A Great (And Scandalous) Silver Mine Of Sardinia: Brecca Part 2 of 2

[@ekummel]

He sees a hole in the side of a mountain and cheerfully says "let's go check it out"...um, better you than me! I'm just along for the virtual ride!

[@alvinosullivan2804]

Nice explore! Liked the bit of background on the mines on in the first video,very interesting! Very picturesque location. Keep up the good work, really enjoy your vids! Thanks again for the share!👍

[@MsSurigirl]

Very interesting mine, and beautiful, craggy landscape. I love hearing and seeing the rushing water. Beautiful old mill, too.

[@c103110a]

That is some rough, but beautiful, terrain. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us.

[@olspanner]

Got to admire the workmanship that went into making that furnace building. Thanks for sharing.

[@iowapanner2223]

@ 1:58 the rocks in the back round look like an old mans face looking up to the sky....well to me anyway! Thanks for the crazy mine and the stunning terrain shots! Love that mill!

[@nikolaisikes6245]

Pretty cool mill at the end. It looks as though if you were to unplug the chute right there water might still flow to it, not that it would travel much farther than that lol. Seeing the rat run across what looked like water down the ore chute makes me wonder about what was "water" in the bottom of the trench at 11:00?

[@DFDuck55]

The adits were a bit unremarkable, but you never know till you check 'em out. The scenery is amazing though, and that mill you found at the end of the video is really cool. I could be happy living somewhere like that.

[@Big_John_C]

Sometimes it's the destination, sometimes it's the journey.... satisfaction is always open to definition. Thanks for sharing that beautiful location.

[@andrewbarker9773]

that mill and water wheel was a cool find at the end, what a hard mine to work this would have been back in the day

[@sampointau]

Overshot mill wheel, looks like an interesting place to explore!

[@teneresand]

Best "old mines" channel on youtube. By far.

[@Jennralize]

Beautiful place 😊 Thanks for another brain escape from the city!

[@ChurchOfTheHolyMho]

Thanks for showing the mill! My family owned a grist mill. As a child, my grandparents would take me to visit our cousin who still ran the mill. I was too little to remember much, other than prepping and starting the turbine, and using the belts to turn on whatever machine was to be on. (The mill is no longer running and has become a park.) As such, I still have a soft spot for mills. :)

[@thatdellguy]

Love to see that mill.

[@davidp.5598]

A truly amazing mine! Looked like solid rock! You are a better man than I, Gunga Din. And a braver one too.! Thank you, again for taking us along.

[@keithmcfaul9204]

Thanks and really appreciate all your hard work and effort in exploring every possible avenue of the mine you could find. Hopefully your next mine will be easier to find and explore. Outstanding video!

[@001desertrat3]

TVR -- Thanks for the explore . Nice find of that Mill with the Overshot Wheel . Looks like a pretty nice , deep, swimming hole there next to the old Mill . Wonder if the Miners swam there , I know I certainly would . -- < Doc > .

[@petej222]

Prob full of waste water back in the day. No worry about the environment back them days

[@SueGirling68]

Hi, that's awful, you worked so hard to get to that upper adit and it was just a prospect. That old mill and waterfall were stunning, great find. Thanks for sharing. x

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Wow, you can tell that's remote with the preservation of that last mill, looks like something out of a picture postcard!

[@ronniecardy]

Love the waterfall then we can see some of the mill.

[@katherinekinnaird4408]

I am your first thumbs up. I look forward to the notification that a video is posted. This time I stopped 2 minutes in to read the description below. Glad I did . Intriguing I almost want to research it a bit myself just to find out thanks for the info

[@richardbidinger2577]

Beautiful scenery, that alone would have been worth the trip. Cool mine to, and I still think it looks like a movie set.

[@williamwintemberg]

The old mill at the end looked really cool! Was there surface mining done here as well? Great Video!

[@myrrhavm]

Such a beautiful hidden place. I always dream of what it was like for Lewis and Clark or any explorer back in the day. Total craftsmanship in that rock work. People from ancient times would be impressed.

[@Askjeffwilliams]

love that set of water wheels ....

[@hike2]

At least the view was awesome! That mill was beautiful!

