Part Two of the new sketchy mine explore.

[@robertkoehne1795]

Hey Ross. I have searched a few mines in the70s by Goodsprings NV. YOUR VIDEO brings back good memories. It take guts to go in and feel lucky when climbing out. 12:51

[@dieterkoch6563]

I can really taste the dirt just by watching you brave spelunkers!

[@rhondaz356]

WOW, I can't imagine the excitement...Just be careful, Ross and friends... a century later!!!

[@hestheMaster]

Tall men like youself Ross have a tough time negotiating a walk through in this mine. Back in the 1920's the average man was 5' 7" tall and many of the mine workers here were even shorter. For instance my maternal granddad was 5' 2" ( but not a miner). The mine was sized accordingly. It looks like a "chasm of death" was par for the course. Safety last back then. Liked this and hope to see more soon. Pretty sure both Wandering Jeepsy and carpenter Mike Zicopoulos will be with you also at the fundraiser.

[@tecopamines]

They will be.

[@patriciaguenzler9150]

Thank you all for sharing this with us awesome content 👍

[@tecopamines]

Any time. Hope you’ve hit “like” and subscribed. 😎

[@skyepilotte11]

Thx Ross...amazing what those old miners went thru for money Be safe down there.

I bet most of them didn't make much. The work they did was very hard and dangerous. It looks like they bored, blasted, drilled and hammered their way through miles of solid rock hoping to hit that fabled mother lode. They must have found a little but eventually had to give up. Perhaps the best thing about that job was the cool temperature down there as opposed to the scorching summer heat topside.

[@tecopamines]

They had families to feed and a lot of them were brand new to this country In a day when immigrants just wanted a job and a chance.

[@donmarion8808]

The small board at 7:07 is a load count board or tally board. It had 2 rows of 10 holes. One side for 1-10 car loads. Every time you filled a cart load, you would have used a wooden peg to count that car load . When you got to 10 then , the next column over was in 10s. 10,20,30 etc etc up to 100. Some of the miners just used the little carbide smoke dots from thier carbide lighon the chute itself. Unfortunately the pegs are missing from the board. Cool artifact. You can see that on the lower left of the chute. Your a blessed man to be able to ownsuch a historic place.

[@tecopamines]

I am blessed every day to be the owner and steward of these mines.

[@be.spiritlove]

Thanks enjoyed these videos thanks for sharing 🤠🤠🤠

[@tecopamines]

Glad you liked it!

[@HoytClagwell6407]

Go all the way to the end of that room you said there was nothing to write home about. Dig in the floor for several feet in all directions. There will likely be some antiquities for your museum .

[@LongdistanceRider22]

Very Cool Hand Cart.

[@tecopamines]

I know, right? I love it! I’m gonna try to fabricate new axles and proper wheels for it.

[@JennHawk]

I'm planning on making it to the fundraiser! Would love to visit!

[@jamesrobertson4258]

Very interesting and enjoyable...

[@drewconrad7093]

Some nice ore still there.

[@jamesrobertson4258]

WOW YIKES N WOW....

[@timhayes1199]

Stimpy ! "You Fool"

[@salvadorsepulveda6415]

Watch out for those nails 🎉

[@OverlandEasy]

Lol, i agree, budweiser = carbonated sparge water

[@davidkahtava447]

That was a load count peg board at the xhute

[@roseapple8786]

Mr. Ross, that looks so impressive and what they went through to collect the ore. You, seem to be very tall and the mine looks small, are you able to stand up straight and walk through the mine without bumping your head? Stay safe down there when you go, and I will see you on the next video. 🥰👍👍👍👍👍(🌹🐞🦂🌵)

[@tecopamines]

I learned to a duck a lot and I always wear a helmet… a badly scratched and dented helmet. 😄

[@stevendunn264]

I know there is not enough left to pay or it would be active but can you show some ore that they would extract contains the minerals and how maybe it links in the wall?

[@tecopamines]

I’ll try to do that in the next videos

[@grammiediana]

What do the dots on the paper mean? How do you know if a mine is safe to go in? Thanks for taking me down, because it would never happen in real life.

[@tecopamines]

Dots on paper? But safety is determined by taking a careful look at what’s overhead. What’s underneath you and checking the air.

[@solidpixel]

@@tecopamines dots on the side of the stope maybe?

[@cobiski]

Did you mean the dots on the side of the ore chutes?

[@SilverBulletOBW]

Constructive and friendly - Your lights seem to be too much on spot and not enough flood. Also please try and zoom out to 0% while walking - traveling while zoomed >0 is disorienting. The aforementioned factors are also messing with your camera’s ability to focus properly, leading to a lot of blur. People won’t mind it at all if you slow down a bit more to adjust these things as you go along! Beyond that, nice mine and nice work!

[@tecopamines]

I appreciate the feedback, I’ll work on that.

[@keithrosenberg5486]

What was the yellow mineral? Or it looked like yellow in the light.

[@tecopamines]

Iron ore

[@apolloskyfacer5842]

So Ross. Question. If you had a major health issue, like heart failure. How would they be able to haul your heavy 'donkey' back up out of there. ?

[@tecopamines]

Welcome to life out in the desert, even topside.

[@davidhudson5452]

2 Buttwipers for you

[@davidcoyote8921]

🫣👍🐾

[@StephenEsler-xe3op]

What a way to make a living not for me

[@tecopamines]

I don’t think I could’ve done it either. I get worn out just maintaining the place.