A Deep Mine In The Nevada Desert - Part 2 of 2

This abandoned mine has some of the best miner’s graffiti I have ever come across in our many mine explores... Although we see the aftermath of the miner’s work in these videos and often see the equipment they mined with, it isn’t often that we get an insight into the personalities and personal lives of the miners. However, this graffiti allows us to connect with them across time and distance. Many, if not all, of them are likely no longer in the land of the living. So, this allows us to see and to feel what once was… As you can see from the range of dates, mining took place here for a while.
How about those very fully loaded ore chutes at the far end of the main adit? I could almost feel the pressure inside the adit of those tons of rocks straining the wood to its limits. It really seemed like those ore chutes could pop at almost any time. And, as you saw, my forward progress was blocked by the rubble that spilled into the adit from one of the chutes that failed. It made me wonder how much farther the drift continued past that collapsed ore chute? Did it perhaps connect to that deep cut we saw in the first video?
The portal I examined at the end of the video (when I got back outside and climbed up to the top of the hill) appears to date from the same time as the first part of the mine we explored (the deep cut in the first video) or the incline my exploring buddy located near the remains of those stone buildings (also in the first video in this series).
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Growing up in California’s “Gold Rush Country” made it easy to take all of the history around us for granted. However, abandoned mine sites have a lot working against them - nature, vandals, scrappers and various government agencies… The old prospectors and miners that used to roam our lonely mountains and toil away deep underground are disappearing quickly as well.
These losses finally caught our attention and we felt compelled to make an effort to document as many of the ghost towns and abandoned mines that we could before that niche of our history is gone forever. But, you know what? We enjoy doing it! This is exploring history firsthand - bushwhacking down steep canyons and over rough mountains, figuring out the techniques the miners used and the equipment they worked with, seeing the innovations they came up with, discovering lost mines that no one has been in for a century, wandering through ghost towns where the only sound is the wind... These journeys allow a feeling of connection to a time when the world was a very different place. And I’d love to think that in some small way we are paying tribute to those hardy miners that worked these mines before we were even born.
So, yes, in short, we are adit addicts… I hope you’ll join us on these adventures!
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[@davebeckley2584]

Stopping to read the miner's graffiti adds a human touch to these empty shafts. Those 'wheel's that you said reminded you of ore cart wheels looked to be the pulleys for a wide drive belt that you'd see in a mill but hard to figure what they were doing in the mine. Terrific video. Thank you.

[@TVRExploring]

Yes, it is nice to be able to connect with the miners over all this time and distance. It isn't often we get a sense of who the miners were as we usually just see the results of their work without knowing anything about them. Thank you for mentioning what that metal wheel was.

[@OKB1133]

You're a wise man knowing when to stop. You simply can't predict when all those tons of rock will collapse - which at some point it will. Amazing condition of timber shows how dry the mine must be. Really enjoyed watching your exploration!

[@timothybarham6374]

That's amazing, in all the mine videos I've seen. That's the most miners graffiti I've seen in one mine.

[@TVRExploring]

I've seen one that was close (I haven't published that video series yet), but, yes, this is the most I have ever seen as well.

[@rockolutheran]

never stop doing what you do

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you. I'll keep it up for as long as I can.

[@MsSurigirl]

I love the amount of miner's graffiti. It's truly fascinating.

[@TVRExploring]

This was a great one for graffiti...

[@TBI-Firefighter-451]

I was a Lode Miner once and it was my experience that if ya leave your track/rail it won't be there when you come back. Just because a Mine looks abandon does not mean it is, perhaps the value of the Mineral Mined is low and in that case the Miners go home and wait for the Mineral values to go up. Don't pay to Mine for Nothing. 5:09 my guess would be a stuck drill but more than likely it is a stuck single jack (hand drill) as it looks hammered on. Some of the dates are much much older than the Timbers they are written on so I think some miner or tourist was bored and had paint. The faint ones look like soot from carbide lamps and I'd bet their legitimate Dots on the Ribs are a Driller Bore Plan (notes for drilling holes in rock for Blasting), each dot represents a bore hole but not all are packed with Blasting Agents as some are relief holes to allow the charges to fracture the rock and make for easier mucking and milling. Hey Thanks you guys, be safe and have fun. This old Timer really enjoys your vids!

