Storing Explosives In Your Cabins Closet Is Not Advised

[@georgeking9511]

What i get a kick out of, is when you pick up an exciting piece of ore, you can see all the goosebumps come up on your arms while you're showing it to us. I have noticed it in a few videos now. It goes to show once the gold bug bites, it never leaves you! I appreciate the fact that you share your mining knowledge and experiences with us. It's not just all about going underground. I like the fact that you explain the geology and how these deposits come about. Thank you sir for sharing it with all us "folk" 😂

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

"Gly": Your absolutely right! I still get excited when I see yummy looking ore. Thanks for watching! I'm really happy your enjoying the show!

[@MPGunther1]

Besides the beautiful locations, I love the lessons you give

[@SueGirling68]

Wow that was some open pit jeez, I love all of the explanations for the mining equipment you come across, it all helps to give the viewer a more rounded understanding of how a mine operates and the equipment it takes to get the job done. Awesome video as always, thank you for all of your hard work and travelling I do appreciate it. x

[@davevoorhees5994]

Gly, I am recovering from back surgery, your videos are a blessing! You know how to include us in your trips! I appreciate your love and respect for our heritage and for the critters! Safe travels!

[@caseyhazlett7546]

Thank you for all the great videos and lessons gly!! Keep up the great work!

[@pete2347]

Thanks Gly for another great video! They really are well done. Now on to the next one..

[@davidmicheletti6292]

In my youth I used to work in a open pit natural ore iron mine in northern Minnesota. It was a good job that payed enough to put me though school and provided well for my family when we were first married. One thing I noticed was that this open pit you visited is very large yet the processing plant seems sort of small. I wonder if you were looking at two separate operations with one being a small under ground operation and another an open pit mine that sent the ore to another location for processing? Open pit mines very often work lower grade ore bodies as the operating costs can be cheaper per ton than a under ground operation. I do remember hitting rich ore pockets in the open pit mines that were so rich that most of the processing plant was bypassed and ore was loaded directly into rail cars. For months on end we would load 120 rails cars per shift and still were forced to stock pile ore because the railroad could not supply ore cars fast enough . Ore was shipped well into the winter long after the rest of the operation shut down for the winter.

[@Bradzuzu]

That was an awesome exploration ,cool to see all the old leftovers and get your input on the workings ...!! Thanks so much !!

[@sdavis7916]

Fantastic video! Thank you very much for your time exploring the pit and putting together the video. That sky when you first came up to the pit was amazing!

[@jayare1933]

There is something about your voice that is soothing, you can come over and read to my kids any time!

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

“Gly”: They tell me I’m the Bob Ross of mine exploring. Lol. You’ll have to look him up if you don’t know who he is. He’s a painter.

[@jayare1933]

@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces I was born in 1984, Ross came on after big bird and the gang, he was my nap time indicator. Happy trees, no mistakes only happy accidents. and I can see why you are compared to him... Its accurate!

[@the64bitter]

you have got brass balls, man! i would LOVE to see you explore the mines of Butte, Montana... without whitch there would be no electricity in North America.

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

Atari Freak “Gly”: I do plan on heading up that way one of these summers. It is on my list of places to explore.

[@charlessmart7640]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge of mining and mineralogy with us.

[@johnbrownlee7623]

Thanks for bring me along...Never seen an open face mine before....Very Interesting.....Some drone shots would have sweeten up the video even more.....Good job on the Video............................JB..............

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

“Gly”: Yep, then I didn’t own a drone yet.

[@DaleDuffy]

Wow, I'd have a dry washer setup in that open cut in a heartbeat---:) Interesting video Gly, thanks again...!

[@mechanicman8687]

Fascinating explanation of mining. Definitely my favorite channel. I want to buy me a metal detector now...

[@lh3540]

Those fluffy desert clouds make me happy

[@flam8882]

All those samples, seems a waste that they were not tested. Maybe they still tell a tale. Very cool.

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

Beth Marek “Gly”: Assaying samples usually only requires a small amount of material maybe less than half a cup by volume. I’m guessing they assayed all of those bags after they laid them out on the floor and sorted them into groups. This size of a drilling and sampling operation would have cost thousands of dollars so that’s most likely why they didn’t just throw the remaining material back out on the ground.

