Old Timey Nevada Silver Mining

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@davidbales8053
@davidbales8053 11 ай бұрын
Your photography and narrative are excellent. I really appreciate your slow panning of all the construction details. It is fascinating to see the high level of craftsmanship using obviously rudimentary tools in completely random structurally demanding situations.
@MikeOrkid
@MikeOrkid 3 жыл бұрын
The craftsmanship of everything in this one is top notch. From the door fit at the powder mag to how smooth those walls are cut.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I enjoy seeing top notch work like this in the old abandoned mines...
@JustAnotherPaddy
@JustAnotherPaddy 3 жыл бұрын
New Fabreeze Air-freshener scent: ‘Old Nevada Mine’ Calming tones of Rotten wood, mildew, various species of rodent piss, bat shit, calcium carbide with subtle undertones of skunked Coors Light, Hantavirus and Hydrogen Sulfide. Smells like exploration!
@adventureswithgoat719
@adventureswithgoat719 2 жыл бұрын
That is amazing how they made it so square. Those old timers were definitely very skilled.
@duanelohr1869
@duanelohr1869 3 жыл бұрын
Ty tvr for another great video. The carpenters made their money here. Your awe was my awe. Another great effort.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Glad you liked this one... Yes, the carpenters did well here! They earned it though - they did good work!
@duanelohr1869
@duanelohr1869 3 жыл бұрын
@@TVRExploring thanks, found out the walk through mine was east of Baker Ca. I am going to keep trying to find it. The mine is also history, but a bad one but a good one, depending on your views on war.
@SueGirling68
@SueGirling68 3 жыл бұрын
Hi Justin, that was for it's size one hell of a mine, it was really intense in it's workings and all of the wood work was a great show of old timers craftsmanship with the use of old tree trunks, awesome. What a cool place and I should imagine they hung out in that area for quite some time judging by the waste rock piles. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx 🙏💖
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Sue. Yes, it does seem like a fair amount of time - or serious effort - was put into this one! I love these older mines for the amount of craftsmanship and individuality on display.
@stevebaseley
@stevebaseley 3 жыл бұрын
Great mine love how you try to find out as much as you can about the mines you visit and always write a detailed description. Most other you tubers have a description full of how to get money too them or buy there crap lol
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much. I appreciate the kind words and that you're one of the few people that actually takes the time to read the descriptions!
@kimbra1132
@kimbra1132 3 жыл бұрын
The deeper y'all went the more vibrant the colors. Lots of ore mined there. The colors of the copper sulfides were cool, maybe not high enough grade to make a profit. Thanks for this explore. Well done. Them miners must have been short with those roman dug drifts.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, they poked around on the first level a fair amount looking for more, but the vein essentially dropped straight down.
@Dave_9547
@Dave_9547 3 жыл бұрын
The powder magazine walls are probably the nicest job of fitting lumber to the rock walls I have ever seen in a mine.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I was pretty impressed by that as well!
@archstanton9206
@archstanton9206 3 жыл бұрын
Another good one. Those are the places we like to check out in out travels in Nevada. The mineralization in that one section was unreal.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
It's hard to top Nevada for abandoned mines...
@Ironsja11
@Ironsja11 3 жыл бұрын
Really cool old mine! The woodwork is amazing.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, this is my favorite kind.
@donmorrow1045
@donmorrow1045 3 жыл бұрын
I started watching your channel 6 months ago love the content I've finally caught up to date keep it coming
@garydaniels2002
@garydaniels2002 3 жыл бұрын
Super Cool mine tour thank you guys stay safe
@mfree80286
@mfree80286 3 жыл бұрын
10:17 That timber was burned before it was set; the wedge is clean, and there's no soot. There's definitely some burning happening back around the winze and ore chute (could even be accidental, hot bearings make sparks), but some of these charred timbers were burned outside first, lightly. Forest fire? Damaged in transit? No idea, but the 10:17 one definitely didn't burn *there*. It's actually charred in a pattern like it was on the ground and got burned over.
@unclejohnbulleit2671
@unclejohnbulleit2671 3 жыл бұрын
This is a beautiful mine, it's what non mine people think of when they think of a mine. It could easily be the setting for a fantasy novel.
@larrykluckoutdoors8227
@larrykluckoutdoors8227 3 жыл бұрын
I am still amazed of all the work the old-timers did.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
That is frequently the case with us in these old mines!
