Rappelling 375 Feet to the Bottom of the Garbage Pit Mine - 8 Hours Underground

[@kimbra1132]

Great explore guys. Call it the stope maze mine. Lots of material takin out of that one big time. I just love my false floors. Thanks for taking us along, what a ride.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

The false floors were really cool. Some parts did feel like a maze as passages looped around into eachother.

[@ralphpatrick3071]

Enjoyed the explore! Some people are real pigs, dumping their trash. Thank you!

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Yeah, it made some parts of the mine very unpleasant. Glad you liked the video though!

[@jacquelatourcaptainunderpa8475]

If you could find a name and address in the trash you could get them in trouble but the downside is that they would close the mine.

[@crystalyost6772]

I'm glad I get to live vicariously through you. I'd love to explore mines and caves but yea I get anxiety watching you do it😄 Love your videos!

[@richardhardaker4586]

Liked the video and your commentary. Loved the trust you put in false floors and the quality of wood/workmanship of 50+ years ago!

[@qldabandonedmines]

Such epic mine exploring mate. Your Panamant City series was your best yet. Hope you guys can post more episodes one day soon

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Thanks for watching! I'm currently working on the last Panamint City video.

[@qldabandonedmines]

@@forgottenmininghistory sensational. That series was truly epic buddy. Keep up the awesome work and happy new years!

[@forgottenmininghistory]

@@qldabandonedmines Happy New Years!

[@mikenelson9111]

Yet another great explore. This mine must be fairly close to civilization, for people to dump their trash. Thanks again.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Yes, it's very close to a town. It seems like it serves as the unoffical dump.

[@Ercole746]

Fantastic video, That was a really great explore next time we will get into more of the completely vertical mines.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Yes, we need to do some of the vertical ones aound here. Hopefully they will contain more artifacts than this one.

[@mikenelson9111]

I did not know you had a channel also...just subbed

[@Westedize]

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[@fredfarquar6709]

Excellent explore of a very extensive mine! The amount of trash dumped in there is much like some of the mines in Central City, CO; one long vein that surfaced and was mined out was filled to the top with trash except for one wood-cordoned opening that was difficult to get to (due to waste rock piled high). Tossed a rock down, and it travelled at least 80 feet down before hitting deep water! Lots of trash in the rest! Thanks for the tour!

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Thanks for watching! Would love to make it to Colorado one of these days.

[@BaltimoreAndOhioRR]

This was so cool to watch! Thanks for posting! 😊✔

[@jontrout007]

Pretty amazing video, you went where most people would never venture to go - Thanks.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Thanks for the comment! There used to be a much easier way down, hence all the trash and graffiti, but the ladders have been missing for a while now.

[@gingerbread6614]

Wow what a crazy mine. Thank you

[@triac777]

Those were some big stopes. Thanks for the adventure.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Thanks for watching Lars!

[@zerofox7347]

Nice explore man thanks for the hard work and upload.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Thanks for watching! I appreciate the support!

[@kurtblank6488]

That was so cool watching you guys.

[@Gladiamdammit]

"What the heck is that?" Famous last words from a 'Monster in the old abandoned Mine", movie.

[@SueGirling68]

Hi, a pretty extensive mine with most of it being stopes but still very cool to see. A real shame that people think it's okay to dump trash in a mine that has historical value though. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx💖

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Yeah, It would be great if everyone valued history as much as all of us here do. Some people just don't know enough or just don't care enough.

[@SueGirling68]

@@forgottenmininghistory Yes agreed, I think a lot of it is ignorance and being too lazy to research. xx

[@realmickmanning]

Thought for sure when you removed that metal sun plaque, that stone wheels would begin to turn, and arrows would have shot out at you.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@johnbryla2123]

hay thanks again..and your buddy friend .wish i could be there. *john from canada

[@paulcollins9839]

I'm Glad you go down into these mines, because there's not enough money in the world to make me go down one. lol :)

[@forgottenmininghistory]

I will gladly do it for free. Thanks for watching!

[@worldtraveler930]

For this mine to be So extensively worked it must have been have been quite a rich producer.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Yes, it must have been. Unfortunately I don't know the exact production figures.

