“Gly”: For those of you who are interested, the black rock I found in this mine is Black Mica Schist. Schist is a metamorphic rock that has been subjected to compressive forces, heat, and chemical activity. The lighter colored rock along the margin of the Schist was limestone.
Hi fellow Albertan. I don't necessarily want to go into the mines but I would love to find some that are not coal related so I can go through the tailings piles. Any idea how to find these mines and get permission to explore?
I was given some flasks of mercury from a neighbor who had a Cinnabar mine near Almaden south of San Jose Ca. It is for display only even though I have found some gold deposits I use other safer methods for recovery. I was taught to put the mercury-gold solution from my pan into a scooped out potato then bake it. The mercury would evaporate up into the potato where it was recoverable and the gold would be in the bottom. Could not figure where my gold fever came from till I recently discovered my Grandfather was a carpenter square setter in gold mining back early 1900's. Your videos have given me an insight into his past. Thanks and keep up the outstanding work.
Congrats Gly, Mr. M and Randy. I see your July 11 2020 episode has over 1M views! Your channel is growing at light speed. Thanks for sharing with us. I look forward to each Saturday episode.
30 year old housewife here. Me and my husband found your channel a couple weeks ago and have nearly gone through every video. Keep it up! We love this stuff
Hi there, RoundUp! May I call you RoundUp, Mr Gly-phosate? Anyway, as I watch your videos progress I think I'm starting to see your plan.. and I admire it! People say the only things you can count on are death and taxes, but that's not the whole story. After both of those are done, there's the cost of funeral and burial expenses and those are just too damn high. Not something you want to saddle your surviving loved ones with. And that's where my admiration for your plan blossoms! Like a Saxon burial, you'll be entombed with all your favorite things to carry in the afterlife. And unlike some puny burial mound of old, you'll have a whole damned, crumbly-ass mountain to mark your grave! Very clever. Carry on!
Not only has the content and the excitement of each location improved over time, but so has the production quality, and your confidence with what you do. You're a legend, bro
Being a lapsed Geologist and mineral collector in the UK, would it be possible to include a bit more detail on the Geology and mineralisation that you find? Its fascinating stuff and I just love your films!
In the city of Phoenix are the remains of a mercury mine and old retorts in a valley known as Dreamy Draw after the neurological effects of vaporized mercury on the miners. A few decades ago Mercury Mine Elementary School was built above the valley on schist fill. Hopefully that schist isn't mercury contaminated tailings from the nearby mine.
Boy do I get nervous when people explore wet mines with undisturbed standing water.. once you break that surface tension there's no telling what trapped or dissolved gasses you're going to release from cavitation. Not to mention any stuff in the silt or sediment. Be careful folks! That O2 sensor was really lingering...
It freaks me out too. I'm not sure why but the clear water and being able to see that far down weirds me out. Only when it's under ground though. I don't think I would have been so keen to walk on a false floor that has been saturated in water for who knows how many years regardless of its wood or metal.
I've worked with 98% H2s we wear our gas monitors low. Great Idea with the standing water, just leave the monitor close to the disturbed water as you stand back. If it goes off leave. Monitors ard cheap
@@ronbowman4145 I'd disagree understandings first 10000 PPM Equals 1% by volume 20000 PPM equals 2% and so on. The feed stock for a Sulphur plant is usually 98% the balance by volume made up of methane or other none condensables. As I'm sure you know H2s is water soluble and released with heat or agitation.... just saying
I’m new to this channel, but whoever this is, is underrated and definitely deserves more views and subscribers. Amazing content and I wish the best of luck to you!!
@@darylcheshire1618 But still this mine is dangerous and water can be contaminated and your body skin absorbs 64% of it.. The highly poisen neurotoxic murcury ..
Roger L. Ortiz The mine contains mercury sulphide not mercury. It is rare for elemental mercury to appears as globules within the rock. The sulphide is very insoluable.
Mr. M, at 64, we (yes I admit it) are not as fast as we use to be>>>>we are now 1/2 fast! LOL. GLY, thanks for taking the risks to bring us a great adventure!
We can all hope we're in as good as shape as Mr. M when we're 64, he's awesome!! Great adventure you guys, love the content and can't wait for the next one!!
The timbering in the large chamber was impressive to say the least. The geology and information as well as history make's it all the more interesting. Many thanks again and take care. It may interest you to know that I am watching your channel in little old Wales.
Fantastic Mr Gly! You go above and beyond for your viewers and I for one really appreciate the hard work and danger you put yourself in. Mr M is great and so was your other mate. I feel for those poor men back in the day, toiling under circumstances we would'nt allow today. Bless them.
