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You should have left a business card in the gentleman's claim in case he ever returned. Perhaps he would stopped by your page to give an update down the line.
I’m very familiar with that area. I staked a bunch of claims and did a bunch of grid sampling there in the mid 2000’s. Keep in mind informing the authorities of those explosives will results in that working being blown shut. They don’t risk removal.
Hey love the channel! Just to let you know Dendrite’s aren’t fossils. This is a very common misconception. They are actually mineral solutions that are pushed through fractures of rock. They most commonly consist of a manganese oxide solution that crystallizes between the fractured rock. These crystals form tree like patterns. Hence the name originating from the Greek word dendron, meaning tree.
In the early 1900's it was quite common to make general purpose glue from flour and water. Newspapers were likely attached to the walls using this as the glue. Unfortunately, the mice and other rodents liked this glue/newsprint combination and ate it. When I was young in the 1940's, I had a Roy Rogers Western Town map that came in 4 sections and the buildings to place on it were printed on the inside of cereal boxes. I saved the cereal boxes and cut out each building to place on the map, but being printed in 4 sections made using it difficult, so my mom mixed up flour and water and glued my map to a 1/2 sheet of drywall that was stored on edge behind my dresser. The mice ate my map off the drywall quickly and in just a couple of weeks had consumed about 1/3 of it. They ate the glue and took the paper chunks to make their nest in a drawer of the dresser. Good luck finding newspaper on the walls.
😂😂 Gly when you reached out to those boxes I was like NOOOOO!!!! Crazy guy, I dont think I would have even put the flashlight on them, let alone talk around them. But....that was to cool to see again. Been a long time since seen them. Sweaty dynamite is not good before lunch..❤ Thanks again for the rise in blood pressure. Like I need it!!!
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces I have to wonder how many people realize what "sweating and crystalizing" means with regard to Dynamite. I know enough that I was doing the same as Aaron when you were looking at them. For that matter I'd have left the mine very quickly and quietly the moment I saw the state of those boxes. All those boxes need is a wayword mouse, rat, or bat, or crumbling rock, to make the mistake of thinking about making a face at those boxes and that mine will be one big open stope that everyone in 3 states knows about.
You should make a compilation video of all the critters you've encountered in all of your hours of recordings. 👍 Dynamite sweats PURE Nitroglycerin, even the slightest frictional impact or "jolt," or increase in temperature or pressure could cause it to undergo a violent exothermic reaction. (In other words; 💥BOOM!) Whomever was storing those boxes should have shown up periodically to keep them dry and aerated. It's definitely a good thing you didn't broadcast the location of the mine shaft, and that you decided against rummaging around in either of those boxes lol Dynamite is essentially Nitroglycerin mixed with an inertial dampener like sand or dirt that renders it inert relative to any shock below that caused by a blasting cap. But, improper storage will inevitably cause the Nitroglycerin to weep or "sweat" out, where it can pool into highly volatile amounts even to the slightest friction or heat. Of course, I'm undoubtedly not giving you any information you don't already know lol you're clearly well aware of what you're doing. 🤜💥🤛 Btw; The dominant geology in the Western hemisphere is Andesitic, that's where the name comes from; the Andes. But, anyway it's fun hearing you call Andesite "Andersite" it's like when my mom call Washington "Warshington."
Most crystals precipitating out of modern dynamites are glycol based antifreezes. The days of ng. Crystalizing on powder are long passed by more than 50 years
@@drewpackman2929 TRUE!! BUT!! Go to CHILE ! They still use those red sticks you call old by50 and older! in the making of mines! In explosives nothing is old you must stay on top of the old and the new IF! you want to be good at what we all do!
The original Nobel dynamite was mixed with powdered shells or clay. In 1885 ammonium dynamite was invented, much more stable, and used Ammonium Nitrate. It could be either, but when it comes to explosives it is ALWAYS better to be safe than sorry.
We found a case of sweaty dynamite in Concorde mine in Cornwall in the late 1980s. The mine shut in 1977. We backtracked very carefully away from it. All under water now since Wheel Jane shut down its pumps so I guess its safe now!
new viewer I used to live in Carson City late 60's 70's we used to go looking for ghost towns some how we never thought about mines we missed a chance to grab some artefact's ,,I live in England now so not much chance of visiting the Nevada desert any time soon,, so far what I like about u and ur channel You have kinda explained what the miners were actually doing and where they were finding the gold and silver The hanging wall and fault lie for instance
“Gly”: I’m happy you’re enjoying the channel and thank you for subscribing! My newer videos such as episode 52 for example contain more explanations of geology, mining methods and what the miners were going after. And, I think you will enjoy the quality and production of my newer videos.
Finding dynamite reminds me of an incident back in about 1981 at the Black Rock area outside Delta UT. I had taken along the bank's branch manager's young brother on a repossession trip to try locating a delinquent customer's vehicle. We were out of Provo UT and heard the vehicle was at this mining area. The mining area was 120 miles away. We found the area but no one and no vehicle was there. We did find a number of mines, one of which had a box or two of tnt. They were relatively fresh and I knew enough not to touch them. The other guy, whatever he was thinking, grabbed 2 sticks. We spent maybe 45 minutes here, and he tried to convince me that he was going to take this tnt with us back to Provo. I told him he could keep the dynamite but that he was going to walk back to Provo. He left the dynamite in the mine.
fargokid71 “Gly”: The world certainly was a different place before 9/11. Rules, regulations, security and storage requirements all changed after that day. Today the threat of loosing ones license due to theft / loss of explosives is so high that a situation like that would be almost unheard of anymore. 20 years in the explosives industry and I’ve seen both sides of the coin.
Love when your videos come out every weekend, gotten a couple of my friends to watch as well. I really appreciate you not showing where these places are to avoid vandals ruining it. Your Dad jokes have you officially dubbed as my "UA-cam Dad" by the way lol
Ebony Gammon “Gly”: I’m really happy that you enjoy exploring these places with me each weekend. For me all of these places are like real life time capsules that you can walk into and explore and because of that they need to be protected. I will admit, I do have a silly side. I get it from my mother. Lol
Good advice at the end! Let me reinforce it with the following (late) comment in the hope it might help to persuade others. Many years ago a friend of mine removed a stick of dynamite from a mine over here in Cornwall, UK. He took it back to his workshop and put it in a cupboard with his welding rods to 'dry out'. It began to sweat and he had to call the emergency services. In the end the army explosive ordnance guys came and took it away, and presumably detonated it somewhere safe. Needless to say they weren't too happy with him. He was lucky I guess, despite his stupidity. Gly is correct, try this and you probably won't get lucky. If you see explosives, creep past and LEAVE THEM ALONE!
If it looks wet or sparkly, hold your breath and tiptoe away !!! With two cases, you would be a red mist coating any nearby rock. Brrrrrr Good place not to have noisy gas - no beans allowed.