[@BeagleBellow]

I allways think back to the men who worked these mines everyday. digging with low light produced by a oil headlamp that only cast light a few feet, Black lung, low wages, and early Death from working themselves to death.. True Iron Men of there time.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

It's crazy to think how tough they were. When I stop and take a break in a mine, I'll look around at the surrounding rock. the timbering, the rails and try to get a sense of the whole place. It's really weird thinking how man created these voids in the earth and spent hours here working harder than I ever could.

[@o2wow]

It's a trash mine! Seriously, at some point in the future we will be mining old dumps for the materials they contain.

[@jackkridler5714]

so true

[@forgottenmininghistory]

I can see it happening.

[@alrui]

Youre the only person other than myself that I've heard describe what WILL happen! Especially e waste the way China churns out useless electronics sooner then later there will be no materials left to make semiconductors, etc!

[@sirmonkey1985]

@@alrui sooner than later once the world has stripped china of it's resources the US will begin churning out useless electronics since we purposely don't tap into our massive rare earth mineral deposits.. just the way it goes.

[@zerofox7347]

Back again lol. I wonder if that big boulder 10:44 is pay rock that still needs breaking up? 🤔

[@melissagentry5204]

Good video. Great mine. the trash not so much. sad.

[@brannancloward]

Absolutely disgusting how people dump their crap down these places of history. Trash dumping trash, who'd have thought?

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Yep, they're human garbage.

[@FelipeChristoforo]

09:37 that dude could have lost his arm by picking up that piece of dynamite. Over time humity makes the nitroglycerin to leak away from its stable form, even more dangerous cuz it was a piece cuted out of dynamite directly exposed to the enviroment for who knows how much time. The nitroglycerin can build up, and explode unexpectedly, its the most unstable and tricky explosive.

[@o2wow]

Road flares were made with anti-roll caps so they laid flat on the road.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Thanks for the info! Even if it was dynamite it would be inert.

[@001desertrat3]

@wbbh -- That's only been within the last 30 years that they've used those anti-roll caps . Years ago when I worked in Emergency Services I've bought many dozens of cases of Highway Flares that just had the black cloth tape and the waxed paper cap over the striker end . Normally if you find a piece of something like that in a Mine , you should always assume that it is Dynamite . And YES , there were some Dynamites that had RED wrappers on them . Also , NEVER assume that just because the Dynamite is Old that it has lost it's potency as there were several brands of Non-Nitro Dynamite , one of the most common was Trojan Safety Powder . I've seen OLD Dynamite that was just as potent as the day it was made . -- < Doc , Miner for over 50 years > .

[@o2wow]

@@forgottenmininghistory about forty years ago I worked at a site that had powder and cap magazines. There was some old boxes of dynamite that looked oil stained. The explosive liquid in the dynamite had leached out into the cardboard. I'll always remember the impressive explosion when the blasting foreman moved just the boxed out side and set them off with a blasting cap.

[@raydowley1038]

like what has been said in other comments its so sad to see all the trash down there, but people will be people which can make you mad at times like this.

[@jnolette1030]

They cleared some serious veins in that place

[@danielwojahn5651]

great video! thanks for the adventures!

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Appreciate it! Thanks for watching!

[@sumoddball]

Imagine sneezing, hearing a “bless you”. Not from Xavier.

[@DurpVonFronz]

Love this channel!! :)

[@forgottenmininghistory]

I appreciate the support! Thanks for watching!

[@VegasCyclingFreak]

Cool mine. Sad that there is so much trash in it.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Thanks for watching!

[@kurtblank6488]

Whoa Incredible.

[@rhousone3549]

Wow this is an incredible mine. You and Xavier did a pretty thorough job with this video. I am guessing that this one is close to Vegas.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

This is several hours west of Vegas. Thanks for watching!

[@jeffffff]

How do you determine whether to trust any of the wood stuff? I would assume its all very unstable or risky.

