Without glazing too hard, just want to say I appreciate your steady camera work - especially the slow turns - so many folks whip the camera around and I've gotten motion sick from watching other creator's videos, but not yours, even without a camera stabilizer. Also appreciate your edits, I don't need to see you climbing down hundreds of feet of ladder or crawling over a collapse, you always show where you're going and where you've been, so we can understand the layout etc without a bunch of filler time. Different people like different things, but your mine explore videos are my favorite - no false excitement with yelling catch phrases, your low key and wryly humorous narration is really my preference. Thanks for doing what you do, as a former adventure sport guy who had one too many adventures and now walks with a limp & a body full of metal, your explores lets me see stuff I would have before my last "adventure" ended that sort of stuff for me. Looking forward to seeing more of this mine!
The scale, complexity and sheer volume of the wood constructions is mind blowing. Someone really had to transport, measure, cut and place every single piece by hand.
The quintessential "chutes and ladders" mine! Can't wait to see what sort of atifacts you discover at the deeper levels. Pretty awesome that mine sealers have not beaten you to the punch on this one!
Half an hour in and we‘re presented with a gate to a world beyond. Maybe others noticed the missing stabiliser but I just want to repeat my admiration for your dedication and camera work. You record especially calmly and your footage can be watched on a large screen without vertigo setting in. Boxy is good at it too but you really stand! Did the military deposit their equipment and then forfeit it after they had completed their tests? Seismographs do point to substantial energetic events, maybe the mine was in better shape before they gave mother earth a beating? The workmanship in this mine is commendable too. The commodity they mined wasn’t that valuable but an important one nonetheless. They didn’t blast more than the width of their ore carts and the layout appears to be very well thought through too. Standardised size and construction ore chutes are another thing that lead me to believe the company was experienced and capable.
False floors galore. Looking forward to the next part, and thank tou for bring us along to these epic adventures… Nevermind the trek to these locations which is grossly undervalued.
i have watched him descend into some bloody hairy mines …. i think his judgement of what is safe or not is tip top i am never truly worried …. he is a legend 🫡
awesome mine I love fluorspar, one of my favourite crystals the fluorite octohedron comes from fractured massive fluorite. My interest in mines was sparked by visiting fluorspar mines (specifically Blue John) in Derbyshire England as a kid. Looks like a very productive mine in its day....very different geology to gold mines The dots on that door looked like carbide acetylene lamp dots so might uphold the date a bit. Apart from making fluoride, flourite is or was used as a flux I forget the original word but the name comes from the greek for flow so its been used for a very long time. those buckling timbers make my spidey senses itch this mine is dry like the Cerro Gordo mines are, is it a desert mine? looking forward to more on this one Thanks for sharing
Yup, that was the old "Kilroy was here" thing you often find hidden in all kinds of US WWII aircraft and whatnot. Usually put in there by someone on the manufacturing line. Same little drawing of the guy peering over the wall too. Yeah, that wood buckling is a bit pucker inducing. Especially as the wood is still almost like new. Some pretty chonky bits of square stock too. But it's freaky and kind of fascinating too, when you think about it. Or maybe that's just me, I don't know.
Kilroy was actually a weld inspector at a shipyard. That was his signature for signing off parts to proceed to the next step/ finished work was recorded, combined with the fact that with wartime production, sometimes paint was skipped, especially interior means that it ended up in all kinds of weird places you couldn't actually get to to sign it or in orientations that didn't make sense, including in sealed areas like tanks. It's on record as the first example of what we know as a meme today.
12:02 I cannot imagine what it was like rolling an ore car over that unsuspended bridge. You and your friends are some brave people, I wouldn't dare to step foot on that
Hello Justin and thanks for the awesome video. Near 5:45'ish when you were talking about the miners graffiti it almost looked like one of the drawings was like a Celtic knot. I wonder if some of the miners were Irish or Scottish. Many of my mothers family (father, uncles, etc.) were miners in British Columbia.
Looking at those support timbers would me say a little prayer........ very softly lol, interesting mine but a bit ehrn messy. And the darn thing keeps going down wow. A great explore thnx guys.
