Bringing An Abandoned Gold Mine Back To Life: Part 21 of ?
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2023
- It has been a little while since I have posted an update, but we have been doing a lot of the same (an endless cycle of drill, blast, haul out the waste rock, repeat) and I have already shown that multiple times. So, I like for there to be something a little different or new in order to try and keep the videos interesting… That is also why I tend to keep the actual mining videos shorter than the exploring videos. Even the most keen mining enthusiasts would likely have their eyes glaze over if I had shown the full forty minutes or however long it was of us disassembling the Jackleg drill.
We’re farther along now, but in the drilling scene in this video, we were probably about 40% done with this side drift at the 1600. The goal is to push ahead for another one hundred feet or so and then to carve out a drill station. The drilling will give us an idea of the location and condition of the abandoned workings above. Our geologist is confident that we’ll be able to block out good ore reserves while we’re drilling to locate and assess the caved workings. However, I think he is underestimating the capabilities of the old timers. We’ll see…
I had hoped that we would intercept some of the caved abandoned workings on this level as we started running this drift. Specifically, I was thinking of those caved drifts that wing out to the left as one is headed back to the 1600 station. However, it now seems that those drifts did not parallel the main adit. If you’ll recall, those caved side drifts are a mystery as no maps survive (or ever existed?) of those old workings.
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You can see the full TVR Exploring playlist of abandoned mines here: goo.gl/TEKq9L
You can see the gear that I use for mine exploring here: bit.ly/2wqcBDD and here: bit.ly/2p6Jip6
Several kind viewers have asked about donating to help cover some of the many expenses associated with exploring these abandoned mines. Inspired by their generosity, I set up a Patreon account. So, if anyone would care to chip in, I’m under TVR Exploring on Patreon.
Thanks for watching!
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Growing up in California’s “Gold Rush Country” made it easy to take all of the history around us for granted. However, abandoned mine sites have a lot working against them - nature, vandals, scrappers and various government agencies… The old prospectors and miners that used to roam our lonely mountains and toil away deep underground are disappearing quickly as well.
These losses finally caught our attention and we felt compelled to make an effort to document as many of the ghost towns and abandoned mines that we could before that colorful niche of our history is gone forever.
I hope you’ll join us on these adventures!
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best series of all time returns! also, it looks like deck used to love something else before his love for dogs was discovered lol
Thank you for the kind words and high praise!
The "back to life" series is my favorite. I wish they were longer, just video of you guys working would be awesome. i've heard about them forever, but that's the first time i've seen a slusher actually working. That's so great you went in the stubby mine! haha.
I can't imagine how loud the drilling would be without ear protection. Beautiful views outside! Thanks Justin and Crew! It's all so interesting!
Oh, the drill is absolutely deafening! Even with heavy hearing protection, it is loud. Glad you're still finding this series interesting...
I was wondering if it just sounds loud on my phone.
@@jacka5676 sounds loud on mine too
You feel those just as much as you hear them. The floor vibrates even ten feet away from the driller.
I've actually run a jack-leg drill. Imagine the "ground pounding" of a Harley mixed with the high-RPM whine of a chainsaw. One of the top ten coolest pieces of equipment I've ever run!
Hello Justin. I love this series on bringing this old mine back to life!
Thank you. Glad to hear it...
Cool to see the slusher in action
I have some good footage of it from when we're opening up the station and I have room to stand to the side. You can finally see what it is doing at the end... The footage from standing near the controls is limited because it puts out so much water vapor and so it is impossible to see what is happening in the distance. Tough for the operator too! You have to do everything by feel.
Oh yeah!! The sound of a jack leg! Sure brings back some memories. Keep up the great work!
Can't tell you how much I enjoy this series ... so awesome watching this mine come back to life .. and all the little side projects that go with it!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Thank you. Glad to hear it!
Mooooore! Why don’t more miners do this! So many people want to follow along . This is amazing.
They probibly don't have a handy Justin to film it.
and its heavily frowned upon. but get yourselfs some j bolfs and chain and a raise ladder. no need to be standing on a leg
This is awesome absolutely awesome. I’ve worked in a friends drift mine working drifts into underground channel, watching the rock drill and jackleg in the previous video brought me back about ten years ago when I was using one. Setting the fuse off and hearing the charges go off absolutely awesome, good times when I use to help do that.
Great to see this back. You guys do a skilled job and deserve to strike it rich.👍
I love this series of videos. I always look forward to an update on bringing the abandoned mine back. You guys are awesome! Thanks for sharing with us.
I actually miss running a jack leg! The sound it makes, It's like the Harley Davidson I never had!
