In This Once Thriving Town, Copper Reigned Supreme! Part 1

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Abandoned & Forgotten Places
Documenting abandoned mines like never before!
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On this channel we go deep... REALLY DEEP into abandoned mines and tunnels all throughout the western United States. We researched some of the harder to find mines and hiked or 4x4 back into them to explore and reveal their hidden secrets. Many of these remote locations are filled with cool artifacts, antiques and unique geology that will have you guessing as to why the old prospectors worked so hard to find gold, silver, and other minerals.
A&FP moves just a bit slower as compared to other mine exploring channels. Gly discusses why the miners chose these sites and he points out the geology and minerals that got them excited. Veins of quartz filled with gold and silver made many men lose sleep in the 1800’s and early 1900’s and modern prospecting still does to this very day.
DANGERS? Oh yes, there’s allot of dangers associated with old mines. Un-exploded dynamite, blasting caps, bad air, bats, spiders, and snakes all find their home in abandoned mine shafts and tunnels. Oh, and let’s not forget rotting timbers, flooded passages and collapsing rock!
Gly takes abandoned mine exploring seriously with all the proper safety equipment, training, and experience necessary to do this activity as safe as possible but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a bit of fun along the way. “Gly”, your host and his band of crazy characters “Old Bob” (Gly’s Jeep), “Quackers” (Gly’s duck) and “Bobbie” (Gly’s hula girl) are sure to brighten your day with their comments and silly antics. Heck, they may even give you a chuckle or two.
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[@mojavewanderer7719]

When the BLM did the restoration on the barracks, I milled the lumber to redo the roof. It’s from pine trees killed by bark beetles in the San Jacinto Mountains in Southern California.

[@Desertkitfox93]

You’re a crafty guy sir! I love the hidden message on your Hi-Lift Jack and your Gas Tank!

[@chrisackerley1842]

You're doing a great job with your videos! Very well done and very informative. I like the way you explain the geology of a site, and the process used to refine the ore. I have GPS coordinates for several hundred abandoned mines in Arizona, from glory holes to massive operations, and everything in between. I've spent many years locating these mines. Within 15 miles of Swansea is a small abandoned mine, complete with ore bin, headframe and miner's cabin. The location is so isolated the only way to get there is a five mile hike over rough terrain, at the end of 20 miles of sandy 4WD drive road. Let me know if you want the coordinates. I'll share, but only via e-mail. The place is so special, it has to remain secret.

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

Chris Ackerley “Gly”: Thanks Chris! I’m on my way north right now but I will be exploring and documenting Arizona and Southern California mines over the next two winters. I would very much like the coordinates of the site you found with the cabin and head frame. Quite possibly I could document that site sometime in the future and you can be rest assured I will never share the location with anyone. Contact me privately via [e-mail] Thank you!

[@johnizitchiforalongtime]

Mass of people and resources gone. They took everything! The history of places like this should be for schools, educational purposes only. I grew up in a town like this, Tahawus, N.Y. Everything is gone except certain things left behind like Swansea. Was there for a couple of year. My father worked in it's mine, iron ore, but paid it's laborers from the sales of silver and gold. Iron ore and Titanium were its main ores. It closed in 2005, an open pit mine.

[@daGraveR]

31:00 Maybe it said 'No.1 Reverberatory'? Anyway, thanks for this peek into history and congratulations on reaching 1000 subscribers today :)

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

daGraveR “Gly”: Yep! That’s what it said. Makes you wonder if they were planning a #2 Reverberatory? Thanks! I’ve got big plans to use KZbin $$ to make mine exploring videos the best you’ve ever seen.

[@ideoformsun5806]

97.5 K today! Just about a year later.

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

He has done very well indeed 100k subscribers now jan 2021

[@zakjaquet7539]

I go spelunking all the time. I am interested in your videos, because of the mines. I am in TN, so caves are our thing lol. In the first few videos, I noticed the choked vertical shaft, and the drops I would love to repel into... Amazing videos brother. I take videos of me and my kids, but never recorded our whole adventure. So these videos are very inspiring. I see so many people watching and enjoying them. I am training my son to repel before we do Ellison's Cave.

