Hey Frank, thanks for including the snippets of information about artifacts and such in your videos. They're really quite interesting, and I love that you take the time to research. Shows you really do have a passion for history.
Certainly glad to hear that viewers are enjoying the historical photos. I thought those were interesting and decided to add them into the video to give some clarity to what was going on, etc.. Thanks for taking the time to comment!
+pourindiesel Thanks, man! Glad to hear the positive feedback on the historical photographs. Will try to do that more often in future videos when circumstances permit.
No problem! Thank you for taking the time to watch the videos. Always glad to hear when a viewer appreciates the research that goes in to making one of these videos. Thanks again!
It just so cool how much the wood looks new. Light has a very strong effect. Some of those timbers looked like 12x12s. Those dudes must have been tough. Thanks Frank.
Thanks, Stan, for watching and commenting! Yes, some of those timbers ARE huge. Just getting them out there to this remote, tree-less location must've been quite an undertaking.
That mine seemed to have an example of every mine feature in it - stulls, false floors, room and pillar, etc. I've never seen anything like those huge boulders at the end inside of an adit before.
Thanks, Justin! Yes, there was a little bit of everything in this mine. It was kind of a cool little mine to find. Graham had picked this one out, and it was a good choice.
The top and bottom of this absolutely HUGE tungsten mine have been explored pretty well by others recently .. and it's a beauty. One of my favorites and it looks like there's still lots of production left in it if it were to fall into the right stewardship. Thanks for your contribution to its' video record, gents.
Thanks Frank and Graham, usual good video. Very extensive stoping in this mine, must have been a major producer by the amount of stoping and the large waste rock piles outside.
Good to hear from you, Garry! Thanks for commenting! Yes, those stopes seemed to go downward pretty far. I'm kind of kicking myself today for not having gone down into them. However, better safe than sorry.
+xwinger15 Thanks for your comment! Like I said in a previous reply to somebody else's comment, those stulls are like toothpicks holding up tons of rock!
Thanks, Paul! Yes, there are hundreds of thousands of mines all across the southwest. I and my fellow abandoned mine explorers definitely have our work cut out for us. Thanks for watching the video and taking the time to comment.
Yeah, you can see how far down those stopes go. We should've slid down in there now that I think about it. At the time, though, it didn't seem like a safe thing to do. Probably best that we limited ourselves to what we saw in the first place. Glad to hear you are enjoying the videos, Joshua! Thanks!
Wow Frank, you truly are very brave! So is Graham! That stoped area had me freaked out, everything looks so precarious but if not for you, we'd never know, right? Keep up the good work and I'll certainly keep watching!! Take care and stay safe out there!
Thanks for taking the time to comment! I appreciate your support and ongoing interest. Yes, stopes can be precarious -- one never knows when that ceiling is going to decide to come down. Those old-time miners sure were a brave lot.
if you ever get a chance stop on by Red River, New Mexico, They have sealed off quite a few of the mines there in the recent years, but it would be nice to get to see the ones still accessible on a video since i can't make it up there myself, The few i ventured into were extremely extensive and seemed pretty stable, i believe they sealed alot of the ones that were close to the public park because kids would just go in there and drink and spray paint them. But i know about 80% of them were gold mines and i think you and everyone would enjoy getting a glimpse of them. Thanks, Frank.
+MrBrille91 Thanks so much for subscribing! And welcome aboard! Always nice to hear from enthusiastic viewers like yourself you are enjoying the videos. Thank you. Feel free to comment or ask questions on any video - I try to answer as many as I can. Thanks again for your support!
+Barnekkid Toothpicks holding up tons! That's one way to look at it. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment - I appreciate your support and interest!
Not gonna lie, I found you guys through the Horton mine video like a lot of people did. But I'm glad I stuck around and watched all your stuff, it's really interesting.
Great video as always. Could you possibly throw some commentary into your next video on how oar cart tracks where laid and bent? I was always curious with more primitive tools; how these men contoured that steel track rather precisely.
Great vid frank I am always excited when you give us another, do some exploring myself just haven't explored mines, hope to some day, keep it up bro and stay safe. I will be waiting for your next vid
+David Samson Thanks, David, for your enthusiastic comment! Always stoked when I hear from excited viewers like you who look forward to each video. As long as you enjoy watching these crazy videos, I will enjoy making them. Thanks again!
It great you followed up on the box at the portal. Here why Anaconda mining cables are used all over the world now. I personally have used and installed many many rolls of there cable I think it's safe to say miles of it. It was used to supply voltage to a lot of equipment. Like I say a world renowned suppliers. The cable that powers our joy miner was 1000 volt cable and it had a built in monitor system if something hit that cable and cut it, it would kick or drop the breaker that supplied the power. It was a great invention that really was a life saver. We call the blocks of wood stacks that support the bad rock Cribs I guess the old timers called them that because they look as corn crib. Who knows lol. Thanks besafe.
