Great Mine With Wild Legacy Of A Tragic Game & Hollywood Royalty

[@abovegroundgarage]

Welp, it’s that time of the year again. Rain, sleet, snow and TVR binge watching. I take a break from this guy and wait for him to add videos and catch up where I left off. Great exploration videos and straight to the point. No clickbait thumbnails. Great channel and commentary.

[@tvroom8491]

80 degress and sunny here in CO 😂

[@shoradsfc]

What an interesting (and tragic) story. Great breakdown and of course, another fantastic video!

[@thomasgirty6397]

I would watch him explore other things if he ever decides to. his content is outstanding. very enjoyable.

[@slimwantedman6694]

1.28 you got my attention. Made me read damit... lol.. Awsome video.

[@67volksrodder]

Great video. I am glad you guys do these explorations. It's so intriguing the work that went into these mines and how they are so elaborate. Once again thank you for showing us this history.

[@tomkinzel4854]

A friend and I explored that mine many times and camped there back in the late 80s. It was a lot cleaner back then. The fencing at the blocked adit was built by a local boy scout group years later but explorers kept breaking through. That burned vertical shaft went to a higher level just below the top of the shaft entrance where you saw daylight. That level, which you didn't explore has more impressive columns on it and is a great place to camp during bad weather. All and all, it is a great mine to explore. There are also more mines to explore just down the road heading away from Goodsprings.

[@TVRExploring]

Yes, I figured there was probably something like that running off of the shaft... It must have been great to visit that site in the 80s.

[@mikewinings4120]

What a great night,just got off of working 12 hours,now I can relax and watch Justin bust his butt exploring mines for our historical enjoyment,THANX GUYS!!

[@TVRExploring]

Glad you're enjoying them! Thank you very much.

[@fxw]

Nice mine with a lot of cool features - thanks for showing this exploration to us

[@gunterwolfgangweighold1457]

Danke fur das Hochladen sehr intresant

[@StirlingLighthouse]

Wow! The description you provided is a crazy story! Thanks for explaining it. It’s really well written too! Thank you taking me along. 🙏

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you. I'm glad you found it interesting... I felt like the mine was pretty cool on its own, but that story added a whole other layer of interesting on top.

[@williamwintemberg]

The description is wild! Sorry to read about Mr. Lord's bad moment. Beautiful square set. The demolished hopper and tram station must have been something to see in it's day! Thanks Justin and Crew!

[@richardreed9856]

Great videos waiting to hear how your mine is coming along it's been awhile

[@volktales7005]

Wow! Mine is amazing on its own. Rest of story really adds to the history. Thanks for taking us along.

[@Johnketes54]

Explaining the sarcasm made me smile because I thought "well i never knew that! Well this bloke knows what he's talking about? I'll take his word for it"

[@timothymilam732]

I see from the comments, people have started catching on about your writing talent, and love of researching the history of the mines you visit. LOL, I guess I was ahead of the trend there as I've been reading them so long now. That's the first place I go to, to see if there's something unique about what's inside. BTW, this was actually a very brief description comparatively speaking, as you usually have a good three minutes of verbiage contained in your vast usage of the English vocabulary, what with the various terms used in the mining industry, and your great love of the alfabet government goons that are so destructive of the history that's contained within the mines themselves. Oops shouldn't say such things that may come to haunt one in the future by the very same ones mentioned. Excellent as always, and I do love the extended videos, much like they use to be.. As always keep up the great work my young friend, and please be safe your a valuable asset to us old ones that can't venture into such places anymore.. Hope you had a Great Day, and may Tomorrow be even Better, because you make mine better every time you upload one of your adventures. Thank you for your time and consideration for others

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you for the kind words. KZbin limits how many characters that one can enter into the description. So, I actually had more that I wanted to share, but was unable to.

[@jilbertb]

I'm glad I stopped and read the description when you mentioned it! Made the video much more intriguing. The Game sounds like "Extreme Geocaching" 😮

[@TVRExploring]

Indeed, that would be a good description of The Game. And, yes, I thought it made the mine much more interesting, for example, to find the exact hole that he fell into and which created so much attention and controversy...

[@AGDinCA]

My gawd, that story in the description! I had no idea!

[@vincentgarner3164]

I always like the video first then watch because i know its going to be good. Awesome stuff man, i dream of finding some mines like you find! keep up the awesome work.

[@TVRExploring]

That's a high vote of confidence! I appreciate it.