Loyal Kuhn “Gly”: And that’s exactly how it looked. All the sticks were sweating and crystalline. Good thing that mine didn’t have any barking spiders. Lol
the sticks themselves are inert if the nitro is coating the outside. one or two on the ground is fine, they won't do anything by that point. but a case keeps it in more. after about 50 years, one stick in completely safe to handle. but DO NOT handle a case if it is all colored like it was. the smart thing to have done when finding those cases would have been to turn around and walk out. after the date of 1956 (or from what i saw on the box) those sticks are way too unstable. like loyal and you said, see it, leave it. i was hoping you would turn around and walk out. be safe and don't risk your life for our entertainment
Amazing place. Thanks for the best by far, UKs car mine tour. Stay safe fellas💥 we used dynamite back when I was 7 till it became illegal except for farmers with water on their land. It was used for removing beaver dams. Anyway I remember my dad would tell us kids, ho to the house while I pack a half a stick and then I'll yell for you. So he'd set and make stick after stick and place in a wood crate. An we knew not to mess with it. But it's when it became damp was when it was dangerous as all get out. It's how we dug huge holes in the ground to toss our garbage in and burn it off each week. Once the holes were almost full, my brothers would fill it in and dad would blow another hole near it. So I'm not sure other than the items on the table that were white, possibly was dynamite material but the greenish ones looked like copper piping that moisture tarnished. Either way, when in doubt, dont mess with shite in a mine of any sort lol The one in the ceiling was a plug. Whether or not it had anything inside I dont know. But if they were smart they removed the explosives. Here we literally fill in all the old areas so people dont an cant do what y'all do lol
Another great Saturday morning episode GLY. Yup, don’t touch the dynamite if you wanna continue to exploring abandoned mines. Not sure if GLY or anyone else caught it, Just after GLY was mentioning the pack rats nest @50:52 Mr. Packrat was on the shelf and disappeared into the small hole in the corner as GLY was making his way thru the doorway. Just thought I mention it. 😎✌🏻
this is a lot of fun... Am from AZ and spent a lot of time in the Bisbee area as well as Tucson :) The rest of my younger years were in the Superstitions.. Now... about that lost Dutchman .. :) is a shame you can not convey what the heat feels like during the summer roaming the hills.. haha
The beginning sounds of this video F'd me up. When you leave the TV on UA-cam auto-playing with the surround sound up a bit and you go to the bathroom. Let's just say I thought I was about done shittin when I had to all over again all of a sudden because this video came on. DAMN!!!
I love the beginning part when you go into the mine and have that sign that comes down when you pull on it. Mr Duck is outside and you have a plastic snake following you in. =)
What you call dust devils, we call Willie Willies in Australia....they are quite frequent here in summer. Not as big as a tornado, but can rip your clothes straight off your clothes line in a fraction of a second LOL. Awesome video Gly!!!
Enjoyed your video. While I was in the Navy I was stationed out in the Mojave. Some of the guys were exploring the edges of the base and they found a "large" stash of dynamite in an old shaft. From where my house was on base, we could see the explosion when EOD went out and detonated it. We were close to a mile from the the mountainside, when it went off, it looked like it nearly took the whole side of the mountain off. We could feel the shock wave from the blast, as well. The sound was loader than some of the ordnance that was tested at the range, they tested an early version of a MOAB, as well as many large missile systems out there with war heads up to 2,000 pounds TNT equivalent. There were several times ordnance from WW II was found and had to be dealt with in the surrounding desert. It was a fun and interesting 18 month tour. - - - Be Safe. //es//A 70y/o Avid Outdoors Lady.
“Gly”: Last winter when I was making Episode 4 I was about 60 miles from where you described and I could hear the explosions and feel the concussion in my ears. They were sure playing with some pretty big toys out there that day.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Witnessed them take the top off of a small peak in the impact range, the device must have removed up to 50 feet of the top, this was in the mid 1970's. While there, a guy cut across the impact range, closed air space, during a weapons test. He was flying a twin engine aircraft, running with a 'hot' engine and the missile locked onto his plane instead of the drone, an old F4F fighter. I think the wreckage is still out there. You will always find some fool who thinks he can ignore things like closed airspace. NWC China Lake and Randsburg Wash is the largest Navy base on the west coast, close to three million acres under the wire, mostly impact ranges. When I was there you needed a security clearance, especially with the job I had, I was part of the ambulance crews, we had to enter some areas that required Secret or better to access them. Would you believe they even developed and tested torpedoes out there? Be Safe In Your Explorations.
When my friend and I were around 10 or 11 we found an abandoned mine and walked in maybe 50 ft. We had no clue about anything. The blasting caps were still there , we pulled several out and we put them in our pockets and walked home to show our parents what we found. Wow !!!!
Great video, and as far as the Dynamite goes be super super careful around that stuff, in my earlier years i've been in a couple mines and seen Dynamite, that old stuff "as you know" you can make just a small vibration and it'll detonate, should call an ordinance expert and have them come out and neutralize the UXO "un exploded Ordinance" i know you know how dangerous it is but i can't stress enough how easily old unstable Nitroglycerin is to detonate without even directly messing with it, great video, please be super careful, that stuff is scary, esp if you see it and it's wet and has a kind of sheen to it, slowly walk away, don't talk, breathe, make any disturbances in the ground, great video, please please be careful.
Those explosives look newer than the other mining traces. They have plastic wrap and they haven't dried out like hundred year old ones would. They essentially turn into clay sticks in time. Also looked a lot for the relatively confined mine, unless the low level was far larger than it appeared. Very curious... And you did well to avoid trying to open the wrapping!
A couple more very important points regarding found dynamite. Older dynamite can be so unstable just sound and vibration can set it off! The "100 year-old rule", dynamite over a hundred years old will not detonate, this is untrue. Although it may be less likely to explode when it's been in a mine this long it can still be unstable and explosive!
And exactly where did your Engineering degree and explosive certification? I didn't think you had either because your comments are absurd. 50 years ago I used to watch miners toss around all dynamite like a football and beat it with steel tampers with sledgehammers. And yes I've earned 3 injuring degrees and hold explosive certifications from many organisations. You are quoting from movies and not from legitimate experts. I experienced similar situations while doing research for the defence industry where they would tell the military technicians that something was extremely dangerous to scare the crap out of home and keep them from breaking expensive items. I can't tell you how many times I freaked out technicians in the military when I would handle things the dead been told were going to blow up easily. Of course they did not know that the devices that had a large amount of legitimate high explosives (PETN, HNS, etc.) contained in it but had survived thousands of G shock. But I think that we need to be careful with ridiculous claims that he was in any real danger for he was not. Again my experience with dynamite included NTS, which is an extremely hot place and the dynamite was always sweating. My expertise included safety analysis and was far beyond the requirements for a technician. Wow I deeply respect technicians they do not have the chemistry, engineering, nor risk analysis knowledge to properly understand the realities of risk.
@@vatodad will agree. Even all of the military explosives from Ww1 and Ww2 are still amazingly stable. The real original Dynamite that i would be afraid of would be pre 1900. Or pure nitroglycerin in those glasbottles..... A 80 year old german cardboard 200gram charge of PETN from WW2 i would beat with a hammer day in and out......
second time i ve watched this film its nice to see how your film making has evolved in the last 12 months , but still keeping the basic s of fun with not taking yourself to serious ,,
Paul Carpenter - Small World ! Looked up Lower Boddington on Google Earth ; Nice , small quaint Farming Community . I too live in a Farming Community (in Southern Nevada, USA) ; Brother-in-Law is from outskirts of London ; and my Ancestors are from Northern Dartmoor, Devon area . -- < Doc > .
@@paulcarpenter2800 - Thank You ! - The two areas of the World that I've always wanted to visit are the UK & British Isles , and Australia . Unfortunately , when I have the time I don't have the money , and when I have the money I don't have the time . . . . the story of my life , lol . Now , at 73 years of age I don't see any of that happening anytime soon . :>( . Best to you ! -- < Doc , Miner for over 50 years > .
Fascinating film. Thank you. One small plea. If you know what the mines were being worked for , it would always be really good to say please - eg lead, zinc, tine gold, silver etc. Thanks and keep safe!
What a great video! It's amazing that the dynamite is still there. It looks like some rocks have fallen on it. However it being wrapped in plastic is an indicator that it might not be all that old. Still... It should be detonated so someone not as savvy about such stuff doesn't kill themselves with it. I'd set a modern charge close to it with a 30 min timer and exit the mine. Two cases like that will most likely seal that section on the mine. Better safe than sorry! Stay safe and keep up the really great videos. The thing I most enjoy about your work is that you take time to discuss the rock formations and how the miners followed the ore!