Thanks for that additional information! I really appreciate you adding that in, and I'm sure the other viewers do, too. Thanks, man, for taking the time to watch the video and for commenting. Love it!
Now that is one sketchy mine Frank. They had some major issues with the ceiling in that mine. Obviously some major fissures and by the look of the rock on the floor still very active. I didn't see any means of getting ore up from the stopes that were lower than the main haulage. Had the tracks or whatever just been removed? I wouldn't go back there either lol. You guys stay safe bro.
+Doc McCoy Under the false floor that we crossed in the main tunnel, it looked like there was a downward sloping inclined shaft that led off to the right down into the lower stopes. I would assume that was probably used at one time to haul the ore up from the lower area. What you don't see in the video is that where the ore cart tracks branch to the right immediately after the false floor, there was also a tunnel that branched to the left. However it was totally blocked by a huge collapse. Graham found an entrance higher on the mountainside that led into some collapsed areas where there was apparently a timbered winze going downward. I'm sure these two areas connected up underground but, due to the collapse, are now separated and partially inaccessible. Graham will be posting his video soon, I'm sure, so he will have footage of that stuff which he saw.
I love the little history elements, Frank and Graham, from Or. Graham??? I still come by, but do not always comment, y'all have that covered well. Thanks guys!
Thanks, Doug! Yes, Graham is from Oregon. If you haven't done so already, you should check out his UA-cam channel at ua-cam.com/users/GramVideos95. Thanks for your ongoing support and interest in my videos -- much appreciated on this end!
Ever investigated doing some East Coast mines? I grew up in a historic mining town in GA and as kids, my brother and I ran all over the hills envisioning finishing a gold filled hidden mine. We panned the streams in our spare time.
Awesome mine! Do you know if there were any other accesses to this one? Based on the stope extending downwards from the main level, there was another haulage level- no hard-rock miner worth his salt would move ore upwards by hand in a stope. My guess is that there is either another adit lower on the mountain to tram out the lower part of the stope, or a shaft for the same purpose.
Glad you enjoyed the video! The false floor you see in the video was covering an inclined shaft of sorts that went down into the lower stopes. We think that might've been the haulage point to get the ore up to the main tunnel we entered by. There were no other openings to this mine. The opening we entered was in a ravine and quite low in elevation. There was an upper entrance that was partially collapsed and probably connected to the area we were in. Graham went in there and found a timbered winze. They might've hauled ore up that winze. Not sure, though.....
A mine that uses that much timber to hold up the mountain would have given me a panic attack. Is there a part 2 to this video or is there nothing more to see?
There will be no Part 2 or anything like that. This was pretty much it. As I mentioned in another reply to someone else's comment, we probably should've gone downward into those stopes -- it looked like they went downward pretty far. Maybe I'll do that in a future visit, but I have no plans to return to this area anytime soon. Thanks for commenting, Mark!
DAM! Lots of timber in there! So that stope, looks like they room and pillared it then after they mined the pillars out they had 2nd guess's and decided to keep mining so then stulled it to keep the roof up maybe?
It's funny you mention that because I had never seen it either. However, if you look at the video I uploaded on July 1st titled "Trapdoors and Tunnels in the Green Tree Mine", they used the same zig-zag technique in there. Both mines are in different states and separated by 1000 miles or so.
Had to go back and look at "trapdoors" again. Yeah, kinda the same thing in that vertical stope but just kinda different orientation. I'm surprised I didn't notice before. Ya get really turned around in these videos, sometimes (heh..heh).
Excellent as usual, Frank, and I have to throttle back on too many questions. But I am curious how much footage you shot to get seven minutes on screen. BTW, the old ads and info on some of the articles you found (wire rope, etc.) are a great addition.
Thanks, Stan! I thought those old ads and pictures that I added to this video were interesting, too. They help complete the story. For this video, I had about 31 minutes of footage. Keep in mind that some of that footage were re-takes of certain scenes and some of it was just bad video to begin with.
Thanks, Frank. I am getting into video, and I find a lot of what I shoot is not good enough to tell the story, redundant, etc. And may I compliment you on your skills. There are many vids that are UN-watchable because the guy holding the camera pans at the speed of light, etc. Yours are excellent. Keep it up, pal.
"There are many vids that are UN-watchable because the guy holding the camera pans at the speed of light, etc." Stan forgot to add "Like Pauls, for example."