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

“Gly”: Allot of people enjoy watching these types of adventures if filmed and edited nicely and it’s great that you’re encouraging your son to get out and explore the world around him. My father did the same with me.

[@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756]

That's an interesting míne. Love the backstory behind the town and the operations👍

[@kevinbrennan2004]

I feel like you're taking us to school. Luv every bit of it mate..

[@bonismith5733]

Thanks for photo that once was a town. Episode very interesting, so far I've not seen a dud.

[@peterharvey6527]

Amazing that the copper was packed off to Swansea, Wales. I bet I have touched some copper from this mine. Great to see all the processing remains. Played a lot around abandoned factories and mine sites in And around Newcastle Under Lyme in Staffordshire, England. Always been fascinated by these old industrial sites.

[@DaveWardPhoto]

The brick text on that last building actually says "No 1 Reverberatory." Amusingly typical grandeur for a mining boom town, how they number the first (and only) one, implying that they were fully confident that they would be building more reverbaratories (and other facilities) as the builsiness grew without limits. The promoters and investers were always so over-the-top, it's charmingly rediculous. In some early promotional materials for my own town (Sedro-Woolley, Washington) there is not only verbal hyperbole, but a map showing a trans-american railroad with only a few stops: A star at NEW YORK, a star at CHICAGO, and a larger star at SEDRO-WOOLLEY!

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

Dave Ward “Gly”: Funny you should mention that, my mom and I had the exact same conversation later that day. Were they planning on someday building number 2? “Reverberatory” written in brick does exhibit confidence.

[@TheRealP0llex]

Gly you're the best part of Saturday. Awesome video. I continue to be impressed by the stability of your camera setup. If I was to film myself stumbling down an incline shaft or climbing a mountain, everyone would be seasick.

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

Lukas Pfannenstiel “Gly”: Thanks Lukas! It was my goal to take elements of all the other mine exploring channels and try to improve on them. Before even starting this channel allot of research was put into to type of filming equipment to be used so that the viewer gets a good stable first person view. As our channel grows we will be implementing new technologies to further explore inaccessible abandoned places.

[@jeepejeep]

As always, fascinating stuff! It would be amazing to be able to get into those shafts and have a look see. I think the brick sigh said "NO 1 REVERBERATORY". Very col that your Mom gets out there with you.

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

“Gly”: Frank and I did go back to this location to see if we could possibly get into the original workings but all of the shafts are flooded with no accessible drift levels. Frank did go down one shaft and you’ll be seeing that on his channel in the near future.

[@elitehacker1416]

Sorry I'm so late to watch this episode but I just wanted to let you know GLYyour mother is such a beautiful woman and she seems to have such a wonderful attitude and I love to smile on her face I love all your content bro keep it up I've watched every single one of your videos I just went through your playlist and apparently I missed this one so I decided to watch it God bless bro tell your mom I said hi

[@vinceimp9581]

I live in Arizona so it makes my day to see some of the places I haven't been! Maybe when I get the old CJ rolling again I can get back at something. I have an old topo map that had some of what I think were mine shaft locations around 4 peaks. All we were able to bush wack (on foot) our way up to and find appeared to have concrete caps sealing them off. Keep up the good stuff!

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

Vince Imp “Gly”: Arizona is such a big place it’s going to take me a number of winters to explore it all. A Jeep really is the best way to get around in the desert. Side by sides and four wheelers are nice but you can’t roll up the windows! Lol. I do plan on heading back down there next winter to find more remote areas to explore.