[@marychace1011]

Definitely some good advice regarding open pits.

[@chananahar992]

4:28 i have fond memories of putting up wallpaper w my mom, & i'm not yet 50! i remember rolling it in the tub full of water lol

[@MinPlanck]

Beautiful scenery. Always love seeing any wildlife in your vids and that you always give it respect and try to not disturb it as much as possible. Your enthusiasm really shines through in what you do! Cheers and stay safe.

[@mickie7873]

Not only did you give us some useful facts on the open pit "explore", but the trail scenes getting to where this location was were astounding!! Look at those cool mountain peaks. Boy! I'd like being on the road with you, taking in all the terrain scenery. Nope, I'll leave you to the interior mine explores.....your doing a good job of that.

[@jeffd6540]

Hi there, Love the open pit adventure this time around. Puts things in good perspective on the scale of things.

[@DaveWardPhoto]

When you picked up that small-but-heavy chunk of raw silver-sulfide, I just thought about when you pick up a cat that somehow weighs five times what a cat that size should weigh. "You been eating CEMENT, cat?" Cool explore. This was the first open-pit operation explore I've seen. We have an open-pit mine that was started around 1895-1900 a few miles from me. I've been meaning to check out the standing structures there, but now I'm interested in getting a peek at the pit. Your explanations make things even more interesting. Thank you!

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

Dave Ward “Gly”: Thanks Dave! When I arrived at this location I was really hoping to find entrances to old workings in the walls of the open pit. As it turned out they were all collapsed which is too bad because they were workings from the 1800’s.

[@DaveWardPhoto]

@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Oh bummer! I wondered how old it was; those big timbers sticking out of the slide-you didn't say what you thought they had been, but I was guessing the adit had a timber collar?

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

Dave Ward “Gly”: Yeah, I was finding what looked to be old timbers from the original workings but that’s about it.

[@speedbuggy16v]

I caught hanta virus just from watching the video in the building with the ore samples

[@mikenelson9111]

Kinda cool...look forward to the next adventure.

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

mike nelson “Gly”: This location was interesting but not as fun as going underground. I was hoping when I got there I could find old workings in the walls of the newer open pit mine because my maps showed many adits in that same area. As it turned out the newer operations destroyed all the old workings. I was kind of disappointed by that.

[@johnizitchiforalongtime]

Gly, never seen this one, still amazing what is offered to see what was left behind. Thanks. Grand canyon, you said it, Yuuge Huuge.

[@jdierks2539]

Thanks for the close ups of the roaster. I wish you would spend more time on whatever machines are left. But I'm an engineer. Really enjoying seeing your well made videos that are easy to follow and hearing what a miner sees in the workings. Keep up the good work.

[@kimbra1132]

All the sulfides. Cool, didn't know silver was in sulfides. Looked more like a gold mine. Nice explore. Thanks Gly.

[@burtburt2263]

Yes it is...And it's the most dangerous because it contains lethal amounts of arsenic. That whole mountain is probably contaminated, along with the spring. Stupid Mfer's!

[@nascarnate3]

Man the time it must've taken to clear a pit that size back in the day, that's massive

[@AdventuresWithJay]

Nice explore my friend. Thumbs up and like here from the uk 🇬🇧

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

Adventures With Jay “Gly”: Thanks!

[@geoffcrummy1443]

That’s was rather large operation Gly some really good prize rock there to be picked up Sir.🇬🇧🛸👍👍

[@stevenhigby3512]

I have a lot of respect for you going out to these places by your self and doing the videos to bring to us really cool.

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

"Gly": Thanks!

[@jeepejeep]

First off, the approach to that area was breathtaking! Just beautiful country. I almost like the cabins as much as the mines. They are very cool and a part of the whole picture.Wow, keeping explosives right in the cabin. Convenient I suppose. Your explanations of how the equipment was used as well as the mines and geology is great. I learn from every episode. That is a huge pit! I wonder how long it took to dig that out. A different episode, I Really enjoyed it.

[@AJTitan1973]

Another spot on adventure.

[@evelynmoyer9069]

nice job of explaining the roaster / traummel process. there is always the question of how much it costs to process the ore once you have found it. In this day and age there are all kinds of permits to get, also . . . not conducive to small time operators

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

Evelyn Moyer “Gly”: Your right, the permitting process has stopped many small and medium sized operations in there tracks. I’m guessing more than likely these folks sampled this property extensively so that they could just sell it avoiding the permitting processes altogether.

