The Castle Mine Part 2: Exploring the Extensive Lower Workings

[@s.sestric9929]

0:43 Who else Googled that address? It's downtown in what's now the Financial District. Hard to believe that manufacturing once occurred there.

[@gingerbread6614]

Wow what a huge mine. Great find guys. Thank you.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@mitchellbarnow1709]

The Castle Mine is really an incredible treasure! Thank you so much for showing us some of it's incredible features. Thank you Xavier for joining in the exploration. Did you ever make a part 3?

[@gingerbread6614]

Wow very large mine. Good job. Thanks guys.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Thanks for commenting!

[@FrankBenlin]

21:38 I'll put my name and date here so when people come down here a hundred years from now they can film it and send it all over the world. What a visionary.

[@barryclarke3010]

Excellent part 2, really enjoyed the explore.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Thanks Barry! I appreciate the support!

[@stevenhigby3512]

Great video that is a really big mine. That is the first time I have ever seen someone put a date from the 1800s.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Yeah, this mine is huge! There are still upper workings that we haven't explored. Now that I'm thinking about it, I don't think I've seen a date from the 1800's besides this one.

[@deandestefano9328]

I love seeing what's those mine's I'm a new sub to your channel thanks.

[@ronniecardy]

I loved the 2 shafts made of wood had to take some time to do that. That mine was really a large one . Bbe safe in them

[@svendbentjensen5512]

15:28 Thank you!

[@deweydwhite1187]

that is a steam powered air compressor outside the mine you said the boiler looked exactly like the one below and it was probably exposed to freezing and busting the tank on top as the one below ground wasnt exposed to such extreme conditions..

[@sabliath9148]

9:46 was that a Tommykocker? or a one of the group tapping on something?

[@robertsnyder5149]

Those bags are usually sample bags,old ones.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Thanks for the info!

[@imac1960]

it's a miracle that hoist was still moving

[@ronniecardy]

What a big mine this one was

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Yeah it is. I haven't even seen the whole thing yet. There are even more upper levels.

[@svendbentjensen5512]

9:30 I would pay money to see a drone exploring that shaft (Would that even be technically possible and safe?) or a camera getting lowered all the way down from the top. How did they even create something like that?

[@AT1881Cowboy]

Do you ever get lost in some of these mazes? Do you carry a compass?

[@forgottenmininghistory]

I've never had trouble finding my way out of a mine. Most mines aren't that complicated.

[@mikenelson9111]

nice video :)

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Glad you liked it. Thanks for commenting!

[@svendbentjensen5512]

6:28 Anyone else watched this part at 0.25% speed?

[@gerrywood5325]

I don't know the first thing about mining, but do those fault lines move at all?

[@forgottenmininghistory]

Most have been inactive for a very long time. I suppose there's a small chance they could move again.

[@coldheartedone2804]

You can also look up the patent and see what it was

[@pauloneill9965]

Top job just interesting awesome mine your spot on the ceiling was very tall high in passage ways any reason why? It's so sad to see an industry in decline or cause of strip mining government etc. They are becoming a kind time machine cause there exactly same way were left when left. Take care many regards from Ireland.👍☘🇮🇪Godbless🙏

[@forgottenmininghistory]

I'm not sure why the back was so tall in that one section, but overall, this mine had very spacious tunnels. It was a big money operation and I'm assuming they were using mules to move the ore carts. You're right, a lot of these mines are like time machines and are disappearing very quickly. I hope to explore as many as I can while they're still open. Thanks for commenting!

[@meganhoward8820]

Looks like when i play Minecraft lol. Rubble and random door LOL ❤

[@svendbentjensen5512]

lol. LOL. LOOOOOOOOOOL. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!! LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!!!!!1111

[@michaelcoker3197]

Since when do explorers extract souvenirs?