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you. Glad you're enjoying the vids... Yes, it is a shame how much stuff - like rails - walks off a site. That is the beauty of some of the really remote sites because there will still be a lot of stuff around. Did you work in a fairly wet mine where you worked as a lode miner,? I'm asking because we've noticed that in the dry, desert conditions of Nevada that some of the underground timbers hardly age at all. We've come across timbers that we know are more than a hundred years old that look like they were placed the week before. By contrast, the timbers in the wet mines age very quickly.

[@DFDuck55]

I've always thought a book full of photos of miner's graffiti would be fun to have. The names with dates, and some of the graphics they made are pretty impressive considering they were done with carbide lamps.

[@TVRExploring]

Yes, that would make for a great photo book! Some of the miners were real artists. I've been amazed at the quality of some of their drawings - especially, as you noted, considering that they were just using carbide lamps.

[@ExploringCabinsandMines]

Duck Landes sweet ! Thanks !

[@allencummins2272]

Another good one👍 and I agree those timbers did look like they could have been put in last week

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you. It's amazing how well the timbers can be preserved when underground in dry conditions. We've seen timbers that are more than a hundred years old and look like they could have been put in the week before we visited.

[@allencummins2272]

TVR Exploring its very cool can’t wait to see the next video. My goal is to one day get to see stuff like this in person.

[@gtaovlogs9061]

Wow, what an Amazing tour, thanks for taking us along! Happy Hunting!

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you for the comment and for coming along!

[@gtaovlogs9061]

TVR Exploring, you’re welcome. I Subscribed to your channel. Stay safe out there! Cheers, Aaron

[@MinesoftheWest]

Love those old ore chutes and other timber work. Nice job man!

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you! I'm glad those old ore chutes kept doing their job while I was under them. Given how much weight is involved with all of that rock, it is a testament to the skills of the miners that constructed them.

[@cclyon]

The miner's graffiti is one of my favorite parts of these mines.

[@TVRExploring]

Me too! I especially like it when it reveals the miner's personalities rather than just being something like tracking ore cart loads.

[@user-el5tn9fp6g]

That’s interesting that there was graffiti saying “Kilroy was here” that was a common piece of graffiti used by American soldiers in ww2, maybe that miner served in the war back before he became a miner

[@deepbludude4697]

Great! I love seeing old names in places where people work! Man that is just crazy the amount of work that went into these mines for years and years! Awesome work showing us the labor of these hard core folks that did this work!

[@TVRExploring]

Yeah, I love seeing the old miner's graffiti as well. It reveals a lot about the personalities working there...

[@meanboycoins6250]

your video is some of the best I have seen. it is easy to watch, very clear, and exciting. thank you ! Please also be careful.

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you very much.

[@OdySlim]

Isent it amazing how well the writing is preserved. Did you see the one from 4/25/38 at 7:00 Thanks Justin for slowing down to show the good stuff. Regards Ody Slim.

[@dhw14]

Your videos are awesome and addicting. You should have a million subscribers by now! Thanks for sharing.

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you. If I had a million subscribers, I could do this full time, which would be nice...

[@001desertrat3]

TVR -- At 3:03 , nice find on the empty Trojan ANFO bag ; you usually don't find them in that good of a condition except in a ''working'' mine . I personally like the Trojan Safety Powder , it's a Non-Nitro Dynamite that won't freeze and is a lot safer to handle (no Nitro headaches) and use ; although it doesn't have the brisance that regular ''straight'' Dynamite has , it still does an admirable job of shattering rock . -- At 9:30 , they must have been desperate for heavy timbers as they used the ''mine rail gauge'' as a Stull . LOL ! -- < Doc , Miner for nearly 50 years > .

[@Porty1119]

001DesertRat I've developed a fondness for emulsion cartridges. All of loading convenience of dynamite, with none of the problems of nitro. Nonel shock tube initiation is also great stuff.

