Terrifying Disaster at the Collar Mine Nevada
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- Опубліковано 20 кві 2024
- Join Geologist Jeff Williams as he explores the Collar mine after a recent collapse and discusses urgent measures needed to save Virginia City's Collar Mine, and how you can help save this piece of history.Collar Mine: chollarminetour.com/ (775) 847-0155 Virginia City off road Experience : virginiacityoffroad.com/ (775) 300-3099
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* CORRECTION * This is the number for the Virginia City off road Experience : (775) 300-3099 ..... Virginia City is the Meca of mining and we love to go there every year to see our favorite town and mines. So much History of Gold and Silver mining where everything was invented for the Comstock Lode .... from square set Timbering to flat hoisting cable, they did it all here first and the Collar mine is one of the original mines of the Comstock Lode that a lot of this happened, but it has been severely damaged by all the snow we got last year. We want you to reach out and help the owner, Andrea, rebuild it before its lost forever. chollarminetour.com/ (775) 847-0155 and for more on Virginia City, watch these ua-cam.com/video/uqXjhTOMcZQ/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/6-gqocOEJKU/v-deo.html and smash that like button ....smash it HARD !!!!!!
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Premium patron.
Hoping to buy some dirt
I bet you make your cutie wife Lila laugh a lot, you both are so cute in your ways.
Can the Mint use your gold to make coins?
ok all kidding a side, If you dug away at the dirt from above the mine on the surface down 2 or 300 feet like Strip mining and removed all that overburden on the surface would that stop or slow down the mine from collapsing?
blew right past 2200 an ounce hopefully we'll be on a stable 2400 by the end of the year with the economy and the current world affairs I expect to see a lot more newbies out there of course I'll gladly pass on what I've learned from you and hopefully they'll pass it on to others thanks and see you on the next video
Jeff was like a kid in his 1st time in a candy store , you can REALLY tell he Love's What he does , God Bless All Be Safe
The Scotsman telling the poem was lovely and poignant, it really touched me deep inside.
Canadian Miner here, White and Wet as a Well Diggers Arse, with the shattered skeleton to show for it.
God Bless
GOD bless you and your wife helping everyone see the World of GOLD prospecting.
always our pleasure ...
Never see someone so happy to walk around a death trap
That restoration is gona be big
Adrenaline rush. Where's your sense of adventure? 😁
Some years ago, I took the Copper Queen tour in Bisbee, AZ. One of the old miners explained how they used spitter boards to determine fuse length and therefore the blasting sequence. Of course, once the fuses were lit, the guys working that drift would position themselves "to guard the shot" and prevent anyone accidentally walking in on the explosion. Interestingly, Phelps Dodge had a great incentive program. Drift and raise miners were expected to progress so many feet per day; however, after that, the incentives kicked in. With their greed buttons pushed, the miners were progressing way beyond the minimum. As they explained it, as young guys in a small Arizona town in the early 70s, they were making pretty good scratch.
Videos like this are just super.
yep we know a few " Old Timers " that worked the Copper Queen ....some really good stories
@@Askjeffwilliams I've actually taken the tour quite a few times of the years. My great-grandfather arrived as a 17-year-old in Bisbee in 1885 and got a job in the Copper Queen. At that time, the mine was a modest incline shaft. The main haulage adit in which the tour begins cuts through that shaft. My great-aunt Ella had stock certificates she got from the old man. These were issued by the company that operated it before Phelps Dodge.
Gosh who doesn't love Jeff, who can't love Jeff?! Dude's the MAN!!!
thanks
Jeff, thanks for the tour of the Collar Mine. I visited it in November 2023. The mine has definitely seen deterioration this past winter. So people go see it while you can!!
Jeff and Lila, can't thank you enough in that you take the time and resources to expose long lost history pertinent to our countries history. ;o)
it always our pleasure ...
I'm glad we got a chance to tour that mine before it started imploding. The history of that place fascinates me. We visited the fireman's cemetery last time we went.