Stanley Strycharz “Gly”: My best guess is that dynamite was from the 80’s or 90’s. The world was a different place before 9/11 and regulations on explosives were quite different too. However, who leaves two cases in a mine and just walks away? It really was kind of surprising to find something like that especially being so modern.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Yes the US is a much different place now. It the old days you could buy explosives like those at the hardware store for removing stumps and rocks. Now we have a nanny state that has to keep us all safe from ourselves. Ugh! It's sad too because I remember a free United States. Now everything is laws and experts and officials. I love what you say about the "Do not enter" signs. LOL I feel the same. XD
Neat find in that last mine. Too bad you couldnt take home some dynamite as a souvenir. The colors in that mine were pretty. Lots of sulphur. Thanks for taking us along again a beautiful day of mine exploring. C ya next week, Gly.
Kim Kuerbis “Gly”: Thanks! Well...ahh...old dynamite isn’t really something you should carry around in your back pocket. Lol. All of my explosives safety I learned from watching Road Runner cartoons. Lol
Kim - Nitro Dynamite is NOT something that you 'Play' with , or 'Take Home As A Souvenir' , it's extremely dangerous . READ and PAY ATTENTION to the Comments between Gly and Myself , both of us are Trained and Certified in the use and handling of High Explosives and have been for many many years . < Doc > .
It was a joke guys, I have seen dynamite in a mine once, did an about face and left the mine. Used to see that stuff all over the mines in park city, utah.
Kim Kuerbis “Gly”: Wyoming and Montana was the same back in the 80’s. These days all those awesome mines have either been gated or blasted shut by the BLM. Since Park City is so close to population centers I’ll bet all of those are sealed up now too.
Makes me think you're out near the military sites out 395 somewhere in CA. Its cool that you give a summary of the types of rock out there in the mines. Limonite branching...
That cabin was pretty big and in not too bad shape. A fixer upper. Cool mines. The fossils and vug were new to me. As always, new stuff to learn about. I appreciate your respect for other people's property. Too many today do not have that. That mine with the dynamite was cool. Huge stopes! That dynamite was pretty scary then I think ofsome amature wandering in there and messing with it. Like you said, a big mistake! Thanks again.
I worked for Kiser steel eagle mtn mine in the 70's to 80. In the west pit we had a old mine shaft on the south hill of the west pit with high sulfer content iron ore the rumor has it that we would pull out about two million $'s in gold a yr. out old mine, the pit dug right into that old mine. I worked mostly graveyard shift. But when I did work days I was surprised not about the mine but how often a f-14fighter jets would low level buzz thru the mine and a few Chinooks. We could see 29plams marines base from west and central pit real clear in central pit. We had a blast one day, I was stucked on a wast dump, couldn't move until after the blast, and had the ok to go back to work. I was standing outside of my haul truck 150ton, when this big chunk of pirite landed about 4ft away from me, maybe 3lbs, of course I took it home. If you go desert center exit on I 10 turn south go down the dirt road you will find a old mine. I was told that was a old silver mine. I never went all the way into that mine maybe 100' . Now one more story from that time. One of my co-workers would go out on the weekend and work an old gold mine called "the old woman's mine". One Monday we were talking about his weekend at the mine. He told me he found a ironmetorite, I asked if I could see it think he had it with him. Then he side that it is big. He was very excited about but didn't know what to do. I told him that maybe he souls call the Smithsonian insutot. He did. He wanted to sell it to them. He went out there the next weekend to work the mine, while he was there a couple of helicopters full of marines land and some feds. He confronted telling them that it was his, only to be healed off at gun point and was told that it was not his. They did their thing and loaded it up and took it away. And now it's in the Smithsonian museum. It's call the the old woman's mine metorit weighing in at 3tons. Well there you go. To me it was a big mistake for me to tell him to call them, he never got any compensation for it. Not even the namesake for finding it.
By "taken care of" when refering to the dynamite, im assuming it was detonated in a safe place or the area of the mine that had it was blocked off. While i understand that there are other meathods of caring for them, they all seem too risky for the space given, so the only thing that seems reasonable is either setting it off with some sort of drone, or just blocking it up to keep future explorers safe. Thoughts?
My guess would be authorities would either just blow the entrance sealing it in or lay some charges near the unstable dynamite to still be safe but close enough the shock would blow the dynamite and remote detonate from a safe distance.
It isn’t dynamite from the NG days, it was reworked in the 80s so that’s modern dynamite, meaning it’s safe. It’s likely to be removed and took to a detonation site and let off. You go setting that much off in that mine and it could collapse the whole damn area.
I haven't read all the comments so I don't know if anyone has already pointed this out, but dynamite is not TNT. Dynamite is nitroglycerin (trinitroglycerin, glyceryl trinitrate) which is a liquid explosive, absorbed into some kind of inert earth to stablise it. When it sweats, the sweat is liquid nitroglycerin which is very unstable. TNT (trinitrotoluene) is a different substance, a crystalline solid explosive which is inherently more stable. Anyway, minor pickiness aside, thanks for the great channel - subscribed!
Just curious, did you report the finding of the dynamite (in my mind, so that it is removed and nobody crazy enough to touch it ends up in the form of red vapor...) ?
Enjoyed this video, specifically the last section, with the ballroom. Really kool. @43:30 I found myself bending my neck to see in the hole. Shows I really got into it. I enjoy the geology lesson, when you tell us what the ore vein is. Thanks again.
It make much more sence on what the miners were doing !!now that I know they were looking for a ground slip ,so they could find the vein ,,on that last ballroom section ,those few short adits they were looking for the slip ?? how long do you think it would have taken to get to it and then dig out the ballroom ??
“Gly”: On average miners could blast in a haulage adit 10 feet per day depending on the rock type. Large ball rooms can take weeks to excavate ore and waste rock.
Funny seeing where he had a wood stove in his cabin, he must of had to import his firewood because, I know Joshua tree's don't burn long. 👍 great video.
Thanks Gly for the video. The videos do show up better on the lower light settings of your flashlight. The brighter light settings of your light sources cause an an-natural brightness that gets tiring. IMHO!
mike nelson “Gly”: Before retiring my career was in the explosives industry for 20 years. That half second of hesitation was my training kicking in I suppose.
mike nelson “Gly”: The only way to disarm of something like this is to lay a half a block of C4 next to it and detonate it in place. The good thing is this mine is incredibly remote, hard to find and not anywhere near any public trails. These types of dangers are found in many mines throughout the west and if your not trained it’s best just to Stay out and Stay Alive. So, for anyone else that may be reading this the dangers in these places are very real.
Nitro glycerin is very unstable but for regular dynomite is basically like a shot gun shell it has to be detonated before it will explode on you that's why you have to have the blasting caps to make it explode in there to me just plain dynamite is harmless unless you have the blasting caps with it or next to it too that's what I've always heard about it here okay I might've heard wrong but that's what I've been told here too
James Burke “Gly”: Your right, it takes a blasting cap to set off normal dynamite but if the nitroglycerin is sweating off of old dynamite it can very easily be detonated. Especially when that small nitro detonation propagates through the rest of the sweating nitro in the case. It’s always best if you just don’t handle it because there’s no reset button if it explodes.
When you seen those pepsi cans , you could have checked the expiration date and counted back 2 yrs ,That could have given you an approximated time when the miner last was there . Most foods have date codes on the packages . Your brave to go out in confined spaces alone , im glad to see you wear a meter to check O2 levels . I wonder how any rattlers you have encountered in the mines . I also like you check things out and leave it how you found it when you leave . You also could carry a small O2 breather supply like what divers have called ( Spare Air) Its 3 mins of oxygen in you got into a pinch !