We could use an Ian or Othias right about now to do a detailed breakdown of that drill, yeah I know it's not Forgotten Weapons or C&R channel but Hey it would still be Cool to have someone walk us through it!!! 🤠👍
Give us more of these everyday workings videos instead of just one a month thank you and God bless
That ever so gentle back rub was quite refreshing 😁 lol. The way that drill/ impact was taking apart shows that that's not the first-time nor the last time. Right up my alley.... fix it wear it out repeat, y'all got a great team. Be safe
The mining is the most interesting and I watch with enthusiasm.
This is why i love this channel cause its kinda showing what the miners did bk in the day and its interesting in what u are doing 🙏🏻
damn that guy is probably one of the best leg anchors in the industry........ unfortunately there just isn't much demand for this kind of task.....i miss that place
What are you doing these days?
@@muleskinnermining8661 believe it or not @1621......new company... total shit show
thanks for the audio warning! watching during lunch in the office...
That is exactly the type of scenario that I was anticipating!
Thank you for the Look in a working mine
Glück Auf
Frank Galetzka
Always happy to another in this series
1 ton of stone .. intuitive I thought it was waayyyyy more.. I love this in depth vid of using equipment!
I like the series bringing a gold mine back to life.
I have a tip for you if you want to waterproof your wooden beams take boiled linseed oil and apply it to the would just like you were painting beam with the boiled linseed oil and now your wooden beams are waterproof, it needs to be applied once or twice a year I use this method to winterize the tiki statues I make.
You can do this to the wood before you put it in the mine, also you can take Uncle Henry's tar and apply it to the top and the bottom of your wooden beams.
Good luck with your gold mining.
Also you should have some guests, on your mind show, like Dan, better known as boxy from mine explorers.
I am rooting so hard for you guys and your endeavor. Good luck. I can't wait to see gold!
Very nice too see how things are done in a mine loved watching it, nice video Justin.
The very best of luck to you guys.
The availability of really good helmet lights and generally better lighting must be godsend. I can't imagine doing this by candle or carbide light. I have an old carbide helmet light and it's better than nothing but barely...
Great video 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽
I would watch this series for hours if it was live streamed.
Ive seen a Polinesian dude catching flying bugs of that sort of density to make into patties
Ooh Anfo gogo boom boom, great to see you're all moving towards something albeit a little further away than you anticipated, it would be awesome to explore past those collapses...hmm you could wack the slusher in there and clear the cave-ins out ... I know pie in the sky
Thanks for sharing
CRAZY how much that boom reverberates. Rad seeing all of this in action. Same style of drilling and blasting for the past 100 years. Just slightly safer.
Love the videos
Jackleg disassembly was interesting. The splined shaft in there, that I am assuming drives the rotating portion, looks a lot like an input/output shaft from a HD manual transmission or transfer case. It is pretty country up there for sure. The bugs...well..we would have forgiven you if ya passed on that, LOL.
Hell yeah, thank you for the earbud warning!
"Deck dogs" - y'all got a miner who's a distant relative of mine?
Can't stand when Nats, and mosquitoes get so thick you breathe them in and they're literally in every opening in your head before you get away.
Use to happen when I use to fish for big bass all night in northeast texas.
Be going along on trolling motor, just casting quietly, and all of a sudden you were in clouds of seemed like millions of mosquitoes just buzzing all around you.
Then few seconds of kicking trolling motor up a little faster, and they're no where to be heard.
So back to peaceful fishing, and only thing that gave you a hint that they were still around.
Is the bats flying around would hit your line as you worked the lures back from where you cast it to.
Occasionally you could see them fly across the face of the moon, because we fished the full moon in the heat of the Texas summers here.
Wow,very cool!
i would actually appreciate a longer mining video how to deal with bad sections etc
Frank's video this week showed the same type of slusher bucket in the REMAX mine.
Woow amazing process, 😮😊.
I adjusted my volume accordingly all the way up . I ❤ noisey and boom. Need more volume on the boom . Ha ha ha. And remember anfo is your friend
I don't think I've been this early for anything lol. I'm excited to see more of thos.
Would enjoy a brief overview of the mine?
I second that motion!!! 🤠👍
Seems like the slusher is much more productive than the scooper.
I definitely prefer the slusher and I don't think I'm the only one in this bunch that feels that way.
Don’t think I have ever drilled a drift round that narrow
I’m a downhole driller at the mine I work at
We use Alpha also and also use emulsion on our wet holes.
After 27 years I’m retiring from mining in March. Gonna miss the explosives
They're a fun part of the job, to be sure... I hope that you enjoy retirement.
Can you show us the mine that the water is coming from?
2:17 Forbidden sausages... 😋
I'm curious is the target ore body be above (a raise?) or below (a winze?) the current work area?
Thats really cool to see. Have you guys found gold yet or are you still in waste rock?