[@001desertrat3]

Headframe Hunters -- While I agree that emulsion / water gel materials are Safer and non-flammable (Trojan Safety Powder IS Flammable) , in hot desert climates the moisture content has a tendency to evaporate even during relatively short-term storage . When I worked for American Borate Co. in Death Valley, CA we tried using Water Gel / Emulsion cartridges and when stored in our large surface Magazine we had those problems , so we were forced to create an underground Magazine on our 1343 Level . The biggest problem that I saw with the cartridges was that instead of the plastic sleeve being twisted & then heat sealed , the manufacturer just crimped a small Aluminum band on the ends of the cartridges . -- < Doc > .

[@Porty1119]

001DesertRat Good insight! The climate in Missouri is much wetter; even the decline I worked on forty feet below the portal accumulates a foot or two of water. I can see how it wouldn't work well in the desert.

[@ADITADDICTS]

001DesertRat Do they use an unrefined type of diesil for anfo or is it a very low weight oil?

[@001desertrat3]

Unrefined Diesel would be Crude Oil . To the best of my knowledge it's just plain Diesel Fuel .

[@williamlawrence5455]

I love finding Old Mines like this especially ones where the Stokes are so big and it worth shoots what's fun to do is right underneath them for the cart would sit to pick up what you can find put it in a wheelbarrow then sweep the mine literally under that and then go slushat or panic it's incredible what you can find

[@Dan-uc8rx]

Finally watched this one. Very cool. The remaining artifacts and huge spaces were impressive.

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you. Yes, this was an impressive mine.

[@ericcorse]

I'm sensing a little sphincter action while under that bazillion pounds of rock held up by those platforms.

[@TVRExploring]

Haha, there was indeed a wee bit of puckering going on!

[@gunnyusmc4957]

I'd like to go and check out those places, hope you had a great Christmas and new year's

[@caseywatkins4353]

Haha glad to see you found a dry mine. Congrats on 9k subs👌!!

[@TVRExploring]

Haha, well, even we deserve a dry mine once in a while! Thank you for the congrats.

[@caseyhazlett7546]

Again awesome video!!!! I'm hooked

[@loganlorn]

Really cool to see this captured for history. Those miners, man. They did some amazing work. Way dangerous though around that one area with all that rock held back overhead. And then to see it end with the collapse. Sure could curl ones toes. Dangerous stuff.

[@NZErehwon]

A nice video that wood looked fresh for all those years underground!

[@ADITADDICTS]

NZErehwon I love coming across timbering in those dry mines. Usually it's long gone in our N. Ca area but in the dryer climates you can experience eveeything from the tool marks to the smell of the pine! It's a lost art anymore just about.

[@georgiarelichuntervarietyc8511]

Keepem coming ...been waiting for part 2 .... Appreciate what your doing.

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you. Appreciation is always appreciated!

[@TMandN]

Amazing mine. Timbers like new and its nice and dry in there. I certainly would not go under the ore chutes, but you did. Thanks for sharing this with us!

[@TVRExploring]

Haha, yes, even we deserve a dry mine once in a while! Well, it is safe to say that I wouldn't have opted to go camping underneath those ore chutes and I wasn't exactly sorry to be out from underneath them. Thank you.

[@targusmack2302]

Absolutely amazing! Excellent job on the filming of this unique mine.

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you very much.

[@Ironsja11]

Bat Harasser! :) Man that was crazy under those full ore chutes I was holding my breath just watching. Great video series on this mine, thanks and stay safe!

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you! Yes, it was pretty tense under those loaded ore chutes. I could almost feel all of the weight teetering above me...

[@UrbexAle]

Beautiful mine, very well preserved. Even if those hundreds of tons of rock supported by that timber give a sense of impressive instability. Much better this type of mines, than those completely flooded that they become completely soaked after a few meters. Good luck for future explorations !! The best channel on KZbin.