+Mini DK#9 Yes, Graham did find an upper entrance outside on the mountainside. There was a lot of collapse in there as well as a timbered winze that went downward. What you don't see in my video is that there was a branch in the tunnel to the left where we went to the right just beyond the false floor, but it was totally blocked with a substantial collapse. I'm sure that blocked off area to the left connected up with whatever Graham found higher on the mountain side.
Love your videos. In all your vids I've watched so far you've shown lots of winges going down to lower levels and I'm curious if you've ever descended down a winge to a lower lever. Some of them seem to have decent ladders that could be climbed down. Not that I'm suggesting you put your life in danger, I'm just curious why in your explorations you always pass by the winges and never descend to see whats down there. I would guess that the reason is that the risk is just too great.
+s. r. Yes, the risk is too great - especially if I'm exploring by myself. Even when I have others along with me, we will often not descend ladders. If I know beforehand that a certain mine has ladders in it and is a popular, well-visited mine, I will do research and determine from other explorers whether or not the ladders are safe. A troubling scenario would be for me to descend a ladder, get to the bottom, do some exploring, and then return to the ladder to begin the climb out and the lower rungs break or the lower sections give way and collapse leaving me stranded at the bottom with no way to get out. Of course, my contacts back at home would know the exact coordinates of the portal I entered if such a thing were to happen, so help would be on the way within several hours.
+Bonnie 3887 Hi, Bonnie! I believe that burros and donkeys were used to get the timber to the site and probably down the mine tunnel. From there, the miners set the timbers up and wedged them in place.
Nice straight forward mine that, timbers looked in great shape too, lots of them as well. Was this mine close to the last video you done? That had quite a lot of stulls too.
It took me close to an hour to cross that false floor. I kept hearing your voice in my head saying, "Just do it, Frank. Just do it. Don't think about it. Just do it." LOL No, seriously, it took less than a minute to cross it. The drop underneath was very shallow. In fact, I believe the drop underneath was the top of an inclined shaft that went downward into the stopes. Where we crossed, the drop was only a foot or two deep. It got deeper as it went downward off to the right. Keep in mind, too, that the boards here that comprised the false floor were NOT waterlogged or wet like that plank was at the bottom of the Black Metal Shaft.
I have a Garmin GPS, and I was wondering if there is a good map or maps you would recommend that would give me locations of mines on that such device? I found one that covers Utah, Nevada and Arizona, but it's $250.00. Any tips would be much appreciated! As always, thoroughly enjoy your videos, stay safe and keep them coming!
No. All the good artifacts were taken decades ago when these mines first closed down. There is nothing left in them for the most part -- except the occasional gun and stuff like that! Seriously, we're not artifact hunters. We're into preserving the history of these sites and getting them documented before they are inaccessible forever due to erosion, deliberate sealing, etc...
+Patrick Madden Thanks, Patrick, for your enthusiastic comment! Only four more days until the next video gets released at midnight on July 20th. You are going to love that one - the mine was flooded and full of bats and pack rats!
Hey Frank, Be sure to check out my buddy on the other side of the pond. Cornish Mine Explorers if you have not met him already. great mine videos as always. Thanks for the upload sir.
Hello your videos are very interesting, have you ever go out of your country? because in my country Bolivia specifically in my town Potosi there are too many abandoned mines if you are interested in supernatural things as in your video in the horton mine, the Potosi mines have a lot of stories about sacrifices and rituals too. Greetings from Potosi Bolivia
Hey, thanks for your comment! And thanks for taking time to watch this video, too! I've done a little bit of research on the Potosi Mines down there in Bolivia and have heard of some of the things you mentioned in your comment. At this point, however, I have not yet explored and documented any mines that are located outside of the United States. Some day, though! Thanks again for commenting.
I think there was an old Mine near my home at the old company town 'Point Sal.' Nothing remains of the town and an active Air Force base uses the area(which is mainly used for ICBM testing).
awesome mine! i gotta question: i have noticed that you sometimes go into mines late at night and then build a camp to stay overnight. wouldn't it be safer to check it out earlier in the day and drive home in the evenings? what about the animals that creep out at night?
Generally speaking, you're safer with animals that appear at night than the humans of this planet.. lol.. I've been camping for years and have never had an issue... As have tens/hundreds of millions of others!
I love your videos, but please be careful, its very dangerous climbing on timbers like those at the end, you just don't know if it will suddenly give way!
Exploring Abandoned Mines Dang man your a Brave Man. I always found. Caves, Mines, Crevasses, Valleys and ravines Very Interesting. I live by a Deep Ravine. With a a Vertical Slope. But we are extremely cautious. But To be honest you inspired me to do things like that. Thank You. It's honestly Risky but fun. And Do not worry I know what to do in there.but anyway keep up the good work and stay safe. God bless you
+Dread Shot Thank you for your great comment! Glad to hear that I might have helped you get out the door and do some exploring on your own. Always use common sense, be safe, and have fun while you're out there! Let me know, too, if you ever post any cool pictures or videos. I would be interested in seeing them.
