REOPENED Lost Mine - 200+ Year Old Mine FOUND ~ First eyes to see after 200 years

[@LostMines]

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[@QIKUGAMES-QIKU]

Subbed.. take a Black uv light down and watch what happens when you shine it on certain quartz.. you should be in a nightclub suddenly 😮😅❤

[@sirpoppz]

That's a no shyt!

[@werzengeturix]

This was an old gold mine

[@Beardedexpat7614]

Superb. Glad to have discovered this channel. 😊

[@Praise___YaH]

Here is The Savior HalleluYAH (Hallel u YaH) translates “Praise ye YaH” YaH is The Heavenly Father YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins YaH was Crucified on an Almond TREE Ancient Semitic of Moshe (Moses) Isa Scroll (The Original Isaiah) Isaiah 42:8 "I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.” Isaiah 43:11 “I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.” Isaiah 45:5 “I am YaH, and there is none else.”

[@YorkshiremanInDorset]

P.S. The oval with a line through it is a Celtic numbering system which equals 10

[@Jomitheelf]

Or a peanut. But you’re probably right.

[@Marcus28]

Where im from a oval with a line is called ”kirkkovene” or a womans privates

[@pburgvenom]

@@Jomitheelflol

[@mpf_agundipsht3619]

@@Jomitheelf It comes from the Cornish miners who left England in the 1600's when the Tin industry died down and Cornish mine workers travelled abroad for work. It's a Cornish numbering system

[@louispowers8901]

We do the “0” with the “/“ through it in the military too, but it’s just a uniform “0.”

[@silasakron4692]

Digging portals open is no joke.The markings and shirt print were amazing - I find such "small" things just as compelling. Wonderful work, as always.

[@JR-kk6ce]

A million thanks to the landowner for making this extraordinary glimpse into the past possible.👍

[@reginaldforthright805]

He probably wants to open up a haunted cave attraction down there.

[@nicholaslacerte8761]

It says L B1. For level basement 1. Tallies are kept to keep track of how much material came out the mine or thru that hallway.

[@garypollentine194]

The wood u found was a blast bung they drilled hole put the powered in then hit a wood bung in to get a better blast the tally marks are the number of runs the letters are each miners first letter of name for diff runs they took turns

[@robertmaitland09]

Wow, a place that's been in stasis for 200 years, amazing. Excellent work.

[@RobbieBobbie98]

The tallies are boxed in sections with the initials of the miners of each box. They were paid by the load they carried out and someone was keeping track

[@Frakka475]

That looks like the water level has been very high very recently!!! Lovely engravings, they really bring out a sense of connection to the miners themselves! I always find it so sad that while we have records of mine outputs and yearly yields so little can be found about the people working the mines themselves! All those lost stories!! So sad!

[@TheGreatest1974]

Amazing to see the flannel mark in the wall where a miner leant against it. And it reminds you how hard the graft must have been down there. Incredibly hard work. 👍

[@LostMines]

Yes it was!

[@JohnDoesItAll]

What's the time stamp

[@lawrup]

@@LostMines first dab in a cave

[@kolavalentina]

Just discovered your awesome videos! In my late teens (1970s!) I used to visit the spoil heaps of the old Welsh Lead/Zinc/Copper Mines from Rhandirmwyn Lead Mine in the South up to the Dylife Copper Mines in the North! Found some wonderful specimens of Galena, Copper Pyrites, Zine Blende & Quartz Crystals revealed by cracking rocks with my Geological Hammer! I often travel to Wales but sad to see so many mines from my childhood now buried under commercial forests! Thanks so much for sharing your amazing underground discoveries & reopening & exploring so many of these old Welsh Mines!

[@Reziac]

If you hold your light so it shines _across_ the engravings rather than _at_ them, that should throw them into relief and make them a lot more visible. Also, consider bringing paper and charcoal and making rubbings. Funny thing, earlier today I was just wondering if anyone had gone into pre-1800 mines, and here you are.

[@mikaelabowen5781]

This is absolutely fascinating! How amazing to be the first person in a place that hasn't seen a human being since before the Victorian era. To find that fabric imprint was very special. Thank you for filming this and for your very knowledgeable commentary, too.

[@etltreasure]

Awesome mine! I do a lot of metal detecting and have to try to decipher tough to read objects a lot. We have a lot of luck shining a light from the side parallel to the surface and can pull words off of tough objects. Keep up the good work!

[@TheCutter123]

it would be interesting for you to demonstrate a light source similar to what the miners might have had to show how much better your light is in comparison - cant imagine they had great light!

