker that’s where I’d be hanging out

[@Andi845]

You are one brave man!!!!! Must be interesting but I hope you carry a device to tell others where you are in case some of the timbers let go!! It is amazing what you are finding, and giving respect to the miners that dug all the holes you are walking in!!👍

[@norm5785]

Definately the only one legged miner I have seen. Thank you for sharing. It's a shame people looted so much from these mine..I completely understand about the high winds. Stay safe, happy and healthy. From Henrico County Virginia

[@milowadlin]

You forgot to list acrophobia. Looking down some of those shafts is scary.

[@simplybeautifulnorthcarolina]

I really enjoy the videos and love to experience places that are so different from my little place on earth.

[@StanFarleyMusic]

Great Video, Thanks!!!

[@awesomearizona-dino]

Hi Ross, Thanks for the Adventure. maybe seek out 2x4 joiner pieces without knots.

[@d17spud]

Hello from your friend in se Michigan. I enjoy your videos. Much respect to you for what you’re working to preserve

[@tecopamines]

I appreciate that. Thank you.

[@markshietze4783]

❤🎉 ohh , very cool ! excellent video , Ross ! ... and yer a Rocker , too ! 😊😅 keep up yer good werk , mang ; youre crushing it

[@jamesmalone6351]

Hi Ross, that was a really good video.

[@janetceniza8091]

# 4 I can't even imagine working so far underground digging those tunnels in such poor light, putting in the rails, supports, - you could not be claustrophobic to be a miner. Heck, I wouldn't even go that far in with the shafts already dug out for you.

[@JeanetteRutherford]

Awesome !!

[@935frank]

Cool Video thanks

[@tecopamines]

Thanks for watching!

[@935frank]

@@tecopamines you said you went to Wayne State in Detroit we live 80 miles north of the Detroit we are watching your video Ramling

[@youruptownlowdown7745]

Excellent!

[@westrails]

Fantastic! I don't know whats better the timber cart in the Columbia or the ore cart up in the Noon Day. Is that a box of M2 BALL I see on the shelf!

[@tecopamines]

Yes it is. Because not all visitors out here are friendly.

[@westrails]

@@tecopamines When we come out to visit we will announce ourselves as friendly's, as to not draw fire!

[@moo-vl7yu]

Cool.

[@TheFiredog3]

Was curious, did someone extinguish the fire or did it burn itself out ?

[@tecopamines]

There were no efforts to fight it according to locals who saw it burning. They said it burned for days until it finally stopped.

[@tomhale6480]

Great job

[@henrymuzgay1023]

are you going to clean all the muck out as you go what are you going to do with ore you find

[@MartyPrice-t8f]

I didn't know there was thermal activity,not knowing how deep it actually was.

[@keithrosenberg5486]

A cableway to lift heavy items out would be nice. That timber car is fantastic. How many entrances are there where you can walk in?

[@tecopamines]

On that mine? Just two. On the others in the complex…a lot.

[@mikehumphrey4039]

Deck screws break nails bend

[@tecopamines]

True. If you want to help me buy nails, Tecopa mines at either Venmo or PayPal. Thanks!

[@cheycasters]

Suggestion- moving around with the camera (phone) on xtreme close ups made me was sea sick......Stop that!!!!🎸🎸🎸 Great artifacts tho!! Maybe sell the drill bits as a gift shop type thingy to help support you with some sort of COA with them?????????? I'm still spinning???? Gly Coolness does that with chunks of xtra special ore samples to help grow his channel. Thanks man!!!!

[@tecopamines]

Sorry about that. I try to keep the camera steady but with fatigue and the uneven floors… And I am planning to offer the bits up for donations soon. I just need to gather and sort them.

[@drewconrad7093]

You did not give the proper ticket for that cart ride.

[@lox_5017]

Will you invite the wonderhussy and her sis back?

[@tecopamines]

They have a standing invitation to come out whenever they like. They’re just down the road.

[@georgem7965]

Cool to see the more remote areas which still have artifacts in situ. Are the bits steel or do they have carbide inserts? One suggestion: Some better editing. The bits where the camera is just waving around on rock, etc. could be edited out and would improve the overall quality of the video. Keep up the good work.

[@larry785]

Here's a suggestion; When you zoom in on something, BEFORE you move to another something, zoom back out first. It is highly disorienting when you are zoomed in and you move to something else.

[@stephenesler1125]

Whoever supplied all that wood didn't give it away ain't no trees in that area

[@tecopamines]

It all came from sawmills in the Sierra Nevadas. And it’s tight-grained virgin timber for the most part. Can’t even find that stuff today.

[@davidcoyote8921]

👍

[@highway9974]

They call me the 3 leg minor. Ba da Bing. LOL

[@dalehamelehle1211]

Just wondering , do you go down in the mines by yourself? If so do you notify , text or whatever someone topside just in case something happens? I assume you don't have cell service down there. Love the videos, hope to visit some day.

[@janetceniza8091]

# 3 you may have mentioned this before - but how many men worked a shift.?

[@tecopamines]

It depended on demand. When metal demand was high, a lot. When demand was low: none or a caretaker crew. I don’t have any exact figures tho.

[@janetceniza8091]

husband speaking age 80 In any of these mine shafts, was there any chance of poison gas when they were being worked ?

[@tecopamines]

No. Hard rock mines didn’t have that problem.

[@joseph5348]

Good morning Ross, do you ship minerals to market???

[@tecopamines]

Not yet.

[@jimmytheexpat5719]

do you ever feel claustraphobic/?

[@tecopamines]

Nope.

[@janetceniza8091]

# 2 not being a coal mine and coal dust - no black lung risk, but there had to be lots of dust to suck in. Did the miners working here uses any breathing protection ?

[@tecopamines]

Back then they did not.

[@richellen6855]

They called it 'rocks in the box' back then, or miner's consumption. It's called Silicosis, now.

[@richellen6855]

Is there any reason to worry about all those charred stulls? Any sense in replacing any of them? Great vid, tho, but careful with the zooming in and out so much. Head spin from watching.

[@davidgrenis638]

OH MY GOD YOU DIDN'T NOTCH THOSE LADDERS IN YOU'RE JUST DEPENDING ON THE NAILS NOT AT ALL GOOD

[@staralioflundnv]

Hi, I'm new, per my Iong time interest in expIoring, prospecting, preserving and sharing history, I found your channeI through your neighbor's video, Wonderhussy (Sarah). Since I'm a teacher, these interests are a way to give young peopIe opportunities to interact with reaIia that I often come across. Maybe in the Tecopa Mines future, you might have kid/famiIy friendIy tours with optionaI activity packages to foster your message, generate income, partner with state mine safety program. #MiningAdventure #MiningHistory #MiningEducationaI #MiningSafety #MiningFun