The Southern California Mountains Full of Invisible Killers | SoCal Abandoned Mines

[@masapham9711]

Rest in Peace Nicholas and Glenn Anderson. Weeks before their deaths they traveled down the shaft all the way to what they described to be a crystal clear underground pond. He mentioned how someone attempted to use a lighter as a light but that it would not stay lit, that was the unknown clue to something dangerous. And that the pond went further beyond what was visible at the water's edge. Being extremely good swimmers they decided to explore further. They planned to return and swim under what I assume was a wall of minerals that led to a chamber or another "room". I was invited to go the night before, and the morning of i chickened out. A 3rd friend waited at the entrance of the mine and went for help as instructed if communication was lost for a specified time. Dive team pulled them out a few days later (team wasn't avaialable during the weekend), they both fell victim to exposure of a methane like ordorless gas. This event led to the sealing off of the mines.

[@joeyvezina9362]

Did they die in this mine or the blue light mine?

[@TheSparks83]

​@@joeyvezina9362sure you've looked it up by now but if not it was the Blue Light Mine.

[@davebixler3298]

Awesome stuff! Thanks for giving people the heads up!

[@jackfabulous758]

Wow, in just two minutes learned a bunch. Well done dude 🤝

[@emilie5501]

amazing video!!! you made it very easy to learn, thank you for the heads up!! (also ur editing is rlly great!)

[@PacificRoamer]

Thank you!

[@kelath5555]

Fantastic information, thank you!

[@ultimatejoe71617]

Super informative thank you!

[@ktchp2089]

Cool video about the abandoned mines! Just to clear up some information, the Santa Ana Mtns. is not a "meeting point between three geological plates" or what we call a triple junction. We do have those in California (Mendocino) and another one off of Baja. The nearest plate boundary (North America and Pacific Plate) would be at the base of the San Bernardino's, which rides on the San Andreas Fault proper. In reality, the San Andreas Fault has a system of other major faults that run parallel to it and in the eastern base of the Santa Ana Mtns., the Elsinore Fault controls that side before it splits into the Whittier and Chino fault. That might be your intersection of three fault blocks, but not plates. California has some of the best accessible geology around. Keep on exploring!

[@PacificRoamer]

Hello, thank you for the comment! I indeed misspoke and meant to refer to them as fault blocks. Currently working on a newer version of this video to correct that!

[@Frenchylikeshikes]

Super interesting, and well explained. And I thought the main danger of abandoned mines were rockfalls and such...

[@Jake-n7v3e]

Are hose up by ice house canyon ? Off the path up the right hill ? I remember those puddles exactly the same .but the bars were not there . Crazy

[@calscottoh]

Thanks for the info. I just bought mining equipment about two months ago. I've been in one mine/cave so far. I'll be careful.

[@spaghetio4870]

thanks for the heads up, I've been to this mine before and was planning on exploring it soon.

[@geechyguy3441]

Did you end up exploring this mine?

[@spaghetio4870]

@@geechyguy3441 not yet, but I'd love to go back and check it out, maybe with a respirator

[@geechyguy3441]

@@spaghetio4870 U think a respirator is needed? I'm going to this exact mine in about a week and many more in the area. I have an M3 mask should I encourage my friends to get some too? I'm used to urban exploration but not abandoned mines, atleast not dangerous ones

[@geechyguy3441]

@@spaghetio4870 Don't worry about all that, I just went there and brought a gas meter and it was perfectly fine, the mine goes quite deep but it's definitely doable. There are two collapsed portions u need to duck down through but you can keep going safely. Idk why this guy said there's toxic gas in there cause we're fine and i had a gas meter it detected nothing

[@spaghetio4870]

@@geechyguy3441 cool, thanks for the info. I'll definitely go check it out then

[@willmccoy5467]

Very interesting, thank you

[@Aspirate69]

Great information! Been a local in Orange County for many years and just learnt something new.

[@PacificRoamer]

Thank you!

[@christophertravers4435]

Holy shit dude. This video was insane. Im a geology masters student at cal poly and Im beyond fascinated in the Santa Ana's. Is there a way I can reach out to you for questions regarding access to mines, and localities? Great video!

[@AstralHiGH]

theres no access to anything guy, everything is sealed 20 years ago or more, youre gonna get yourself killed

[@chriswertz1438]

Very good video, thanks

[@enigmatic51me95]

Good info! thanks...

[@geechyguy3441]

I do believe that wasn't gas you saw but condensation from the heat/water. I just fully explored this mineshaft in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ7UXp6fmNl4aZIsi=JsMX5MXOk2V03Fvl

[@thedomesticoperator]

We need a lidar drone scan pronto! Who knows where the original maps went since then. PRESERVE THE HISTORY!

[@tobiaslane7514]

Where is this at? I noticed they put a cage just like that at a spot I went to in Alta Dena California. It's called the Don mine trail. I'd like to see how close they are if you can give the location please

[@PacificRoamer]

I really try to keep most mine locations secret unless they're already widely known to the public like Reward Mine. These mine portals always tend to look the same but this was in the middle stretch of the western Santa Ana Mountains. So a decent ways away from Alta Dena.

[@geechyguy3441]

Yep I actually fully explored this mine kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ7UXp6fmNl4aZIsi=JsMX5MXOk2V03Fvl

[@BeanAlex]

Awesome videos man. I love this mountain range so much.

[@PacificRoamer]

Thank you, so do I!

[@ESherwood22]

Awesome video.

[@ExploringCabinsandMines]

Ive had bad gas in a few mines...deadly !

[@virgo714]

No gold?

[@brannancloward]

I'm sad to see the no-fun service sealed the adit. Nothing a band-saw can't get through. When they seal it with foam, it is a pain in the ass to get through and emits poison gas when burned so keep that in mind if ever removing it. :-)

[@PacificRoamer]

Its actually already been cut open twice now. I'm surprised they haven't foamed it in already.

[@brannancloward]

@@PacificRoamer Excellent.

[@joeyvezina9362]

There is 2 bolts under one of the bars so it can be removed so the forest service can get in if needed

[@joeyvezina9362]

Yea they look like tire locking lug

[@psilocybe420ish]

I hate to break it to you but that's not gas that's condensation from the air coming from the cool dark humid water filled interior of the mine to the hot outside where you are and condensing into water vapor because as you said before it's an invisible gas. Otherwise you wouldn't need a gas meter you could just look for fog in the mine. Common sense and a very low understanding of chemistry and physics should have told you what that was duderino and just to reiterate it was a gas just not the gas you're referring to . It was just plain old water vapor condensing from temperature change.

[@geechyguy3441]

You're 100% correct, cause I just explored this entire mine with a gas meter and it was perfectly fine lmao

[@geechyguy3441]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ7UXp6fmNl4aZIsi=JsMX5MXOk2V03Fvl Proof ^ Full mine Exploration

[@ericheisler5351]

You need a canary.

[@anxmaly]

ima go down there in a master chief suit from halo 💀

[@PacificRoamer]

Bet

[@bobbyelliott9484]

This is reason why I don’t like forest ranger an all of them they hate history they just want what good for them , I love traveling to

[@josephjoelmora1638]

Bowling ball Kobe

[@Idontknowmaybejohnsmith]

Thanks mom