[@FullMetalNobody]

Foundation rock work is astounding. I'm a big abandoned adventurer also. Architecture, Geology. etc. Just a Big ol' nerd. lovin this video. Wholly crap. $82,177,578.95 No.1 Reverberatory.. beautiful sign

[@johnizitchiforalongtime]

So much information, overload. This was the most extensive mining operation by the way you explained it, Wow. This only the short version, brief and facts abound. Could you imagine 2 - 3 hour presentation! Gly, this so much reminds me of a town in knew as a 3 -4 year old kid, Tahawus N.Y. Places like this should taught in schools - American History - "The Past and how we Got Here." Thanks.

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

“Gly”: A year after this was filmed Canadian Frank and I tried to get into the underground workings but they were all collapsed.

[@SueGirling68]

Hi, such a great explanation of the smelting and refining process. when you went to look at those letters in the reverbatory it actually reads number 1 reverbatory. Thank you for such a cool explanation video but what happened to your Mom ? where did she go lol ?. x

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

Sue Girling “Gly”: She said she didn’t want to be on camera anymore than just the intro so while I filmed the area she was exploring some of the buildings and waste rock piles. This episode was a test to see how people responded to me filming ghost towns. The bottom line, people are more interested in me going into mines. But, it was a cool site nevertheless.

[@SueGirling68]

@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Well I absolutely loved it, if people are into the mines then surely they would be interested in the history of towns that sprang up because of the mining. x

[@Tomcroese]

Yes, now i see the copermind place and learn abaut it. Thanks

[@johnbrownlee7623]

I sure like history..And this is a very good job on history....Very Good Sir.....Wondering if that manager got a kick back on the 3 million dollars that were at his disposal..?....While your doing this what was your Mom doing? This would have been a great place and very useful, help with a drone....I know you dident have one then,,,, But you do now, maybe next time right?...This is a great way to help save history....Cant say it Enough, what a great job on this video, and on editing......Thanks for bring us along................JB.

[@mickie7873]

Mick Very informative. Thats what I like about your abandoned mine explorations.

[@DaleDuffy]

Excellent video on the history if that refinery....really interesting, thanks Gly..!

[@JDD-kw8ze]

Love the "Hang in there" poster and "Why are You Looking at My JUNK , Thats Hillarious !! ;-)) Iwas also looking atbthe scuffs on the oilpan actually ! This unit is used for what it was intended !! F U N N Y ! ! !

[@pete2347]

Thanks for the tour! Very interesting!

[@leecormack8491]

They must have been Welsh miners as the photo deffinetly says Swansea (Swan Sea).

[@nickelmickel4170]

Onya mum,taking one for the team.😂👍🇦🇺

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

She was a good sport

[@BrianMiller-ci5bp]

Very interesting thanks for sharing

[@Joeybagofdonuts76]

Old Bob? From the 70s Disney movie named after an astronomical body with so much gravity that light can't escape?

[@roberthigbee3260]

OK, first off, "VO 1"? Really? Its kind've like that Far Side cartoon where the rescue plane looks down on the island and spies a hand-made sign on the beach and then says: "No, never mind, it just says 'HELF' ". The old brick in-laid sign on the old smelter foundation your filmed clearly says "NO 1", as in "number 1". What threw you off, I think, was that the "NO" was in italics font. Second, I finally subscribed to your channel after scrounging around trying to find all of your episodes in the non-logged-in wasteland of KZbin scrap outside the castle walls. I really like your easy going style and your video technical precision. I did not know that there is a whole bunch of similar mine exploration KZbin sites, so I tried a few, and none of them hold a candle to your site! Another Comment - As someone who grew up in a coal heated house, I can say that the stuff that is left over after you burn coal is called "ash", not "clinker". A "clinker" is a much harder, larger glob of incombustible stuff, i.e., of a clump of incombustible stuff formed, for example, in the smelter you were talking about. My folks burned anthracite back in the day, and that stuff burned cleaner than most oil furnaces (barely a wisp of smoke out of the chimney), and because it was such a super clean, low sulfur, pure energy source, "clinkers" were basically nonexistent (it was sure fun when the coal truck came - lots of noise as the coal was sent down the shoot into the basement). QUESTION - What is that long slender metal gadget mounted to the hood of Old Bob (near the wind shield, with the "this end down" sign")? REQUEST - Please dial up the geology/chemistry a tad. When you say "look at those goodies", a non-miner like me has no idea what you are going on about. Thanks for keeping it real!

