1890s Abandoned Mine Dug Open! Rarest Artifact We Have Ever Found!
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- Опубліковано 20 чер 2024
- Don't miss this incredible adventure as we travel deep into the Washington wilderness to a historic abandoned copper mine dating to the late 1890's. We are one of first to explore this historic abandoned mine that had been sealed for 20 years. Watch as we reveal some amazing and rare mining artifacts from the 1890's! You don't want to miss this one.
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now that was impressive to see the compressors and mine cars still in tact .....keep that place quite because people will go there and take it all ....love the hand steel wedge bits and shovels..... good explore
Thank you very much. Glad you enjoyed seeing it. Great channel you have!
did you guys un buckle both your sternum strap and hip belt when crossing that waterfall area? You accidentally slip it, could be disastrous. Take my word for it...not something you want to experience. Fun video! Have you ever tried to go to the mines in upper Horseshoe Basin? NOCA. They are a bit creepy...but weirdly cool...well at least they were 35 years ago. Not easy access.
@terrahmama That's why we dropped down to a shallow slower moving pool to cross with plenty of dustance from the drop. The upper waterfall was a death trap. But to your point, that is a yes when in water.
@ghosttownsandminesofwashington good to know...a mama bear at heart ❤️. Safety first. As I am telling you to go back at each and every turn😆 I have only been into main entrances of mines no way would I go more than 50 ft.
And ya, your going to get wet!!!!
This video deserves a like and a comment. It took a 13 hour hike to film all this, that alone is impressive.
Very kind of you to say. Much appreciated, and thank you!
Yes it is I cant stand the rain!!
Way cool! Thank you so much for showing us the amazing places you get to explore!
We very much enjoy sharing these places with you and appreciate your comments. Thank you
After now watching the video and personally being able to see what you got to explore for a "bucket list" site there is zero regret on the decision made at the portal for the safety of all who made the trek out. I am both enthralled and excited that you got the opportunity to do this, nice work Tim!.
Thank you. I appreciate and value your assistance and participation in making this happen. Thanks again for everything.
Wow, what an incredible experience that all was! Most amazing mine and artifacts, especially the air compressor parts in the beginning of the video. Remarkably well preserved and extremely interesting. Amazing effort indeed!!
It was an awesome trip, and have the opportunity to visit this site. Appreciate your comments.
Fascinating watching you guys explore those old shafts. LOL no way I would brave entering those.
Appreciate you watching!
Nice explore on those compressors it would take a good size steam Donkey .Great group explore and you did find treasure the 2 ORE CAR's⛏️🏆
Thank you very much. we appreciate it!
Nice work Tim, Forrest and Drew. I'm glad you got up there. You need to go back and see the rest of the place.
Yes, we do! Thanks, Daryl
The tracks laid down all through the mine.
I am impressed and pleased that you looked at all the artifacts with your eyes and not with your hands!
Enjoyed the video
Great exploration. I really enjoyed seeing the wooden ore car, a true rarity!
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you!
Now that was very cool I'm 71 years old, so I would have needed a helicopter to get in There's no way I would even try to Hike. but I'm really happy you guys did Because we saw a really cool mine thank you so much and you guys are great!
We are glad you enjoyed seeing it and appreciate your comments. Thanks!!!
Well done! It's always fun to see ore cars. The wooden one would have been a good choice for that remote location as it would have been taken apart to haul in. Once at the mine site you could cut the necessary lumber and bolt it back together. It would have been nice if one of your buddies accompanied you in for safety. I really wanted to see you slither into that portal. Thanks for the effort.
Yes, it is really cool to see any ore car, but this especially as they very rare for these parts. I have only heard of one other in all all years doing this. We were more concerned with the portal conditions as it was sketchy without the rain, and the saturated materials escalated the concern, so we kept the two out just in case. The slither in was a mess for sure, but I'm not sure the camera would have survived the mud. 🤣 Very much appreciate your comments and love your channel! Thank you.
@@ghosttownsandminesofwashington You're welcome!