The shear faults are very well defined. Looks like too much moisture has limited your access to the upper stopes (Black Wooden Ladder Parts). When these guys emptied a stope, they made a huge ballroom. Yep that red rock is cinnibar ore (mercuric sulphide - HgS) which was widely used for a coloring agent in paint. At the landing on the decline, the ore was quite visible. Great Video and a fun tour !!
The little bit in the beginning with Mr M about made me pee myself. As did the bit with the old man noises, lol. That mine was something else. Lot of really cool color in there. And it really looks like they hogged out every last bit they could find, where ever it might be. That cavern with that forest of supports was really wild. Those old time miners had titanium clankers to do what they did. Heck of a lot of work, takes quite a bit of cinnabar to get a decent quantity of mercury. And I imagine they weren't exactly raking in the pay. Though it does seem an odd time to shut down in a way. Mercury had a number of military uses back then, particularly in ammunition production. But I do see how a smaller operation would have trouble importing people at a time like that. Very cool video, as always sir!
My favorite explorer! Another adventure, thank you. Funny how common mercury used to be up through the 60's. I shiver thinking what I used to do with mercury as a kid.
There is not enough money in the world that would get me to walk through that death trap. Your knowledge of minerals and mines kept me glued to the screen. Thank you, good team.🇦🇺
I'm watching this because it's my goldfishes favourite, I learned how to lip read and ever since all my goldfish talk is about Bob. So here you go Bob, you have some devout fans here. As it goes, I like learning, and I knew a little about Mercury, but never where it came from, so thanks
One of the best ones yet, just keeps getting better with Mr M. Gee, my bro and I are making old man noises in our 40's, terrifying to think what we might sound like at 64 😱 LOL. Awesome video, best laugh we have had in a long time 😊.
Hey man, don't know if you'll even read this but your videos are beautiful. Everyone can tell you love doing what you do and ya got a big heart. Love watching these before going to sleep, they help calm me down. Thanks for making these, keep it up man ❤
That was pretty cool! To bad the timber’s were all rotten and the shafts were full of water because I know you wanted to explore more of that mine. My partners and I did a lot of mining and studying of mines up in Northern California. We read in some books where the old timers would cook off the mercury in a tent, then be found dead in the morning. They would even cook off the mercury in a pan then turn around and fix a meal out of the same skillet or pan. Yikes. I don’t think it took to long to figure out the do’s and don’t do’s with mercury. When we found mercury ladened gold we had 1 specific pan and 1 specific 1 burner propane gas “cooker” and sit about 50 yards away from the process for about an hour. Thanks for the adventure, glad you guys should us a cinder bar mine. Thanks Gly and partners, see you next week. You da man!
I work in a gold mine in northern Nevada and we produce a lot of mercury. We take all proper PPE precautions when there is any chance of exposure but I see quite a bit of it , especially in the refinery. thoroughly enjoy your videos. Stay safe.
We look forward to watching your videos every Saturday. I refer to them as Saturday Morning Cartoons (from when we were kids in the early 60's and just had be up to watch the cartoons.)
You're sick Randy ! LOL. Thanks for these videos, I have hovered at the entrance to huge mines in the American west outback completely unprepared and inexperienced my common sense kept me out of almost all of them. I always wondered what a lot of these mines looked like inside and now I know. Went deep into a uranium mine near Moab, Utah once upon a time, and knowing what I know now that one was one I should have stayed out of the most.
Gly, as always you did a fabulous job documenting this old mine. I am really enjoying the second camera, you get a much better perspective of how big or small some of these areas are. I would really enjoy if you did a video rundown of the equipment you are using and especially your camera rigs. Keep up the great work and thank you for taking us with you.
MARTY STOUFER!!! THATS IT!!! THATS YOUR VOICE!! I've listened to you for a year slightly wondering everytime who you sounded like. Thats it. Finally " Wild America "
I always look forward to your episodes every Saturday! I will say it again! Keep up the good work and thank you for sharing the important history of mining!
I absolutely love you videos. I never watch videos on youtube over 15 minutes without losing interest but I can't stop watching! I find your voice soothing to be honest and makes me watch more keep up the good work!
@@Zawazuki agreed!!! Growth isn't easy. Ive been pumping out 3 videos a week on watches for 2 years and I barely have 2700 subs. I will continue to share Guys videos and do my part
Antifreeze keeps the air tools from freezing up in cold conditions. We use it in our nail guns when framing houses in cold conditions. We mix antifreeze with tool oil. 👍✌️
The guys i work with used to do that with their coil nailers when they were siding, he said after using it for a couple weeks both guns started leaking when hooked up. This was a couple years ago so maybe they use different parts now. Also framing nailers are stronger than the coil nailers.