@StarScapesOG
@StarScapesOG 3 жыл бұрын
The minerals you see in these mines always fascinates me! Such cool wood work to! Edit: the blue you saw in the rocks in the lower adit could be vivianite, which is a blue to green earthy mineral that occurs in the oxidation zones of metallic ore deposits. Specifically ores that have iron in them, which seems to fit well.
@LolPepperGate
@LolPepperGate 3 жыл бұрын
Great video Justin. Thanks!
@Reziac
@Reziac 3 жыл бұрын
I'd say the original miners had an accidental fire -- from where it looks like it started, probably a cooking fire, or maybe a lamp that got away from them, and that's why so much of the original timber is charcoaled. Note that there is newer timber on top of the charcoaled stuff, which pegs the fire before the mine's new life in the roaring 20s. Regardless, an amazing testament to the men who dug it.
@williamwintemberg
@williamwintemberg 3 жыл бұрын
Very interesting mine. lots of cut and fill along with back filled drifts. It had to have been huge in it's day. It's a shame someone sparked it up.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, as was confirmed by the map I saw, a huge amount of space in this mine was filled in. And, yes, it is a shame that someone torched it.
@conscienceepoch9839
@conscienceepoch9839 3 жыл бұрын
Seems Justin is more upset about the 'Torching" than anything else, awesome video, Never let down by #TVR
@audiovideophile5317
@audiovideophile5317 3 жыл бұрын
If it's touched he can't climb it; and it destroys the "natural" (?) man-made beauty.
@MsSurigirl
@MsSurigirl 3 жыл бұрын
Wow! The colors in the mineralization areas. Chartreuse even! Beautiful! I love how the old timers used timber. Also interesting about the water in those areas. Curious. I love the kiln!
@daveg2104
@daveg2104 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the woodworking in some of the old mines is amazing. Some wells have to be quite deep to reach an aquifer/the water table, and in other places, the water just virtually bubbles out of the ground. It's all a matter of geology, topography and water taking the path of least resistance.
@michael2244
@michael2244 3 жыл бұрын
You guys are crazy af for going down there.
@Dave_9547
@Dave_9547 3 жыл бұрын
If you look at the stull at 6:43 it appears as though the fire was earlier in the mines history and repairs were made when worked at a later date. The stull in the video is clean with no charring, but the block at the top is blackened.
@pjsequipmentservicessouth
@pjsequipmentservicessouth 3 жыл бұрын
That’s what I was thinking. Seeing all the unburned things around the burned stuff, I think maybe something happened in the earlier days of the mine. 28 years in the fire service, I never seen a piece of wood not burned next to a burned piece.
@aaronvienot
@aaronvienot 3 жыл бұрын
The zone with the heavy sulfides looks a lot like what came out of many mines in Colorado around the Idaho Springs formation. I could smell it through the screen.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, you're right about the similarities between here and that area of Colorado. Haha, you're right about the smell also!
@chrisv4640
@chrisv4640 3 жыл бұрын
The powder magazine.. Maybe their though was that if it did blow up, it would be easy access to dig back out from the outside? And the pressure from the blast could escape the mine and not hurt the miners..
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
That makes sense. It may just have been a convenience thing as well since safety standards are different now as opposed to what was standard back when this was being worked.
@GlobeExplore
@GlobeExplore 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing video. so much great wood work done inside the mine. love the widness nd tallness of mine. i crawled too much in my last video now knees hurting. Love nd respect from Globe Explore
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Haha, yes, I wish the mines always were as spacious as this one. Crawling is no fun!
@brannancloward
@brannancloward 3 жыл бұрын
Another excellent video. I'm really impressed on how you manage to find progressively cooler mines? I'm jealous.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I hope you maintain that impression into the future...
@BrainsofFrank
@BrainsofFrank 3 жыл бұрын
You should hit the mineralizations with a black light!!
@thatportlandguy8593
@thatportlandguy8593 3 жыл бұрын
NV mines are my absolute favorite to explore.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
It's hard to top the Nevada mines, for sure...
@chet2201
@chet2201 3 жыл бұрын
Like to seen ore or close up of Pulars Do you carry Geiger Counter.