[@AGDinCA]

@15:33 - that stone and those branches were clearly placed there with purpose. Perhaps the miner buried something precious there, like a pet, or something. Also, I have a question. I know you said the stack was recorded as processing antimony, but through what process? I know stibnite is mined in Italy, so was it obtained through that? Or as a byproduct of some other more? With some of the quartz I could see, maybe this was a gold mine?

[@MoosesValley]

Thank you for the tour. It sure is beautiful country and an interesting mine with a great history. +1 Like and Subscribed !

[@CornishMineExplorer]

Interesting flue at the start, a few of our engine houses have seperate flues too, some run up the hillside, gives a better draw of air thus hotter cokes for the steam engines. Top adit looked a bit of a climb, that was a nice cut winze just inside. Looks like the rest are just a lot of trial adits, still worth the climb up to look at. Love the old mill at the end, looks pretty untouched, did you go inside it?

[@suzyqc7607able]

I love love love the mill, it would be a dream to get that restored and up and running if for no other reason but posterity,,

[@TVRExploring]

Yes, they sure don't make them like that anymore, do they? I loved that old mill as well and would love to see a restored version of it. Sardinia offers a lot of beautiful settings!

[@ericcorse]

well you earned your money as a mountain goat on this one, pretty neat mill and it looked like an overshot wheel too. I just wonder how the millers got to it?

[@gingerbread6614]

Love your videos. Great shows. Thank you.

[@lostandfoundplaces]

Thank you for the fascinating stories

[@chrisv4640]

TVR Exploring Do you ever draw maps of the mines you explore?

[@richardwarnock2789]

Cool Old Mill Thank's Amazing Place!!!

[@petej222]

What year these mines date back to? Love videos keep up good work i watch everyone that comes out :)

[@katherinekinnaird4408]

I'm the first to comment tonight. But this I stopped about two minutes into the episode to read the description you had written below and boy I'm glad I did that is so interesting about that mine and that Old Gentleman and that company that I almost want to research it myself just to see what happened thanks for the info

[@rolfsinkgraven]

A very nice mill at the end of another dead end lol that was a lot of climbing but thnx for showing it, think that first tunnel wil be a lot shorter after a short while, that wood surely looked tired.

[@markhooper5824]

Sardinia reminds me of Greece. I shall have to have a visit in the future.

[@meboyd7796]

You never know until you go. Great video!

[@belleange590]

Those are very healthy looking rats!!! Beautiful clear blue water. I like the mill.

[@TheSWolfe]

Old mill @ end = straight from a story book. Jagged rock formations thruout = pareidola overdrive. Rats walk on water. Fantastic landscape!

[@TVRExploring]

I do love the Italian mines... They never get as many views though. So, apparently, I'm in the minority.

[@ess9163]

Quality is so good! I guess thats why its posted so late. How long did it take to process?

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you very much. It posted late because I just got back from a long mine exploring trip and I was exhausted. I have some great material from the trip though...

[@ess9163]

@@TVRExploring I'll be waiting :D

[@brucet8551]

thats an interesting place.very narley.thanks for exploring it for us.

[@UKAbandonedMineExplores]

Nice old foundry, being in stone, looks more like something you'd find at an English mine, of course, we don't get mountains that big.

[@RealNickTheCoolest]

“This better not dead end here-oh it goes to the left.” Drift immediately faces off- “pfft what a joke” lol I knew it was gonna happen

[@RDEnduro]

During the part of the video you were saying That is really cool I was also saying that haha actually first I was thinking while your standing there you would have to treat it like you were standing on a roof. It looks like your just walking but man you are really exploring

[@MsSurigirl]

We're ready for your next adventure! 👍🏼

[@andrewpowellnz]

At least you got some exercise in the fresh air climbing up to the adit

[@rosesitzenstock1315]

Could you please make your captions green or yellow. Hard to read in white. Thanks enjoy your videos.

[@DavidHuber63]

You have a wonder way with words Justin!

[@edwardmckenzie3402]

Love this channel!

[@bernardgonzales4195]

At least you had some good P.T, thumbs up for the effort on last addit.

[@captsam54]

Awesome as usual.. lol. would have loved to have seen that mill....

[@alexb.1320]

Looks like theres a mural at the end of the first adit. (7m38s). Donkey on the left, typical folksy italian/vase styled tree cover.