[@haywire1705]

Yeah, I always like the video up front because it often shifts to the next KZbin video before I get a chance to like it. So I like it up front and would definitely take away that like if it was going badly while I watched. So far, I haven’t had to take away a like from your channel.

[@paulcooper9135]

Hell of an interesting History lesson in the description ... amazing what people subject themselves to "for fun" ... Nice mine! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

[@markhooper5824]

Ace mate. Addictive viewing.👍

[@shoradsfc]

What an interesting (and tragic) story. Great breakdown and of course, another fantastic video!

[@jeremytuggle6424]

What an incredible mine! Thanks for bringing us this exploration.

[@kirkdavenport7185]

Thanks, great content. Always watch and am subscribed. :)

[@macfilms9904]

Cool mine - it feels (through video) like it's a very compact ore-body (laterally) that they sort of spiraled around up & down and hollowed out the mountain, without spreading very widely on any level. Great video Justin!

[@casedoumasr656]

Great adventure and glad you pointed out the movie where Roy Rogers and Dale Evans are in in the hay day I've seen this movie long time ago but anyway it's nice to reflect back enjoyed your talks along the way ⛏️🇺🇸😀thank you again Justin

[@anonymoos]

Amazing mine, always happy to come along :)

[@seedy-waney-bonnie4906]

What a trip....Thank you.

[@rolfsinkgraven]

Very interesting explore and story wow poor Bob. Thnx for a new nice episode Justin.

[@johncarold]

Hi Justin, I'm still going through some old videos, and they are still great to watch over again. Thanks for the info on the video it was cool seeing everything before it destroyed. Thanks again for the video and info.

[@-r-495]

Thank you, I love the geology and boy that was a huge mill that reminded me of another mining town. Their mill and the whole town got flattened as the were in the business of radioactive products. I have great respect for the hikes and the technical aspects of your adventures I am very thankful to witness here as I will probably never make it out West nor do I want to endanger myself and others by my ineptitude. You guys do this professionally and I stand back.

[@RickNelsonMn]

Sorry for Bob Lord. Your exploring showed what you commented on. That twisting, infrastructure and all made this fantastic to watch. Thanks for that description and video link. What an amazing hoist house, bin, and chutes they had set up. The Roy Rogers vid really made mining come to life.

[@brucevanderzanden9638]

Great explore and history lesson Justin. Thank you very much!

[@davegrummett1263]

Very interesting mine indeed and an interesting history too. Seemed like a very complex complex. Thanks for sharing Justin. All the best to you.

[@KubotaManDan]

Wow, this explore is quite incredible. I definitely will be exploring the photos & Roy Rogers movie. You keep out doing yourself. Your description read is awesome as well. You should be making shows for HBO or Showtime.

[@KubotaManDan]

The views of the mine as it was are priceless, singing cowboys

[@EraX52]

As soon, as I saw that thumbnail, I was like is that the big horn mine.

[@TVRExploring]

I actually haven't been to that one.

[@CeeTee13282]

“…higher class mine explorers..”. Great video!

[@stuarthobart6844]

Your killing it awesome‼️

[@jimForgottenHinterland]

Thank you for the explanation about the "game". I recently explored and extensively photographed that mine and this explains what I was seeing, such as string on the floor and all the paint markings. The burned out shaft really PO'ed me. The jerks even left the gas can. It really depresses me to see mines that I explored 30+ years ago only to go back and see they have been burned out and vandalized. Why? The doll and the skeleton are interesting. I used a picture of the skeleton as an avatar on a different website.

[@TVRExploring]

Yes, it is a shame to see such things (we saw the gas can as well)... It has definitely gotten worse over the past decade or two.

[@jmonsted]

"4 views. 57 seconds ago." - good timing to update the subscription feed :)

[@bigstick6332]

Awesome video. Thanks

[@moonbear1st]

i have been in mines there is no way i would proceed without the right lighting and equipment, your life is worth more than money and prestige....love your videos always more than just walking into a cave...

[@kiwijonowilson]

Great mine - and really appreciate the history!

[@archstanton9206]

Amazing story. A mine becomes a film set, then becomes a background for other shenanigans....and a terrible injury. The outside shots of the concrete look a lot like a place we have been, I need to pull some pictures out and look. Few things on this earth are as stupid as the people who go out into the back country and destroy the sites and artifacts that are links to our past. Just maddening. The interior of that one was, to me anyway, about as confusing as any you have taken us in. The obviously moved a lot of material.

[@samuelgilbert9734]

Awesome mine| Awesome exploration!