[@mikescudder4621]

Amazing to me how they completely gut out the inside of a mountain! In what order are stopes dug? Do they start from below and dig up or start from the upper level and dig down? Crazy stuff! Cheers.

[@cward1890]

I think the blue that is Ocean Picture stone. You can dig that stuff out and buff them for stuff for your store to sell.

[@nielsen145]

what it looks like, they were in the process of stripping the mine, because they were done with it and your properly right, at one time the skip car, was properly on the rails and hanging, but either the garbage people threw down or the wood gave up, made it hit the pit. normally the miners would either put it into a side drift or block the shaft with it

[@hanscakestealer8546]

I took a drink everytime you said stope, and now I need a new liver

[@macfilms9904]

Cool mine! If you can, try and slow your movements down, especially panning side to side, turning around or panning up - a stabilized camera setup would help, but just slow the movements down and your videos would be even better!

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Thanks for the feedback

[@hydrashieldbasementservice8453]

I was hoping they would show us a stope.

[@sctpc]

The boxed Ore shute is a wooden Air duct.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Cool! Thanks for the information

[@ExploringCabinsandMines]

Were those stopes huge or is Xavier really small?

[@ralphpatrick3071]

Some people are just lazy pigs, all that garbage! But thanks for exploring all the neat stuff..

[@disinterestedperson]

The surprise was Jimmy Hoffa.

[@sarahbethsstitching9937]

How do you not get turned around with all these stopes and such.

[@Ballistic-kp5wl]

I enjoy watching your videos. Thank you. The thing I’ll remember most about this video is the trash that should have never gotten there. This is just as bad as people peeing in the pool. It’s shameful. Guess the video now shows 2 sides of what people do.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Thanks! Sadly the people who do this don't feel shame.

[@drjethrowski1225]

Depressing thinking about being one of the poor guys who had to work in a place like that. DE-PRESS-ING!

[@hunt4redoctober628]

This is another great film! But what bothers me is given how many levels, stopes and tunnels that you go down, how on earth do you find your way out? I can see that you could very easily get lost in this labyrinth of tunnels. So what's the trick?

[@blare4470]

All fun and games until a skin walker Jumps at you

[@SydneyRadio2UE]

In a hundred years, all that trash will be treasure.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Some of it might be. All the plastic and paper might not hold up so well though.

[@KutWrite]

If you rappel down, how do you get back up? I'd have trouble finding my way back at all!

[@forgottenmininghistory]

We have ascenders that can slide up the rope but get caught if you apply force downward.

[@KutWrite]

@@forgottenmininghistory: Now THAT's a workout! Do you find your way back by memory or leave markers?

[@zerofox7347]

Such a shame about all the modern trash!

[@patsears4209]

Quite interesting. We old folks have enjoyed exploring with you. What kind of yellow and blue glowing stone is that?

[@johnhoon7069]

We should pay attention to a little bit of geology not a whole lot but just touch thanks for your hard work

[@forgottenmininghistory]

I agree, there were some pretty sections of mineralized rock thoughout the mine. I wish I would have focused on them more. Thanks for the feedback!

[@johnhoon7069]

@@forgottenmininghistory if you ever get out to LA County area contact Pat Keane at Keene engineering who knows how to get in touch with me I'd love to go out with you a few times sounds like a real challenge

[@nebulae87]

What was this mined for? Looks like some oxidized iron around, but idk. Just curious.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Gold

[@jordananderson2362]

do you guys take any artifacts you find

[@forgottenmininghistory]

No, we leave everything where we found them

[@hanz_zimmer]

@@forgottenmininghistory Do you ever report findings to other agencies that specialize in things like archeology?

[@ronaldrutledge8583]

There ought to be some way to put cameras up to catch the people throwing trash in that mine

[@Dave_9547]

I don't think I have ever seen so much trash deep in a mine.

[@ryansmifh]

there is half a million worth of 2x4’s in this mine after you factor all the timber’s! holy smokes

[@ryansmifh]

if not more $$$!!!

