Shattered timbers and raw earth violence, plus strange sounds underground.

[@richardbrobeck2384]

Great video I love the old workings !

[@OnyxCollector]

“Jenga for keeps”😜💜💜💜

[@davidflamee]

I was glad to see that daylight up ahead of you both!!!

[@novanut1964]

good real time mine tour, thanks

[@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756]

If you consider the years those timbers have been doing their jobs even with the earth doing the shake rattle and roll. Mines are never "finished" theres just places that you either timber back up or just avoid. Good thing you know the difference.

[@tecopamines]

Yes, I tell everyone on the tours. These minds were only meant to be temporary and they’ve all well exceeded their “sell by” date. It’s a testament to the early minor skill, but these places will all be gone eventually.

[@richellen6855]

I want to know how Pat walks on the walls like that ;)

[@artmurphy4991]

Thank you Tecopa Mines & Pat for the tour of your mine shafts & square set & broke in 1/2 / 12" timber! Wow! Nice time to exit when you hear sounds! * haunted !

[@dieterkoch6563]

I worked construction for 50 years and i never saw anything that could snap an 8 X 8 in half! No wonder you guys believe in god!

[@jamesriggsdds2337]

Yeah that’s just your common “mine bears” farting after a meal of lost mine explorers!

[@tecopamines]

You know darn good and well that we haven’t lost any explorers back in there as far as anyone can prove.

[@johnlowe37]

Gotta wonder if that big quake up in NorCal on December 5th has anything to do with the mine being more "noisy" than you're used to it being. I know it was strong enough to get the water moving over at Devil's Hole about 40 miles north of you.

[@Watchdoc65]

Man please be careful! That looks soooo dangerous. You’re right about “Jenga for keeps”! Just wondering if when you go exploring if you advise anyone on the outside, just in case? Be safe! 😮

[@tecopamines]

Oh yes, I have a whole team top side that knows where we are in the mine and when we plan be back out.

[@xfirehurican]

*Jenga-jungle = understatement.* *I believe that section is talking to ya.*

[@mongolianporch]

The term "Jenga for keeps" is now in my lexicon.

[@GringoLoco1]

Cue a certain Carole King song ... 😮😜

[@hestheMaster]

You do give the best mine tours on the internet Ross. Big boulder in that one area above the ladder looks more like the Sword of Damocles! Rest of the roof is just shards of huge boulders waiting their chance to come down in spite of best they could do attempts to hold them at bay way back in the day. Looking more like the Jenga room of death.

[@HoytClagwell6407]

Time, and pressure.

[@rhondaz356]

WOW that would make me nervous. I'm assuming your plans are to *repair that whole area, Ross, over time, rather than just seal it up. I am glad there were friends waiting outside the mine, should they be needed. 👏🏻👏🏻

[@tecopamines]

It will take some time and lots of new wood to get things in order. Plenty of explosives and pick-and-shovel work too. It’ll probably never happen in my lifetime, but ain’t gonna lie, I’m looking to see what I can do.

[@alanhall3297]

I recognize that sound as carnivorous squirrels

[@UnhingedHarry]

Definitely some violent shattering going on there. Far worse than after a hot Indian Currie...

[@Loucamp802]

One of these days you're going to run into some Sleestack lol

[@tecopamines]

Better Sleestaks than Morlocks. 😉

[@Elaine-md8lz]

You're more likely to run into a Giant., like the Lovelock caverns.

[@Elaine-md8lz]

My people call them, Nannambitz, not friendly. You are well read. I suggest the book, _"The 49ers". Read about their experiences outside Furnace Creek. There's a 12' dug pit with a indigenous man stuck inside on an ancient trail. The elders speak of these pits dug to trap the people walking at night to travel through the heat of Death Valley.

[@Loucamp802]

@Elaine-md8lz true , anything is possible lol

[@Loucamp802]

@@Elaine-md8lz yeah I heard that the Giants where eating people

[@richardweaver9682]

I guess we have to bla,e Steven King for the noises in there (Tommyknockers)...

[@tecopamines]

Stephen King may be an excellent author, but man, he ruined the reputation of the Tommyknockers. They’ve never been evil or malevolent or dangerous…. Helpers at best, pranksters at worst. They’re the good guys underground-they are the ones that let you know when bad things are coming and sometimes, rumor has it, they leave you artifacts to find.

[@joesmith1922]

Tommy knockers are you friends! Geeze, be careful down there!

[@janetceniza8091]

Husband speaking sitting at the kitchen table coloring a picture in a color by number book. Also I am in Cebu PH. to get away from the cold in Wash. State. And I am as close as I want to get to crawling around in an old mine. 😁

[@mobiltec]

Tommy Knockers..

[@seanyancy1809]

Dora the explorer has nothing on Pat. Doing Dum stuff is pretty cool for a one legged miner.

The weight and pressure on those timbers must be enormous. Some of them, big as they are, were crushed and broken like matchsticks. Lumber like that used in the mine would cost a small fortune today- if you could get it at all. I guess those old miners had to be carpenters, architects and engineers as well as tunnel diggers and blasters. I have to admit the mine shafts look like scary places to me. It's too bad you don't stumble across a huge gold deposit, the legendary Mother Lode. Then you'd be rich & famous. Watch out for bats and scorpions!

[@tecopamines]

We got lots of bats and some of the older workings. I keep an eye on them so they’ve got a safe place to be.

[@dustydean56]

Wild horses couldn't drag me to within 20 feet of the entrance to that place....

[@RandallSchwed]

Back at the saloon🥃🚬.Wheres Ross,why don't he write?

[@ToddAnderson-g5n]

How old is this mine? Your sense of adventure is inspiring!

[@tecopamines]

It was originally opened in the late 1800s but the bulk of its work was done in this area in the 1940s and 50s

[@davidhudson5452]

A 3 hour tour rattle

[@Elaine-md8lz]

Oh well, I will just be a silent observer.

[@davidcoyote8921]

👍🐾

[@fostercathead]

Hi.

[@StephenEsler-xe3op]

That place must be haunted that whole area is haunted if I don't see you Merry Christmas I don't say happy holidays I ain't no communist

[@keithrosenberg5486]

Definitely >not< part of a tour route!

[@tecopamines]

You’re right, we only take folks through the stable portions.

[@Elaine-md8lz]

My comments were deleted?

[@tecopamines]

I delete very few comments and none for quite a while. Didn’t delete any from you.

[@keithrosenberg5486]

To clear that out and make it safe you would have to start at the top and work down. Not going to happen I suspect.

[@tecopamines]

Not on my budget. Although I think we could be cleared from the bottom by blowing those boulders into smaller fragments, but again, not on my budget.

[@chuckgibson1274]

Slow your camera down. You can't tell which way is up

[@sagecoach]

This is not a channel to count on. (Kind of sick humor, sorry.)

[@berthaduniverse]

A nice overview of your area. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmnbiGStm9uKZrsfeature=shared