We use methanol on our rigs (workover rigs) in the winter time its hard on the rubber fittings they say but I've honestly never had too many issues. Id suggest air brake antifreeze, i believe it has some oil to help lubricate. I should note we use methanol because at 40 below zero its the only thing that won't freeze up and really helps cut the ice build up in air tanks and lines
@@jlo7770 Can I be a smart ass for a second? So if you're running methanol in your brakes and they are pressurized, that would look awesome when they blow off and shoot flames at night. 🤫 Adults can still have fun sometimes can't we?
@@kdigiacomo haha no flames sadly. But I agree it would look bad ass... however if I'm not mistaken doesn't meth burn blue or almost invisible? Catching stuff on fire on oil wells is typically frowned upon so I've never tried it but maybe I'll have to? I'm sure my company has insurance on their equipment
Good job on the video...Wonder how many years did this mine work?....A mine this size how many miners worked in it?...Thanks for bring us along, very interesting mine...........Thanks..............JB.......
The thing is I’m disabled now because of a stroke and this is a way of exploring something that I would love to be doing thank you for sharing this this is really neat too see and watch
The air drills did freeze up without oil in the line and would produce ice around the exhaust port which would bring the machine to a standstill and lost time waiting for it to dethaw so drilling could continue. Not what you want when being paid by the meterage of rock broken. We had inline oil bottles that looked a bit similar to your old western water bottles but were made of steel. I've been plastered in oil from standing alongside the exhaust port as well as cold from the near frozen air it exhumed especially uncomfortable in the confines of a 6 ft diameter raise.
An enjoyable and educational jaunt! In my home state here of Washington, there is a little town called Cinnebar. I didn't realize what cinnebar was - looked it up and sure enough the town was named for nearby cinnebar mines! Thank you for another exciting adventure! Stay safe!
Another excellent episode with a great mine! Pity that the 150 level was flooded, I bet there would bee all sorts of treasure down there. Mr. M calling you Crazy at the first collapse. As always Keep up the good work and stay safe you all.
Well gly I'm here for the weekend upload and I gotta say this is one of the coolest mines you've shown. That area where it was two different formations with completely drastic color changes was really cool. And that giant stope. That slight edit of mr. M saying gly is out of his ****** mind had me laughing especially since it had your voice in the background talking about climbing into a collapsed part. I am glad to see you doing this stuff not on your own anymore though. That always had me a little uneasy in the earlier videos, I know you did your due diligence on making sure you got out safe and people knew where to look but if anything happened minutes could make the difference compared to hours. It is also quite interesting seeing mr.m becoming more and more comfortable in the mines vs the first video he made an appearance in. As always stay safe, and i can't wait to see what other video(s) you got up your sleeve with mr.m behind the camera
“Gly”: Thanks! This episode was allot of fun to produce and adding in Mr M’s camera footage is certainly making for a more dynamic show. As it turns out the black rock was Black Mica Schist coming into contact with limestone along that margin you seen in the video.
The geology in this one is amazing. 👍 it looked like black Granite up against regular country rock sandwiched together. What fun.... Edit; You should have brought one of the guys with you down in the decline shaft, when you got to the false floor at the water level, before turning left to where the spring of water was coming out of the wall, that entire tunnel to the left had a bright red tinge to it. (From about 45:30 on, when the O² sensor was going off down there, until about 48:00,) the walls are almost completely pink, bright red, and yellow. I'm sure you guys all discussed it when you were watching this together during the editing process. (Or, maybe not lol)
19:23 "You notice this stuff hanging down from the ceiling? What is that?" A lot of people think that's tree roots, but really... it's not." .................. Okay ... So WHAT IS IT?!? LMAO! Also, have you heard about the glasses that correct color blindness? You should ask about those. Great video! Thanks for making it! :)
We really are lucky to have someone like gly, I think is his name? To check out and document all of these mines for us to see and follow along with him. Thank you for all of your very hard work! What a fun job that would be!
Ooh, a wet mine, my favourite type :) Ooh, it's rough, loose and squeezy! Almost like a British mine :) Lol, love the edit in of your friend's 'opinion' lolol Wow, the contrast in colours really makes that margin stand out. I'm not usually much for desert mines but that has lovely colours and an interesting stope.
Bad idea to disturb still water like that down in the mine. Especially when theres silt and the like covering the top. There could be all kinds of toxic gasses waiting to leak out once the water gets disturbed But I do agree, it would look absolutely mega
@Stig Martin possibly a lil bit of both, but much like non flooded cave/mine exploration there are professionals who can do so competently (though they may be nutters slightly still lol) They do get some amazing footage though, especially in flooded caverns with both fresh and salt water flowing simultaneously without mixing.