[@billspencerjr8636]

You guys might wanna check the map again its not common for a winse with a hoist to not go to the bottom of the mine , second thing a lot of times they would use wooden portals to separate mines underground

[@forgottenmininghistory]

The set up seems really strange, but that's the way it is. We know someone who has been down the winze, and they confirmed what the maps show. The winze has no drifts. It's just a connection between the lower and upper workings.

[@voixdelaraison593]

What are the orange spay paint marking on the walls and who put them there?

[@forgottenmininghistory]

The spray paint might be from surveys. I think some company worked the waste piles of this mine in the 70's or 80's.

[@jonesfactor9]

Doesn’t look like there’s track where all those burlap bags are. Maybe they were hauling it out in sacks

[@forgottenmininghistory]

It seems like they dug out the original floor of the tunnel in that area. I assumed the burlap bags were for ore, but that could be the case.

[@robertlawrence7293]

I think you need a camera with anti-shake or whatever the correct term is. I find it hard to follow your images as you walking along. Content is excellent.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

I recently got a camera that has much better image stabilization, but I still have a lot of videos to post that use this one.

[@robertlawrence7293]

@@forgottenmininghistory That is excellent, I am looking forward to them.

[@jackkridler5714]

do you know if someone owns it

[@forgottenmininghistory]

I'm not sure about the land status.

[@jameskenney2491]

@@forgottenmininghistory BLM

[@justincase1898]

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[@bigh7777]

Good vid.. great mine.. wish you had a gimble and spent more time on artifacts and graffiti.. you pass by a lot of cool stuff. Oh, well...I can't bitch...i'm watching anyways.. lol

[@monjue4459]

not as immersive when the guys are up ahead of you. does not feel like you are taking us through for the first time.

[@svendbentjensen5512]

nag nag nag

[@kevinbrennan2004]

You're missing so much. Heaps of miner's graffiti and discarded clothes etc, that may shine more light on things. Would suggest, with the boring bits, like long tunnels, you turn your camera off, so as to catch items of interest only. Difficult to watch at times also, as your voice seems to take on a dull monotone too. Something else you may to work on mate.. Sorry.

[@forgottenmininghistory]

All of your problems with my videos would go away if you just didn't watch. Can't please everyone.

[@svendbentjensen5512]

Noooo! Don't skip the tunnels! are you crazy! "Items of interest" sigh. Yeah, it's incredibly cool to find shafts, streams, equipment, belongings and so on. But part of why it's cool is that you "find" it yourself after, you know, EXPLORING! If the video was just displaying the interesting parts, he might as well go record a display case at a museum. Not a bad word about museums at all, but it's not exploring. Just skipping to the "interesting parts" would be like skipping sex and just instantly get a climax. Or skip eating and just swallow a pill and instantly get full. Or skip a movie and just get told how it ends. Or skip a computer game and just go straight to the end credits. Or skip life and just get born straight into a coffin and buried. The journey is the goal! If I were to offer constructive feedback, it would be to do, what you are doing, keep improving quality, and spend a little more time looking af stuff. Just stand still, let the camera pan over objects, sometimes even something as "boring" as random beams and rubble. Maybe lift and investigate stuff a little and put it down in the same spot afterwards (Leave no trace principle) etc. That would be immersion for me. If you are pacing yourself and heavily editing afterwards to make an action-packed video for the insatiable 2021 crowd. Just know that there are probably tons of people who would love slow-paced videos with lots of "boring" parts. You don't even have to say anything all the time. I for one would gladly watch a 3 hour unedited video of a mine exploration, including your breaks, including standing around planning where to go and how, including exploring and returning from a "boring" dead etc. I would love to see every nook and cranny of every dead end. Heck, I would spend and entire day watching a 12 hour uneditet movie as if I were there myself, I would not skip a second. Maybe that would be an idea? Releasing "unedited footage" versions of the adventures. Anyway. just my 5 cents. Don't skip the tunnels when exploring a mine. That would be... well it doesn't even make sense :)