TERRIFYING ABANDONED MINE. PT 1

[@TheSilmarillian]

Remote rural off grid NSW here opal miner, luv abandoned mines thanks for taking me along. For those that wish 2 explore abandoned mines unless you have experience the right equipment and knowledge they can be a rabbit hole you will not surface from , abandoned miner no matter how shallow stay out stay safe, never truer words spoken . Am a first responder here SES mine rescue and vertical rescue tech and RCR ,unfortunately sometimes mine rescues turn out to be body retrievals and not just miners . These are only my thoughts experiences and in no way represent the organisation in any way shape or form, had 2 add that good people. But i digress great upload indeed.

[@qldabandonedmines]

@@TheSilmarillian thanks bud and I've pinned this comment for all to read as we agree on all of it. We hit bad 02 in two zones of this mine that without bump tested and calibrated 4 gas metres, could have led to a situation miles from the portal. I see countless people cruising through old workings in various places online, stating they will "see if they get dizzy" and retreat or "smell the bad air" and that's not the way bad atmospheres work, as you would well know. Stay out and there is no risk. Eb & the QAM crew

[@buckchancey]

@@qldabandonedmines Yep and to add - the bad air is rarely where we would have expected it to be. Stay out, stay alive.

[@markkilley2683]

Very interesting history. Terrifying beautiful mine.

[@qldabandonedmines]

@@markkilley2683 Cheers mate. Glad you enjoyed our mission. Terrifyingly Beautiful was going to be the original title for this series! Haha. We didn't think anyone would get it!

[@ClayHarris-g4r]

the Deepest respect and your selfless service to any of this have been done before so please keep on doing what you Been doing .....love from Australia.Clay Evangelical warrior... Deepest respect all ways

[@rjyadventures]

Another fascinating episode and always a treat to watch on a Friday night after a long week at work. Thanks guys for all your hard work.

[@qldabandonedmines]

Thankyou RJ. Two more episodes of this old beast over the next few weeks. We get very deep underground!

[@buckchancey]

Thanks mate!

[@glengrant3884]

LOVE YOUR WORK EBBO AND CREW!!💥🙌💪

[@qldabandonedmines]

Thankyou Glen. The QAM crew pushed hard on this day! I think I'm still exhausted from it 😂😂😂😂

[@LAXMASTER022]

Stumbled upon the channel by accident. Really nice content. I'm a research geologist at an Australian University and what I will say is that these old abandoned mines and workings (along with the waste dumps) are absolute god sends for our work in targeting critical metals. While most of the visible ore is long gone, all the waste piles usually have sufficient whole rock and mineral samples (Cassiterite, Tantalite, Muscovite, Apatite, Zircon etc.) for our research purposes. Namely understanding how the deposits formed and if we can use that data to develop targeting exploration parameters for finding similar deposits in the region. I literally just got back from sampling a whole bunch of abandoned pegmatite workings in the Northern Territory, and I know what you mean when you turn up to some of these mines and you just get overwhelming feelings of discomfort and concern.

[@qldabandonedmines]

Thanks Ledge. Add me on insta and I can kick you some shots of the old mill and tails sights from this one. As well as the city sized dump piles. They are a sensational sight. We kept it out of the edit to keep the location obscured. This beast has had major issues with subsidence up topside in the 1990s. The giant stope chambers in level 1 up near the surface started to give way.

[@OGRocker1]

Cool explore of a nasty, sketchy mine Y'all, love the colors, not so keen on the mud. Looking forward to part #2. Take care, stay safe, much love and best wishes from Oregon US, the wife and I to y'all. Did I mention; If you are ever in or near Perth, I have a niece that is a bar keep there, I would enjoy buying a round for you there. Cheers mates, till the next. ⛏⚒⛏ ~Jekyll the Hyde 🎩

[@qldabandonedmines]

Thanks brother. Part 2 and 3 are great episodes. We think they represent the best stuff we have possibly ever shot for KZbin. Wait until you see the "Soviet Escape Hatch" it's a really weird find!

[@Mark_The_Magnificent]

WOW that really is quite a place! Looking forward to the next parts of the series as always!

[@qldabandonedmines]

Cheers Mark. Wait until you see the tungsten deposit deep underground. It's bonkers! Thanks for tuning into our adventures my friend. Eb & The QAM gang.

[@colindeer4908]

Have really enjoyed the series . Cheers

[@qldabandonedmines]

@@colindeer4908 Thanks mate! We really love what we do and hearing our viewers enjoy them keeps us going!

[@nadieselgirl]

Fantastic filming! What was the torch you are using? I have never seen anything that good and doesn’t wash out your camera. The colour is fantastic!

[@qldabandonedmines]

Thanks Nadie! The massive torch is the Imalent MS32. It's 200,000 lumens!! That's Bucks though. Mine is the Olight Marauder 2. 35,000 lumens. I've had mine for 4 years and tortured it. I highly recommend it for anyone who needs a reliable bright torch. Hope you can join us over the next few weeks. Kind Regards. Eb. QAM.

[@johncarter3521]

the mud is essentially rust

[@35andsolid]

Shocking all the mud , makes me wonder where it all came from ,cheers

[@qldabandonedmines]

@@35andsolid The frothy part was really nasty. I kept thinking a mine monster was going to grab my leg when we walked through that part. The mud is the sediment that settles everytime the mine floods over the last 50 years. The red would mean it's high in iron and that precipitates out of the waters leaving a thick sludge. It ruins your clothing permanently and stains your feet for weeks if your not wearing waders.

[@35andsolid]

@@qldabandonedmines Yes I have seen the the mud in some of the mines where I live ,I always thought it was rust , cheers

[@johncarter3521]

thiobacillus ferroxidans

[@qldabandonedmines]

@johncarter3521 it's Hydrozicide mate!

[@BobKernow]

Nice one as usual. Can't wait for part 2.

[@qldabandonedmines]

Glad you enjoyed it Bob. This one sapped our energy and effectively crushed out plans for the remainder of the trip! Getting out and back to our camp site at night was a quite the ordeal 😂😂😂

[@OGRocker1]

See Ya in the AM here mate....⛏⚒⛏

[@qldabandonedmines]

See you in the morning brother! Much love from all the QAM crew.

[@MrPopo-nn7kp]

Looks sketchy as almost looks like a movie set. I enjoy the vids, please send the rain south.

[@qldabandonedmines]

Thanks mate. We were well prepared for this one and I think we had enough lighting to make it a movie set!

[@MrRj7926]

Any particular reason it took so long to release the video?

[@qldabandonedmines]

@@MrRj7926 Hey bud. It was over 4 hours of footage that in total took 10 months to finish editing, as other explorations were easier to produce. There was also two audio channels and 2 b-roll cameras to synch & edit together. This one was an enormous chore to edit down to an hour.

[@MrRj7926]

@qldabandonedmines fair enough mate, I was just curious is all.