O just get "recommended" by the yt, and guess what? I can't stop watching your videos, thanks very much for these adventures, and keep doing that, you're awesome
Pressure and temperature are inversely proportional when accelerated through a venture. You could have enough differential to freeze very moist air in a line.
Indeed. I have a dye grinder that is a perfect storm with our air pressure. Every time I use it, it freezes my hand like ice. And that's in 96 degree heat in Houston.
“Gly”: For those of you who are interested, the black rock I found in this mine is Black Mica Schist. Schist is a metamorphic rock that has been subjected to compressive forces, heat, and chemical activity. The lighter colored rock along the margin of the Schist was limestone.
Abandoned and Forgotten Places - That boundary was striking, never seen anything like that in any of these mine exploration videos I’ve seen.
Hey thanks Gly, its hard to see and feel the rock through my TV. Thanks for the black rock identification.
“Gly”: We finished documenting a mine yesterday where the same type of schist was in pod like or lensed type structures. It was pretty darn cool.
Abandoned and Forgotten Places - Very interesting. Look forward to seeing it 👍🏻
Did you find any cinnabar or was it all mined out?
I live in Alberta, Canada, a place with craploads of abandoned mines. Your videos have taught me to stay out of them :)
It's a good thing that we didn't have UA-cam as kids, or videos like this may have motivated me to explore. Now, I'm too old and smart to try.
Hi fellow Albertan. I don't necessarily want to go into the mines but I would love to find some that are not coal related so I can go through the tailings piles. Any idea how to find these mines and get permission to explore?
Born in Red Deer...and also too old to climb through old mines. We'll have to settle to do it vicariously through Gly.
I was given some flasks of mercury from a neighbor who had a Cinnabar mine near Almaden south of San Jose Ca. It is for display only even though I have found some gold deposits I use other safer methods for recovery. I was taught to put the mercury-gold solution from my pan into a scooped out potato then bake it. The mercury would evaporate up into the potato where it was recoverable and the gold would be in the bottom. Could not figure where my gold fever came from till I recently discovered my Grandfather was a carpenter square setter in gold mining back early 1900's. Your videos have given me an insight into his past. Thanks and keep up the outstanding work.
evaporating mercury is dangerous, I'd suggest investing in glassware over using a potato
Congrats Gly, Mr. M and Randy. I see your July 11 2020 episode has over 1M views! Your channel is growing at light speed. Thanks for sharing with us. I look forward to each Saturday episode.
“Gly”: Thanks! Yeah, I’m really happy with how things are coming along.
Just when you think Mining can't get much more dangerous! Whamo! A Mercury Mine !!! Awesome!
Keeponkeepinon
Why on earth do you not have more subscribers... You are very good at explaining things and very entertaining to watch! (Also very brave lol!)
30 year old housewife here. Me and my husband found your channel a couple weeks ago and have nearly gone through every video. Keep it up! We love this stuff
“Gly”: Thank you very much! I’m really happy your enjoying the channel.
Hi there, RoundUp! May I call you RoundUp, Mr Gly-phosate?
Anyway, as I watch your videos progress I think I'm starting to see your plan.. and I admire it! People say the only things you can count on are death and taxes, but that's not the whole story. After both of those are done, there's the cost of funeral and burial expenses and those are just too damn high. Not something you want to saddle your surviving loved ones with. And that's where my admiration for your plan blossoms!
Like a Saxon burial, you'll be entombed with all your favorite things to carry in the afterlife. And unlike some puny burial mound of old, you'll have a whole damned, crumbly-ass mountain to mark your grave! Very clever. Carry on!
“Gly”: Hahaha.... well, that’s one way of looking at it.
Not only has the content and the excitement of each location improved over time, but so has the production quality, and your confidence with what you do. You're a legend, bro
Being a lapsed Geologist and mineral collector in the UK, would it be possible to include a bit more detail on the Geology and mineralisation that you find? Its fascinating stuff and I just love your films!
In the city of Phoenix are the remains of a mercury mine and old retorts in a valley known as Dreamy Draw after the neurological effects of vaporized mercury on the miners. A few decades ago Mercury Mine Elementary School was built above the valley on schist fill. Hopefully that schist isn't mercury contaminated tailings from the nearby mine.
That bat at just after the 35:50 Mark is just ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE!
Boy do I get nervous when people explore wet mines with undisturbed standing water.. once you break that surface tension there's no telling what trapped or dissolved gasses you're going to release from cavitation. Not to mention any stuff in the silt or sediment. Be careful folks! That O2 sensor was really lingering...