Exploring Abandoned Mines Hey Man I have something that You might find Interesting! I'm Not Completely sure If I want to do this but I found a entrance to a Storm drain. Its Made out of Plastic and Is pretty dark . I was trying to find out I'd it is safe to go in it but not very sure. What do you think?
A new video will be coming out this Wednesday the 20th at midnight. Just so you know, I upload new videos at midnight (Pacific Time) on the 1st, 10th, and 20th of each month. Thanks, man!
Thank you for the video Frank and Graham.
+Richard Maunder No problem, Richard! Thank you for watching.
Very cool mine! Love the old battery. Thanks for another great mine explore!
+turokk1 Thanks for taking the time to comment! I appreciate it.
The underground forest! That was a good one, great video!
It WAS a cool stope mine!
A good exploration like always! Its a real treat to watch these high quality videos before the mines collapse over time
+joe m Thanks for checking in, Joe! I appreciate your comment.
its good you put the history in of the artifacts you find as the history you show frank. Great work keep safe .
+1uptospeed I really appreciate your comment - thanks!
Hey Frank, thanks for including the snippets of information about artifacts and such in your videos. They're really quite interesting, and I love that you take the time to research. Shows you really do have a passion for history.
Glad you appreciated the historical inserts in this video, Sara. Thanks for your comment and thanks, too, for watching.
Thank you very much for sharing , go on like this , congratulations!
liking the historical photographs. Background info in the video gives it a nice touch!
Certainly glad to hear that viewers are enjoying the historical photos. I thought those were interesting and decided to add them into the video to give some clarity to what was going on, etc.. Thanks for taking the time to comment!
Awesome Video! Thanks for bringing us another great mine!
You've been a long-time supporter of these videos, so thank you for watching and taking the time to comment yet again. I really appreciate it!
THANK you posting!... I always enjoy your adventures!!! =]
Thanks for posting your comment! And thank you for watching, too. Much appreciated on this end.
Love the addition of the Historical photograph! Nice work as always Frank!
+pourindiesel Thanks, man! Glad to hear the positive feedback on the historical photographs. Will try to do that more often in future videos when circumstances permit.
I really enjoy the research you do into the things you find in the mines, thanks for taking the time.
No problem! Thank you for taking the time to watch the videos. Always glad to hear when a viewer appreciates the research that goes in to making one of these videos. Thanks again!
It just so cool how much the wood looks new. Light has a very strong effect. Some of those timbers looked like 12x12s. Those dudes must have been tough. Thanks Frank.
Thanks, Stan, for watching and commenting! Yes, some of those timbers ARE huge. Just getting them out there to this remote, tree-less location must've been quite an undertaking.
Those ore cart trestles are always very interesting to look at. Everything is so well preserved out there.
keep it up #ExploringAbandonedMines love your videos
That mine seemed to have an example of every mine feature in it - stulls, false floors, room and pillar, etc. I've never seen anything like those huge boulders at the end inside of an adit before.
I still wonder how long it took him to get across @ 3:19
Thanks, Justin! Yes, there was a little bit of everything in this mine. It was kind of a cool little mine to find. Graham had picked this one out, and it was a good choice.
Sometimes the little mines have the most interesting features... Chuck and I explored a lode mine today that fits solidly into that category.
May all of our mines flow into one in the great abandoned mine in the sky.
Did you see where I mentioned you by name at 5:43 in this video???
The top and bottom of this absolutely HUGE tungsten mine have been explored pretty well by others recently .. and it's a beauty. One of my favorites and it looks like there's still lots of production left in it if it were to fall into the right stewardship. Thanks for your contribution to its' video record, gents.
Thanks Frank and Graham, usual good video. Very extensive stoping in this mine, must have been a major producer by the amount of stoping and the large waste rock piles outside.
Good to hear from you, Garry! Thanks for commenting! Yes, those stopes seemed to go downward pretty far. I'm kind of kicking myself today for not having gone down into them. However, better safe than sorry.
Wild place, thanks for the tour!
Thanks!
Exploring Abandoned Mines Welcome!
That's really cool how giant boulders are being supported deep inside the mine!
+xwinger15 Thanks for your comment! Like I said in a previous reply to somebody else's comment, those stulls are like toothpicks holding up tons of rock!
its amazing how many abandon mines there are ,another good one,,,,,p
Thanks, Paul! Yes, there are hundreds of thousands of mines all across the southwest. I and my fellow abandoned mine explorers definitely have our work cut out for us. Thanks for watching the video and taking the time to comment.