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you! Yes, it is very nice to visit these dry mines as the dry conditions preserve everything so well. Haha, yes, those timbers supporting the many tons of rock were quite a sight. I'm actually working on the video of our first limestone mine right now...

[@kengamble8595]

Was that rock really that silver blue color in person or was it just the way the camera makes it look ? That's a dandy mine ! Thanks for sharing and take care. 👍 👍

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you. Yes, I liked this mine - especially the graffiti! No, the camera did not alter the colors inside this mine... It really was that silvery blue in there.

[@carolkara4714]

Wow, parts of that mine was scary. Those miners sure put their lives on the line. So glad you got away from those rocks.

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you... Those chutes would have been emptied regularly when the miners were actively working this mine and so they wouldn't have been massively overloaded as they are now. They were so overloaded now though, it almost felt as if there were a tension in the air. It seemed like the most gentle breeze could have caused them to collapse. That is why I lowered my voice!

[@tinytattoomike7943]

@14:20 glad you didn’t even fart 💨 this is one of the best nail biting videos I’ve seen in a long time !

[@TVRExploring]

Haha, yeah, I took things real slow and easy through there...

[@CornishMineExplorer]

Great exploring that was, glad to see you took your time through the timbered bit, but glad you did as you never know what might cause that wood to just collapse in a instance. Loads of graffiti, they really went to town with the carbide lamps :) Did you recce the other side of the mountain to see if the adit's came out or is that a trip for another time.

[@TVRExploring]

Yes, I took it very slow and easy through that section with the ore chutes filled to bursting... LOL. Ha, it seems the miners in this mine spent more time on graffiti than mining! I'm glad they did though because it is great fun for those coming along decades later. The only adits on this mountain are those you saw in these two videos. So, whether those two connect is still a mystery to me.

[@ADITADDICTS]

TVR Exploring I was FURIOUS after all that promising waist rock made it look like the land of 1,000 adits and perilously scrambling up that loose shit pile in the dark ( which your video makes it look like a deceivingly easy saunter up yon hillock when in reality it was the uphill Bataan God damned deathmarch !) Only to find nary a fucking thing but scree, rat and rabbit shit! Oh that pissed me off! The way down was just as fun if not more if you remember.

[@TVRExploring]

Well, it is indeed misleading because I show the view at the bottom looking up and then, suddenly, I am up there in the video showing the remains of the portal there. So, it seems as if we just levitated up there with ease. However, the reason there is nothing in between is because I couldn't find a single spot along the way up where I didn't need both hands to hold on since we were slipping so much on that loose shit. I could put my mind at ease if we'd found any good adits up there, but, as you said, there was more rodent shit than anything else.

[@ADITADDICTS]

TVR Exploring Yes there was. It was waste rock though especially with how loose it was. Idk if you remember but on my way up I kind of slipped and put my hand down into a black widdow web then went ahead and decided to slide about another 50 yrds down in joy and contentment ( terror and shock, shaking my hand almost off the wrist thinking it was being devoured by demon red hourglass monstrosity.)

[@CornishMineExplorer]

Yes, looks crazy landscape going up, did well to get what you did, people don't realise how hard these places are to get to.

[@DirtDigglerDetecting]

Awesome video, thank you for taking us along :) GL&HH James

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you for coming along.

[@theogdirkdiggler]

howdy Dirt!

[@theogdirkdiggler]

we related?

[@DirtDigglerDetecting]

Hi there Long lost Diggler :) LOL

[@BDonno]

love the west australia graff, cool to see it around!

[@TVRExploring]

I have to admit that I was a little surprised to see that one... Early signs of globalization!

[@mspeir]

I love your videos and just recently subscribed, but I find it interesting the stuff you skip over, like the fairly new knotted nylon rope.

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you for subscribing. I'm glad you're enjoying these... I guess I'm not understanding the significance you see in the rope? Given how well things are preserved underground when out of the elements, that could have been there for four years or forty. I am definitely not the first one to visit this mine after it was abandoned... So, what do you see that I don't or what would you have done that I didn't? I'm asking sincerely and not in a snarky way in case it is coming across that way.