It freaks me out too. I'm not sure why but the clear water and being able to see that far down weirds me out. Only when it's under ground though. I don't think I would have been so keen to walk on a false floor that has been saturated in water for who knows how many years regardless of its wood or metal.
I've worked with 98% H2s we wear our gas monitors low. Great Idea with the standing water, just leave the monitor close to the disturbed water as you stand back. If it goes off leave. Monitors ard cheap
@@dwdelve H2s is measured in parts per million. 98% is statistically impossible.
@@ronbowman4145 I'd disagree understandings first 10000 PPM Equals 1% by volume 20000 PPM equals 2% and so on. The feed stock for a Sulphur plant is usually 98% the balance by volume made up of methane or other none condensables. As I'm sure you know H2s is water soluble and released with heat or agitation.... just saying
@@ronbowman4145 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sour_gas
Thank you for taking us along. Great watching you guys every week. But please be careful.
Wow what an amazing upload. Thanks Gly. Great watching.👍👍👍
I’m new to this channel, but whoever this is, is underrated and definitely deserves more views and subscribers. Amazing content and I wish the best of luck to you!!
Gly: A Mine That'll Give You Neurological Disorders!
Me: AND WHY THE HELL ARE YOU GETTING DOWN THERE?!
The answer to your question: "Too late!"
The mercury gets processed outside the mine.
@@darylcheshire1618 But still this mine is dangerous and water can be contaminated and your body skin absorbs 64% of it.. The highly poisen neurotoxic murcury ..
Roger L. Ortiz The mine contains mercury sulphide not mercury. It is rare for elemental mercury to appears as globules within the rock. The sulphide is very insoluable.
Mr. M, at 64, we (yes I admit it) are not as fast as we use to be>>>>we are now 1/2 fast! LOL. GLY, thanks for taking the risks to bring us a great adventure!
Stoked! Got my bowl of cereal and ready for a rad adventure!
I just had some wings. I'm working on bag of m&m's now.
Lol I had a fat joint instead 😂😂😂
@@Seth-vv1gu joint...then cereal
I've got ma chicken strips and my coconut chips! Bring it on! 🐔🐓🐔
I really appreciate that you have an understanding of these places to share. I hate when people explore places and know nothing but, its old.
We can all hope we're in as good as shape as Mr. M when we're 64, he's awesome!! Great adventure you guys, love the content and can't wait for the next one!!
I would have done this without a doubt 20 years ago. Now just rely on people like you guys to bring these fantastic places to my desktop :) Thank you
The timbering in the large chamber was impressive to say the least. The geology and information as well as history make's it all the more interesting. Many thanks again and take care. It may interest you to know that I am watching your channel in little old Wales.
“Gly”: That’s awesome! I never would’ve guessed I’d become world renowned. Lol
Fantastic Mr Gly! You go above and beyond for your viewers and I for one really appreciate the hard work and danger you put yourself in. Mr M is great and so was your other mate. I feel for those poor men back in the day, toiling under circumstances we would'nt allow today. Bless them.
“Gly”: Thank you very much!
If Mr. M keeps climbing ladders like that, I’m going to have to watch Frank’s videos to relax a little 😅
“Gly”: Lol!
That made me LOL
Hahahahahaa
The shear faults are very well defined. Looks like too much moisture has limited your access to the upper stopes (Black Wooden Ladder Parts). When these guys emptied a stope, they made a huge ballroom. Yep that red rock is cinnibar ore (mercuric sulphide - HgS) which was widely used for a coloring agent in paint. At the landing on the decline, the ore was quite visible. Great Video and a fun tour !!
The little bit in the beginning with Mr M about made me pee myself. As did the bit with the old man noises, lol. That mine was something else. Lot of really cool color in there. And it really looks like they hogged out every last bit they could find, where ever it might be. That cavern with that forest of supports was really wild. Those old time miners had titanium clankers to do what they did. Heck of a lot of work, takes quite a bit of cinnabar to get a decent quantity of mercury. And I imagine they weren't exactly raking in the pay. Though it does seem an odd time to shut down in a way. Mercury had a number of military uses back then, particularly in ammunition production. But I do see how a smaller operation would have trouble importing people at a time like that. Very cool video, as always sir!
“Gly”: We’re just having to much fun making these and I’m really happy your enjoying them.
Love the way that you did this video. Mr. M definitely should do more B roll
“Gly”: Thanks!
That was so fun! Very thankful to Randy for finding samples of cinnabar. I'm always eager to see the color!