@johnjimjohnston
@johnjimjohnston 3 жыл бұрын
this is great it cant get any better
@ronwhittaker6317
@ronwhittaker6317 2 жыл бұрын
31:05 dont apologize for a momentary lap when the only answer is to make amends but the only way you know how and you've done that good man.
@tedc3895
@tedc3895 3 жыл бұрын
My guess is forest fire falling down open stopes.
@001desertrat3
@001desertrat3 3 жыл бұрын
@TVR -- Justin , although there obviously has been several fires in that Mine , in that alcove across from the Winze it appears that they may have had a woodburning stove in there at one time because the wood @5:19 appears to be scorched ; also note what appears to be a stovepipe in the upper-center of the picture @5:34 . -- < Doc , Miner for over 50 years > .
@OdySlim
@OdySlim 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Justin. I really enjoyed this one. The 1909 graffiti was nice. Have you ever seen one dated into the 1800's Looking forward to the next! Regards from Ody SLim
@tinytattoomike7943
@tinytattoomike7943 3 жыл бұрын
Well done like always 👍
@Danzoid61
@Danzoid61 3 жыл бұрын
36:26 The names are Wm (William) T. Quinn Oct 1 1909 and R C Miller (another word burned off - ends in "r".)
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@mfree80286
@mfree80286 3 жыл бұрын
12:52 I'm really starting to think there was a fire outside that got drafted into the mine, possibly it's why the mine shut the first time because some of these sooted and charred areas have been worked on. It's definitely not fresh by any means. 12:59 there's another, a barrier made of sooted lumber and one clean stave. Somebody was recycling the smoke damaged materials.
@rolfsinkgraven
@rolfsinkgraven 3 жыл бұрын
A nice mine but a lot of back fill and collapses, and fire in there is ridiculous wow, very dangerous, great buildings outside.
@KubotaManDan
@KubotaManDan 3 жыл бұрын
How did they carry that 12 hp vertical fairbanks-morse gas engine, there must of been a road to drive up to it. That's one big hunk of iron. found some on You Tube. Great explore as always
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, there was a road leading to the mine that ran up that (usually) dry wash, but it had been wiped out by flash floods when we hiked in. And, yes, even with a good road, that would have been a hell of a job to get that hoist into the mine.
@worldtraveler930
@worldtraveler930 3 жыл бұрын
From what I have learned, almost All equipment in mines has been brought in one piece at a time and assembly on site.
@zerofox7347
@zerofox7347 3 жыл бұрын
It’s an undeniable fact in human history that the biggest and best manual engineering and building work is the oldest.
@so-dan-bought-some-land
@so-dan-bought-some-land 3 жыл бұрын
Oh cool I was there about a year ago. My friend and I who was there with me was thinking the fire would of been set by lamp or something as I've seen burn marks before on cribbing. Way bummer that it turns out it was a arson attempt.
@AdmiralJT
@AdmiralJT 3 жыл бұрын
Plot Twist: Miner graffiti of woman was actually the lift operators mom and he missed her during the long days in the mine, so he put her picture there haha
@danaj9336
@danaj9336 3 жыл бұрын
Say, can you post a pic of the maps? Thanks.
@mechanicman8687
@mechanicman8687 3 жыл бұрын
Way cool. Another Friday bowl and a mine explore”
@jackprier7727
@jackprier7727 3 жыл бұрын
Nearly every mine i explored in Nevada had the used fuse-spools piled in a room on the right just inside the entrance. One had hundreds and hundreds, i never did see all that mine in 4 different days of looking-
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
4 days and you still didn't finish? That was a big mine! I can only think of a couple of accessible mines in Nevada that are that big.
@worldtraveler930
@worldtraveler930 3 жыл бұрын
Am I right in guessing that those explorations took place several years ago and on private land/property?
@jackprier7727
@jackprier7727 3 жыл бұрын
@@TVRExploring Mary mine in Silver Peak, since being pitted for the last 15 yrs or so-
@jimbayler4277
@jimbayler4277 3 жыл бұрын
There is new timberwork in and around the burned areas. You mention that the mine was worked during two different time period. Could the fire have been the reason for the first abandonment ?! To me the fire doesn't look like the work of vandals. All those artifacts in that one room would have been toast. That would have been like a blast furnace with the airflow you mentioned, and those chimney like manways. Nothing would have been unscathed that close to the fire.