[@TonyM1961]

You don't need to lose weight, you should have opened up the hole larger to allow egress as a safety measure. Squeezing through that small a hole is borrowing trouble that you don't want. I'm not saying a huge gaping wound, but at least one you can readily get in and out of as needed

[@mryle545]

I agree😂

[@onceANexile]

Ditto

[@redskyz483]

Done for dramatic effect

[@hondaxl250k0]

Anything you can’t get a stretcher through is life endangering in the fact they may not be able to get you out. Adventure on and understand the risk.

[@redskyz483]

@@hondaxl250k0 what about a very small stretcher. ? That would fit through.

[@cruising1792]

Great to see you back! It always amazes me just how much sheer back breaking work must have gone into these earlier mines. The coffin levels especially are very enigmatic. Stay safe all!

[@YorkshiremanInDorset]

Great work, in my day (before I got too old, fat, and arthritic) I used to love tunnelling through collapses, digging shafts, and opening levels, especially ones that were only vaguely mentioned in records. I’ve found left in situ a load of tools, sharpening stones, ore carts, etc including straw fuses, tallow candles, boots, carbide tins, and even a full bottle of ginger ale. More success to your researches and excavations in the future, and keep up doing the excellent videos 👍🏼❤️

[@Cueman222]

Brilliant! Love seeing the mine that has been sealed up for a couple of centuries.

[@008Birdman]

I was excited to see you gents today. I’ve missed the explores. Great find!

[@f.k.burnham8491]

Great video. I did notice that as you changed the angle of the light some of the markings became more readable. You might like to consider taking photos of the markings with the light source at different angles to the markings. I could almost make out more writing as you moved the light about. It seemed to me the lower the angle of the lighting, the more I could almost make out. The shadows did help seeing the markings.

[@outdoorloser4340]

Nice exploratory drift. Imagine doing that with a candle and a pickaxe.

[@AbuPaul]

Gratitude and support from California! I love your work!

[@krockpotbroccoli65]

That's one hell of a time capsule. I wonder if the property owner would let you get a small excavator up there to open up the addit so maybe you or someone else could start mucking out the collapsed areas. I'm sure there's a lot of history down there waiting to be discovered.

[@stephanieburgess882]

What a fantastic find! I sat on the edge of my seat watching this!

[@jameshobson6774]

That shirt print is simply extraordinary, very well done on spotting that. Sends shivers down the spine thinking of the person that left that, a haunting echo from the past. Love your work, but also somewhat envious 😅 as I am a member of Shropshire Caving and Mining Club. Much respect!

[@ItsLexieMarie]

You sir, have earned my like! Excellent find! Thank you to the land owner for allowing this as well! Really enjoyed the video 😃

[@ItsLexieMarie]

Edit, some of the engravings look like zeros crossed out. Not sure what that means edit again, zero or o with a cross through it usually means zero, it was a way to distinguish zero fro an O. apparently that was commonly used around that time where I'm from. I wonder if it's the same for you.

[@jlt131]

@@ItsLexieMarie it's still used today in hand drawn notes for land surveying! but another commenter also said it used to mean 10 for the celts.

[@ItsLexieMarie]

@jlt131 interesting, as long as peaks everyone's curiosity I'm happy lol 😊

[@ItsLexieMarie]

Education is key! Keep learning! 😀

[@haraldclark6206]

Excellent work, great to see a new Lost Mine!

[@michael.bremer]

I'm watching your channel for the first time - and I was fascinated from start to finish. Thank you also for the great and stimulating comments, the authentic use of the camera and for the informative facts. It is so important to know what came before us and what lies beneath the surface we live on today! Keep up your great exploration work, sirs! Greetings from Germany ☺⚒

[@mikewinings4120]

Here in the u.s,anything that old would have been dug by the spanish(rather Indian slave labor).love the historic explore you three!

[@adamalmond9118]

The best way to discover what has been written and drawn is to do a rubbing. Piece of paper and a pencil. It would be amazing to record and preserve the tallies too. The impression of the shirt is incredible.

[@robaldridge6505]

the impression of CLOTH in the wall says volumes about the wall and why pencil rubbings would NOT work...

[@jlt131]

@@robaldridge6505 not necessarily. it may have been wet mud when the miner was there, and almost as hard as rock now. pencil rubbings don't use much force, even a hardened clay would still take a rubbing.

[@spirit1259]

I am thinking the cloth mark on the wall is hessian bag shoved into any holes surrounding wooden barrier door to assist in air flow, which had to be modified with every new breakthrough to new workings, the circle and line, is a survey starter point, or if they are with tally marks, they could be when the shift has ended, or the finish of a development cross drive." An old workings miner 🤠🙏"

[@freddylebanon]

Sounds amazing through headphones..great footage

[@gheffz]

Wow!!! Great video... great explore! I wonder if the reason they stopped around 1698 was because of the collapse at the end and it was abandoned? It will be very interesting what you can find decoded of those engravings... look forward to your post analysis follow-up. Much appreciated... I am exhausted just watching you climb and weave through that old old mine, fantastic.