These vids are too awesome frank. With all that wast rock outside the mine it looked like it was a big operation in its day.... 👍
Yeah, you can see how far down those stopes go. We should've slid down in there now that I think about it. At the time, though, it didn't seem like a safe thing to do. Probably best that we limited ourselves to what we saw in the first place. Glad to hear you are enjoying the videos, Joshua! Thanks!
It was a large mine in it's day.
Wow Frank, you truly are very brave! So is Graham! That stoped area had me freaked out, everything looks so precarious but if not for you, we'd never know, right? Keep up the good work and I'll certainly keep watching!! Take care and stay safe out there!
Thanks for taking the time to comment! I appreciate your support and ongoing interest. Yes, stopes can be precarious -- one never knows when that ceiling is going to decide to come down. Those old-time miners sure were a brave lot.
Thanks for your replies, I truly appreciate them! Perhaps you were a miner in a past life, you never know!
Or maybe I was a rock. haha
A rock...hahahaha! I'm thinking more along the lines of a gold nugget!
Another great video, Frank. Hope all is well.
+Dan Myers Thanks for taking a look! Hey, if you haven't noticed I'm no longer on FB. Send me an email with your email address so I can keep in touch.
I really like the slant of the rock face in the tunnel! Gives it a really otherworldly feel!
Great explore :)
Thanks, man!
+RAULGANJAHMAN TRON us*.
Surprising that large tunnel ended so abruptly...maybe the ore ran out? Thanks for the tour!
Thanks for another great video, from one of your British subscribers. We have nothing like that over here.
Thanks for being a subscriber! Yes, the deserts of the American southwest are kind of unique. They are great areas to explore and hike in.
if you ever get a chance stop on by Red River, New Mexico, They have sealed off quite a few of the mines there in the recent years, but it would be nice to get to see the ones still accessible on a video since i can't make it up there myself, The few i ventured into were extremely extensive and seemed pretty stable, i believe they sealed alot of the ones that were close to the public park because kids would just go in there and drink and spray paint them. But i know about 80% of them were gold mines and i think you and everyone would enjoy getting a glimpse of them. Thanks, Frank.
I really enjoy watching your videos, keep up the good work. You got a sub. Greetings from South Africa
+MrBrille91 Thanks so much for subscribing! And welcome aboard! Always nice to hear from enthusiastic viewers like yourself you are enjoying the videos. Thank you. Feel free to comment or ask questions on any video - I try to answer as many as I can. Thanks again for your support!
Very interesting. All that timber holding up the rock like that, very scary stuff.
+Barnekkid Toothpicks holding up tons! That's one way to look at it. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment - I appreciate your support and interest!
Not gonna lie, I found you guys through the Horton mine video like a lot of people did. But I'm glad I stuck around and watched all your stuff, it's really interesting.
+Iɴғɪɴɪᴛᴇ8 _ Thanks for taking the time to comment! Always glad to hear when somebody else finds the videos interesting.
Great video as always. Could you possibly throw some commentary into your next video on how oar cart tracks where laid and bent? I was always curious with more primitive tools; how these men contoured that steel track rather precisely.
Great vid frank I am always excited when you give us another, do some exploring myself just haven't explored mines, hope to some day, keep it up bro and stay safe. I will be waiting for your next vid
+David Samson Thanks, David, for your enthusiastic comment! Always stoked when I hear from excited viewers like you who look forward to each video. As long as you enjoy watching these crazy videos, I will enjoy making them. Thanks again!
It great you followed up on the box at the portal. Here why Anaconda mining cables are used all over the world now. I personally have used and installed many many rolls of there cable I think it's safe to say miles of it. It was used to supply voltage to a lot of equipment. Like I say a world renowned suppliers.
The cable that powers our joy miner was 1000 volt cable and it had a built in monitor system if something hit that cable and cut it, it would kick or drop the breaker that supplied the power. It was a great invention that really was a life saver. We call the blocks of wood stacks that support the bad rock Cribs I guess the old timers called them that because they look as corn crib. Who knows lol. Thanks besafe.
Thanks for that additional information! I really appreciate you adding that in, and I'm sure the other viewers do, too. Thanks, man, for taking the time to watch the video and for commenting. Love it!
Now that is one sketchy mine Frank. They had some major issues with the ceiling in that mine. Obviously some major fissures and by the look of the rock on the floor still very active. I didn't see any means of getting ore up from the stopes that were lower than the main haulage. Had the tracks or whatever just been removed? I wouldn't go back there either lol. You guys stay safe bro.