[@richardbrobeck2384]

I remember playing that with friends years ago !

[@beardy4831]

@16:46 I suspect that wood was holding up the ceiling to stabilize the loose rock you pointed out. Something failed and the whole pile of wood is now on the floor.

[@d1o1a1]

Great Mine, Like the cathedral part...strange. Just in passing, yours is the only channel I will watch that's over 20mins. to the end. I find time for your videos. Ok enough Wind.

[@TVRExploring]

That's high praise. Thank you very much...

[@slimwantedman6694]

Good evening from Southeast South Dakota

[@z50king29]

Great as always

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you.

[@danosmixedgrill6067]

Hi, Your channel has become my favorite mine explore channel. Ive always loved mines as I come from an old mining family here in Australia. Where I lived as a child there is a granite mountain behind our house that has mines that we used to visit. There are no roads or tracks to them I just know where they are. They mined silver, lead, tungsten & molybdenite. We used to pick pieces of silver metal out of the walls as kids. The last time I was there was in 1991. Cheers Daniel.

[@TVRExploring]

Thanks, Daniel. It must have been fun growing up near a mountain like that!

[@Natakel]

Awesome video and explanation.

[@markattardo]

Great write up as always. I think the skeleton should have been pointing up at the rocks. Great mine👍👍

[@ralphpatrick3071]

One word..extensive!

[@larrykluckoutdoors8227]

Great mine, thanks

[@seanpeterson2296]

Awesome!

[@watcher_1960]

Sounds like the origins of the movie of "The Game" starring Michael Douglas and I think Sean Penn. It was a heck of a movie.

[@BearwoodBrown]

looking atthe RR clip, u can just glimpse a couple of water tanks way up

[@Baked_intell]

You are having a nice summer season this year. Digging the mines. Genesis we can be friends 😂definitely

[@lesbendo6363]

𓏢 the best! 🇨🇦

[@sthomas6369]

I wonder if the burned stuff was an attempt to bring down the supports to block the mine.

[@brianvalley5223]

That's a huge and scattered mine.

[@ChickenHawk907]

Justin this is an awesome mine I appreciate the historic details. If you don't mind sharing, what was the envelope looking blue thing you picked up in front of the doll?

[@TVRExploring]

I don't remember that and I have the camera in one hand and a light in the other, so I'm not able to pick something up. What is the time stamp in the video for what you're referring to?

[@joshuasutherland6692]

36:40 THE SKELETON APPEARS

[@danosmixedgrill6067]

I noticed some flaky white lining on the brake band of the burned out tram, probably asbestos?

[@philliphall5198]

What were they after besides gold ?? Wish you would say what type of mine they are if you know

[@lesbendo6363]

It would be neat to see aap of this mine.🇨🇦

[@SueGirling68]

Hi Justin, first off thank you for the awesome writ-up, do you think there was an accident whilst the mine was in operation to cause it to be burnt or was it some stupid little idiot with no respect ?. Such a shame the ore bin was destroyed like that, I bet it was a sight to behold. An awesome explore, some strange history though I gotta say. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx ❤

[@TVRExploring]

No, the burned sections were not an accident. They were intentional. At the bottom of the shaft you can even see the gas can that the vandals brought into the mine to set it on fire... And, yes, this definitely would have been a sight to behold!

[@SueGirling68]

@@TVRExploring disgusting how some people treat history. xx

[@darinday6930]

Hes telling you to stop! 😂😂

[@philliphall5198]

How does it burn out like that ??! Did they have fires in there too heat the mine ?? What about smoke ??

[@lesbendo6363]

I do not understand why people need to distroy! 🇨🇦

[@tommybewick]

There's nothing in the description below the video that says why this mine abruptly stopped visitors? As you mentioned in the video.

[@DurpVonFronz]

Even though we like never see the actual thing they are after. Would be so amazing to see the wall of quartz they are chasing., Maybe one day.....

[@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756]

Well the mine was just fascinating and the ore bin must have been something to behold. But once again we'll never see it because some idiot had to burn down history. You gotta wonder if Karma has caught up with any of these deranged morons. And Bob, well, he played the game but didn't follow the rules. Not just those that they had laid out. But the most important rule of all. Dont go into something unprepared. Being adventurous is great. But you have to set your own limitations. We all know when we are pushing our luck to the extreme. And in your gut you get that feeling that the adrenalin rush is now in the danger zone. Thats when the wise choice is to back it down a notch or two. But some people just have to "find out" im sure everyone knows what preceeds that. Its tragic but thats why they have signs everywhere that say, stay out stay alive. I wont enter a mine unless I have all the equipment and have made the arrangements to keep someone posted on my location and the time i should be making contact. Theres no reason to put other peoples lives in jeopardy for the thrill of exploration. And theres been many occasions where I knew better even though the area was clearly unvisited. I turned back because of hazards i saw. I made it over fifty. Thats not just luck. Thats knowing when to call it. Glad this team has the wisdom to make the right decision. Great exploration guys. Keep up the amazing work.