[@TheGreatest1974]

Great little explore here guys! Well done!👍🇬🇧

[@ToddEWalnuts]

14:18 image looks to be the Rolling Stones “tongue” logo, which would make perfect sense since the Stones have been around for about 200 years now 😃

[@CarlosPEnis]

Keith Richards lost his virginity down there

[@titaniumman_22]

Thanks for sharing this…I loved it! 😊

[@tallat8888]

Outstanding find , some amazing mines you are getting into.

[@paulcooper2897]

Incredible! Might be worth going back with some soft brushes and cleaning the area of the load counts to see if any engravings can be made more legible. Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

[@chuckbishop9630]

Fun! Finding abandoned mines in the W. USA was a big piece of my job for six years.

[@aliminingcompany]

Salute from a miner from Pakistan! It gives a kick and thrill once you are inside deep, 200-400 feet, one seems outclassed from the world, and that feeling is beyond imagination

[@CaveRescueMedic]

Nice work guys. I’m from North Wales. Would love to join you for a trip some time!

[@emmaearnshaw3282]

Awesome! very exciting to watch. 12:30 Would those tallies indicate how much further the mine goes past the collapse? Do you ever dig through collapses?

[@MineExplorerUK]

excellent find guys. i love finding old writing in mines, especially dates. shame no dates in this one but maybe the way the lettering was written will give an indication of the time period :)

[@charmainemcdonald9679]

Great to see you row exploring again

[@jaws2858]

That was exciting! Thanks!

[@tfred6403]

Circles - ovals: probably used to summarize the tally markings. Tally marks sometimes come in sets of five. So the 0 would represent one set while the zero - oval with a line is 2 sets or 10. Writing 10 and 10 is confusing but 2 ovals with a line is easier to recognize.

[@Corialtavi]

Good idea, I was thinking along the lines that maybe someone working the marks may not have been British as in some parts of Europe they draw a square with each side equalling one until the box is complete. I saw a KZbin video on the subject once.

[@lolcatz88]

I swear watching you squeeze through that hole gave me anxiety! Fascinating mine though! Good work!

[@Luminoussound2024]

What a fantastic historical old mine that you explored where no explorer has been for years and years , those tally marks were amazing to see

[@cryptowhale4886]

Be great to see if you could find the old mine at Chaw Gully on Dartmoor, it was supposedly originally a roman mine and has loads of myths to it. love the videos keep exploring

[@lindaisenegger163]

Another truly fascinating, underground exploration from Dr J. and Al.......

[@derekp2674]

Really fascinating, thanks Ioan and Al.

[@LostMines]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@TheGiggleMasterP]

You know what I like about these videos? The fact that it's on KZbin means there wasn't a cave-in!

[@Alphaskeptic]

First time viewer, amazing stuff! Would be interesting to hear how the miners had dug it, ventilation, lighting, time spent, number of men, discovery and assessment, contemporary knowledge of the trade, etc.

[@PhilipMurphy8Extra]

Well done lads on the Lost Mine.

[@allanvincent4450]

in computing : the symbol used to differentiate letter O from zero with the line.. no use for the explanation of the symbols. Well done, fascinating! i doubt if i could even get in a walk in mine. Brilliant. Thank you.

[@benjaminsmith-haddon7316]

Lost Mines is returned! The trio are back! 😀👍

[@LostMines]

Oh yeah!

[@Dogeatbicycle]

The more info and history you give, the better these become!

[@doomsayer9195]

well done really enjoy these ...

[@markhooper5824]

That was brilliant . 👍

[@ChillBill1]

Incredible video as usual!

[@dafdavies14]

Amazing guys well done

[@Afro408]

Kool! Those wonky circles with the line through them, look to me like stuck out tongues! 🤣

[@TomFlach]

I don't know what's going on the with the KZbin algorithm lately but I'm glad it's 'lead' me here! I enjoy spelunking but this is a whole 'nother level. Subbed and looking forward to checking more of your content

[@Mick_English]

Unbelievably brave. Amazing 💯👍🏻

[@sharpeye6760]

I love this. What clubs offer mine exploration?

[@LostMines]

There are local clubs around the uk google search would find them the local one to us is Aber uni club

[@miltonbiletski278]

Absolutely stunning.thank you for sharing

[@lonemonaro1455]

Video was extremely interesting. To help you decipher markings, are you going post them. Might help you next time to take a blacklight torch, to help you read markings.