I have seen seismic monitoring in mine in Colorado… But I must say the ladder construction in that mine was incredible… master ladder makers!! I wish all mine ladders were like that!!! Be safe !!! and Merry Christmas 🎄
Fascinating layout. Much of these workings seem to be a nearly vertical seam with lots of false floored drifts. One day, the whole lot is going to collapse! Can't wait for the next installment...
How do you deal with bad/unbreathable air down there? I hear it's supposedly very common in mines, but i don't remember you ever having shallow breathing or anything like that.
It's very, VERY rare - especially in a dry mine... I've been underground in over a thousand abandoned mines around the world and the worst I have ever encountered is slightly lower oxygen levels, but not enough to do anything more than slightly increase your respiratory rate. As with many things in life, too many people like to hype things up and to be dramatic. Abandoned mines are no exception.
i was thinking some kind of hanging storage unit/shelf like thing. two nails inside for hanging something. fire extinguisher? lunch buckets? maybe attached to a chute? seemed to be alot of bench looking things in there, maybe there was more "down" time or they hung out more in that area?
Theres definitely a vast difference geologically from one side of the drifts to the other. Seems like they were hoping to find another contact zone but found fractured rock. You have to hand it to the ol timers, they kept going when others would consider it too dangerous for the hopes of finding another vein.
Sick mine! Must be pretty damn dry for all that wood to be in such perfect condition. The fact that you smelled perfume in a mine is really strange. Im not much of a believer in paranormal stuff, but maybe some outlaw miner dragged some woman down there and, well... Im sure you can deduce what I'm getting at.
Isnt this just insane!, the amount of physical labor involved with the development of these old mines blow my mind. If it wasn't for these videos, i would never in my life get to see what took place under our feet by our predecessors. It's kind of beautiful . Its an even exchange - men work, the earth gives. I dont know how to label the industry in 2024 but obsolete. All they do now is scrape off the top and blow their way in . Its hideous
I love your videos when i start watching i cant seem to turn away. I have a silly question. Why is there always quartz still left after there done.dont they want to take all of the quartz to make sure theres no gold hiding in there.
That perfume you smelled would be Ore shoot number 5, very popular with miners.
LoLol
L'eau de Honey Pot lost a lot of marketshare.
Without glazing too hard, just want to say I appreciate your steady camera work - especially the slow turns - so many folks whip the camera around and I've gotten motion sick from watching other creator's videos, but not yours, even without a camera stabilizer. Also appreciate your edits, I don't need to see you climbing down hundreds of feet of ladder or crawling over a collapse, you always show where you're going and where you've been, so we can understand the layout etc without a bunch of filler time. Different people like different things, but your mine explore videos are my favorite - no false excitement with yelling catch phrases, your low key and wryly humorous narration is really my preference.
Thanks for doing what you do, as a former adventure sport guy who had one too many adventures and now walks with a limp & a body full of metal, your explores lets me see stuff I would have before my last "adventure" ended that sort of stuff for me.
Looking forward to seeing more of this mine!
Few things make me happier than a long timbered incline in a dry mine. Very cool find.
The scale, complexity and sheer volume of the wood constructions is mind blowing. Someone really had to transport, measure, cut and place every single piece by hand.
One of my favorite people to see an upload from there always awesome 👍🏻
I really appreciate that...
@TVRExploring I mean it your knowledge and video quality are the best in the mine explore community hands down
@@jont8707 Well, I'm very glad that you feel that way. It's great to hear the positivity and support because we do try hard.
The quintessential "chutes and ladders" mine! Can't wait to see what sort of atifacts you discover at the deeper levels. Pretty awesome that mine sealers have not beaten you to the punch on this one!
Excellent!
Looking forward to part 2!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
That's one heck of a start! When you hit the last level I wondered if you went into a different mine. Great stuff!
These videos are like stepping back in time ! So Cool !
Great 50ish mine and explore. Thank you!
Sure like what I've seen already, keep 'em comin. Stay safe guys and a Merry Christmas to all, from Oz.
Half an hour in and we‘re presented with a gate to a world beyond. Maybe others noticed the missing stabiliser but I just want to repeat my admiration for your dedication and camera work. You record especially calmly and your footage can be watched on a large screen without vertigo setting in.