[@dansharpie]

how do we find it on google earth ?

[@JustAnotherPaddy]

One thing that stands out about these mines is the complete lack of evidence people were ever there. No carbide tins, newspapers beer or soda cans. Outside of that bucket and a few timbers and stoles, they are completely clean. Not even a little graffiti.

[@petepeterson4540]

cool prt 2

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you. It's a cool mine in a cool location...

[@atomictraveller]

@@TVRExploring sardinia has thousands of mysterious dolmens and lesser known stonework less easy to categorise.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gn_JiKhmo9hnfLc

[@alangoede2073]

They have a slightly different but interesting way of mining over there definitely different than Nevada and California mines do you agree

[@Livlifetaistdeth]

I'm just waiting for Laura Croft to come running around a corner in this mine. Super cool looking.

[@garycooper7666]

great scenery

[@davebeckley2584]

Obviously, you were disappointed and we were disappointed but I'll bet neither of us were as disappointed as the people who thought this area of this mountain contained untold wealth. The quantity and uniqueness of colors in some of those short tunnels causes those with just enough knowledge to be dangerous to say there HAS to be precious metals within those rocks but they would be wrong which caused me to wonder how many miners knew what oxidized rock and pyrites contained gold and/or silver? Visible gold and silver are quite the rarity and tho I think I could tell the difference between worthless rock and valuable ore I wouldn't stake a mine's survival on my judgment. In all the working mines I've been in and miners I've spoken with I've never thought to ask who has that task at a freshly driven face. A miner at the Homestake gold mine in South Dakota was high grading as much rich ore as he could get in his lunch box nearly every day. On one particular day he loaded his lunch box with some extremely rich ore and when he got home he emptied his box on the kitchen table to examine after he cleaned up. Upon re-entering the kitchen he was shocked to see all his ore was gone. In a panic, he asked his wife where his ore was to which she replied, "I don't want you laying those dirty rocks on my table so I threw them out the front door." Rushing out, there they lay in the graveled street untouched by children playing or neighbors calling kids to dinner. The point is even the richest of rich ore, ore in the three to four ounce per ton range looks to the untrained eye like something you might border your garden with or crush for your driveway. Anyway, that is what I was reminded of seeing the oxidation and colors at 5:50 or thereabouts. Thanks for sharing.

[@petepeterson4540]

little pockets of subgrade ore left if silver keeps going up it might reopen

[@TVRExploring]

If you read the description, it seems there might be gold and platinum present as well.

[@closed2459]

Do you ever take a metal detector with you

[@VegasCyclingFreak]

At least the scenery was beautiful

[@SteveandSusiesHomestead]

very very cool..Thank you

[@sidewaysaction9983]

When you coming to the Yorkshire Dales and doing a few old lead mines...bring a wet suit.

[@sioframay]

The thing that moved at 13:31 though, I know there were rats in the system but still creepy.

[@silveradoman3824]

So not sure how to share something other than in the comments but here goes. A friend shared this with me today check out the Silver Islet mine in Lake Superior amazing place for a silver mine!

[@leesherman100]

The mines aren't always paved in gold and silver. More like blood, sweat, and tears most of the time. Always an adventure however. Good job.

[@jw2218]

I think the owners of this mine would’ve been better off tending sheep, more profit.

[@robertkamenoff3918]

Ha you need to develop a 'RatCam' for the hard to reach places!!

[@rogerc7960]

They should of quarried the hillside

[@oldschoolmoto]

nice one justin looks like you got a good workout on that hillside.sent you a email

[@rdamp2374]

You win some you lose some.

[@rustygeorge2577]

Woah!

[@JustAnotherPaddy]

If it’s Thursday, it’s time to go under ground!

[@Daniel-S1]

European bats are well known for carrying Rabies. You can get immunised for Rabies which is a whole series of shots, rather than just the one.

[@vincefroggatt3335]

I think your part mountain goat.

[@TVRExploring]

I felt like one that day!

[@ProspectorJosh]

I peed a little bit when that rat ran at you.

[@glennk.7348]

Addit playground!!

[@TVRExploring]

Definitely!

[@918davisable]

u flippin know your shat man, gods speed.

[@firenx437]

Joke of an adit lol

[@MiamiMillionaire]

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