[@danduzenski3597]

Solid rock pillars folded over is evidence of movement?

[@PrimalPursuit]

Gas can and evidence of burn at the bottom of that shaft seems suspiciously nefarious.

[@TVRExploring]

Oh, all of the fires in there were definitely set intentionally.

[@dereksimpson1284]

Have you ever been exploring and ran across other people exploring?

[@TVRExploring]

Not yet...

[@robertlyman9789]

Any dead body’s?

[@ActionAdventureTwins]

Women these days. Hopefully someone's gf appreciates them and isn't trying to kill them

[@ActionAdventureTwins]

Hope you at least got all the treasure stashed

[@TVRExploring]

Girls go where they look...

[@brentkeller3826]

Our standard unit of measurement is "Italians". Your friend wouldn't happen to be 1.25 Italians tall, would he? The mineralization looked neat, random sparkles here and there. Wish the camera caught what you were seeing better but such cameras are gigantic, expensive, and fragile temperamental beasts. Thanks much for looking this one over! Wish the tram had still been standing, such a waste of history.

[@TVRExploring]

A very fair point... Yes, my friend is approximately 1.25 Italians tall. Mine exploring is very hard on gear. As it is, I go through 2-3 cameras a year and those are fairly rugged. So, yes, unfortunately, the temperamental, high-end cameras would not fare well in the mines.

[@brentkeller3826]

@@TVRExploring I'd give the high end camera about one minute tops, maybe 30 seconds. Again, thanks much!

[@TVRExploring]

Exactly!@@brentkeller3826

[@davidgrenis638]

THE LITTLE DOLL MIGHT BE SOMETHING WONDER HUSSY HOW SHE WOULD LEAVE A LITTLE DOLL BEHIND

[@MikeOrkid]

The Bob Lord story. Jeeezzz. 😔

[@reverendfawkes6138]

I have a couple GPS units from around 2002 and can tell you that a lit cigarette is a more reliable source of light than what Bob took with him. I dunno, kindof a chode move leading his team into the [clearly labeled] wrong adit. Tragic, sure. Darwin Award nominee? Yep.

[@TVRExploring]

I'm more than inclined to agree fully with you, but I'm biased.

[@beardy4831]

Question: What's the point of a grizzly inside the mine? Would someone actually be tasked with breaking the rocks to smaller sizes inside the mine, rather than outside where it'd be easier?

[@leighsayers2628]

Disgusting that people disrespect history with their rubbish and burning ..who would even consider doing that .

[@jw2218]

Just curious why your friend looked stiff as a board up against the wall at 11:08, he look like a mannequin standing there.

[@Davidautofull]

ya know, before i finished this video i was thinking of the old WW2 training films and why wouldnt someone making money from this mine make a film of what your friend called "probably the biggest ore shute ever"?

[@Flyfish325]

That story reminds me of Squid Game. 😮

[@joesmith1922]

"Stope chamber" is redundant (like an ATM Machine). Stoping is a method of extracting ore from an underground mine that leaves behind an open space called a stope. Just a technicality :)

[@ronwhittaker6317]

something been eaing at me and it accured to me to say this / not pertaining to this particular Vid/ // Bubby stay the fuck away from them Russian mines I'm not superstitious / just don't do that again... love you friend. you didn't deserve that shit your a good boy

[@TVRExploring]

Ha, yeah, there's some bad shit in those mines, to be sure! I appreciate the concern and, I can assure you, that I have no plans right now to return to any of the mines in Russia or the former Soviet Union.

[@davidgrenis638]

WHO THE HECK WAS BOB LORD AND YOU DIDN'T SAY WHETHER HE WAS JUST INJURED OR KILLED OR WHEN THIS HAPPENED I WISH YOU'D GIVE MORE DETAIL ON STUFF LIKE THAT INSTEAD OF JUST CURSSERY

[@TVRExploring]

Why don't you try reading the description below the video (as was mentioned multiple times in the video) rather than just giving it a cursory glance?