[@mobiltec]

Thanks! This must be near me. I'm in Yerington. Is it within 100 miles of me?

[@TVRExploring]

Yes, you're in the neighborhood.

[@mobiltec]

@@TVRExploring Closer to Hawthorne I bet...

[@BritishColumbiaGhostMines]

Super cool man, super cool. The writing was just amazing..

[@TVRExploring]

Yeah, it was really cool to run across the miner's graffiti. That is the most I have ever seen in an abandoned mine.

[@TheFurriestOne]

Awesome miner's graffiti, so many names! That explosives bag is also rather rare, isn't it? Considering what the rats tend to make of such things. I like that faded cursive 'Hello', the fellow that wrote that knew it would be there for a long time to come. Some of the writing on the underside of those chutes looked like it was in pencil, maybe lead pencil? Thanks for documenting it before the rest of those chutes collapse!

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you. Yes, I thought that miner's graffiti was great... The graffiti on the chutes did indeed look like it was done in pencil. It is the first time I have seen a bag like that in good condition. Like you said, the rats are usually fond of such things!

[@JPVideos81]

Nice explore, i live an hour north of Allentown Pa.

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you. It's cool when an artifact at a mine ties into something we can relate to. I've had that happen a couple of times...

[@bookofjohn1623]

ALL THE OLD MINERS GRAFFITI IS AWESOME

[@TVRExploring]

Great stuff, huh?

[@TheDutyPaid]

Why are ore shoots always filled up? Has it built up over time or was not emptied and just left.

[@ADITADDICTS]

TheDutyPaid Basically yea, from the stope loose rock over time losing the battle to gravity.

[@Steven-vo8tk]

Great video. Thanks

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you!

[@paublusamericanus292]

usually I feel more paranoid than you. but this time on that cut and fill heavy load looked ok, and that last stope open to the top, with the adit going under, this one looks promising. I cannot tell the type, but looks to be au. being on the ground, of course, you see all.

[@TVRExploring]

You're talking about the adit at the very end of the video? I always try and there just wasn't any way into that one without a team of diggers or an excavator and I didn't have either with me. I believed they mined galena here.

[@IanDarley]

That item that looked like an ore car wheel I believe was a machine flat-belt drive pulley.

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you. It would make sense to have something like that in that area.

[@mikegs5075]

Wow that anfo bag came all the way from here in PA that's cool

[@TVRExploring]

Good stuff, huh?

[@lorrinbarth1969]

Looking at full ore chutes two possibilities come to mind; they were mining worthless rock or the price of something changed causing this ore to no longer be profitable. It could be profitable now considering the effort needed to get it out of the mine.

[@TVRExploring]

Often, the rock inside of the ore chutes is rock that has collapsed down from a stope above. The stopes are not particularly secure.

[@michaelkaiser4674]

Love the wood wrok,,working

[@ADITADDICTS]

At 7:33 right after you say 1939, if you have headphones you can hear a faint but long whistle sound. I know there wasn't another person in 20square miles from where we were and I sure as shit can't whistle like that, any thoughts?

[@TVRExploring]

Hmmmm... You got me on that one.

[@MrMarkInAz]

Cool videos! I'm sure the good condition of the wood is a benefit of a dry mine. Some of those wet mines you enter would give me some serious pucker factor knowing the wood is rotted ;-)

[@TVRExploring]

Yes, that's one of the huge advantages of the dry desert mines!

[@williamlawrence5455]

Well then thank you so much for that little walk through very cool very nice video enjoyed it, a little too much sorry about that but I really enjoyed your video Old Mines turn me on cool things you can find in them back in the seventies me and my dad used to do it a lot pulled out a lot of old or carts my yard looks like a Minor's junkyard with tracking my carts Dynamite all sorts of crap I live in trona.ca lot of cool shit over the years well thank you so much for the Memories

[@rrich52806]

Great video

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you!

[@rizz0555]

Have you ever tried to simulate the little light I am guessing they had back then to work with? How bright are carbide lamps?