Inquiring Minds would like to Know?? 🤔
Seems you would use an impact wrench on all those stuck fasteners.
All that water from the other mine looks like you could drive a water wheel and use it for power.
I did see a patch of oxidation in that test adit.
They may not have found anything, or else not enough to justify further work, but I bet putting a few core shots in the general regiou would show at least something...
it's amazing what men will risk and put themselves through in the pursuit of riches. it matters not what profession or field that it may be.
Alright, getting it apart was easy, now what do i do with these left over parts.🙂
The slusher and Chinaman chute were a good call for that drift. I may have already asked this, but do you have a guard installed to protect the operator in the event a wire rope snaps?
Damn good question! Had an MSHA inspector write up just that, until we added some expanded metal to guard against a broken cable.
How much does the drill weight when in use? Do you have a cut off point of when can't run mine anymore for snow? Are you making profit yet from mine? Awesome stuff!
About 130lbs with steel and feed leg.
I agree with Porty1119 above me there, depends on the machine & leg. 110-140lbs is typical for the stuff I've seen. I've noticed when drills get hot as hell or cold as the devil it makes them even heavier... somebody explain that sorcery.
Good vid! Thanks for posting.
Why do you choose burning fuse over electric caps?
The safety fuse sets off a cap which initiates the detcord main (should be tied into a ring - I don't like horseshoe mains as the risk of cutoff is higher). The detcord initiates the shock tube (also known as Nonel) in each hole, which then initiates the booster which itself finally detonates the ANFO. Electric caps are extremely dangerous as any stray current from static electricity or RF can initiate them. Electronic detonators are safer but very expensive. Some large companies like them but I've been thoroughly unimpressed.
.@@Porty1119 Thanks for that. You have an interesting explanation.
I've used electric caps underground for many years with zero problems - they are simple and reliable, IMHO. Static electricity shouldn't be an issue in that mine anyway! RF is not an issue underground, either.
This channel should be a beacon to all young men throughout our country that live a life of violence and hardship. Do as these men do, yes there's hardship but the gain is well worth it. These men exemplify what Theodore Roosevelt spoke about where we as Americans began and our future and if unhindered by ill-conceived regulations may prosper.
Could u explain in a video how this whole thing came about? Did the 16 to 1 guys help u out? Where's the ore going to be processed? Etc. Thanks
with each blast about how many feet deeper of the tunnel does it open?
Excellent Question?!? 🤔
11:04 With that stream nearby, you could build a hydroelectric generator for power. I got the idea from a guy that I watch in New Zealand.
Here is the idea: ua-cam.com/video/Xb6TIWub6KU/v-deo.html
Did you ever do an update on the results of the core drilling? I assume you are drifting the new section to something you found.
I need to drive an exploratory tunnel on a vein I just uncovered this summer.
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What make of drill is that is it aGardner Denver?
YAAAAYYY MORE MINING!!! \(^_^)/
THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!
Ok where do i get a headlamp like that ? lighting a mine and videoing have been my greatest challenge yet.
You guys got applications?
My land is super steep for the most part.
I'm trying to level my land so I can put greenhouses on it.
Why were there so many bugs in that opening?
I have so many questions that I know you won't answer 😂
You missed a golden opertunity to do a horror ending, because that really was an unreal amount of bugs.
"There's so many of them.... in my ears... in my eyes... *cough cough* in my mouth *cough wheeze* starting to bite... *stumble* _cut to black_
Did you know that you were surrounded by the fae in this video? Especially in the cave...
Man with all that rock dust they should have some respirators on.. That can mess up your lungs. Good job on the hard work though..
It's not dust when we're drilling. That's water vapor.
@@TVRExploring Well that's good, I was worried for ya... Great job..
@@IronskullGM Thank you.
Looks like all the guys working at the face should be wearing hearing protection and respirators
shit me the DUST........
were all of you have your face covered because of the flying dust?
Without respiration your lungs will fill up with stone.
You guys do PPE at all? My moms dad was a coal miner and ended up suffocating slowly over about 10 years from black lung. Internal organs failed from lack of oxygen.
That's not dust when we're drilling. It's water vapor.
@@TVRExploringoh ok thats good. Dont want anyone else to go through his suffering. Btw is there any history about this mine? Maps of inside? How youre involved etc.
Grab your BIC lighter and a can of WD40 that will get rid of the bugs in a hurry...
No masks or hearing protection? That's one of the most ignorant things I've seen in a long time. Ridiculous
What's ignorant is your comment. Firat of all, that's not dust! It's water vapor... Secondly, we're all wearing hearing protection that fits inside of our ears so that they don't interfere with our hard hats and other equipment.
John Deere control makes sense , this mode is what the brain wants to do !!! 😎👍