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

“Gly”: Haha... I’ve seen that cartoon!

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

Robert Higbee “Gly”: Thanks Robert! And welcome aboard the show! I found out later that this site brought in coal from a location in eastern Arizona and it was a purer form of coal so clinkers would have been nonexistent. They also cut down allot of old growth mesquite from the surrounding area and made it into charcoal. For the longest time I watched the other mine exploring channels and thought I could do better or at least fill the gaps in areas of topic such as history and geology. The style and feel of my videos have come a long way since I made this episode and I’m incorporating more geology and history in my newer releases. It’s a delicate balance because if I put too much in my videos then people won’t watch so I’m still experimenting in that department. The thing on the hood of Old Bobs hood is a Handyman Jack. Down here in the desert it’s easy to get stuck in a sandy wash and that jack has rescued me at least three times. I’m really happy your enjoying the show! Please take a look at my newer releases such as the four part collaboration I just finished with Frank from Exploring Abandoned Mines. Take care!

[@BrianMiller-ci5bp]

In the navy we called shearing beds "hot racking" they do that on submarines

[@jeffinetlyjeffbi9770]

See this is why government is inefficient submarines in a dessert... pfft

[@alphaone101]

Speaking of lizards did you notice in your opening scene where you stopped to scratch your butt before entering the mine opening, that right after you enter the mine there is a lizard that runs in behind you?

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

“Gly”: Actually, that was a rattlesnake coming into the mine after me.

[@alphaone101]

@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Seriously...........it does look like a snake after a second look. Did you run into it in the mine?

[@davidsul7052]

38 degrees? I would think at least the upper 20s In Phoenix at 1,100 feet elevation it gets down to the upper 20s at least one night per year almost every year. In January 1971 it got down to 19 degrees one night.

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

“Gly”: March and April this year in 2020 was allot more chilly in Arizona than it was last year in 2019 when I filmed this site. Last year it was already in the 90’s in April but this year April turned out to be quite pleasant.

[@rabidseabee7229]

12 miners would fit in the bunk houses. I bet they had suspended bunks like you see on naval vessels. The stucco likely hides the old mounting holes.

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

Mad Dog Seabee “Gly”: I agree, I think I was being very conservative when I said six.

[@Buster2058]

Clinkers? We just called it ashes in my part of PA.

[@chrisackerley1842]

The BLM has done a very nice, very classy restoration of Swansea. The row of worker cottages has been re-roofed with the same sort of materials [wood and corrugated iron (steel, actually)] that would have been used originally. Good job, BLM!

[@chrisackerley1842]

You missed the baby saguaro growing out of the top of the rock at 6:09! It's around 15 years old. The nurse plant [a creosote] that protected it when it was tiny is still there!

[@chrisackerley1842]

The BLM did not re-stucco the outside of the worker's cottages. All they did was re-roof the cottages. The exterior of the cottages is the same now as they were in the 1990's, when I last visited Swansea. I have a good photo of the cottages taken at that time.

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

Chris Ackerley “Gly”: Ok, maybe the materials I found in that one cottage were used for filling in the bullet holes. That would make sense because some of the graffiti I found scratched in the walls was from the 60’s - 90’s.

[@excellentpuma8500]

Did ya pull her ma back up? Lol. Very informative vid.

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

"Gly": Rumor has it... shes still wandering the desert to this very day. lol

[@magickmoi1261]

NO. 1 Reverbatory

[@andyward8062]

There were some scenes of the movie "The Days of the Wolves" (staring Richard Egan and Jan Murray) shot there in 1971. (31:00) Not VO, No. for Number one.