[@evelynmoyer9069]

@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Round Mountain Gold has a whole dept. dedicated to processing permits!

[@karlmcgowan9375]

I seen a TV show here pretty recently in the UK were ancient Tin mines are being used again for the use in computers and mobile phones/cell phones.

[@nancyferguson5804]

I get so into it when you are in the mines thatI start using body english to look around corner and up stopes. lol Thanks for what you do. the videos are incredible.

[@roberthigbee3260]

Thanks for the great episode (as usual)! The Utah open pit mine that you refereed to that had a big collapse (in 2013) was, I am guessing, the Bingham Canyon Mine about 20 miles southwest of Salt Lake City which is one of the ones you can see from space. About a decade ago, I was at a business conference in Park City Utah and had the opportunity to go the the Bingham Mine for a tour. A couple things struck me - first, they were using those insanely large open pit mining dump trucks, you know, the ones where each the tires are approximately 13 feet in diameter and weigh almost 12,000 pounds each, anyway while at the visitors center outside deck, where you could look down into the pit, one of those huge trucks went lumbering by. Our guide invited us to look into the pit and to look at the very bottom most point and then asked us what we thought the tiny pin pricks were that were very slowly moving around at the very bottom. You guessed it, the pin pricks were more of those huge trucks. After that, we went into the visitors building and we saw one of the most amazing sights - A 3-D model, in a big glass case, of the copper ore body that was still down in the hole (don't ask me what technology they used to get this map, high energy sound waves maybe?). Anyway, It looked like the hand of God shot copper with a God-sized hypodermic needle into the rock structure to create an incredibly huge copper blossom of sorts several miles tall and wide). The guide also told us that to get to the next section of this huge copper deposit, they had to do a full year of open-pit rock removal where not one bit was of any use. The rock from this mine went to a huge processing center in a nearby valley were copper and to a lesser extent, gold and silver were extracted. A few years later in 2013 I heard about the epic collapse (you can see pictures of the collapse if your google this). The collapse basically ended open-pit mining at this site and buried a lot of those huge trucks (something for future archeologists to gawk at). Through a colleague who was in the know, I found out that they had already had some underground (old fashioned) mining tunnels in place before the collapse such that they were still bring out ore (don't know if that is true for right now at the end of 2019).

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

“Gly”: I’m envious! I’ve always wanted to take that tour because that mine is incredibly impressive when your seeing it in real life. I used to drive past that mine at least once or twice a year when I used to haul explosives but I never got the chance to actually visit it. The last open pit mine tour I was on was the Black Thunder Coal Mine in NE Wyoming. Then, this last summer I observed the largest heap leach operation near Round Mountain Nevada, talk about an impressive site! Open pit mines are just fascinating when you take into consideration the amount of rock moved compared to older mining methods. Also, as an amateur geologist I just love observing the stratification of the rocks they uncover. I’m glad your enjoying the show! Be sure to watch this Saturday’s episode because I found a mine with the largest stopes I’ve ever seen in my life. An absolutely breathtaking site. Take care!

[@beepseatsfindingfoodtreasu8756]

It's funny but I felt more uneasy in that open pit with you then I ever did in a an actual mine or cave. Once a hillside let's go you don't know how much is going to sluff off of it. But thanks for going ahead and getting that great footage👍

[@jeremiahacree3619]

I went to the Kennacott mine one time when I lived in Utah...it was pretty cool

[@robertlyman9789]

Got a big open pit by my house, when they dynamite, it shakes my toilet! Lol, they are back filling it now

[@stevetabor4447]

Wow massive pit good stuff to bad couldn’t get in the mine your videos are always a learning experience 👍👍as always be safe

[@Callmehkitten6]

Is the roaster like a kiln as kilns brick lined

[@deewhitney9298]

Doesn't matter that we didn't have an addit to go in but it sure was beautiful ❤️

[@DaHoff]

Hey Gly ! Did they process all that ore or just certain loads? Love it brother!!!

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

“Gly”: Just certain loads. Much of the material above the ore body was overburden / waste rock.

[@labrat748]

Is there an approximate date when the open pit mine was last worked?