@ 9 minutes in - - That little bit of wood holding up that much freaking rock? Holy cats man I fully agree with Mr M on that one!
A poem...
Cinebar is red,
Azurite is blue,
Gly explores old mines
so we can too.
Don’t we all wish we would be in the shape of Mr. M when we are his age. Stay safe.
12 stone 5 rather than 16 might be a winner .
Newsflash, he's only 24. Meth, not even once!
Watching Mr. M crawl through that hole tells me he's far more active than I. Reminds me of Treasure of the Sierra Madre and the old miner Howard.
He has good genes. His older sister just went zip lining..
Some of these mines really make me question some of the 'natural caves' we've got down here.
Anyway, great footage. Thanks for taking us along.
My favorite explorer! Another adventure, thank you.
Funny how common mercury used to be up through the 60's. I shiver thinking what I used to do with mercury as a kid.
There is not enough money in the world that would get me to walk through that death trap. Your knowledge of minerals and mines kept me glued to the screen. Thank you, good team.🇦🇺
I'm watching this because it's my goldfishes favourite, I learned how to lip read and ever since all my goldfish talk is about Bob. So here you go Bob, you have some devout fans here.
As it goes, I like learning, and I knew a little about Mercury, but never where it came from, so thanks
One of the best ones yet, just keeps getting better with Mr M. Gee, my bro and I are making old man noises in our 40's, terrifying to think what we might sound like at 64 😱 LOL. Awesome video, best laugh we have had in a long time 😊.
Thoroughly enjoy watching. its hands down best video quality then anyone else doing similar show.
“Gly”: Thank you!
Just wanted to let you know your camera work is appreciated. Slow & easy. Great to watch!
Hey man, don't know if you'll even read this but your videos are beautiful. Everyone can tell you love doing what you do and ya got a big heart. Love watching these before going to sleep, they help calm me down. Thanks for making these, keep it up man ❤
That was pretty cool! To bad the timber’s were all rotten and the shafts were full of water because I know you wanted to explore more of that mine. My partners and I did a lot of mining and studying of mines up in Northern California. We read in some books where the old timers would cook off the mercury in a tent, then be found dead in the morning. They would even cook off the mercury in a pan then turn around and fix a meal out of the same skillet or pan. Yikes. I don’t think it took to long to figure out the do’s and don’t do’s with mercury. When we found mercury ladened gold we had 1 specific pan and 1 specific 1 burner propane gas “cooker” and sit about 50 yards away from the process for about an hour. Thanks for the adventure, glad you guys should us a cinder bar mine. Thanks Gly and partners, see you next week. You da man!
“Gly”: Thank you!
Great explore! Thanks much.
I work in a gold mine in northern Nevada and we produce a lot of mercury. We take all proper PPE precautions when there is any chance of exposure but I see quite a bit of it , especially in the refinery. thoroughly enjoy your videos. Stay safe.
Let's all chip in and get Mr. M a Travolta outfit from 'Saturday Night Fever' 😎
Mr. M could totally rock a white leisure suit. 😄👍
Start a go find me page for him dude. Il chip in as long as he wears a wig to go with it, and throws around finger pistols at the camera.
We look forward to watching your videos every Saturday. I refer to them as Saturday Morning Cartoons (from when we were kids in the early 60's and just had be up to watch the cartoons.)
Happy Birthday Randy!
Thanks I enjoy the descriptions of the mines. Stay safe.
You're sick Randy ! LOL. Thanks for these videos, I have hovered at the entrance to huge mines in the American west outback completely unprepared and inexperienced my common sense kept me out of almost all of them. I always wondered what a lot of these mines looked like inside and now I know. Went deep into a uranium mine near Moab, Utah once upon a time, and knowing what I know now that one was one I should have stayed out of the most.
Gly, as always you did a fabulous job documenting this old mine. I am really enjoying the second camera, you get a much better perspective of how big or small some of these areas are. I would really enjoy if you did a video rundown of the equipment you are using and especially your camera rigs. Keep up the great work and thank you for taking us with you.
they don't say their equipment because it can make people go and do the things they do, and they don't want to have that liability.
MARTY STOUFER!!! THATS IT!!! THATS YOUR VOICE!! I've listened to you for a year slightly wondering everytime who you sounded like. Thats it. Finally
" Wild America "
You have true spirit. If not for you, we wouldn't be afraid of mines. Stay safe. Always.
I always look forward to your episodes every Saturday! I will say it again! Keep up the good work and thank you for sharing the important history of mining!
I absolutely love you videos. I never watch videos on youtube over 15 minutes without losing interest but I can't stop watching! I find your voice soothing to be honest and makes me watch more keep up the good work!