“Gly”: This Mine was being reworked in the late 80’s. When encountering bad air I simply retreat from the mine. I can’t think of a situation where I would need reserve air because I never venture further than the environment allows.
"gly", the newspaper on the wall, reminds me of little house on the prairie, i think Charles ingalls was left confederate bonds or money and they used it to wallpaper a tree house, if I remember rightly!
Hi! I enjoy watching your videos as I've never saw the inside of a mine before. What I don't understand is in some areas you see sections that are held up by wooden beams. It would just seem to me that wood could not hold up rock. I know I'd be pretty nervous walking in areas held up by wood. Is it safe?
“Gly”: Wooden “stulls” and cribbing can hold up allot of weight in areas of the mine where the rock is unstable. However, over time the wood dry rots and becomes brittle which can lead to a sudden collapse if disturbed.
“Gly”: Generally, the authority’s won’t do anything about unexploded dynamite deep in abandoned mines but because what I found here was so close to the portal I alerted the proper people and it was dealt with.
When you visit these abandoned mines, do you have an agreement with some friends or family, if you do not contact them within that time, they will call for help?
Do you know why they used news paper as wallpaper? Its thicker paper and the ink can help hold out cold. Homeless people line their coats cause it absorbs heat nicely. On cold nights it helped keep the cabin warm.
'Gly' - @ 45:50 - "Alright, I'll take you folks with me on the way back out of here." - As if we had a choice, lol . I don't think that you would have left your camera (and Us) back down in that hole . - You got real lucky with that Dynamite, especially when you said that you could see it "sweaty and crystalline" . The sweat is liquid Nitroglycerine and the crystals are crystallized Nitroglycerine which is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS , as those extremely fragile crystals can be broken just by the movement of the Air around them . All it takes is for ONE crystal to break and the entire mass DETONATES ! - - - Also, @ 51:15 , Dynamite (Nitroglycerine absorbed in Diatomaceous Earth along with other Stabilizers) is NOT the same as TNT (Trinitrotoluene) . Two entirely different Explosives , I know, i have worked with both of them, in the Mining Industry and in the Munitions Industry . < Doc > .
001DesertRat “Gly”: Well Doc, I know where there’s some dynamite if you ever need some for your mine. We can flip a quarter to decide who goes in and gets it. Lol. Paper, rock, scissors maybe?? Lol.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces - 'Gly' , Rock, Paper, Scissors, and Dynamite . I choose Dynamite because Dynamite ALWAYS wins. LOL ! - The ONLY way to 'handle' that old Dynamite is to detonate it in place . As much as I hate the idea of destroying Antique Mining Equipment , that's the only SAFE way to take care of that situation . < Doc > .
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces - 'Gly' , YEP ! And you don't need to set it near the Dynamite , just place it on the floor of the Drift about 20 feet away and let the concussion break the Nitro crystals and detonate the Dynamite . < Doc > .
001DesertRat “Gly”: Or, put 1Lb sack of nails between the C4 and dynamite. I think that would pretty much guarantee a secondary explosion. What’s the old saying? “There’s very few problems a block of C4 can’t fix”. Lol!
Keith Berry “Gly”: Sometimes there reopened when gold and silver prices go back up but allot of these mines have been mostly cleaned out of all there most valuable ore. I’ve found many mines that still have good ore in them for recreational prospecting but not enough for a commercial operation. Mining is hard work and expensive. If your not turning a profit it’s best just to walk away.
I find it amazing all the myths about "sweating" dynamite. its not going to explode the way people think it will. those crystals you see are NOT nitroglycerin they are sodium nitrate.
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Those corrugated cardbord boxes of dynamite in your video are drenched in leaked nitroglycerine. That's really one sneeze away from blowing up!
Granite isn't worthless, it's used in a bunch of different construction projects.
Always remember to save before poking the ancient explosive.
Lmfao
But booping is so much more fun!
like minecraft.. save before you venture into a pyramid .. TNT Boobietrap
You should have left a business card in the gentleman's claim in case he ever returned. Perhaps he would stopped by your page to give an update down the line.
Nothing says adventure like a good orange welcome sign..lol
The Orange ones mean fun
I’m very familiar with that area. I staked a bunch of claims and did a bunch of grid sampling there in the mid 2000’s. Keep in mind informing the authorities of those explosives will results in that working being blown shut. They don’t risk removal.
Hey love the channel! Just to let you know Dendrite’s aren’t fossils. This is a very common misconception. They are actually mineral solutions that are pushed through fractures of rock. They most commonly consist of a manganese oxide solution that crystallizes between the fractured rock. These crystals form tree like patterns. Hence the name originating from the Greek word dendron, meaning tree.
“Gly”: Yes, and there made out of manganese I learned.
In the early 1900's it was quite common to make general purpose glue from flour and water. Newspapers were likely attached to the walls using this as the glue. Unfortunately, the mice and other rodents liked this glue/newsprint combination and ate it. When I was young in the 1940's, I had a Roy Rogers Western Town map that came in 4 sections and the buildings to place on it were printed on the inside of cereal boxes. I saved the cereal boxes and cut out each building to place on the map, but being printed in 4 sections made using it difficult, so my mom mixed up flour and water and glued my map to a 1/2 sheet of drywall that was stored on edge behind my dresser. The mice ate my map off the drywall quickly and in just a couple of weeks had consumed about 1/3 of it. They ate the glue and took the paper chunks to make their nest in a drawer of the dresser. Good luck finding newspaper on the walls.
The "ballroom" was just breathing!! Mother earth is fantastic!! All the things she gives and the raw beauty left behind!!😍😊💚💚
😂😂 Gly when you reached out to those boxes I was like NOOOOO!!!! Crazy guy, I dont think I would have even put the flashlight on them, let alone talk around them. But....that was to cool to see again. Been a long time since seen them. Sweaty dynamite is not good before lunch..❤ Thanks again for the rise in blood pressure. Like I need it!!!
"Gly": They were beaded up pretty good.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces I have to wonder how many people realize what "sweating and crystalizing" means with regard to Dynamite. I know enough that I was doing the same as Aaron when you were looking at them. For that matter I'd have left the mine very quickly and quietly the moment I saw the state of those boxes. All those boxes need is a wayword mouse, rat, or bat, or crumbling rock, to make the mistake of thinking about making a face at those boxes and that mine will be one big open stope that everyone in 3 states knows about.
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Thank you so much for letting me see this at home. I enjoy every minute. You rock!
You should make a compilation video of all the critters you've encountered in all of your hours of recordings. 👍
Dynamite sweats PURE Nitroglycerin, even the slightest frictional impact or "jolt," or increase in temperature or pressure could cause it to undergo a violent exothermic reaction. (In other words; 💥BOOM!)
Whomever was storing those boxes should have shown up periodically to keep them dry and aerated.
It's definitely a good thing you didn't broadcast the location of the mine shaft, and that you decided against rummaging around in either of those boxes lol Dynamite is essentially Nitroglycerin mixed with an inertial dampener like sand or dirt that renders it inert relative to any shock below that caused by a blasting cap.
But, improper storage will inevitably cause the Nitroglycerin to weep or "sweat" out, where it can pool into highly volatile amounts even to the slightest friction or heat.
Of course, I'm undoubtedly not giving you any information you don't already know lol you're clearly well aware of what you're doing.
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Btw; The dominant geology in the Western hemisphere is Andesitic, that's where the name comes from; the Andes. But, anyway it's fun hearing you call Andesite "Andersite" it's like when my mom call Washington "Warshington."
I thought I was loosing my mind when he was saying Andersite! We never learned about that one in petrology :p
I fully agree!
Most crystals precipitating out of modern dynamites are glycol based antifreezes.