Loosely packed and full of slips. .. sketchy... love it❤️✊
Sounds like you would be a kid in a candy store also.
@@ghosttownsandminesofwashington yes sir would have loved to been there! I noticed they mined what looks like where a lot of slips and stack rock to the right side met a much more stable band on the left side of shaft. Awesome stuff!
You guys stay safe down there and would love to see you have a multi gas detector with you but I’m sure your aware of the conditions. Great video!
We do carry O2/gas sensors. We show that in some videos but not all. Thanks again.@@chadsmith9218
@@ghosttownsandminesofwashington stay safe brother!
@@chadsmith9218 Will do. Thanks
Dug this mine open in 2004. Looks pretty good still. If you had climber up in the manway in backfilled area and looked up you can see another tunnel above thats not on any maps. Also another tunnel above you can climb up above from outside. May be discovery adit also unknown. Further up the valley is an old camp and tram cable was still kinda hanging in 2004.
Thanks Chris good to hear from you, and appreciate your insights. Your guys trip back then inspired to go for it several years ago but came up short. Finally reached the goal.
Any insights on the winze that is mapped but doesn't appear to be in there?
Very Cool, Thank You!!!
Much appreciated. Thank you!
That was quite the trek out there and seeing the two ore carts was awesome. Two carts in one mine and one being wood….may be be the only place in western Washington with that.
Couldn't agree more. Thank you
That was really cool thanks again for another great video
Appreciate your comments and watching!
Seeing a wooden rail car was really cool! Found your UA-cam from your Instagram channel 😊 One of the true joys of the internet
Appreciate that very much. Thank you!!
An awesome old mine. I live in Vancouver, Washington. I'm not sure if I would go in an old mine like that. Thanks for the adventure.
Thank you! Appreciate you watching and your comments.
When I went to Washington it was raining and wet most of the time!!😢
Not uncommon. Although June through early October has been dry the last several years.
Come to the East Side….Much, much drier!! I live in the SE part, in Wa’s desert.
We have many times. We were just NE couple weeks ago.
I keep waiting for you guys to Bigfoot hanging out, in one of the abandoned mines you explore. Lol
We keep waiting, too. Would make for some incredible content. 🤣
Wow thank you
I recognize our state, what a beautiful state it is...ron
Yes, sir, it is. Thank you!
We definitely have a beautiful state!! ❤
Super cool mine! Looks like it was tough but good thing it's so hard to get to. Hopefully it stays as pristine as it is.
Thanks, we do our best to keep it the locations guarded.
Y'all need a few more trips to the dry side of the state to poke around! Would be interesting to see some of the workings over here. I can only check out the ones you can drive to anymore, too busted up to hike much.
We just did a trip east and have a few videos coming from that side soon. Thanks for the comments and feedback.
Heard about it before you went. Thnx for not dieing. Next time plan in better weather. Been to the camp, now I've seen more thnx.
Yes, sir, will do. It's an overnighter to really see it well. Appreciate it.
Looking at the geology I see no traces of copper; I would think gold and silver. It was nice to see those single jacks. I would bet those compressors were headed to the mine and not away from it. Did you see any artifacts that would show air drills being used?
We thought the same thing. According to the historical and Dept. Of Geology mining records, this claim was copper with some secondary commodities such as gold. There were numerous copper mines in this area. Most were short lived due to poor ore bodies. The artifacts were very cool. We always talk about how they got some of that equipment to these places. Appreciate your comments, and thank you for watching.
@@ghosttownsandminesofwashingtonmy opinion as a 3rd generation Alaskan miner- by the looks of the ground they were into something besides copper, back then while filling out claim forms it wasnt uncommon to ''fib'' about what kinda ground you were into in order to keep other miners away, and by the looks of those compressors they were on to something , or thought they were, my guess is they got lucky in that vertical shaft you found, weird seeing the compressors and no signs of drilling in the mine or drilling equip, hardly any signs of explosives, just alot of hand mining,not to mention where did all the tailing and ground they mined out go? was there a bunch at the bulkhead of the main entrance? was a large section backfilled? many questions. cool find tho
@@skwissgaar_skwigelf_kdz3251Appreciate your insights and expertise. Should have had you along as a technical advisor. Thank you for commenting and watching.