Boxy is good at it too but you really stand!
Did the military deposit their equipment and then forfeit it after they had completed their tests?
Seismographs do point to substantial energetic events, maybe the mine was in better shape before they gave mother earth a beating?
The workmanship in this mine is commendable too. The commodity they mined wasn’t that valuable but an important one nonetheless. They didn’t blast more than the width of their ore carts and the layout appears to be very well thought through too. Standardised size and construction ore chutes are another thing that lead me to believe the company was experienced and capable.
thank you very much for sharing, looking forward to what lays beneath!
False floors galore. Looking forward to the next part, and thank tou for bring us along to these epic adventures… Nevermind the trek to these locations which is grossly undervalued.
You are like a friend to most of us, and we worry sometimes. Can you once in awhile say its safe here atm, or something. Thanks friend 🙏🏻✝️
Well, he posted the video, so it's a fair bet he made it out OK. Just as long as we don't see one of his videos posted by someone else in his memory.
I've only worried about the team a couple of times. And even though I know a video has been posted, it stll gives me the heebee jeebees to watch.
i have watched him descend into some bloody hairy mines …. i think his judgement of what is safe or not is tip top i am never truly worried …. he is a legend 🫡
@@TheMrlister72 They also have an unspoken skill set that is way above what the average mine explorer.
@@olivei2484Yes they Do …. and Justin especially so ☺️
First class job again.👍
Awesome explore. Nice to kick back with a chill buzz and watch you risk life and limb. Be safe and Merry Christmas 🎄👍🏻
dude you gotta film yourself getting over some of these obstacles. did you use a whip to swing over the last gap?
Indiana Jones style!!
Impressive as always. 👍
Thank you 🙏
Danke fur das Hochladen sehr interesant
Another good video !
awesome mine I love fluorspar, one of my favourite crystals the fluorite octohedron comes from fractured massive fluorite. My interest in mines was sparked by visiting fluorspar mines (specifically Blue John) in Derbyshire England as a kid.
Looks like a very productive mine in its day....very different geology to gold mines
The dots on that door looked like carbide acetylene lamp dots so might uphold the date a bit.
Apart from making fluoride, flourite is or was used as a flux I forget the original word but the name comes from the greek for flow so its been used for a very long time.
those buckling timbers make my spidey senses itch
this mine is dry like the Cerro Gordo mines are, is it a desert mine?
looking forward to more on this one
Thanks for sharing
Yup, that was the old "Kilroy was here" thing you often find hidden in all kinds of US WWII aircraft and whatnot. Usually put in there by someone on the manufacturing line. Same little drawing of the guy peering over the wall too.
Yeah, that wood buckling is a bit pucker inducing. Especially as the wood is still almost like new. Some pretty chonky bits of square stock too. But it's freaky and kind of fascinating too, when you think about it. Or maybe that's just me, I don't know.
O tattooed a killroy on a chic above the 🐈 hair patch . 😊 Killroy rocks 🤘
Kilroy was actually a weld inspector at a shipyard. That was his signature for signing off parts to proceed to the next step/ finished work was recorded, combined with the fact that with wartime production, sometimes paint was skipped, especially interior means that it ended up in all kinds of weird places you couldn't actually get to to sign it or in orientations that didn't make sense, including in sealed areas like tanks. It's on record as the first example of what we know as a meme today.
Lovely mine!
12:02 I cannot imagine what it was like rolling an ore car over that unsuspended bridge. You and your friends are some brave people, I wouldn't dare to step foot on that
wow and peace be upon you sir from me
Pretty cool light anomaly at 15:57
I noticed that too...also sounded like a voice at 26:21 right after he says "this is odd"... Or maybe I'm just hearing things.
Hello Justin and thanks for the awesome video. Near 5:45'ish when you were talking about the miners graffiti it almost looked like one of the drawings was like a Celtic knot. I wonder if some of the miners were Irish or Scottish. Many of my mothers family (father, uncles, etc.) were miners in British Columbia.
Looking at those support timbers would me say a little prayer........ very softly lol, interesting mine but a bit ehrn messy. And the darn thing keeps going down wow. A great explore thnx guys.