I've said this before. I am a journeyman concrete carpenter I don't build houses I build the big forms. As an apprentice in 80s I learned from former miners in Park City. One actually was caretaker of the pumps in one of the mines. So many terms ,miners wedge,gerts gusset plates single jack double jack ,super deck lower deck jack, jackleg, I can go on. O. Board stretchers. Rock grease sky hooks. All apprentice have to find them. Ok. Today your taking me on a mine tour yet I'm back in my concrete. The forces of nature your fighting I fought too as soon as the vibrators kick on. LIQUIFICATION. The pressure is unreal. Every gold pan liquefies it's contents. That's a heckuva show Jeff. I did a dam on snake river. We used the same drills to go in every direction 160 feet. Then a grout pump to fill in the voids. Teton dam proved corps of engineers had to revise dams in lava rock. Yes today was a heck of a tour. All that is still used in concrete construction. Not even starting a backfill and gunnite shoot
Hi Rick , thanks my brother , really glad we could walk ya down memory lane .... imagine having to re timber that Drift the old school way ...wow
@@Askjeffwilliams I'm afraid if that mine don't get some serious love soon mother nature will reclaim it.
That's tough enough lol
The guy running the VA city mine is crazy to be crawling down in there with all that rotten wood and soft ground , plus that mold can’t be good to breathe
I love the history you present Jeff.
I use to live about 40 minutes south of Virginia City and go there quite often. Been in a few of the mines there back in the day. Love this place.
Clay also swells like crazy when wet compared to dry, so the moisture heave is crazy
I like it when Jiff Williams say... Let's go.... I appreciate all this knowledge
To me this is by far the best mine tour yet Jeff at on point in the second mine I was so afraid you were going to be reclaimed along with the whole tunnel 😳
thanks , really glad you liked it
Jeff your a walking example of mining history and mining technology its a shame there are so few of ya left and a bigger shame that the latest generations don't have balls for the desire of real adventure or hard work....love it all, keep it happening! Maybe you'll open afew eyes. ⛏️⚒️⚖️💪👍🤠
John Tyson! Well done. We have an ore car from the Chollar proudly displayed in our garden on original rail and tie spikes. Those fellows on the face packing the holes for powder were in danger, the spoon, packing, from premature detonation. Deep enough! Gravity is a fickle mistress as nature hates a void. Well done Jeff.
well said my brother
Jeff I can't express how much I respect you and love learning from you. You make it all so fun to learn
thanks my brother
Thank u both for walking us through the underground museum of a day in the life of a miner😊🎈
you betcha Tina
Great tour a lot of history there think of all the work that went into that thanks for the video Jeff
Loved the museum id been going to that since 64. And all that wood. From tahoe to CC then VC. The total amount of timber for VC pretty much cleared tahoe. The logistics for that wood was amszing. Ships to rail to flume to rail again. Then into the mines or for burning. The amount of investment and work for the comstock was phenomenal. And all done in the 1800's.
What a great tour! It's like they say, "A picture is worth a thousand words". So much easier to understand when you can see it. I like your version of the bell signals better. And, yes, I smashed that " like" button as hard as I could!!!
Those LVL laminated beams nice n strong
You often remind me of a guy named George "Buzzard" Massie, also his son. I look forward to each "show" you put up. I'm pretty much disabled, so not much chance you'll meet me out there, but boy, what a pleasure that would be for me. Just a few minutes around your positive energy would be invigorating!
thanks ...yep I remember the old Buzzard and Tom too
& just like that I get to take a coffee ☕ break and watch Jeff Williams 🤠⛏️ explore history, geology and the darkness 😂 👻 God Bless 🙏🦅
Good morning great to see you thanks for making my day.
morning my brother , really happy to hear that
Shhhhhhsh ! Do you hear it ? It's the sound of the "Tommy Knockers" Tick tick, Tick tick. Say your prayers. The Tommy Knocker's are at work. Wonderful video ! I had the chance to go deep into The Ontario mine in the early 1990's .Down 1500 ft in an 8 man skiff.
Thanks for the video. The museum was very interesting but your added comments was the frosting on the cake. I was shaking in my boots as you toured that mine looks like a lot of devotion and hard work to save it...good luck with it.
Very COOL! Makes one appreciate those who worked those mines, was not for the faint of heart, we think we have it so bad.
Absolutely love your enthusiasm explaining this awesome history. Thanks for doing what you do, Jeff.
I appreciate that!
First class video friend thank you 😊 please keep the great videos coming friend. From Scotland 🎉🎉
thanks my brother from Scotland
Watching these good mine videos makes me want to start my own mine !!