@@skwissgaar_skwigelf_kdz3251 Tailings are spread down an extremely steep hill-side for a hundred feet or so and over a cliff and also into a very steep gulch next to the portal.
Awesome! Little crazy, but thanks for sharing.
Thank you appreciate your comments
Maximum effort!
That mixed with some crazy. 🤣 Thank you!
My friends and I did this all through the 90's and 2000's and used the book I linked below.
Very cool!!
Nice work on the video will done
Thank you very much appreciated.
What county is it in ?
Snohomish
We gotta go back
Yes sir.
Hope you were doing this with o2 sensor alarms that is a lot of rot.
We always have 02 and gas sensors when we explore.
Roy Cranmore 79 deceased 2007 RIP.
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Was that a shaft, next to the large compressor, all covered in cut logs ? Looked sketchy to me, be safe 👍
That was pieces of air pipe used to brace some of the rock and material. It was put in place by the group who dug it open a couple weeks before our visit.
all that 1890's spray paint the mine looks more modern but the access is so overgrown
Spray paint was from a survey done, most likely in the 80s or 90s.
Judging by the paint sprayed markings it may be that the mine has been recently reassesed for viability.
Clearly a lot of effort was put in 120 years ago to open it andit could be that it was closed just because the market value of the minerals became too low.
Here in the uk many mines again became viable during the first and second world wars because of scarcity and wartime demand.
Yes the spray paint was most likely from reassessment or survey work from the 80's or 90's prior to the mine entrance collapsing. Appreciate your comments.
Wood has much less weight(so easier to move), but moist would break down the wood much faster than steel. Some wood is better in this, which was used? Considering that steel is more expensive to make.
As you mentioned, it is rare to see a mining car like this. Was it a to big of shortage of steel?
Good question. It may have been as simple as a lighter, more economical option. Definitely not an expert on ore cars as they are rare to find around here.
Me neither, no expert. Great video, I like the old machinery, we have been busy over time.
@Frank-es1yj Thank you very much glad you liked it
You should find some shelter, get warm and some hot food!
It was on our minds. We definitely got there in the end! Thanks!
You would think there would be blue steaks if it was a coper mine .....Dont see any veins they would be chasing either ?
Agree a lot of mines listed as copper primary commodity had secondary commodities such as gold and silver. There were mines in the area driven up 3000 feet hoping to hit a significant vein that did not. Most of these mines had poor ore and shut down quickly.
That's some good old USA steel
It certainly is!!
You didn't bring any rock blasters
We did not.
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Bro, that's Sasquatch country.
Absolutely!!
…definitely Sasquatch country
Yes it is.
Did you ever dry out?
Yes, it took a minute or six.
@@ghosttownsandminesofwashington / Ha Ha, from dry southern Oregon. I have a few mining prospects around here. We were gold country for a while!
So sad that nobody is up there recovering and restoring all that poor abandoned equipment!
I know that TONS of historians, enthusiasts and even collectors would just TOTALLY LOVE to see all of that recovered and restored!
Completely understand where you are coming from. It is really a thrill and enjoyable to find these artifacts in the "wild". But we understand preservation, too. Thank you for your comments.
@@ghosttownsandminesofwashington Just wish I had the munny because I know HUNDREDS of old timers who would so lovingly restore them and make sure they made it to a rightful museum for generations to come to be inspired by the pure beauty and history they represent!
@@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542 you know hundreds of people interested in restoring old mining equipment? You got some odd friends lol
Winch the compressors out put them on a trailor and take them to a scrape yard and get some money 😊😊
Thanks for your comment, but no comment.
You keep repeating yourself, you could save 20 min of video time if you edit a little more.
Great take away glad that's what you got out of it.Thanks for the comments.
good one @@ghosttownsandminesofwashington