“Gly”: Thanks! These places and what’s hidden in them is just fascinating. I’m really happy your enjoying the channel!
I look forward to your videos every weekend. The way you narrate you need your own exploring TV show!!! #BIGTIMEGANG
Nah, keep him on UA-cam! He'll have way more creative input and keep all of the profits! We just need him to grow!
@@Zawazuki agreed!!! Growth isn't easy. Ive been pumping out 3 videos a week on watches for 2 years and I barely have 2700 subs. I will continue to share Guys videos and do my part
Best mine exploring channel by far at the moment guys, God loves ya!
“Gly”: Thank you!
That was a pretty neat mine those big stopes were wild looking see you in the next one stay safe out there.
Antifreeze keeps the air tools from freezing up in cold conditions. We use it in our nail guns when framing houses in cold conditions. We mix antifreeze with tool oil.
👍✌️
The guys i work with used to do that with their coil nailers when they were siding, he said after using it for a couple weeks both guns started leaking when hooked up. This was a couple years ago so maybe they use different parts now. Also framing nailers are stronger than the coil nailers.
lubricating and anti-corrosion also.
We use methanol on our rigs (workover rigs) in the winter time its hard on the rubber fittings they say but I've honestly never had too many issues.
Id suggest air brake antifreeze, i believe it has some oil to help lubricate.
I should note we use methanol because at 40 below zero its the only thing that won't freeze up and really helps cut the ice build up in air tanks and lines
@@jlo7770 Can I be a smart ass for a second? So if you're running methanol in your brakes and they are pressurized, that would look awesome when they blow off and shoot flames at night. 🤫 Adults can still have fun sometimes can't we?
@@kdigiacomo haha no flames sadly. But I agree it would look bad ass... however if I'm not mistaken doesn't meth burn blue or almost invisible? Catching stuff on fire on oil wells is typically frowned upon so I've never tried it but maybe I'll have to? I'm sure my company has insurance on their equipment
Good job on the video...Wonder how many years did this mine work?....A mine this size how many miners worked in it?...Thanks for bring us along, very interesting mine...........Thanks..............JB.......
that is why I love your videos sir. I just was inside a dangerous mind in I survived thanks to you... I appreciate you and all your work thank you
Another Amazing Explore as Mr. Robot announces DANGER, DANGER (with flaying arms) and Gly just keeps on a-goin' deeper and DEEPER!!!
The thing is I’m disabled now because of a stroke and this is a way of exploring something that I would love to be doing thank you for sharing this this is really neat too see and watch
The air drills did freeze up without oil in the line and would produce ice around the exhaust port which would bring the machine to a standstill and lost time waiting for it to dethaw so drilling could continue. Not what you want when being paid by the meterage of rock broken. We had inline oil bottles that looked a bit similar to your old western water bottles but were made of steel. I've been plastered in oil from standing alongside the exhaust port as well as cold from the near frozen air it exhumed especially uncomfortable in the confines of a 6 ft diameter raise.
“Gly”: Thanks for the great comment!
Mercury Fulminate was used in bullet primers prior and during WW2 (more modern bullets use lead styphnate) and there are some new "Green" mixtures.
An enjoyable and educational jaunt! In my home state here of Washington, there is a little town called Cinnebar. I didn't realize what cinnebar was - looked it up and sure enough the town was named for nearby cinnebar mines! Thank you for another exciting adventure! Stay safe!
The look through that hole in the stope was amazing
Very sad that you cant get in there
Stay save best wishes
Yours Frank
Another excellent episode with a great mine! Pity that the 150 level was flooded, I bet there would bee all sorts of treasure down there. Mr. M calling you Crazy at the first collapse. As always Keep up the good work and stay safe you all.
Got my breakfast ready for another adventure. Hmm you're in the Santa Yenz area. Mr. M is 64, I admire him climbing through these mines.
First time ive heard someone tell the history of the mine, what was mined and what rock it is hosted in. Thank you!! Gets my sub. Great content mate
Wow, this was better than any movie or TV show. Thank you!
“Gly”: Thank you very much!
I am 81 and love to do that I love panning gold. Lost my wife 2019 so I went back to metal deteriorating and pan for gold to keep going.
This one is an absolute "Must Watch" Amazing Mine 10/10
I agree with Mr M, you are out of your mind to crawl under that collapse!
Great vlog. Glad to see Mr. M with a camera, earning his keep! Lol. Not too shabby for 64!
Not shabby at all!
Well gly I'm here for the weekend upload and I gotta say this is one of the coolest mines you've shown. That area where it was two different formations with completely drastic color changes was really cool. And that giant stope.