Great vid jeff. Well done overview of the mines. I grew up no far from VC. I've always wondered whats left underground. There a huge area of mines down there. Eventuslly they will collapse and the ground will settle. You are keeping it alive. Great job my friend.
Thanks for the lesson in old-time mining, Jeff.
you betcha
That's so awesome brother thank you for sharing. Mother nature wants her land back. Be safe ✌️ 🙏
VERY VERY COOL ,YOU GUYS BROCK..SAFE TRAVELS AND THANK YOU JEFF
Mister Mine does it again! If I ever get to Virginia City, I''ll take that tour and tell them Jeff Williams sent me.
exactly
S.C.B.A. also self rescuer M.S.D.S. I was mine certified many years ago and worked the Union 76 Shale Oil Project by parachute,Colorado and Coal mine owned one by Utah Power and Light. I should've been mining minor for AU all these decades because I don't have anything to show for all that time underground. Now I'm to old and retired, but love your channel Jeff for all the interesting information and similarities. Thanks to you always from Utah.
thanks and you betcha
Thanks Jeff that was really interesting.💯⚒️🇺🇲
2 bells... 2 beers for you🍻
hahhahaaaa
Good work Jeff! Keeping the dream alive for all!
thanks
Hello Jeff, Thinking back, it must be at least thirty-five years since I was in the Carson City Museum or the Collar Mine. I recall that the guide in the Collar Mine was restricted to how much time he was allowed for a tour and I had too many questions. Left without knowing much more than I knew going in. Oh well. Good read is "The Big Bonanza" by Dan DeQuille, a contemporary of Mark Twain.
While most of the new timbers in the Collar are Douglas-fir, the majority of the timber from the Lake Tahoe area used in the Comstock mines was Ponderosa pine, or most likely, it's close cousin, Jeffery pine. Pine rots very fast in a moist areas. Rotting pine gave off gases that used up and displaced oxygen in the mines making ventilation critical. Now if anyone has their hand up, yes, all the wood used in the mines made them very prone to catching fire. Another big danger inside the mines (as well as on the surface).
Good job on this video, Jeff. Appreciated the recent look at the Collar.
thanks and always our pleasure my brother
Appreciate your dedication to keeping historic mines open! I hope your video reaches out to people, so they go visit the mine. Im going to have to take trip to visit the mine, and area.
Good stuff history is fading rapidly sad so.ty.for getting it on video someday that's all there will be nice work ...
Near the end of the video where you and Lila make your way down the mine shaft with no ropes .! . Well… Well done 👍 .. I don’t think 🤔 I would have gone down.. as I hate getting dirty.LOL
GREAT video Jeff..
Say hi to Lila..
Cheers Tony..
TONY !!!!!!! hahhaha I know...me too hahhahahathanks my brother ...will do Bobelu and say hi to Wendy gfor us
Awesome video Jeff. I enjoyed everything you showed and enjoyed every second. You guys are so lucky with how you can have these mine tours. We have to many rules and regulations here in Australia.
With dynamite or nitro based products all machines and power had to be made from wood,aluminum and air, all non sparking mediums.When I worked at C.I.L (Canadian Industries Limited owned by Dupont all the machines for packing powder(loading shells) had to be made of wood, brass and aluminum and run with air. Everyday I went to work was like walking back into 1926, which is when the plant in Nobel Ontario Canada was first built.
thats pretty cool and thanks for sharing
What a great tour and more amazing entertaining knowledge!
Great video, Jeff on truly a Mining National Treasure! Thanks for sharing my friend.
you betcha my brother
Jeff, you're right. You're my favorite gold miner, prospector, and geologist ..... how'd you know!!!?? 👍
lucky guess
This is a very cool mine. Thank You Jeff for putting out your content!
you betcha
Amazing tour Jeff. Another great video. I might have to swing by, I hope I make it in time.
Gold miner, prospector, and geologist... well, Jeff, you're just a hair shy of one more. Historian!
Love your vids. One of very few I always look forward to. 👍
thanks
Makes up for yesterdays upload :)
No PETN in shock tube, HMX and Al powder. Thermalite connectors and fuse, is another invention before EBCs. Thanks for another great video.
very good my brother .....thanks for the correction....
@@Askjeffwilliams No worries Jeff. I appreciate what you preach is 99.99 accurate. Much greater then the total B.S. put out by other dirtbag wanna bes. Just want to keep you in the high 99.999 range. Thanks for the great entertainment!