+Doc McCoy Under the false floor that we crossed in the main tunnel, it looked like there was a downward sloping inclined shaft that led off to the right down into the lower stopes. I would assume that was probably used at one time to haul the ore up from the lower area. What you don't see in the video is that where the ore cart tracks branch to the right immediately after the false floor, there was also a tunnel that branched to the left. However it was totally blocked by a huge collapse. Graham found an entrance higher on the mountainside that led into some collapsed areas where there was apparently a timbered winze going downward. I'm sure these two areas connected up underground but, due to the collapse, are now separated and partially inaccessible. Graham will be posting his video soon, I'm sure, so he will have footage of that stuff which he saw.
I love the little history elements, Frank and Graham, from Or. Graham??? I still come by, but do not always comment, y'all have that covered well. Thanks guys!
Thanks, Doug! Yes, Graham is from Oregon. If you haven't done so already, you should check out his UA-cam channel at ua-cam.com/users/GramVideos95. Thanks for your ongoing support and interest in my videos -- much appreciated on this end!
Ever investigated doing some East Coast mines? I grew up in a historic mining town in GA and as kids, my brother and I ran all over the hills envisioning finishing a gold filled hidden mine. We panned the streams in our spare time.
glad you made it out safely
Thanks, Cameron! I appreciate your comment and thanks for watching!
Awesome mine! Do you know if there were any other accesses to this one? Based on the stope extending downwards from the main level, there was another haulage level- no hard-rock miner worth his salt would move ore upwards by hand in a stope. My guess is that there is either another adit lower on the mountain to tram out the lower part of the stope, or a shaft for the same purpose.
Glad you enjoyed the video! The false floor you see in the video was covering an inclined shaft of sorts that went down into the lower stopes. We think that might've been the haulage point to get the ore up to the main tunnel we entered by. There were no other openings to this mine. The opening we entered was in a ravine and quite low in elevation. There was an upper entrance that was partially collapsed and probably connected to the area we were in. Graham went in there and found a timbered winze. They might've hauled ore up that winze. Not sure, though.....
daaaaamn bro .. nice videos 😁😁
Thanks for your comment, bruh! I really appreciate it. Keeps me motivated!
Yay! A new video!
great vid fellas! take care
A mine that uses that much timber to hold up the mountain would have given me a panic attack. Is there a part 2 to this video or is there nothing more to see?
There will be no Part 2 or anything like that. This was pretty much it. As I mentioned in another reply to someone else's comment, we probably should've gone downward into those stopes -- it looked like they went downward pretty far. Maybe I'll do that in a future visit, but I have no plans to return to this area anytime soon. Thanks for commenting, Mark!
you have not thought about returning wing horton mine?
left me with great curiosity
DAM! Lots of timber in there! So that stope, looks like they room and pillared it then after they mined the pillars out they had 2nd guess's and decided to keep mining so then stulled it to keep the roof up maybe?
That one big pillar in there was interesting, wasn't it? Not sure if they room-and-pillared first like you suggested. Hard to tell.
+Exploring Abandoned Mines Totally bad ass though
he always does the cool ones when I stay home.
+paul niblock (stonedagin1) know right? lmao
Go too Mine the Horton Pleaseeeee!!!
very cool video
I've never seen that zig zag pattern (starting around 4:45) used before. That was pretty interesting.
It's funny you mention that because I had never seen it either. However, if you look at the video I uploaded on July 1st titled "Trapdoors and Tunnels in the Green Tree Mine", they used the same zig-zag technique in there. Both mines are in different states and separated by 1000 miles or so.
Had to go back and look at "trapdoors" again. Yeah, kinda the same thing in that vertical stope but just kinda different orientation. I'm surprised I didn't notice before. Ya get really turned around in these videos, sometimes (heh..heh).
Excellent as usual, Frank, and I have to throttle back on too many questions. But I am curious how much footage you shot to get seven minutes on screen. BTW, the old ads and info on some of the articles you found (wire rope, etc.) are a great addition.
Thanks, Stan! I thought those old ads and pictures that I added to this video were interesting, too. They help complete the story. For this video, I had about 31 minutes of footage. Keep in mind that some of that footage were re-takes of certain scenes and some of it was just bad video to begin with.
Thanks, Frank. I am getting into video, and I find a lot of what I shoot is not good enough to tell the story, redundant, etc. And may I compliment you on your skills. There are many vids that are UN-watchable because the guy holding the camera pans at the speed of light, etc. Yours are excellent. Keep it up, pal.
"There are many vids that are UN-watchable because the guy holding the camera pans at the speed of light, etc." Stan forgot to add "Like Pauls, for example."
That large chute means there is a large upper area to the mine right? Did you guys find the entry to that?
+Mini DK#9 Yes, Graham did find an upper entrance outside on the mountainside. There was a lot of collapse in there as well as a timbered winze that went downward. What you don't see in my video is that there was a branch in the tunnel to the left where we went to the right just beyond the false floor, but it was totally blocked with a substantial collapse. I'm sure that blocked off area to the left connected up with whatever Graham found higher on the mountain side.
