Gemini Bridges Moab Uranium Mine

[@robsadv]

Really enjoy watching your videos, coffee on me!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks for the coffee...goes a long way as I buy beans here in Bozeman, MT and make cappuccinos at home.

[@Ryon_Davis]

We were exploring some BLM land for dinosaur tracks and noticed some of the rocks looked very different with our polarized sunglasses on. Shortly after we stumbled upon a tailings pile and what appeared to be a mine shaft. It all makes sense now. Cool video!!!

[@robinwells8879]

Short but definitely sweet! The iron staining and mineralisation seems to cover the whole geology of the valley. Remarkable location.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

The Moab area is one of my favorite places to explore. The rock formations are pretty amazing.

[@ritchieblackmore2711]

Great videos my friend keep up the mine hunting so interesting

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks. I'm planning on hitting some mining areas over the summer. Going to one next week that should be very interesting.

[@ccjensen4670]

Hello..thanks for the video...I'm 87 years old here in Las Vegas. Your video reminds me when I was six years old living in Grand Junction. My mother's cousin was a geologist living in Moab and talked my dad into moving from Calif to go prospecting. They worked several small claims for a few years and struck the Claim for the Rio Algum Lisbon Valley mine... My dad give up his share in 1962. Mine operated 17 years 24/7 and refinery for the Western Slope was built at that mine. All that is left is three small lakes. Area all around it have been claimed by various companies. I used to pick up dinosaur bones near the small mines in the early 50's..what fun...!

[@ccjensen4670]

Oops.. I'm ONLY 77 years old😅

[@jastrapper190]

Good camera shot. Oh you walking into the darkness of an abandoned mine with the Geiger counter popping away. Scene out of a horror movie for sure. Nicely done.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks. I want to go back there and show more. I got a little creeped out when I was there with a chair that was way off in the distance.

[@RedcoatsReturn]

Beautiful scenery in so many of your videos! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😊 I hope you don’t get to glow in the dark…with all those radioactive mines and all 😄😉 I collect pre-1930s radium glass from Bohemia which glows a beautiful green in uv light. I’m looking for a Geiger counter, the best ones cost from upwards $1000 in Switzerland but…every man…should have one 🧪😊 Take care my friend and…keep…safe 👍👍

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks...as far as I know I don't glow in the dark ;)

[@CallousCoder]

Oh cool! I want to go back to the US and do MOAB again. I actually found a piece of uranium ore on a walking trip there. It’s sitting right next to me in my glass case under a uranium glass bell. Always fun when people ask what that ugly rock is. And I point to the green and I say uranium. They all are like: “yeah right”. I get my Geiger counter lift the bell and they all freak initial. 😂

[@Roen265]

Awesome vid.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks.

[@MarkRose1337]

Yeah, not too radioactive, but there will definitely be radon accumulating with that kind of activity. Cool to see the mine!

[@RadioactiveDrew]

The mine is cool because its close to that trail. It might get better a little deeper...but I didn't feel like taking that chance.

[@texrec6309]

@@RadioactiveDrew. Good to find this video. Very cool. I actually found this mine a couple of years ago and walked out the whole mine. I do have video. You didn’t miss much. If interested I can post it. Keep up the good work glad to find channel

[@rinnagain5690]

Where is this entrance?

[@TheAngieStoned]

I enjoy all your videos, not just this one 😄

[@jreid641]

How is it that that mine was still open and accessible? I don't know if I would have even gone that far in, but it was cool to see in that far.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I did a second video and went all the way to the end of the mine.

[@jreid641]

@@RadioactiveDrew cool! I’ll look for it.

[@weirdmeisterinc]

stunning

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks.

[@_Musashi_13]

Any ideas as to the science as to why carnotite fluoresces under UV?

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I believe it has something to do with the oxidation state of the uranium in the ore. Only some deposits react to UV light.

[@DavidHuber63]

Nice! 👍❤️

[@ocsrc]

Reminds me of what Pennsylvania looked like years ago when they first started cutting highways into the rock

[@devinshumway2347]

That mine was one my grandpa made in Moab many years ago

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Really? That's pretty cool. Did he ever give it a name. I want to explore it some more and do another more in-depth video about the mine.

[@devinshumway2347]

@@RadioactiveDrew he used to call them the shumway family mines if you look back in moabs history the shumway family used to help create mines and drill for people

[@lyrebirdinusa]

I have been looking online to figure out *who* operated these mines in Utah. Was this more often a mom-and-pop mine operation - it does not seem that big corporations were involved? Seems like anyone with a wish to get rich / death wish could sign up for it, and they did?

[@HeyU308]

Do you organize tours? I’d pay to get an education and experience.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Maybe in the future when I have some time. If I do end up doing that I'll post a video about it here.

[@sarahortman2237]

It’s called Klondike mine 😊

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Thanks. Others have told me as well.

[@lindabriggs5118]

Drew, you need a more powerful light! It's hard to see anything you point out.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

I know. I use a stronger light source now.

[@borisbellone5833]

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[@slayskool777]

Seems irresponsible to leave it open like that. People might unknowingly go in and stay long enough to get effected. Animals in the area must have 3 heads.

[@RadioactiveDrew]

Believe it or not but that level of radiation is pretty low. Plenty of bats roost in old uranium mines and they seem to be doing okay.