Very cool episode...especially for a person (me) that has no mountains in his country and bedrock is very deep🎉🎉🎉
Yeehaw! Go get that shiny Jeff! Great educational video.
Great video tour! Love the history.
Thanks so much!
“Oh I mean I don’t know sir” 😂😂😂
Carson City museum, awesome 💯😎.
Thank you Great video
That's a little too much for me.. Back in the day it was a job. A heck of a job but a job. Thanks Jeff..
someday I'm going to be with my family and they are going to think I'm the smartest person that they know and I owe it all to you for teaching me about how to recognize where you look for mineral deposits and how they form . after they think that I discovered a country I'll let them know who educated me on what I know. thanks for the education I just hope I can remember all that you have learned me aaaaw dang I neglected my English class I knew I was forgetting something I just won't forget you
you betcha my brother ...its always our pleasure .... thanks
Absolutely love it, Please Sir, gimme more. I'd love it if and when you, Lila and even Nevada Jack come Down Under, I'll take you to Ballarat on the mine tour
thanks my brother ....we are working on getting to the land down under ...Where beer does flow and men chunder
Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover, yeah" hahhahahahaha
Great information Jeff! I really enjoyed it! Learn something every day! Keep up the good Work!! ⛏️⛏️
Awesome! Thank you!
Wow ! Those Collar workings are hanging by a thread !! Im surprised it hasn't collapsed already. Wonder if cutting several diversion trenches on the surface, then cover with a liner and rock would help reduce water from seeping into the mine ? I know, it costs $$$$. Thanks for taking us in there !! Be safe in them places Brother.
I think the owner did cut new drainage ditches up above for that ...you betcha
Super fascinating!!
Thanks again
Loved this episode.
Man the Chollar is in a bad way, had no idea this was happening. I feel awful for the owner and the history therein - the ground is so plastic and timbers in such bad shape, amazing it hasn't caved already. It would cost a veritable fortune (in knowledge too!) to rehab that haulage.
Pretty awesome, Jeff. Thank you
You bet!
Good Job Jeff 🎉
Outstanding videos brother! ♥
thanks
Thank you, good sir, for another great informative video as always. I truly appreciate the work you put into them.
Glad you like them!
Jeff, never mind. You mentioned the museum at the end of
I love learning from you.
I appreciate that!
Good show… wow the Collar Mine is getting the squeeze.
MAXXX !!!!!! your name is " X " rated hahahahah next time we will be oranges to the mine for a glass of orange juice
Jeff is THE most infectious crazy person I've ever seen 😂
I ALWAYS come away from these videos feeling 10 years younger and raring to go gold mining.
Thanks mate.
you betcha ...Cheers mate
"AU" let's go 👍
Good morning, Jeff . I love your videos.
good morning ...thanks
great video i love the AU
I do too
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Great video
Very Nice JEFF! I hope to see the Mint one Day! JJ
I hope so too!
Always great videos! Haha
thanks for the video looked a little sketchy down there
Living just down the road I've been by that place hundred times, been down there poking around and say I got to take the tour inside one day. But after watching this I'm pretty sure that day ain't coming soon..lol
Good stuff sonny jim . love virgina city got hit the bucket of blood when your up there
Hi Jeff, Why is it that posts are not made out of concrete, or reinforced concrete? concrete can be reinforced with fiberglass, kevlar, graphite, and of course , steel. Steel could rust so that probably would not be a super long term solution. thanks for your time and lessons.
Hi Jeff love your knowledge from UK
thanks
Watching now jeff...Greetings from Amsterdam 🎉🎉🎉
Hi Gold Panning Dutchman
Can you imagine how strong those guys were , hauling all that material down there ,, WOW ! .. An the work ethic, hard to find these days , just like the gold lol …
Good morning from Southeast South Dakota
good morning SWM
We all dig Jeff's vids..
thanks
cutaway at 1:31 might blow your ears out
Whoa don't touch it yeminychristmas
Might be a good collaboration for Mine Operator on UA-cam 🤔 to get the drift reinforced and the videos would be incredible 😲
Jeff I live in Southern California and I’ve found an abandoned gold mine however I’m not 100% on what the vain materials look like but blue rock is everywhere if you have a video on how to identify vains or what the old timer where looking for
Jeff.your Scottish voice is incredible 😮
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