That slight edit of mr. M saying gly is out of his ****** mind had me laughing especially since it had your voice in the background talking about climbing into a collapsed part.
I am glad to see you doing this stuff not on your own anymore though. That always had me a little uneasy in the earlier videos, I know you did your due diligence on making sure you got out safe and people knew where to look but if anything happened minutes could make the difference compared to hours. It is also quite interesting seeing mr.m becoming more and more comfortable in the mines vs the first video he made an appearance in.
As always stay safe, and i can't wait to see what other video(s) you got up your sleeve with mr.m behind the camera
“Gly”: Thanks! This episode was allot of fun to produce and adding in Mr M’s camera footage is certainly making for a more dynamic show. As it turns out the black rock was Black Mica Schist coming into contact with limestone along that margin you seen in the video.
The geology in this one is amazing. 👍 it looked like black Granite up against regular country rock sandwiched together. What fun....
Edit; You should have brought one of the guys with you down in the decline shaft, when you got to the false floor at the water level, before turning left to where the spring of water was coming out of the wall, that entire tunnel to the left had a bright red tinge to it. (From about 45:30 on, when the O² sensor was going off down there, until about 48:00,) the walls are almost completely pink, bright red, and yellow.
I'm sure you guys all discussed it when you were watching this together during the editing process. (Or, maybe not lol)
19:23 "You notice this stuff hanging down from the ceiling? What is that?"
A lot of people think that's tree roots, but really... it's not."
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Okay ...
So WHAT IS IT?!? LMAO!
Also, have you heard about the glasses that correct color blindness? You should ask about those.
Great video! Thanks for making it! :)
"but really, It's snot".
You never disappoint Gly. Another great explore.
that was really cool. exploring the Mad Hatter Mine a very risky place indeed
We really are lucky to have someone like gly, I think is his name? To check out and document all of these mines for us to see and follow along with him. Thank you for all of your very hard work! What a fun job that would be!
“Gly”: Yes, that’s my nickname.👍
Ooh, a wet mine, my favourite type :) Ooh, it's rough, loose and squeezy! Almost like a British mine :) Lol, love the edit in of your friend's 'opinion' lolol Wow, the contrast in colours really makes that margin stand out. I'm not usually much for desert mines but that has lovely colours and an interesting stope.
Absolutely excellent, what fascinating mine, I really appreciate your time and work in producing these videos.
“Gly”: Thank you very much!
Would be cool to get a submersible drone and get footage of those flooded areas.
Bad idea to disturb still water like that down in the mine. Especially when theres silt and the like covering the top. There could be all kinds of toxic gasses waiting to leak out once the water gets disturbed
But I do agree, it would look absolutely mega
“Gly”: I think you would loose your drone from all the silt you would stir up.
@Stig Martin possibly a lil bit of both, but much like non flooded cave/mine exploration there are professionals who can do so competently (though they may be nutters slightly still lol)
They do get some amazing footage though, especially in flooded caverns with both fresh and salt water flowing simultaneously without mixing.
Very cool mine. I'm also colorblind with reds and greens so I know your pain. Love what you and your compadres are doing. Keep it up, and stay safe!
O just get "recommended" by the yt, and guess what? I can't stop watching your videos, thanks very much for these adventures, and keep doing that, you're awesome
My wife doesn't really watch the videos, but she hears them. She says you sound like Tim Conway.
Dammit. Now I hear it too! 😄
A brilliant way to start the day!
Thanks again gly for the great adventures! Have a ice cold beer!,,,,
Yet another interesting video. You know what they say about "bad breath", ........ "it's better than no breath at all".
Pressure and temperature are inversely proportional when accelerated through a venture. You could have enough differential to freeze very moist air in a line.
Indeed. I have a dye grinder that is a perfect storm with our air pressure. Every time I use it, it freezes my hand like ice. And that's in 96 degree heat in Houston.
Can you make an episode of top 10 most scariest experiences in mines
Great adventure guys!
Roller fairlead. Cheers Gly and crew!! Keep up the great explores!
Oh my you guys went right into it and theres all that water. Deep also GET OUT and stay safe! 😮😌🐈❤
I absolutely love you guys and Mr. M is cute as everything giving out his sizes!!
Really nice having that extra camera down there. Love me some B roll.
What a find Gly .. what a huge mine with a small wet entrance 👍Keep the adventures coming.
Pete Australia
the installed infrastructure at those depths is astounding to me
The intro music gets me ready for an adventure! Great cinematography!
Gly your production quality just keeps getting better, be safe out there, keep the fantastic content coming bud.
“Gly”: Thank you!