@jimbayler4277
@jimbayler4277 3 жыл бұрын
What is the story on all the marker paint and plastic tape in the mines you explore ? Who is going in them, and marking them ? For what purpose ? It shows up in even the most remote mines.
@Ed_in_Md
@Ed_in_Md 3 жыл бұрын
I really hate to think someone would torch the mine. I wonder if a grass/range fire on the surface dropped embers down the shaft where you saw daylight. Perhaps the other stope that was burned also goes to the surface.
@MinesoftheWest
@MinesoftheWest 3 жыл бұрын
Neat mine! Love the timber work!
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, I love these older mines - especially when you can see real craftsmanship in things like the woodwork.
@1080-v4v
@1080-v4v 3 жыл бұрын
How were those miners able to channel straight up in some of those spots? Your videos are not only awesome to see but the history they reveal is humbling. Please be safe.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
The miners would build wooden platforms they could stand on to perform the overhead drilling. Not easy work!
@bookbandit
@bookbandit 3 жыл бұрын
I wonder given there is access to the outside ( roof ) at the winch station, could that burnt section be actually the result of a lightening strike.....it just looks as though the timbers have been singed in a lot of places, and there was no charcoal or burnt wood pile at the floor level that would have indicated a fireplace 😉
@patrickcampbell4504
@patrickcampbell4504 3 жыл бұрын
I know your packing heat with a chest holster? But your buddy is going with a side arm. Any pro or cons on how you carry in a mine and through the bush?
@DFDuck55
@DFDuck55 3 жыл бұрын
Seems that lead would be a hard way to make a living. It's never brought a big price so you would have to get a lot of tonnage to eek out a living. There's even less uses for lead now than there used to be. It's no longer used in paints, a lot of bullets no longer use lead, tire balancing weights are mostly zinc now.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, judging from the reports I read, it was fairly marginal in regard to profitability even back in its heyday. So, yes, it would be a miserable, stressful way to make a living... Indeed, there seem to be fewer and fewer industrial applications for lead. Even batteries are moving away from lead.
@AGDinCA
@AGDinCA 3 жыл бұрын
24:20 - does anyone know what that fluorescent green/yellow mineral is?
@hksp
@hksp 3 жыл бұрын
those 100+ year wood is in great condition
@platformstrange1794
@platformstrange1794 3 жыл бұрын
Tree slapping goodness
@ZE0XE0
@ZE0XE0 3 жыл бұрын
that kiln might be used to make charcoal for a forge or something.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, that makes sense.
@brentkeller3826
@brentkeller3826 3 жыл бұрын
Dendrochronologists would likely love to have some corings of those thicker trunks.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
It'd be interesting to see the results.
@ronwhittaker6317
@ronwhittaker6317 2 жыл бұрын
i see at least one of your crue is armed good boy smart.
@_tyrannus
@_tyrannus 3 жыл бұрын
I'm going to speculate that if these two rail types come from the same period of mine exploitation, their unusual combined use could have been motivated by already existing moisture issues back then on the lower level. How seismic is this region in general? Is accumulated earthquake damage easy to spot in a mine, or otherwise indistinguishable from the effects of time and looters?
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
That's a good thought about the rail... As far as I know, this area isn't very seismically active. And, no, unless it is particularly catastrophic, there is no way to distinguish earthquake damage from a routine collapse.
@_tyrannus
@_tyrannus 3 жыл бұрын
@@TVRExploring I was wondering if you could spot fault line shifting, but I figure this sort of thing would probably spell collapse for the whole mine.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
@@_tyrannus Sometimes, it is really a mess around faults, but is that because the ground is bad there or due to seismic activity? Or both? An experienced geologist could perhaps tell, but I don't know the cause...
@xyourfurneralx1222
@xyourfurneralx1222 3 жыл бұрын
I was there in January and the drive up was gorgeous. Dropping in on that site was unbelievable. The mine at the bottom of the gulch there, did you by chance check is out?
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Are you talking about the shaft in the gulch at this mine or to another mine site entirely?
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
From what I recall, the shaft at the site was plugged or didn't really go anywhere. The other mines will already have been in a video or they'll be in a future video.