[@kc4rie]

What is the difference between the flaky granite that you find in mines out west and the granite found here in Georgia. Stone Mountain near Atlanta is one of the largest single granite rocks in the world and it is so hard that there is a giant sculpture in the stone?

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

“Gly”: Well, granite is a metamorphic rock and it’s hardness all depends on its makeup and how it cooled as it was thrusted closer to the earths crust.

[@jasonchristian958]

Nicely done 👍

[@stephenwilliams1364]

Question Do you think the sample bags from the test drilling were ever processed?

[@johng5922]

Nice open mine pit, I wonder if that piece of dirt near that spring is down now after that 7.1 earthquake. Be carful out their Gly on the next one.

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

John G “Gly”: I was at a hot springs last night when that earthquake hit and the ground rolled like a waterbed. USGS says there’s a 5% chance of a larger quake in the coming days. I’m cued out with new episodes until July 27th so I’ll be staying out of mines at least for another week or so to be safe. Gives me time to get some repairs done on Old Bob.

[@johng5922]

That's a good idea Gly, I bet some of those mines around that area are not in the same condition now. Those aftershocks could last for weeks. I was in the World Series Earthquake in 1989. Those aftershocks were relentless.

[@johng5922]

Gly did you get Video of the Quake? Instead of using up your next weeks vids. Post a short update and CALL it California / Nevada Earthquake update on MINE Exploration. A short Vid “5minutes” Somewhere you are right now. Just a thought man, be safe and don’t put the Hula Girl in Danger, or yourself.

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

John G “Gly”: No, unfortunately I didn’t have my cameras with me when the quake hit. Old Bob is going to be in the shop this week getting new U-joints as well as a few other things. After that I’m just going to be topside for a while doing some recon for upcoming episodes. I’ll feel comfortable jumping back in new locations after 7 - 10 days. This last quake released allot of energy and chances are there won’t be one bigger anytime soon. Just allot of aftershocks around the epicenter. However, if the big one does hit when I’m inside a mine then I’ll be running for the exit looking like Indiana Jones running from the boulder. Lol

[@johng5922]

@Abandoned and Forgotten Places Bob needs his new Joints he is getting old like most of us. Recon some new places for us Gly just be carful. This open pit mine I bet is not the same as just your voice will cause a collapse, let alone 300 aftershocks like I went through, Just be safe man.

[@johnharlan1757]

Anything in those samples..?? Or already checked. ?

[@ronsmith1533]

A bit of trivia my great uncle was killed in a slide in an open pit coal mine crushed against a D 9 cat. I was 4 years old and still remember the funeral they had it in his living room as was usual back in the 50's Oklahoma I can still remember the older ladies commenting on how he just didn't look right. ( How are you going to look when you've been crushed by a land slide against a D-9 catapiller ). Well just letting you know I know the dangers of on open pit mine. Have a great day enjoy youre blogs alot.

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

“Gly”: Yes, open pit mines can be just as dangerous and underground mines.

[@billylewis2426]

That was a good one like always

[@charlessmart7640]

I've noticed that none of the cabins seem to be well insulated. Is this because they were intended for short term use?

[@historylover2432]

is that yellow t the bottom of the pit in the muck Sulphur ?

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

"Gly": Well, the bottom of the pit is receiving water runoff from a wide area so the answer is yes, some of that sediment probably contains collected sulphur as well as many other minerals.

[@yellowboy1866]

Quite a spectacular hole in the ground, spooky seeing the sides so steep. Very hard to figure out how they would mine the hole, By the way, did you figure out what the big plastic pipe was for? Air pipes perhaps?

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

"Gly": Turns out, that big room was a collection point for ore. The chasm was the very bottom part of a deep inclined shaft that lead to the surface. The yellow pipe was for air and the white was PVC for pumping out the winze. Somebody got excited and went through all that trouble in the early 80's.

[@floridareedsreviews]

26:09 I'm pretty sure the amount and type of rock that would be falling on you, your helmet wouldn't do a darned thing against.

[@paigelee6321]

Interesting adventures

[@helenasmith4286]

new home gly move right in there

[@FastRoperN4]

I assume they would have to crush the ore first

[@tommycoffelt]

Nice nice

[@haroldvonhelms8304]

this could have been a good place to live

[@billspencerjr8636]

Is that first song from the pirates of the Caribbean?????