[@metalhead0274]

The fact that some people have no regard and just ditch so much trash because their lazy pieces of shit..just pisses me off.. I love exploring nature ..and finding peoples trash just irks me. I once went to a national park area where after hiking 4 hours to a hard to reach area I found a ton of trash. I went and got some friends and we hiked up there with garbage bags and ended up hauling out almost two full size pickup loads of trash. We were lucky that the local park rangers allowed us to utilize local dumpster sites to empty it all from my truck. It is simple..if you do not want to haul any of your trash out and away from a location..then don't bring it with you.

[@zoferrismendez7639]

Назад как?

[@ronniecardy]

Some people are pigs. Hope there not any Body's in the trash, moving down further in the mine. Trash is moving down deeper. Really beautiful colors

[@ronniecardy]

Got to thinking maby it was a trash hauling company that was not a legal one

[@forgottenmininghistory]

It could very well be some unofficial trash collector doing this. We saw a few animal carcasses, but no human remains thankfully. One of these days I fear I might actually find some.

[@therpope]

Will you do a Video with Frank? He should be also in you area..

[@garlandremingtoniii1338]

Can somebody tell me how in the hell trash gets so far down inside these old old steep mines??????? Anybody?????

[@waynesligar5948]

This looks kinda like the mine that the diesel brothers where in and got lost from each other

[@johnbryla2123]

thanks i am sacared of hights *john from ontario

[@jhansen2649]

Not blocked off wtf?

[@StevenSchoolAlchemy]

Cool beans

[@shark5919]

why doesn't the company and/or state cover these holes!!!

[@fearsomebunny]

Could you imagine if the "surprise" is a dead body?!?

[@illmsg77]

Union Carbide? not good for Bhopal.

[@youruptownlowdown7745]

I want to SEE a 375 ft climb Up! Down is too easy!😉 Don't shaft me! THX👍

[@philluna4657]

AWESOME VIDEO !!!!!!!! But don't be touching everything it may be boobytrapped !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@marks.17]

People sometimes live in there.

[@alicedixon6742]

I have never seen so much trash in a mine. Is it because it’s in California?

[@forgottenmininghistory]

A lot of mines close to towns are trashed over here.

[@ExploringCabinsandMines]

North of Vegas

[@oxygen454]

Rotting garbage could be cause H2S. That's when things get scary!

[@CraigLillie]

It's a pity someone couldn't organize a "Clean out the trash" week there. Be nice to clean what other idiots dropped in there.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

I went back here this summer. The mine is in even worse shape as some asshole lit the main shaft on fire. There's not much left to this mine anymore.

[@jdasko6895]

The union carbide can that got smashed in a cave in

[@jhansen2649]

Big effort for what?

[@theogdirkdiggler]

Old timers hid tools behind gobbing

[@garlandremingtoniii1338]

There is absolutely NO-WAY-IN-HELL Would I do what you guys are doing. I’m considered to be in very good shape, and long winded. But, I am claustrophobic like you wouldn’t believe! I will not, not get in an elevator that has several folks. Yea yea I know I know, plenty of folks will get on an elevator and squeeze themselves in between 2 people.. Not my ass!!! If I won’t get on an elevator that has more then 4 people, do you really believe that I would go down inside a mine? NOT. ON. YOUR. LIFE!!!!!

[@z50king29]

I spy an Xavier Drenfold

[@forgottenmininghistory]

He's always lurking around in my videos.

[@jeffreymore6799]

Coming across all that porn indicates one thing. Some guys have to much time fir their hands. Other than that cool cave explore

[@kevinbrennan5113]

Disgraceful. The local community should be ashamed of themselves.

[@horatioyen256]

big skip car

[@stevenherrold5955]

i'm bored after 4 minutes and 26 seconds nothing to see hear

[@samd8669]

I guess you could say that whoever was in that mine before you was . . . . . . . . . Trying to get his rocks off

[@myfavoritemartian1]

You have great videos and places, but I can not watch them. You wave the camera around a lot and it sets off my motion sickness. Not trying to be a dick, just pan a little slower and avoid rapid switch backs.

[@JR-kk6ce]

Forget it! I don't want to watch a mine full of garbage. I know it is not your fault, but I still could not stand to see all the modern day garbage.