@xyourfurneralx1222
@xyourfurneralx1222 3 жыл бұрын
@@TVRExploring before the VERY steep hill up to that mine, down there that silver mine on that main road. I went in the bottom adit but never made my way up and am curious to see if you visited. I didn't head left off the trail towards the others honey badge, dark bird, or the birdnoises mine. You took care of my fears of the woodwork to the lower levels as well as if there was anything uncaved above. I tried getting to a place out by an "ass" reservoir and dam complex in search of the SDMC. But got chased off by the incoming storm. Thanks for all your hard work, gives me cool shit to chase and takes the edge off on spots I've yet to visit. My favorite is seeing what I missed somewhere and I get a new mission to set off again. I've got a vendetta with a few spots out east in the prospects where I want to go in one side out the other and further east still at the hill past hamilton, as well as another spot over the boarder near masonic. Have you hopped over to any of those spots by chance if you're picking up what I'm putting down?
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
@@xyourfurneralx1222 I'm not following everything you're putting down outside of the immediate area we're referring to, but I have visited all of those that you mentioned in the immediate area. Honey B and Birdnoises aren't really worth the effort. Dark Bird has some good miner's graffiti...
@kennethblakley4809
@kennethblakley4809 3 жыл бұрын
that burnt up part looks like from a steam power hoist
@alansmith4734
@alansmith4734 3 жыл бұрын
Nevada became a state in 1864. It was still the 'wild west' at that time. Bandits!
@audiovideophile5317
@audiovideophile5317 3 жыл бұрын
I'm sure these miners were shorter 100+ years ago and taller people instinctively went for other job; but man if mining was back breaking enough on it's own in mines like these where you likely hunched over all the time it had to been that much worse.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
I can't even imagine working like that.
@uwillnevahno6837
@uwillnevahno6837 3 жыл бұрын
3:13 rip outlaw hummers is no more lol 24:17 the mineralization in a mine means the sulfur is coming out of the rock and leaving behind any metals? or the metals come out as sulfides? does it at all suggest valuable ore remains though it's likely not cost effective/safe to go after?
@General_Confusion
@General_Confusion 3 жыл бұрын
That burned area looked remarkably chimney like, is it possible they were smelting Lead or something underground? Seems strange that there would be enough burning to make it than black, but nothing burned on the floor. I can't for the life of me think why they would want to do that, but just a thought.
@chevguy8587
@chevguy8587 3 жыл бұрын
You should put your hand on the Timbers so we can get a comparison
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
But how do you know that I don't have really huge or really tiny hands?
@chevguy8587
@chevguy8587 3 жыл бұрын
@@TVRExploring just do it lol
@pl5861
@pl5861 3 жыл бұрын
Question - What information is gained by by the miners knowing the load counts?
@xyourfurneralx1222
@xyourfurneralx1222 3 жыл бұрын
To estimate material moved.
@pl5861
@pl5861 3 жыл бұрын
@@xyourfurneralx1222 And why do they need to know that?
@xyourfurneralx1222
@xyourfurneralx1222 3 жыл бұрын
@@pl5861 if they have assayed the material, they can use this to guess how much of the target mineral they have and track what they should be getting back at the smelter or from their processing. When things don't add up it helps point out issues in your processing, change in the material, or theft.
@666mhbc
@666mhbc 3 жыл бұрын
To get paid
@47coffee
@47coffee 2 жыл бұрын
29:32 Charles L Olsen Born 5/13/1915, died 5/11/1986, buried in Hawthorne cemetary in Hawthorne, Mineral County Nevada. Wife Orvakki Olsen, 2 sons Kenneth Olsen born in 1938 & Lawrence Olsen born in 1939
@TheSWolfe
@TheSWolfe 3 жыл бұрын
Be it the Man tossing lit torches dn winzes & chutes in attempt to make mine inaccessible/unappetizing to most prospective explorers, or be it random acts of vandalism, I wonder? Odd/interesting, all the moisture confined in that one corner pocket w/the rest of the mine mostly bone-dry.
@livinglifeonlifesterms2450
@livinglifeonlifesterms2450 3 жыл бұрын
You guys document interesting mines and see lots of artifacts. Unlike another popular channel that likes to stop and explain a bunch of bs and waste time on long intros and then stop on cliffhangers. Lol
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I'm glad that at least some other people feel the same way I do about annoying intros, cliffhanger gimmicks, etc.
@LolPepperGate
@LolPepperGate 3 жыл бұрын
The burning may have been sabotage
@jacobabbott2648
@jacobabbott2648 3 жыл бұрын
why would someone burn the wood holding the mine together?