[@TVRExploring]

Yes, but the video didn't turn out well. It's on my list to try again... Some people swear by the quality of light from the carbide lamps.

[@paigelee6321]

Thank you 😊

[@royyoung3456]

Did the miners walk off leaving ore in the chutes, or is it materials that have fallen into the chutes?

[@TVRExploring]

It is material that has slowly caved down into the ore chutes over the years... Eventually, they fail catastrophically and block the adit.

[@chillybrit2334]

Any idea what they were mining for here? I don't see any mineral seams, just gray rock.

[@TVRExploring]

I believe this was primarily a silver mine if memory serves correctly. The ore was up in the stopes that those ore chutes emptied out.

[@Ironsja11]

I was just going to ask that, thank you.

[@californiamotherlodeprospect]

Sweet video!

[@TVRExploring]

Thanks!

[@bigh7777]

Name: Vinton Whiles Age: 24 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1916 Gender: Male Race: White Birthplace: Kansas Marital Status: Married Relation to Head of House: Brother Home in 1940: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Map of Home in 1940: View Map Street: East Jefferson Street House Number: 230 Inferred Residence in 1935: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Residence in 1935: Same Place Resident on farm in 1935: No Sheet Number: 12B Occupation: Laborer Attended School or College: No Highest Grade Completed: Elementary school, 8th grade Hours Worked Week Prior to Census: 44 Class of Worker: Wage or salary worker in private work Weeks Worked in 1939: 52 Income: 1,200

[@krankinkogs]

that was ORE-SOME!

[@Barkeraquaticss]

I have to ask... have you experienced any paranormal activity within any of the mines or old mining camps?

[@TVRExploring]

No, I have not. One hears strange sounds underground sometimes, but these are natural phenomena.

[@KowboyUSA]

It's like they were mining it yesterday.

[@ADITADDICTS]

John Ratko The day before to be completely honest😁

[@TVRExploring]

Yes, the dry underground conditions in the desert preserve these mines extraordinarily well. Water and sunlight are very destructive for mines.

[@arsnewman2318]

Dude you are hard core for our day and age. I might reccommend a hard tho...could save you quite a headache ^^

[@waynejohnting2954]

Since air was blowing out of that adit, wonder if it was somehow connected to that vertical shaft or if it was just connected to an open stope or one of the other adits.

[@TVRExploring]

Yes, I am curious about that as well. I'd love to see a map of the underground workings at this mine in order to understand how everything fit together.

[@johnjimjohnston]

very good a lot to take in nice

[@oldschoolmoto]

nice one timbers and lagging was in good shape but was like 20 to 30 tons of ore sitting on them thumbs up

[@TVRExploring]

Haha, yeah, I was real aware of those many tons of rock sitting above me. It is a testament to the quality of work from these miners that those ore chutes were still holding that much rock up.

[@williamlawrence5455]

Ore cart wheel and axle great place right there to shovel up a bucket load and take it out and plant it you would really be surprised what you could find I'd be careful

[@The_Original_Brad_Miller]

I wonder what the yellow nylon rope at 11:20 was for.... It had knots about every 18"-24"?

[@TVRExploring]

I don't know when that was placed there, but it would have allowed access up and down that raise.

[@dhw14]

At 14minutes I was saying please turn back!!! Too dangerous.

[@TheSWolfe]

Well, if nothing else, somebody's grade-school teacher would've be proud to know he'd continued practicing his cursive during lunch breaks/shift-changes.

[@TVRExploring]

Perhaps this mine was an early example of a Continuing Education Program?

[@TheSWolfe]

Ha - could be! Evidently, I need a CEP in grammar. I meant to type "would've been proud." Geez Louise.

[@TVRExploring]

Oh, no, don't worry. You've already ably demonstrated your grammatical skills and earned a free pass from our quality control department for what was obviously a typo.

[@ericscarburry8527]

Do you think you may run out of mines to explore in western United States?

[@ADITADDICTS]

Eric scarburry Ummm......we hope not! Lol most likely not though I'm thinking.