Lots of wood work in this one. Looks cool
I loved timbering a mine.
Interesting mine for sure! The land of ore chutes. Thanks Justin and Friend.
You’re the better man I could not have walked over some of those false floors. Plus the areas that are going to collapse at anytime.
Awesome so far!
I have seen seismic monitoring in mine in Colorado…
But I must say the ladder construction in that mine was incredible… master ladder makers!! I wish all mine ladders were like that!!!
Be safe !!! and Merry Christmas 🎄
Fascinating layout. Much of these workings seem to be a nearly vertical seam with lots of false floored drifts. One day, the whole lot is going to collapse! Can't wait for the next installment...
Kilroy! I love Kilroy was here
How do you deal with bad/unbreathable air down there? I hear it's supposedly very common in mines, but i don't remember you ever having shallow breathing or anything like that.
It's very, VERY rare - especially in a dry mine... I've been underground in over a thousand abandoned mines around the world and the worst I have ever encountered is slightly lower oxygen levels, but not enough to do anything more than slightly increase your respiratory rate. As with many things in life, too many people like to hype things up and to be dramatic. Abandoned mines are no exception.
Boy, most of that timber looks like it was used in there only yesterday. Must be a very dry environment
14:15 looks like a metal chute laying on the ground right hand side. Probably for transferring from the car to the skip.
Yeah nice!
it must be so dry in there for all that good woodwork
Talk about playing shoots and ladders lol
Epic mine so for.
Is it the Comstock?
So how much do I have to pay you to find out its location truly a bad ass Mine !
Hi, have you ever had a look at the Gilsonite mines of Utah?
20:44 "put a board over that" -- are you sure it's not a closed trap door?
@31:00 tool skip?
i was thinking some kind of hanging storage unit/shelf like thing. two nails inside for hanging something. fire extinguisher? lunch buckets? maybe attached to a chute? seemed to be alot of bench looking things in there, maybe there was more "down" time or they hung out more in that area?
Looks to be just the right size to slide down that winze, though I didn't see any framework for a windlass, maybe they used a hand line.
First your channel rules
Why are the old ore chutes and the manways blocked off? I have always wondered about that.
Probably so rocks don't go tumbling down on the miners.
Theres definitely a vast difference geologically from one side of the drifts to the other. Seems like they were hoping to find another contact zone but found fractured rock. You have to hand it to the ol timers, they kept going when others would consider it too dangerous for the hopes of finding another vein.
Yes, the old timers were persistent and tough, to be sure!
I'll be back!😎
Hopefully you brought enough digital storage! 😮
I've come close to running out before on longer trips, but, fortunately, that hasn't happened yet.
My guess is they put in all the ore shoots on the 100 level before they realized that the stope just continued on down 5-6 or what ever more levels.
Sick mine! Must be pretty damn dry for all that wood to be in such perfect condition. The fact that you smelled perfume in a mine is really strange. Im not much of a believer in paranormal stuff, but maybe some outlaw miner dragged some woman down there and, well... Im sure you can deduce what I'm getting at.
29.34 Would love to put the rock on the rock saw I bet it would be wonderful
Wonder if they added the little cubbies behind the shaft for level toilets end of the haul out the 💩he says next ones good 🧐⏳️
That was some mine,they must of chopped halve a forest down.
fuck yeah
Tell everyone how they made those black dots and writing ✍️
Isnt this just insane!, the amount of physical labor involved with the development of these old mines blow my mind.
If it wasn't for these videos, i would never in my life get to see what took place under our feet by our predecessors. It's kind of beautiful . Its an even exchange - men work, the earth gives.
I dont know how to label the industry in 2024 but obsolete.
All they do now is scrape off the top and blow their way in . Its hideous
Bruh! Be careful, i really enjoy your vids, but not worth paying the ultimate sacrifice for. 🙏
Sizemo’s
@4.40 was that a swastika? Fascist everywhere...
Is there a second part to this coming
There will be three parts in total.
@TVRExploring farken eh bro , thanks . Your channel rocks ,
I love your videos when i start watching i cant seem to turn away. I have a silly question. Why is there always quartz still left after there done.dont they want to take all of the quartz to make sure theres no gold hiding in there.