@worldtraveler930
@worldtraveler930 3 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately there some VERY Sick and Twisted people in this world who Desperately Need to be under professional supervision!
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Whatever motivates vandals... A viewer left a comment the other day that he knew a guy that used to pour gasoline into every mine after he explored it and destroy them forever. Perhaps not surprisingly, that guy ended up working for the Forest Service.
@audiovideophile5317
@audiovideophile5317 3 жыл бұрын
'49... in this mine is that 1949, OR 1849 !
@choff01
@choff01 3 жыл бұрын
Quinn and Miller were the two names.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@dereksimpson1284
@dereksimpson1284 3 жыл бұрын
what do the different colors represent I see painted all around
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
The paint and ribbons in abandoned mines are survey marks or where samples were taken. The mines may be abandoned for now, but that doesn't mean that mining companies won't periodically go out and assess abandoned mines in certain areas when commodity prices spike up.
@davidfultz6483
@davidfultz6483 3 жыл бұрын
SniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiIIIIIIFFFFFF- AAAAAAAHHH Fresh video !
@xyplex2
@xyplex2 3 жыл бұрын
1909 in cursive 1949 in print
@GoodOlBoy1976
@GoodOlBoy1976 3 жыл бұрын
If its a real very old mine maybe them burnt wood areas are from the miners and the working by fire? Or a gas pocket opened up back then and that is why its burnt IDK I would do a lot of research on the area because you never know if workers lost their lives in that mine.
@LawnMower-hu9pw
@LawnMower-hu9pw 3 жыл бұрын
What will you do if you run out of gold minds
@leesherman100
@leesherman100 3 жыл бұрын
Do the earlier mines have non inletted ladders? The inletted ladders seem safer to me. Actually, none of it seems safe. Five stars.*****
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
It really varies depending on the crew that was working there. Some were very professional and conscious of safety. Others didn't care at all.
@mariekamerdula7641
@mariekamerdula7641 3 жыл бұрын
R. C. Miller. Old style handwriting.
@lucyfiesta
@lucyfiesta 3 жыл бұрын
Heavy dank smell lol 🔥🔥🔥
@ronniecardy
@ronniecardy 3 жыл бұрын
Nice mine but I loved the old buildings. Wonder they were still building. Way BLM has tore so many things down and the Forest Department same. From what I understand !!
@worldtraveler930
@worldtraveler930 3 жыл бұрын
If I were to venture a guess, I would speculate that it's on private land.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
It's on public land, but it is out in the middle of nowhere. They just haven't gotten around to it yet...
@kirktbabbitt
@kirktbabbitt 3 жыл бұрын
I think that drawing about 3:30 was of Marilyn Monroe
@SuperMika70
@SuperMika70 2 жыл бұрын
🤩
@SydneyRadio2UE
@SydneyRadio2UE 3 жыл бұрын
The thank you note at 34:05 about mining museum, is just a way to soothe someones conscience that they stole a mining artifact from public land. Museum equals backyard garden, that no one can see and appreciate, except for the thief. For what it's worth, it's a federal offense to unlawfully remove mining artifacts from public land.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Yep... And yet the same people still complain about there not being more stuff left at these abandoned sites.
@drumtwo4seven
@drumtwo4seven 3 жыл бұрын
Sweet 👍
@TheSilmarillian
@TheSilmarillian 2 жыл бұрын
The distance between the burnt out place does not happen by accident my guess kerosene coated and a match.....I give pause to think why doubt it was vandalism possible insurance job that failed 2 take just a thought and in my answer to the question there is not wood for support of bad ground within reach of the flames hello from Australia
@danishnative9555
@danishnative9555 3 жыл бұрын
Black zone area. Moisture + sulfides. Must have smelled smelled like the devil's arse.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
It was a bit funky down there, to be sure...
@barneyblimp1498
@barneyblimp1498 3 жыл бұрын
bring the velvet rocket back!
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
I would spend days or even weeks working on a post and would get practically zero engagement after publishing it. Maybe one or two comments... In other words, it wasn't very fulfilling for the amount of time and money put in.