The days of ng. Crystalizing on powder are long passed by more than 50 years
@@drewpackman2929 TRUE!! BUT!! Go to CHILE ! They still use those red sticks you call old by50 and older! in the making of mines! In explosives nothing is old you must stay on top of the old and the new IF! you want to be good at what we all do!
The original Nobel dynamite was mixed with powdered shells or clay.
In 1885 ammonium dynamite was invented, much more stable, and used Ammonium Nitrate.
It could be either, but when it comes to explosives it is ALWAYS better to be safe than sorry.
We found a case of sweaty dynamite in Concorde mine in Cornwall in the late 1980s. The mine shut in 1977. We backtracked very carefully away from it. All under water now since Wheel Jane shut down its pumps so I guess its safe now!
new viewer I used to live in Carson City late 60's 70's we used to go looking for ghost towns some how we never thought about mines we missed a chance to grab some artefact's ,,I live in England now so not much chance of visiting the Nevada desert any time soon,, so far what I like about u and ur channel You have kinda explained what the miners were actually doing and where they were finding the gold and silver The hanging wall and fault lie for instance
“Gly”: I’m happy you’re enjoying the channel and thank you for subscribing! My newer videos such as episode 52 for example contain more explanations of geology, mining methods and what the miners were going after. And, I think you will enjoy the quality and production of my newer videos.
Finding dynamite reminds me of an incident back in about 1981 at the Black Rock area outside Delta UT. I had taken along the bank's branch manager's young brother on a repossession trip to try locating a delinquent customer's vehicle. We were out of Provo UT and heard the vehicle was at this mining area. The mining area was 120 miles away. We found the area but no one and no vehicle was there. We did find a number of mines, one of which had a box or two of tnt. They were relatively fresh and I knew enough not to touch them. The other guy, whatever he was thinking, grabbed 2 sticks. We spent maybe 45 minutes here, and he tried to convince me that he was going to take this tnt with us back to Provo. I told him he could keep the dynamite but that he was going to walk back to Provo. He left the dynamite in the mine.
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“Gly”: The world certainly was a different place before 9/11. Rules, regulations, security and storage requirements all changed after that day. Today the threat of loosing ones license due to theft / loss of explosives is so high that a situation like that would be almost unheard of anymore. 20 years in the explosives industry and I’ve seen both sides of the coin.
reminds me of rhe tv show lost
If I didn't want someone drinking my hooch i'd totally scrawl 'fuel oil' on the bottle, you got played
“Gly”: Hmmm.... that’s very possible.
I would write Whiskey on a bottle next to my Whiskey and pee in it. No one is going to test the 2nd bottle.
@@dougclark9921 that's absolutely disgusting and rude as hell.
@@vincenthiggins6091 but I would still have my Whiskey?
@@vincenthiggins6091 it's rude to steal a man's whiskey
Enjoyed this video. I like the way you explain things. Especially the dynamite. I've always wandered about it being more dangerous when aging.
The ass scratch gets me every time lol
I would love to go on a few explorations with you and learn all about doing this. These explorations look like they are sooooo relaxing and enjoyable.
Love when your videos come out every weekend, gotten a couple of my friends to watch as well.
I really appreciate you not showing where these places are to avoid vandals ruining it.
Your Dad jokes have you officially dubbed as my "UA-cam Dad" by the way lol
Ebony Gammon
“Gly”: I’m really happy that you enjoy exploring these places with me each weekend. For me all of these places are like real life time capsules that you can walk into and explore and because of that they need to be protected. I will admit, I do have a silly side. I get it from my mother. Lol
Good advice at the end! Let me reinforce it with the following (late) comment in the hope it might help to persuade others. Many years ago a friend of mine removed a stick of dynamite from a mine over here in Cornwall, UK. He took it back to his workshop and put it in a cupboard with his welding rods to 'dry out'. It began to sweat and he had to call the emergency services. In the end the army explosive ordnance guys came and took it away, and presumably detonated it somewhere safe. Needless to say they weren't too happy with him. He was lucky I guess, despite his stupidity. Gly is correct, try this and you probably won't get lucky. If you see explosives, creep past and LEAVE THEM ALONE!
Wow so your friend might have been treated by Dr Martin Ellingham, but he got lucky. 🤣
If it looks wet or sparkly, hold your breath and tiptoe away !!! With two cases, you would be a red mist coating any nearby rock. Brrrrrr Good place not to have noisy gas - no beans allowed.
Loyal Kuhn
“Gly”: And that’s exactly how it looked. All the sticks were sweating and crystalline. Good thing that mine didn’t have any barking spiders. Lol
that was scary... when i heard "sweaty" and "crystalline" i was literally holding my breath in front of the screen :D
the sticks themselves are inert if the nitro is coating the outside. one or two on the ground is fine, they won't do anything by that point. but a case keeps it in more. after about 50 years, one stick in completely safe to handle. but DO NOT handle a case if it is all colored like it was. the smart thing to have done when finding those cases would have been to turn around and walk out. after the date of 1956 (or from what i saw on the box) those sticks are way too unstable. like loyal and you said, see it, leave it. i was hoping you would turn around and walk out.
be safe and don't risk your life for our entertainment
Is I true that just your voice is able to set dynamite of?
@@Spencer067 depends on the surroundings. but usually no
Hi there, Love the video again. What a great surprise! Can't wait for more...
Amazing place. Thanks for the best by far, UKs car mine tour. Stay safe fellas💥 we used dynamite back when I was 7 till it became illegal except for farmers with water on their land. It was used for removing beaver dams. Anyway I remember my dad would tell us kids, ho to the house while I pack a half a stick and then I'll yell for you. So he'd set and make stick after stick and place in a wood crate. An we knew not to mess with it. But it's when it became damp was when it was dangerous as all get out. It's how we dug huge holes in the ground to toss our garbage in and burn it off each week. Once the holes were almost full, my brothers would fill it in and dad would blow another hole near it. So I'm not sure other than the items on the table that were white, possibly was dynamite material but the greenish ones looked like copper piping that moisture tarnished. Either way, when in doubt, dont mess with shite in a mine of any sort lol The one in the ceiling was a plug. Whether or not it had anything inside I dont know. But if they were smart they removed the explosives. Here we literally fill in all the old areas so people dont an cant do what y'all do lol
Another great Saturday morning episode GLY. Yup, don’t touch the dynamite if you wanna continue to exploring abandoned mines. Not sure if GLY or anyone else caught it, Just after GLY was mentioning the pack rats nest @50:52 Mr. Packrat was on the shelf and disappeared into the small hole in the corner as GLY was making his way thru the doorway. Just thought I mention it. 😎✌🏻
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“Gly”: Your right! I didn’t even see that packrat during editing!
Yes he was. I seen him move rapidly also. Neat look at his nest though.
this is a lot of fun... Am from AZ and spent a lot of time in the Bisbee area as well as Tucson :) The rest of my younger years were in the Superstitions.. Now... about that lost Dutchman .. :) is a shame you can not convey what the heat feels like during the summer roaming the hills.. haha
Nice to see that the living quarters are well ventilated.
@1:04 👏😌 well done boss Man. Well done
I have yet to find any *ahem* "leftovers". Just seeing you reach towards them gave me the willies.
Jonny O'Higgins
“Gly”: My guardian angel pulled my hand back ;)
The beginning sounds of this video F'd me up.
When you leave the TV on UA-cam auto-playing with the surround sound up a bit and you go to the bathroom.
Let's just say I thought I was about done shittin when I had to all over again all of a sudden because this video came on.
DAMN!!!
I love the beginning part when you go into the mine and have that sign that comes down when you pull on it. Mr Duck is outside and you have a plastic snake following you in. =)
I’m glad you do your videos the way you do! Stay safe.
I feel awkward, how do I say this?