I'll post the video of what I found up on the hill, it wasn't much but it probably did lead to the lower adit.
+frank do you do any sort of air testing while your in these mines to make sure the air is breathable
I carry an O2 meter. Graham has a multi-gas detector.
I work in confined space so that was a question I've always had. Great videos keep them coming
Love your videos. In all your vids I've watched so far you've shown lots of winges going down to lower levels and I'm curious if you've ever descended down a winge to a lower lever. Some of them seem to have decent ladders that could be climbed down. Not that I'm suggesting you put your life in danger, I'm just curious why in your explorations you always pass by the winges and never descend to see whats down there. I would guess that the reason is that the risk is just too great.
+s. r. Yes, the risk is too great - especially if I'm exploring by myself. Even when I have others along with me, we will often not descend ladders. If I know beforehand that a certain mine has ladders in it and is a popular, well-visited mine, I will do research and determine from other explorers whether or not the ladders are safe. A troubling scenario would be for me to descend a ladder, get to the bottom, do some exploring, and then return to the ladder to begin the climb out and the lower rungs break or the lower sections give way and collapse leaving me stranded at the bottom with no way to get out. Of course, my contacts back at home would know the exact coordinates of the portal I entered if such a thing were to happen, so help would be on the way within several hours.
Gol back to THE hunted one mate!.
Ya go to that one
+Braaap boys do u even know what i Am talking about?. Go man!.
ya
why are you getting mad because i agree with you
+Braaap boys ?. Go YOUR self!.
wow, the stulls are crazy
Crazy like a stull!
Buen vídeo
amigo
Can you explore the horron mine again, but live
I wonder how much pressure is on the supports...
I wonder that, too, sometimes. Would be interesting to find out....
It must be a lot :) Great video!
How did they get the timbering and the stulls in place?
+Bonnie 3887 Hi, Bonnie! I believe that burros and donkeys were used to get the timber to the site and probably down the mine tunnel. From there, the miners set the timbers up and wedged them in place.
Nice straight forward mine that, timbers looked in great shape too, lots of them as well. Was this mine close to the last video you done? That had quite a lot of stulls too.
No, the two mines in question are very far apart from each other and located in different states. But you're right -- both had a lot of stulls.
Hey Hey! you made it across @ 3:19 ! I knew you would! how long did it take?
It took me close to an hour to cross that false floor. I kept hearing your voice in my head saying, "Just do it, Frank. Just do it. Don't think about it. Just do it." LOL No, seriously, it took less than a minute to cross it. The drop underneath was very shallow. In fact, I believe the drop underneath was the top of an inclined shaft that went downward into the stopes. Where we crossed, the drop was only a foot or two deep. It got deeper as it went downward off to the right. Keep in mind, too, that the boards here that comprised the false floor were NOT waterlogged or wet like that plank was at the bottom of the Black Metal Shaft.
I still am hoping to go back there one of these days to see if we can't find the bottom of that vertical shaft.
I have a Garmin GPS, and I was wondering if there is a good map or maps you would recommend that would give me locations of mines on that such device? I found one that covers Utah, Nevada and Arizona, but it's $250.00. Any tips would be much appreciated! As always, thoroughly enjoy your videos, stay safe and keep them coming!
I'm not familiar with the Garmin GPS devices at all.
No problem, thanks for the response!
Do you bring with you a small rock hammer or similar sized hammer and chisel, in case you get trapped due to a collapse, to possibly dig your way out?
A small hammer is one thing I do not normally carry. Graham, however, had one with him.
Thank you! Great videos, keep up the good work!
i always like to think of what it was like to work in those mines
So do we! I'm sure it was very back-breaking, dangerous work with little pay.
another good job.
Do you guys keep anything you find, such as gas cans, Dynamite, or old tools?
No. All the good artifacts were taken decades ago when these mines first closed down. There is nothing left in them for the most part -- except the occasional gun and stuff like that! Seriously, we're not artifact hunters. We're into preserving the history of these sites and getting them documented before they are inaccessible forever due to erosion, deliberate sealing, etc...
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You guys are awesome! You are doing the right thing. Keep up the good work!
I really hate waiting for the next episode... but worth it
+Patrick Madden Thanks, Patrick, for your enthusiastic comment! Only four more days until the next video gets released at midnight on July 20th. You are going to love that one - the mine was flooded and full of bats and pack rats!
Do you tell anyone where you go?, incase somthing happens?
Certain people and acquaintances always know the exact location of every mine we enter.
Did the door at the portal have deep, fresh scratches on the inside?
Hey Frank, Be sure to check out my buddy on the other side of the pond. Cornish Mine Explorers if you have not met him already. great mine videos as always. Thanks for the upload sir.