[@jameseastwood4984]

You mentioned a shaft higher up the hill, will you explore that too?

[@twin40dave]

Great find well done 👏

[@donhoughton271]

It does look like it is flooded during the winter season. The color on the walls sure look like it .😊😊

[@ddp1863]

Great video very interesting thanks you! Just a quick question why didnt you make the gap slightly bigger?

[@lutherrhow9879]

At 10:14, there is a symbol on the left hand wall, on an almost square country stone. Symbol if one is a circle with hash lines through it, almost like a clock. Just my observation, awesome find.

[@zipshed]

Jolly good show old bean! Did you ever decipher any words from your photos? Very interesting...Blimey!

[@markhepworth]

You swallowed a clichè book..? 😆

[@zipshed]

@@markhepworthAhoy there! Very Brilliant of a bloke like you to notice old Kings English coming out of a chap like me! Most blighters out there do not recognize proper English as it was supposed to be spoken. Cheerio Govenor and you have a splendid day!

[@zGJungle]

Excellent video and explore ! I find warmer colored lights help with reading engravings, I go for 2700K for when I want to see details.

[@mirandahotspring4019]

Fascinating. Well done.

[@rmg03c]

Load? Lode? Do you mean, what we call here in the states a seam? I'm not a miner but I've learned a few terms such a an adit and stope, footwall and , ummm,,,the other one! LOL Just trying to learn more because it's fascinating. Thanks friend :)

[@dondavis5633]

I come from a long line of Davises, mainly from England, and mainly miners, so it was a fun coincidence that you'd find that "W Davis" note on the wall. Although I know the odds are against it, it's still fun to consider as an idea. Thanks for a terrific video!

[@Bond2025]

OMG this is so interesting to watch! I went down a few caves in Wales years ago and enjoyed it, but nothing like that. We were crawling through one section up a slight incline and it had started to rain, so water was flooding in and because the roof was only 3ft and lower in some parts, the water was going higher by the minute. It took about 15mins to get through and panic was starting to set in! We had looked at weather forecasts. Another problem was water in pools, it wasn't just a few inches deep, it was unknown as dropping a stone in showed it vanish. You always have to be cautious and not walk over unless you can see the ground.

[@thewhiteroom23]

Excellent work. Sunday nights are back to normal again! Not a clue about the ovals unless they were counting how many eggs they needed for breakfast 😅

[@ryanbonner25]

speechless! awesome.

[@markshietze4783]

😮 awesome ! What a treasure ! ❤😊

[@tadcastertory1087]

Wow, that's an old one. Well done lads.

[@LostMines]

Indeed it is!

[@danielyourko1714]

That was so amazing to see. You said tally marks counting wheel barrel loads I think. Is that how someone is getting paid? I remember tally up your score so on. Is that what you mean. You did a great job and I was very impressed. That was truly amazing to see. Thank you and please be safe 👍

[@rehenhawksmusic]

amazing content thanks for sharing !!

[@LostMines]

Thanks for watching!

[@cruising1792]

Love the shoulder print from the jacket!

[@jamico7]

What a fantastic find,brilliant

[@qldabandonedmines]

Brilliant episode lads! Amazing bit of history you have presented. How did you pinpoint the adit? Was it the drainage or historical mapping?

[@ttxela]

What a cracking find 👍

[@colinburleigh]

What a great bit of exploration and I wonder, the L shape looks a bit like a £ sign as in l. s. d., pounds shillings and pence, but not sure how far back these symbols were used. Great to see you back!

[@paulking8318]

Love your vids keep it up

[@misterp158]

Very Nice, Glad you guys are back, I was starting to worry about you. Thanks for sharing.

[@ClintWestVood]

that shirt or bag print on the wall was very very neat.

[@Dr.Cosmar]

Lots of people didn't know how to write in those days, specially manual laborers, the markings are probably their best effort at a signature based on what each of them knew about handwriting.

[@spirosyriopoulos5312]

I may be seeing things but at 14:34 it really looks to me like the horizontal line might have 1691 scratched under it.

[@davegillman6296]

Great work very interesting

[@jameseastwood4984]

The engravings will show best if you illuminate them from the side whilst looking straight on to the surface. This way you read the shaddow.

[@Insideoutie]

Very true. I thought I saw a date 1965 but hard to tell in that light with all the staining.

[@yoman1607]

What a safe pastime you have... Subbed!

[@Paul-pb3vq]

Great video guys Shame you never found any actual artifacts. But great find anyway. Just love when you find a mine that nobody has seen for hundreds of years. But the mud inprints on the wall wow.

[@LenWhite-n6r]

lots of work to get in, but it was worth it. good job