[@joelstanhope7231]

Sharing your bed is something they do on submarines , its referred to as hot bunking .

[@bigh3a]

The name of this town has me wondering if there was any connection with the original Swansea here is South Wales. The town was known as 'Copperopolis'.

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

bigh3a “Gly”: You are correct. Yes it is. Most all the copper mined from Swansea Arizona was shipped by boat to South Wales to be further refined.

[@grimsmith1]

That's what I thought, had to be really, considering how many Welsh and Cornish miners were found in lots of places all around the world.

[@aknightthatsaysnee5259]

You smelt it, you dealt it!

[@chananahar992]

10:52 LOOOL! have u seen those pics? the top is down south w a dusting of snow. the caption is "oh, no! we're gonna die!" meanwhile, up north.... there's 3 feet of snow & they're in front of their grill, & they ask, "how do u want ur burger?" HAHAHAHAHA that is SOOO true! we've done it LOOOL & 38* is still t-shirt weather! XD

[@MF9000]

Would the rock (the lead containing one you picked up) melt if heated to the appropriate temp? Or would the rock need to be crushed first?

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

“Gly”: It would need to be crushed first.

[@ronniecardy]

Very interesting

[@smokingjoking]

Jackpot Joe was here. 3 21 Written in the concrete with a stick.

[@ksmetalfabrication5808]

Cool place.

[@diannemc4840]

Where is that in Az🌵 I live in the Phx valley. That would be a interesting place to see.

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

“Gly”: It would be NW of you in a place called Swanesa.

[@diannemc4840]

@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces well thank you! Weird I’ve lived here almost all my life and never heard of that place

[@judydavenport9636]

When the BLM comes to a mine and blocks off an entrance. Do they do that because the mine isn't safe enough ie.. too much danger of imminent collapse ? Or just to keep people out. I can understand the vertical shafts ? the big holes in the ground, but the portals is what I'm asking about.

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

“Gly”: Adits that are near popular off road vehicle roads or hiking trails are the first to be sealed to protect the public regardless of the condition of the mine. Bars are put in place to keep people out but are spaced in such a way to allow animal habitat. Many animals make abandoned mines there home and that’s why the BLM usually doesn’t use dynamite to permanently seal mines off.

[@clivekibbler4578]

i now just realising how much time and thought goes into your films . research is very time consuming

[@judydavenport9636]

LOL Mom is a cutie !

[@WindTurbineSyndrome]

Poor ma!

[@mickie7873]

What! no video of the Gila lizard? I would have liked to have seen one in the "wilds".

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

Murlene Laing “Gly”: Unfortunately, my cameras memory card failed and I lost a few files that day. One of the files was the one with the big lizard. I was pretty upset about it.

[@ideoformsun5806]

I like how they recycled everything they could.

[@planecrazy9208]

UK here - there are lots of references to the BLM - what do the initials stand for? GREAT series and fabulous presentation :)

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

“Gly”: Bureau of Land Management

[@paulredmond3968]

Thank god they did not use the ground water for drinking and steam. It would have been terribly contaminated with lead.

[@tedc3895]

Hot bunking. Like on a submarine.

[@Spartan375X]

No 1. Reverberatory?

[@rodneydolman1]

#9

[@SuperMika70]

🦾🦾

[@brianbrown8731]

thank you i,m getting more ( edjmakede ) smarter

[@donvansweringen2088]

Boring! If a wanted to see crumbling foundations and waste rock I stroll around the hood.

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

Don VanSweringen “Gly”: I understand. Ghost towns aren’t for everyone. I just had to throw one into the mix to see how me audience responded. I’m filming new mines and tunnels at a new location right now.

[@robertlyman9789]

Cocksuckers! Sweargen on DeadWood