+MrTropics64 Yes, I am subscribed to his UA-cam channel. I love his stuff!
You should carry glow sticks as well, they're a good emergency measure, I don't know if you already do but it would be a good idea if not.
Hello your videos are very interesting, have you ever go out of your country? because in my country Bolivia specifically in my town Potosi there are too many abandoned mines if you are interested in supernatural things as in your video in the horton mine, the Potosi mines have a lot of stories about sacrifices and rituals too.
Greetings from Potosi Bolivia
Hey, thanks for your comment! And thanks for taking time to watch this video, too! I've done a little bit of research on the Potosi Mines down there in Bolivia and have heard of some of the things you mentioned in your comment. At this point, however, I have not yet explored and documented any mines that are located outside of the United States. Some day, though! Thanks again for commenting.
I think there was an old Mine near my home at the old company town 'Point Sal.' Nothing remains of the town and an active Air Force base uses the area(which is mainly used for ICBM testing).
Sounds interesting!
Love these vids man, how do you get the opportunity to explore all of these mines?
I call in sick a lot. haha Thanks for watching the videos and taking the time to comment. Your support and interest are appreciated.
Is this in wickenburg az?
awesome mine! i gotta question: i have noticed that you sometimes go into mines late at night and then build a camp to stay overnight. wouldn't it be safer to check it out earlier in the day and drive home in the evenings? what about the animals that creep out at night?
Generally speaking, you're safer with animals that appear at night than the humans of this planet.. lol.. I've been camping for years and have never had an issue... As have tens/hundreds of millions of others!
Amazing! :)
Thanks, bruh!
I love your videos, but please be careful, its very dangerous climbing on timbers like those at the end, you just don't know if it will suddenly give way!
Wasn’t the vulture mine closed permanently due to the mine being unstable?
You’re thinking of a different Vulture Mine.
You should go back and do the Horton Mine again!
(I didn't want to be the only one not saying it)
+paul niblock (stonedagin1) Dross sent me. haha
nice ... i love mines still have yet to do one lol
You should explore and document one! Once you do, you'll be hooked like the rest of us. haha Thanks for watching, bruh!
the location?
Luv da vids bro
Right on, bruh! Thanks for commenting. Glad to have you along for the adventures!
+Exploring Abandoned Mines dude I feel special ❤️
I cringe in fear seeing where you go. But I cannot take my eyes away.
Same Anaconda as in Anaconda Montana?
No. It seems the word "anaconda" was used for a lot of mining related enterprises in different states.
yeah, my state was basically owned by the Anaconda co. for 100 years
then ARCO bought it & shut it all down
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dude hit me up next time you guys go explore!
4:48 pasa un murciélago?
when u going Colorado bro come on up
I take it that that's not the Vulture mine in Az.
Mine jarvis pls!
yess
Are you ever scared like something may go wrong?
+Dread Shot Exploring abandoned mines is definitely a calculated risk - much like anything else in life.
Exploring Abandoned Mines Dang man your a Brave Man. I always found. Caves, Mines, Crevasses, Valleys and ravines Very Interesting. I live by a Deep Ravine. With a a Vertical Slope. But we are extremely cautious. But To be honest you inspired me to do things like that. Thank You. It's honestly Risky but fun. And Do not worry I know what to do in there.but anyway keep up the good work and stay safe. God bless you
+Dread Shot Thank you for your great comment! Glad to hear that I might have helped you get out the door and do some exploring on your own. Always use common sense, be safe, and have fun while you're out there! Let me know, too, if you ever post any cool pictures or videos. I would be interested in seeing them.
Exploring Abandoned Mines Hey Man I have something that You might find Interesting! I'm Not Completely sure If I want to do this but I found a entrance to a Storm drain. Its Made out of Plastic and Is pretty dark . I was trying to find out I'd it is safe to go in it but not very sure. What do you think?
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Are you doing this as a job, or its just your hobby? Because it seems like it cost a lot of money to do all this staff
I need to try pokemon go in caves
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Dont want to be a party pooper, but most likely you'd lose data and GPS signal makign it useless
I found a rhyhorn (is that how you spell it?)
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waiting for a new video 😁😁😁
A new video will be coming out this Wednesday the 20th at midnight. Just so you know, I upload new videos at midnight (Pacific Time) on the 1st, 10th, and 20th of each month. Thanks, man!
HORTON MINE PLS.! I'll pray for your safety but pls. go!.
false floors is man traps ?this mine is dangerous.
Yes, false floors in mines are very dangerous. Especially if one doesn't see them because the boards are covered with rocks and dirt.
it's cool
and CREPPY
(Insert "last time i was this early" joke)