It's nice to see you exploring the cabin now that your out of your mine. Lol
What you call dust devils, we call Willie Willies in Australia....they are quite frequent here in summer. Not as big as a tornado, but can rip your clothes straight off your clothes line in a fraction of a second LOL. Awesome video Gly!!!
Enjoyed your video. While I was in the Navy I was stationed out in the Mojave. Some of the guys were exploring the edges of the base and they found a "large" stash of dynamite in an old shaft. From where my house was on base, we could see the explosion when EOD went out and detonated it. We were close to a mile from the the mountainside, when it went off, it looked like it nearly took the whole side of the mountain off. We could feel the shock wave from the blast, as well. The sound was loader than some of the ordnance that was tested at the range, they tested an early version of a MOAB, as well as many large missile systems out there with war heads up to 2,000 pounds TNT equivalent. There were several times ordnance from WW II was found and had to be dealt with in the surrounding desert. It was a fun and interesting 18 month tour. - - - Be Safe. //es//A 70y/o Avid Outdoors Lady.
“Gly”: Last winter when I was making Episode 4 I was about 60 miles from where you described and I could hear the explosions and feel the concussion in my ears. They were sure playing with some pretty big toys out there that day.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Witnessed them take the top off of a small peak in the impact range, the device must have removed up to 50 feet of the top, this was in the mid 1970's.
While there, a guy cut across the impact range, closed air space, during a weapons test. He was flying a twin engine aircraft, running with a 'hot' engine and the missile locked onto his plane instead of the drone, an old F4F fighter. I think the wreckage is still out there. You will always find some fool who thinks he can ignore things like closed airspace.
NWC China Lake and Randsburg Wash is the largest Navy base on the west coast, close to three million acres under the wire, mostly impact ranges. When I was there you needed a security clearance, especially with the job I had, I was part of the ambulance crews, we had to enter some areas that required Secret or better to access them. Would you believe they even developed and tested torpedoes out there?
Be Safe In Your Explorations.
When my friend and I were around 10 or 11 we found an abandoned mine and walked in maybe 50 ft. We had no clue about anything. The blasting caps were still there , we pulled several out and we put them in our pockets and walked home to show our parents what we found. Wow !!!!
“Gly”: Yikes! Those old mercury fulminate caps could have ruined your day. I’m glad nothing happened.
Thanks . Lol Thank you for your videos also. Be well my friend.
Could have had an explosive vasectomy !!
Enjoyed exploring with you.
Some pretty color in that last mine another fine video!! 👍
Great video, and as far as the Dynamite goes be super super careful around that stuff, in my earlier years i've been in a couple mines and seen Dynamite, that old stuff "as you know" you can make just a small vibration and it'll detonate, should call an ordinance expert and have them come out and neutralize the UXO "un exploded Ordinance" i know you know how dangerous it is but i can't stress enough how easily old unstable Nitroglycerin is to detonate without even directly messing with it, great video, please be super careful, that stuff is scary, esp if you see it and it's wet and has a kind of sheen to it, slowly walk away, don't talk, breathe, make any disturbances in the ground, great video, please please be careful.
AWWww just kick it out of the way,...............
they say it's good for curing ingrown toe nails !
Got you tube back
Good to be back with you guys thumbs up
Those explosives look newer than the other mining traces. They have plastic wrap and they haven't dried out like hundred year old ones would. They essentially turn into clay sticks in time. Also looked a lot for the relatively confined mine, unless the low level was far larger than it appeared. Very curious... And you did well to avoid trying to open the wrapping!
Man are you brave or just crazy going in that addit! That looked very skecy!
doesn't deem safe going in alone but I like your videos still stay safe
A couple more very important points regarding found dynamite. Older dynamite can be so unstable just sound and vibration can set it off! The "100 year-old rule", dynamite over a hundred years old will not detonate, this is untrue. Although it may be less likely to explode when it's been in a mine this long it can still be unstable and explosive!
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“Gly”: I agree, I don’t believe in the 100 year rule. Especially in desert dry mines where everything is so well preserved.
Two great films based on that premise, "The Wages of Fear" and it's remake, "Sorcerer".
And exactly where did your Engineering degree and explosive certification? I didn't think you had either because your comments are absurd. 50 years ago I used to watch miners toss around all dynamite like a football and beat it with steel tampers with sledgehammers. And yes I've earned 3 injuring degrees and hold explosive certifications from many organisations. You are quoting from movies and not from legitimate experts. I experienced similar situations while doing research for the defence industry where they would tell the military technicians that something was extremely dangerous to scare the crap out of home and keep them from breaking expensive items. I can't tell you how many times I freaked out technicians in the military when I would handle things the dead been told were going to blow up easily. Of course they did not know that the devices that had a large amount of legitimate high explosives (PETN, HNS, etc.) contained in it but had survived thousands of G shock. But I think that we need to be careful with ridiculous claims that he was in any real danger for he was not. Again my experience with dynamite included NTS, which is an extremely hot place and the dynamite was always sweating. My expertise included safety analysis and was far beyond the requirements for a technician. Wow I deeply respect technicians they do not have the chemistry, engineering, nor risk analysis knowledge to properly understand the realities of risk.
@@vatodad will agree. Even all of the military explosives from Ww1 and Ww2 are still amazingly stable. The real original Dynamite that i would be afraid of would be pre 1900. Or pure nitroglycerin in those glasbottles.....
A 80 year old german cardboard 200gram charge of PETN from WW2 i would beat with a hammer day in and out......
Can't imagine going into a mine and accidentally stepping on some dropped/buried dynamite. Amazing videos though!
second time i ve watched this film its nice to see how your film making has evolved in the last 12 months , but still keeping the basic s of fun with not taking yourself to serious ,,
If you go back at look at 49:04 - 49:05 you will see the pack rat on the right side on top of the cross-ties.
I was getting ready to post the same thing. Good eye !!!
Found you on youtube now. Love your videos 👍 keep it up. Norway🇧🇻
Unexploded dynamite never hurt anybody.
Modern unexplored dynamite yes, NG based shit used to kill people constantly. Modern stuff won’t go off without a blasting cap.
@@lonewolftech Unexploded nitroglycerin only hurts people who overdose on it. It's when it explodes that it's a problem.
Gly, in a lot of the mines you explore there are a lot of bats but you never see any ball, those pesky critter👍👷💯
I love that your bump stops are rubber duckies 😂😂
Hi, terrific mine exploration, the best I've seen in a while. Fascinating. Thanks for the film. Best wishes, Paul Carpenter in Lower Boddington UK.
Paul Carpenter
- Small World ! Looked up Lower Boddington on Google Earth ; Nice , small quaint Farming Community . I too live in a Farming Community (in Southern Nevada, USA) ; Brother-in-Law is from outskirts of London ; and my Ancestors are from Northern Dartmoor, Devon area . -- < Doc > .
If you ever fancy a trip you are more than welcome!
@@paulcarpenter2800 - Thank You ! - The two areas of the World that I've always wanted to visit are the UK & British Isles , and Australia . Unfortunately , when I have the time I don't have the money , and when I have the money I don't have the time . . . . the story of my life , lol . Now , at 73 years of age I don't see any of that happening anytime soon . :>( . Best to you ! -- < Doc , Miner for over 50 years > .
I love your intro. 😂😂
I have watched a few of your videos but only hit subscribe when you did the butt scratch. :D
Fascinating film. Thank you. One small plea. If you know what the mines were being worked for , it would always be really good to say please - eg lead, zinc, tine gold, silver etc. Thanks and keep safe!
