LOST MINES OF JUNGLE MOUNTAIN.
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- Come with us on a wild trek into the jungle on the hunt for amazing QLD mining history. This mission was no joke. We were equipped with pin point accurate KML/GPX mapping pins after some extensive research and previous field work in this location, but this mountain range is unforgiving. We battled countless enormous spiders, numerous snakes and unrelenting heat and jungle as we embarked on the hunt for the elusive upper Phoenix Reef gold mines. We find a high grade stope not referenced on any maps and find a long lost lower adit on the second day. Two of our crew suffered from serious heat stroke the evening after this adventure, relegating this mountain range to a winter only expedition category. On the day we set of my pack was 22kg full of the best 4k cameras, lights, mic kits, water and food rations. At one stage i was not sure i would actually make it off the mountain.
We hope you enjoy this wild ride and please remember to never name any of our video locations in the comments section. We keep the names out of our content to protect the sites, local residents and keep the important mining history intact. We respectfully ask you to adhere to that same code.
Eb. QAM
Hey man, how's it going? Looks like we found your Vegemite you left behind!! Give us an address so we can send it back!! Lol.. Hedley Canada, side tunel end of road bellow to the south of Mascot mine village.. we are the ones who cut that grill mesh to break in about 5 years ago! Because of that Vegemite, we found your chanel, cherrs!
No way! That's divine intervention! Hahaha. Thats from Buck Chanceys epic episode & it airs in two weeks. It's funny as hell. It's called "The Hunt For John Rambo's Adit" Thank you for watching. Please use the vegimite, it has a very long shelf life!
Ebenezer. QAM.
Boys, that’s my lunchbox right there. I have been looking everywhere for it. Vegemite, let’s go…
It was too cool to find it so we left it there for the next ones to come... did you check out the French mine while you were in the area?
@@norm6973 I was in Australia drinking margheritas and egging on Buck Chancey to push the limits whilst he was in the US & Canada. He did! He also spent a lot of time underground with an extreme lack of sleep. It was a commendable effort.
A very cool adventure. Well done.
Just another important note about this huge mission... RIP the original QAM mine exploring chariot. The plucky 2010 Ford Fiesta. In our first 3 years of exploring that tiny thing got us to some insane locations it was not built for. It blew two hydraulic engine mounts, 4 shocks and many tyres getting Buck Chancey and I up some tough 4WD trails. It's now slowly dying in my shed and has not started since this trip. Thanks also to Brophy and John for push-starting it for 3 full days on this trip ♥️♥️
Eb.
No questioning your dedication guys, well done! Another great video.
Thankyou mate! It's amazing how short our memory is of the grade of this mountain. Every single time we return we think we will conquer it and it kicks our asses. 😂😂😂😂
Eb. QAM
Very cool explore and interesting stories! Thanks for sharing all of your efforts and experiences, and letting us
old lazy people tag along for the ride!!
More than welcome Mark. Thanks for always tuning in and supporting the chanel mate! Hope you are well. We should have fortnightly episodes all the way until Xmas, so lots more coming from us!
Eb.
@@qldabandonedmines Excellent. I will be here!!
Cool explore! ✌
Than you ledge. Appreciate you tuning in. Lots more coming from us on the big run into Xmas.
Eb. QAM.
That's a serious amount of research, time, and effort that may yield little to nothing.
This mountain became a complete obsession of mine. There still is the biggest series of tunnels inside this mountain nobody has seen for decades. I was desperate to get inside them and document it. In the end, the mountain always beats us as the grade and jungle is unrelenting.
The research comes with the hobby. We have done entire day-long hikes that have led to collapsed tunnels or bulldozed workings. You never know if you don't go.
Eb.QAM.
Glad it was not me climbing up that grade through the jungle mates... Nice explore, no MERT, cool......take care and stay cool...⛏⚒⛏ Cheers 🥃
@@OGRocker1 hahaha. SMERTS were about my friend. Lurking in the shadows. We are going to print up some SMERTS shirts, I'll ship you one! The next three months of QAM releases we are trialing as a way of a better USA launch time too. Hope you are well bud. Till next time
Eb. QAM.
@@qldabandonedmines I would enjoy that. Can't imagine dealing with the SMERT. Looking forward till the next. I was happily surprised when this video dropped so early of a day, thank you... haha, still took me 5hrs to get to it. Take care and stay safe my friend ⛏⚒⛏
The site's of Australia's last known Cannibalism.
@@darrylmackie9184 whoa, for real mate? We didn't unearth that in our research, but never looked beyond 1867.
Well you guys are in some wild country , I am just wondering how a metal detector would go in those mines ? Nice video ,thanks for showing .
@@35andsolid Hey mate. Yes it's a pretty insane mountain! Not really sure on the detector question sorry, I've never owned or used one. Jeff Williams uses one with amazing results in his clay mine. He finds decent nuggets with one all the time
@@qldabandonedmines thanks ,cheers
Any Yowie encounters?
Not that we where aware of. But it's full-on hardcore Yowie Territory. They wouldn't have been far away.
Once the episode is over I’ll update you on where I am and my week on the other app.
Hi Ebenezer,
Hope you’re starting to feel better soon. I do know what you’re going through with the RSV. I’m just about over Covid.
Regards
Dave
@@detecting_Nathanael G'day Ledge! I'm on the mend now, thank you. I filmed all of this in May and got really sick again for almost all of June. It's not like me to be unwell for so long as I normally kick things in a few days. I'm not really sure what's going on this year in Australia but there's so much sickness going around it's crazy. Stay in touch my friend.
Eb. QAM.
Godspeed
Dang! Nice video. Those are some remote mines.
Thank you mate. This hike led to some soul searching and a return to training and a strict diet. Not really sure if the video shows how bad I struggled. I almost didn't make it back to our vehicle. My son actually saved my grass by loading up my heavy pack and helping me out of the jungle.
Ebenezer. QAM
@@qldabandonedmines Damn thats crazy. I know the feeling. Hiking back after a big explore with a 35 kg bag, hungry and covered in dirt. Its the sacrifice needed to find amazing mines.