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

“Gly”: No, but it’s similar. 👍

[@colescrustycars]

What is it that follows you into the mine durring the opening? I thought it was like a extension cord or something at first. Is it a fake snake? I been binge watching your videos and just noticed it

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

"Gly": Fake rattlesnake. lol

[@stugill4513]

very intresting some1 must have spent 1000 s there

[@vernonslone8627]

Spent 20 years working in an open pit rare earth mine in California...

[@transmaster]

That motor is a circa 1930's design.

[@jasonmiller7593]

That's ok most ppl have difficulty retrieving there word, especially me.

[@ronniecardy]

Cabin was nice and the and the machine and all those water pipes left to rot lots of wasted money there

[@MrGeronimoe]

What do you think of 'the 4 wheel Bob_Sled'?

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

Neil X “Gly”: Old Bob prefers warm temperatures over snow.

[@judydavenport9636]

That 6 dollars for those wingtip shoes was probably alot of money back then .. in what the 30s ? or so ?

[@BFRandall]

Gly, you need a drone!

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

“Gly”: I have one. This video is a year old.

[@FullMetalNobody]

Wow, $6.20 for a pair of Wing-Tips. Lets go back to 1910, please. LOL

[@Tomcroese]

Ye, you minn the roof in this mind.

[@fredericktinsley3255]

Can you take all those samples and get some silver and gold ?

[@apeckak5868]

I hope you’ve upgraded your tool by now a year later I mean come on guy we got 600,000 1500 lm flashlights you got some $.25

[@shawnmariewhittington8736]

WHAT IS ALL THE SAME,BUT ALWAYS DIFFERENT? FIGURE IT OUT,YOUR SMART!

[@billspencerjr8636]

Who ever smelt it delt it lol

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

“Gly”: Your the first person to get the joke. 👍

[@billspencerjr8636]

Is there some kind of a reward lol

[@charlesowens9784]

Sisy la la

[@unclewreckum4504]

Do you have protection for yourself on these locations ? Long story short & somewhat extreme but animals, cartels, traffickers, growers and etc. Sure hope you have protection for yourself. However you seem very smart, and not just when it comes to rocks and mines. 👍

[@OdySlim]

Mr Lizard! Pee Wee Herman.. Mr.lizard , a monstarr... would you care for a hamburger!! Gly. I dont understand why all these mines take ore samples, pile them up in a mine or warehouse and never do anything with them??

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

"Gly": Well, It only takes about a 1/4 or 1/2 cup of ground up material to assay a ore sample. Then, they store the remaining contents of the ore sample bag in a warehouse or mine just in case they need to refer back to it. That's why all the bags are labeled with marker or tags. If a ore sample bag is really rich they might do a second assay just to be sure the assay was accurate.

[@OdySlim]

@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Ok, I get it. I think after sitting on it for that long, why not crush & process it

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

Ody Slim “Gly”: True. That’s what I would do.

[@SuperMika70]

🦾🦾

[@rodneydolman1]

#19

[@robertlyman9789]

Explosive room/ shitter

[@keith38able]

So, so so dangerous, 1 slide and your a dead man, be safe to make more videos.

[@helenasmith4286]

shhhh

[@jacobpoucher]

jeeps blow

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

"Gly": What would you suggest for my next ride?

[@jacobpoucher]

@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces toyota

[@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces]

"Gly": Toyota's are reliable but there just not my style. My Jeep is old and busted... just like me.

[@packinheavy]

As soon as I saw this comment I knew it had to be from a Toyota person. I have a 4Runner and Jeeps. The Toyota pages are loaded with insecure guys like this. LOL! They just can’t help themselves.

[@jacobpoucher]

@@packinheavy try again i own neither, just a mechanic with 20 years experience. i have owned both in the past. jeeps blow

[@jeepejeep]

First off, the approach to that area was breathtaking! Just beautiful country. I almost like the cabins as much as the mines. They are very cool and a part of the whole picture.Wow, keeping explosives right in the cabin. Convenient I suppose. Your explanations of how the equipment was used as well as the mines and geology is great. I learn from every episode. That is a huge pit! I wonder how long it took to dig that out. A different episode, I Really enjoyed it.