31:20 you need an RC car with a gopro! One that warns you before you get out of range
What a great video! It's amazing that the dynamite is still there. It looks like some rocks have fallen on it. However it being wrapped in plastic is an indicator that it might not be all that old. Still... It should be detonated so someone not as savvy about such stuff doesn't kill themselves with it. I'd set a modern charge close to it with a 30 min timer and exit the mine. Two cases like that will most likely seal that section on the mine. Better safe than sorry! Stay safe and keep up the really great videos. The thing I most enjoy about your work is that you take time to discuss the rock formations and how the miners followed the ore!
Stanley Strycharz
“Gly”: My best guess is that dynamite was from the 80’s or 90’s. The world was a different place before 9/11 and regulations on explosives were quite different too. However, who leaves two cases in a mine and just walks away? It really was kind of surprising to find something like that especially being so modern.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces Yes the US is a much different place now. It the old days you could buy explosives like those at the hardware store for removing stumps and rocks. Now we have a nanny state that has to keep us all safe from ourselves. Ugh! It's sad too because I remember a free United States. Now everything is laws and experts and officials. I love what you say about the "Do not enter" signs. LOL I feel the same. XD
My laptop drive has decided its had enough of me so using my old phone the trips been awesome. Thank you for for your adventure.
Neat find in that last mine. Too bad you couldnt take home some dynamite as a souvenir. The colors in that mine were pretty. Lots of sulphur. Thanks for taking us along again a beautiful day of mine exploring. C ya next week, Gly.
Kim Kuerbis
“Gly”: Thanks! Well...ahh...old dynamite isn’t really something you should carry around in your back pocket. Lol. All of my explosives safety I learned from watching Road Runner cartoons. Lol
Kim - Nitro Dynamite is NOT something that you 'Play' with , or 'Take Home As A Souvenir' , it's extremely dangerous . READ and PAY ATTENTION to the Comments between Gly and Myself , both of us are Trained and Certified in the use and handling of High Explosives and have been for many many years . < Doc > .
“Gly”: It is serious stuff Kim but Doc and I like to joke around. We’ve been around this stuff for so many years it’s kind of second nature to us.
It was a joke guys, I have seen dynamite in a mine once, did an about face and left the mine. Used to see that stuff all over the mines in park city, utah.
Kim Kuerbis
“Gly”: Wyoming and Montana was the same back in the 80’s. These days all those awesome mines have either been gated or blasted shut by the BLM. Since Park City is so close to population centers I’ll bet all of those are sealed up now too.
Hi. Love it. Have you ever found any one mining in one of these?
Makes me think you're out near the military sites out 395 somewhere in CA. Its cool that you give a summary of the types of rock out there in the mines. Limonite branching...
That cabin was pretty big and in not too bad shape. A fixer upper.
Cool mines. The fossils and vug were new to me. As always, new stuff to learn about.
I appreciate your respect for other people's property. Too many today do not have that.
That mine with the dynamite was cool. Huge stopes! That dynamite was pretty scary then I think ofsome amature wandering in there and messing with it. Like you said, a big mistake! Thanks again.
“Gly”: The dynamite has been properly disposed of.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces
I hoped you might do that 🤐 Someone went there and said it was gone🤣👍
Another great and educational video! Thanks for sharing it!
Thanks Gly, another interesting video 👍
What beautiful blue skies!
I worked for Kiser steel eagle mtn mine in the 70's to 80. In the west pit we had a old mine shaft on the south hill of the west pit with high sulfer content iron ore the rumor has it that we would pull out about two million $'s in gold a yr. out old mine, the pit dug right into that old mine. I worked mostly graveyard shift. But when I did work days I was surprised not about the mine but how often a f-14fighter jets would low level buzz thru the mine and a few Chinooks. We could see 29plams marines base from west and central pit real clear in central pit. We had a blast one day, I was stucked on a wast dump, couldn't move until after the blast, and had the ok to go back to work. I was standing outside of my haul truck 150ton, when this big chunk of pirite landed about 4ft away from me, maybe 3lbs, of course I took it home. If you go desert center exit on I 10 turn south go down the dirt road you will find a old mine. I was told that was a old silver mine. I never went all the way into that mine maybe 100' . Now one more story from that time. One of my co-workers would go out on the weekend and work an old gold mine called "the old woman's mine". One Monday we were talking about his weekend at the mine. He told me he found a ironmetorite, I asked if I could see it think he had it with him. Then he side that it is big. He was very excited about but didn't know what to do. I told him that maybe he souls call the Smithsonian insutot. He did. He wanted to sell it to them. He went out there the next weekend to work the mine, while he was there a couple of helicopters full of marines land and some feds. He confronted telling them that it was his, only to be healed off at gun point and was told that it was not his. They did their thing and loaded it up and took it away. And now it's in the Smithsonian museum. It's call the the old woman's mine metorit weighing in at 3tons. Well there you go. To me it was a big mistake for me to tell him to call them, he never got any compensation for it. Not even the namesake for finding it.
Nice intro. The coffee mug I wanted was your the one that you scratched the crack.
"Gly": Do you mean you want a screen shot of the intro scene where I scratch my butt before walking into the mine?
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces yup
Hey, I joined your Instagram too. I don't post much but will as my new house is being built. Lockmancer. (I used to be a locksmith)
I find the "unsafe mine" signs humorous. It implies somewhere there are SAFE mines.
By "taken care of" when refering to the dynamite, im assuming it was detonated in a safe place or the area of the mine that had it was blocked off. While i understand that there are other meathods of caring for them, they all seem too risky for the space given, so the only thing that seems reasonable is either setting it off with some sort of drone, or just blocking it up to keep future explorers safe. Thoughts?
My guess would be authorities would either just blow the entrance sealing it in or lay some charges near the unstable dynamite to still be safe but close enough the shock would blow the dynamite and remote detonate from a safe distance.
It isn’t dynamite from the NG days, it was reworked in the 80s so that’s modern dynamite, meaning it’s safe. It’s likely to be removed and took to a detonation site and let off. You go setting that much off in that mine and it could collapse the whole damn area.
20:36 Damn it's been over 20 years since I've seen a claim stake.
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See's 'Dangerous Mine. Stay Out' sign... goes inside anyways 👻
PoM MoM
“Gly”: Hmmmm.... it looked like a “welcome” sign to me. Lol
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces LoL
Of course. If it ain't dangerous what's the point. =)
I haven't read all the comments so I don't know if anyone has already pointed this out, but dynamite is not TNT. Dynamite is nitroglycerin (trinitroglycerin, glyceryl trinitrate) which is a liquid explosive, absorbed into some kind of inert earth to stablise it. When it sweats, the sweat is liquid nitroglycerin which is very unstable. TNT (trinitrotoluene) is a different substance, a crystalline solid explosive which is inherently more stable. Anyway, minor pickiness aside, thanks for the great channel - subscribed!
"Gly": Yes, your right. I realized later that I should have worded that part differently. Thanks for subscribing and I'm happy your enjoying the show!
You must have a lot of faith in “Old Bob” to be out in the boondocks all by yourself. The desert is so beautiful but unforgiving.
400hp 6speed engine. Things a beast
😂 agreed I’ve seen to many keeps fail leaving people stranded in the mountains. I wouldn’t trust it at all
@@Pwnners 😂 means it’s more likely to fail
Just curious, did you report the finding of the dynamite (in my mind, so that it is removed and nobody crazy enough to touch it ends up in the form of red vapor...) ?
“Gly”: It’s all been taken care of and that’s all I can really say here in the comments section.
Generally they will just blast the mine shut and not deal with the risk
@@budgreen4x4 yea because that renders it safe 😂. It’s modern anyways so it’s safe
Thats good stuff black powder. Just dont smoke
Enjoyed this video, specifically the last section, with the ballroom. Really kool. @43:30 I found myself bending my neck to see in the hole. Shows I really got into it. I enjoy the geology lesson, when you tell us what the ore vein is. Thanks again.