[@TVRExploring]

I don't think we'll run out, but they will become increasingly hard to find. Between natural forces and various government agencies, the abandoned mines are disappearing rapidly. We've picked a lot of the low hanging fruit in our immediate area and we are going to hit the law of diminishing returns eventually. That said, there will always be SOMETHING out there to find (at least in our lifetimes).

[@Neuron27]

Another excellent series of videos. glad you lowered your voice lol.. ;)

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you! Haha, yeah, I didn't need a lot of encouragement to take the voice down a few decibels and to move slow and easy through that section with the VERY fully loaded ore chutes.

[@leesherman100]

Double AA Awesome as per normal!

[@leesherman100]

That wasn't a bat. That was Herman Munster's father Grandpa!

[@boredfartless4221]

How do you discover what was mined there, so you can avoid asbestos mines?

[@TVRExploring]

Well, sometimes we don't know what was mined at a particular mine. It is just one of the chances that one takes when exploring abandoned mines...

[@nephisilver3051]

Those mines look like they could be very dangerous if you touch the wrong thing

[@TVRExploring]

Yes, one definitely doesn't want to go around grabbing onto support timbers and that sort of thing.

[@joemusto4357]

The bag said Allentown pa thats a hr from me lol

[@markcantemail8018]

Fantastic Explore ! Very interesting mine , and a lot drier than your last Part 2 . Hey At 14 minutes the weight of the rock " Just waiting to come down " . A few seconds after you said that there was a Creaking Groaning type sound , rewind and listen . Unless it was your stomach growling , I heard something ? Thank you again for another neat video .

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you! Ha, yes, I do appreciate the dry mines very much... No, that wasn't my stomach. The ore chutes in there are under tremendous pressure and the slightest tremor or a pebble falling down would lead to that creaking and groaning. It was a bit unnerving.

[@carltonhulings5924]

Hawthorne, Tonopah, Goldfield, Silver peak, holes in the ground all over.

[@ADITADDICTS]

Carlton Hulings Like Swiss cheese!

[@TVRExploring]

The miners weren't messing around in those areas, to be sure.

[@greysquirrel9123]

Seems to me that survivalists cleaned up and left wood on the way for SHTF or buggout situation.

[@ADITADDICTS]

Still pretty pissed I couldn't squeeze my fat ass through that damn door!

[@TVRExploring]

Haha, that was a tight squeeze!

[@Philios2Glory1]

I'll rat my skinny but through that last little adit. Iv been in a lot of tight locations like that.

[@ADITADDICTS]

Austin If you get stuck my job is to pull you out. I can do this quite easily, ask Justin! 😁

[@TVRExploring]

I wish you'd been there to try because I'd like to know what that adit was all about... I'm not shy about difficult adits, but the problem with that one is that large boulders were right up almost to the top of the portal and so it wasn't like I could have scraped away some dirt and really opened up some space or gotten some flexibility to squeeze through.

[@davestevens7386]

Wood shows no signs of oxidation. Super dry conditions. They will be there for thousands of years.

[@kingdude5594]

classy content. have you ever heard some demonic or strange things while observing mines?

[@TVRExploring]

Thank you. Never heard anything demonic (that I know of), but one hears plenty of strange sounds caused by natural phenomena such as wind, dripping water or even the rock shifting...

[@kingdude5594]

that's what I thought. a channel named Exploring Abandoned Mines and Unusual Places seems full of shit, because in some of his videos he added sounds of "ghosts" like muted sirens and voices

[@jonesfactor9]

14:30 when that chute gives way, that mine will be sealed. :-(

[@TVRExploring]

It won't be too much longer...

[@theogdirkdiggler]

One I missed

[@TVRExploring]

Best miner's graffiti I've seen...

[@davidpaulgriffin]

Creepy sounding noise at 14:30 wondered if anyone else noticed it.

[@mommaice]

WOW WOW WOW. I've never seen so much writing.

[@TVRExploring]

Pretty cool, huh?

[@L0ver80y]

09/18/1968 Was a Wednesday, not a Sunday... Interesting.