@barneyblimp1498
@barneyblimp1498 3 жыл бұрын
@@TVRExploring Damn, that sucks to hear. I found it a few weeks ago by way of your coup thesis I think. Read the whole thing-I have been to many of the same place, and you and I seem to have remarkably similar interests (or did then-have you always been so keen on mines?) I'm back in grad school now, and the blog was a nice escape back into a world I once knew. Cheers.
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
@@barneyblimp1498 What took you to those more interesting parts of the world? Growing up in a gold mining region of California left me with a passing interest in the subject... However, becoming friends with some local historians and some people that were interested in the more adventurous side of history (mine exploring) led me to realize that mine exploring was a lot of fun 7-8 years ago.
@barneyblimp1498
@barneyblimp1498 3 жыл бұрын
@@TVRExploring sorry, dont check this too frequently. sometimes work, but often just looking for something to do. here's a song from an album i listened to while reading your blog: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpjQmox8gcehbLc makes me nostalgic for a younger, more adventuresome me. glad to see youve found something closer to home. do you ever do any reporting anymore-or was that not ever your job?
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
@@barneyblimp1498 Nice album! I'm a sucker for vintage... War reporting was a job for a while, yes. Covid travel restrictions killed that though since I always worked freelance.
@dalmatiangirl61
@dalmatiangirl61 3 жыл бұрын
The note on the wall was for a 12 Hp vertical FBM (Fairbanks Morse) engine.
@timothybarham6374
@timothybarham6374 3 жыл бұрын
I wonder what museum it when to here in California.
@dalmatiangirl61
@dalmatiangirl61 3 жыл бұрын
@@timothybarham6374 Probably a private museum, and sold off at an estate sale by now.....
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I was going to say that the "museum" was probably someone's front yard...
@thehitcher51able
@thehitcher51able 3 жыл бұрын
where is your hard hat?
@CivilShepherd
@CivilShepherd 3 жыл бұрын
A Back Filled Drift is a great code word for a Fart
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
This is true.
@PibrochPonder
@PibrochPonder 3 жыл бұрын
Exploring an old mine with a handgun on ya hip. Only in America 😉
@General_Confusion
@General_Confusion 3 жыл бұрын
An old mine makes for a perfect Lions den.
@worldtraveler930
@worldtraveler930 3 жыл бұрын
Y'all do know that it is a Good habit to have considering the level of Methbillies and human trafficking and drug trafficking that takes place in the border States!!
@erictanner7690
@erictanner7690 3 жыл бұрын
Wisdom in carrying, not knowing who or what you might run into.
@worldtraveler930
@worldtraveler930 3 жыл бұрын
Amen!!
@ronwhittaker6317
@ronwhittaker6317 2 жыл бұрын
19:47 this scene makes me think how many gemstones they left looking for gold there's far more currency in rocks than metal. if Russia was to actually take their rocks out of the ground and put them to market they would crash the price of stones overnight the uber-wealthy of the world would turn their back on Russia as a result. plentiful; doesn't begin to describe it, war isn't just fought with bombs and boom sticks. corner one market and they all fall like dominos. they destroy diamonds for that very reason. to keep the price and entry-level high. they? the marketer's mere privateers. I get that THEY question all the time it's ' for you to know. you won't paint me in a corner with that one. learn. stones all come from deep in the earth gold as well she makes them...earth. they would capture the market. the result being they would control it in perpetuity. those playing the long game could see the value in that. there are a lot of dead people controlling things from the grave. 501c3,4,5, and so on. dead people don't just vote. for only existing on paper it has a lot of teeth. they will use them if you step on the wrong toes. think you can't buy things with diamonds? think again. the waist rock would build cities. BIG cities. people died often getting that crap out of the ground. digging a well was a big ordeal in the day and you look at this with that thought in mind and it leaves you gobsmacked with your palm firmly pressed against your forehead in wonder. good as they were, our forbearers horribly wasteful. but where would we have been without them? God bless them for our sake. [I can affirm nowhere good.] it has been said "time enough to sleep when you are dead", you can see how the phrase was coined no matter if you know the origin or not. the most valuable currency in the world "Laber". the ''banks of a river must flow. maritime is the rule of the day
@chrisv4640
@chrisv4640 3 жыл бұрын
The drawing of the woman looked like Marilyn Monroe
@TVRExploring
@TVRExploring 3 жыл бұрын
Yes, it did. The only problem is that this mine was worked before Marilyn was even born.
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