Miners are cool, just like your channel 👍☑
“Gly”: Thanks!
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces you're welcome...
JASON CHRISTIAN
-- Thank You ! -- < Doc , Retired , Miner for over 50 years > .
@@001desertrat3 wow, nice and you're welcome
Thank you very much for another fine video . Regards from Ody Slim
It make much more sence on what the miners were doing !!now that I know they were looking for a ground slip ,so they could find the vein ,,on that last ballroom section ,those few short adits they were looking for the slip ?? how long do you think it would have taken to get to it and then dig out the ballroom ??
“Gly”: On average miners could blast in a haulage adit 10 feet per day depending on the rock type. Large ball rooms can take weeks to excavate ore and waste rock.
Funny seeing where he had a wood stove in his cabin, he must of had to import his firewood because, I know Joshua tree's don't burn long. 👍 great video.
BB 46
“Gly”: Lol. That’s very true.
Ive been in that exact mine and using a long stick i carefully tore open the front box and back one, They Are Empty!!!
Why you looking at my junk? Classic! I bet not many noticed it. 😂😂
“Gly”: Not too many have, but it sure is fun when I take him in for a oil change. Lol
Thanks Gly for the video. The videos do show up better on the lower light settings of your flashlight. The brighter light settings of your light sources cause an an-natural brightness that gets tiring. IMHO!
When you reached out to lift the top of the box I was thinking NNNNOOOOOOOOOO!
mike nelson
“Gly”: Before retiring my career was in the explosives industry for 20 years. That half second of hesitation was my training kicking in I suppose.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces I fear some body going in there and touching that box....any way to disarm it?...just wondering.
mike nelson
“Gly”: The only way to disarm of something like this is to lay a half a block of C4 next to it and detonate it in place. The good thing is this mine is incredibly remote, hard to find and not anywhere near any public trails. These types of dangers are found in many mines throughout the west and if your not trained it’s best just to Stay out and Stay Alive. So, for anyone else that may be reading this the dangers in these places are very real.
Nitro glycerin is very unstable but for regular dynomite is basically like a shot gun shell it has to be detonated before it will explode on you that's why you have to have the blasting caps to make it explode in there to me just plain dynamite is harmless unless you have the blasting caps with it or next to it too that's what I've always heard about it here okay I might've heard wrong but that's what I've been told here too
James Burke
“Gly”: Your right, it takes a blasting cap to set off normal dynamite but if the nitroglycerin is sweating off of old dynamite it can very easily be detonated. Especially when that small nitro detonation propagates through the rest of the sweating nitro in the case. It’s always best if you just don’t handle it because there’s no reset button if it explodes.
Awesome video thank you so much
When you seen those pepsi cans , you could have checked the expiration date and counted back 2 yrs ,That could have given you an approximated time when the miner last was there . Most foods have date codes on the packages . Your brave to go out in confined spaces alone , im glad to see you wear a meter to check O2 levels . I wonder how any rattlers you have encountered in the mines . I also like you check things out and leave it how you found it when you leave . You also could carry a small O2 breather supply like what divers have called ( Spare Air) Its 3 mins of oxygen in you got into a pinch !
“Gly”: This Mine was being reworked in the late 80’s. When encountering bad air I simply retreat from the mine. I can’t think of a situation where I would need reserve air because I never venture further than the environment allows.
I had to look up when the newspapers were 15 cents. The date I first saw was 1896
You missed a meeting with Mr. Packrat right at about 49:00 lol
Thanks for sharing your experience with us
"gly", the newspaper on the wall, reminds me of little house on the prairie, i think Charles ingalls was left confederate bonds or money and they used it to wallpaper a tree house, if I remember rightly!
... do I hear the Minecraft "bat" sound effects in the background starting at 14:01?
“Gly”: Nope, no sound effects in this episode.
Hi! I enjoy watching your videos as I've never saw the inside of a mine before. What I don't understand is in some areas you see sections that are held up by wooden beams. It would just seem to me that wood could not hold up rock. I know I'd be pretty nervous walking in areas held up by wood. Is it safe?
“Gly”: Wooden “stulls” and cribbing can hold up allot of weight in areas of the mine where the rock is unstable. However, over time the wood dry rots and becomes brittle which can lead to a sudden collapse if disturbed.
Hey Gly, when you see super unsafe things, like the dynamite, do you report it to anyone?
“Gly”: Generally, the authority’s won’t do anything about unexploded dynamite deep in abandoned mines but because what I found here was so close to the portal I alerted the proper people and it was dealt with.
Abandoned and Forgotten Places it would have been neat to see the removal and detonation of that much dynamite.
When you visit these abandoned mines, do you have an agreement with some friends or family, if you do not contact them within that time, they will call for help?
“Gly”: Yes, I have a very good safety, location and recovery plan in place.
Thanks for sharing
Do you know why they used news paper as wallpaper? Its thicker paper and the ink can help hold out cold. Homeless people line their coats cause it absorbs heat nicely. On cold nights it helped keep the cabin warm.
The news paper stopped the draft of cold air coming through the cracks and voids in the walls.
Old dynamite like that you could sneeze on it and it could explode
what do all the orange paint marks mean. they look pretty recent. and what does gly stand for. is that it? just gly or is it short for Gleason??
'Gly' - @ 45:50 - "Alright, I'll take you folks with me on the way back out of here." - As if we had a choice, lol . I don't think that you would have left your camera (and Us) back down in that hole . - You got real lucky with that Dynamite, especially when you said that you could see it "sweaty and crystalline" . The sweat is liquid Nitroglycerine and the crystals are crystallized Nitroglycerine which is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS , as those extremely fragile crystals can be broken just by the movement of the Air around them . All it takes is for ONE crystal to break and the entire mass DETONATES ! - - - Also, @ 51:15 , Dynamite (Nitroglycerine absorbed in Diatomaceous Earth along with other Stabilizers) is NOT the same as TNT (Trinitrotoluene) . Two entirely different Explosives , I know, i have worked with both of them, in the Mining Industry and in the Munitions Industry .
< Doc > .
001DesertRat
“Gly”: Well Doc, I know where there’s some dynamite if you ever need some for your mine. We can flip a quarter to decide who goes in and gets it. Lol. Paper, rock, scissors maybe?? Lol.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces - 'Gly' , Rock, Paper, Scissors, and Dynamite . I choose Dynamite because Dynamite ALWAYS wins. LOL ! - The ONLY way to 'handle' that old Dynamite is to detonate it in place . As much as I hate the idea of destroying Antique Mining Equipment , that's the only SAFE way to take care of that situation . < Doc > .
001DesertRat
“Gly”: I agree! A half a block of C4 ought to do it.
@@AbandonedandForgottenPlaces - 'Gly' , YEP ! And you don't need to set it near the Dynamite , just place it on the floor of the Drift about 20 feet away and let the concussion break the Nitro crystals and detonate the Dynamite . < Doc > .
001DesertRat
“Gly”: Or, put 1Lb sack of nails between the C4 and dynamite. I think that would pretty much guarantee a secondary explosion. What’s the old saying? “There’s very few problems a block of C4 can’t fix”. Lol!
i came across you by chance and its bloody brill .keep em coming just wondering do the mines ever get re opened and how come they just leave
Keith Berry
“Gly”: Sometimes there reopened when gold and silver prices go back up but allot of these mines have been mostly cleaned out of all there most valuable ore. I’ve found many mines that still have good ore in them for recreational prospecting but not enough for a commercial operation. Mining is hard work and expensive. If your not turning a profit it’s best just to walk away.
I find it amazing all the myths about "sweating" dynamite. its not going to explode the way people think it will. those crystals you see are NOT nitroglycerin they are sodium nitrate.