[@TVRExploring]

That is odd. Hard to imagine them being that far off... An inside joke?

[@caseywatkins4353]

Another thing. Do you believe in ghost or anything and have you ever had any scary experiences in the mines.

[@Porty1119]

Casey Watkins I sure have! Voices, footsteps, and machinery noises when there was nobody but my fiancee and I at the mine!

[@caseywatkins4353]

Headframe Hunters dang I think it would be awesome to do this but I would shit myself if I heard noises and seen things. I definitely wouldn't be doing this alone.

[@ADITADDICTS]

Headframe Hunters I remember that. And that wierd shadow thing that darted across the screen.

[@Porty1119]

Truth be told, I tend to view supernatural presences at mines as friendly unless proven otherwise. So far, I've never had anything prove otherwise, and I hope it stays that way.

[@ADITADDICTS]

Headframe Hunters Same here. Creepy? Hell yes! Mischievous? Occasionally. Evil and mean-spirited? Not yet and hope never.

[@sirbobdesign]

3:26 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan_Powder_Company 4:52 "TRUE LOVE" faded

[@MrJimijoe]

lol it's me again 0:12 -13 i hear someone say "don't go here"

[@ADITADDICTS]

MrJimijoe I think it's me being pissed off telling Justin as he is walking away that I can't fit through the door or can't go through the door....I think. Kinda sounds like me though from that angle. That angle being Justin with his back turned walking away! Lol.

[@TVRExploring]

LOL, yes, I think that's what it is...

[@keirakain]

Awe cmon who doesn’t like 450 tons of rock above them?

[@001desertrat3]

Think about it . . . . when you're under a Mountain there's a hell of a lot more than that above you .

[@ADITADDICTS]

Matt T thank God it's not the poop shoot. That'd be super bad.

[@001desertrat3]

ADIT ADDICTS -- You must be using that STUPID Spell-Check again . It's ''Chute'' NOT ''shoot'' . If you were to ''shoot'' poop that would be a real messy situation . . . . splatter it everywhere . LOL !

[@ADITADDICTS]

001DesertRat Or a talent! Depends on who you talk to tho, the shooter or shootee😁

[@greggehrke243]

So Bad ass!

[@williamlawrence5455]

Millions of dollars just in wood if your would be able to pull it all out and I do mean Millions have lumber prices in 2019

[@boundsgeorge]

Some body's been there recently , plastic milk jugs etc.

[@lsxtmt4910]

It says powder coffer

[@NurdRage777]

Cool :)

[@TVRExploring]

Yeah, the miner's graffiti really made this one.

[@OdySlim]

BTW, you never did tell me what kind of flashlight you are using. Take caRE bROTHER

[@ADITADDICTS]

Ody Slim Well he uses a few. His new head lamp is a phoenix brand that's outstandingly bright like a super Nova and makes him look extremely terrifyingly like a train coming through a tunnel when he's walking toward you in a drift. In this video his head lamp is a coast flood/spot 800lumin. His flashlights are 1,000lumin fixed beam coast and a 1,500lumin adjustable zoom rechargable coast.

[@ADITADDICTS]

I think

[@OdySlim]

Thanks Chuck, I just looked into the Coast HP550. I'll buy that one. I cant afford the re-chargable.Thanks Brother. BTW, you find some cool stuff poking around in those tailings piles.Regards, Ody Slim

[@ADITADDICTS]

Ody Slim Gotta keep them peepers open and scanning! Never know what you'll miss if you don't! Lol good luck on the lights my man.

[@TVRExploring]

Yes, Adit Addicts is exactly right on the headlamps... I've got to be careful with the Phoenix overheating and cycling down though. The handheld light in this video was the Coast HP550 at 1,075 lumens and the one I've just started using is also a Coast at 1,050 lumens, but it is rechargeable. I was spending a fortune on batteries and had to switch up. Both of the Coast lights are adjustable focus.

[@papamike9866]

The explosives bag said do not drop and you picked it up and dropped it. Bet you tear off the labels on your mattress too you outlaw.