Julie is such a good sport following you into these mines. I congratulate her for this. Tom you got a great wife there. Congratulations to both of you.
Well, I loved the shorts, the gun and the shovel, nice accoutrements. Julie's helmet looked nice and shiny. I noticed the dead end. Lol. Just teasing, LOL. I would say something about the soft and wet material and exploring the hole mine, but I won't, LOL
Hey Tom that 3 piece Swiss army knife shovel was cool handy tool I just realized that mine had a nice door on it as you were on your way back out prince song lol Take good care of Miss Julie stay safe guys!
Another great video, Tom! I’m a little confused - is this the mine that I told you about that I had never been to but always wanted to go to in that one canyon? If it is that particular mine, I thought you told me that the entrance to that one was completely collapsed, a definite no-go, and one that you did not access. Maybe I mis-read your email. I’ll have to go back and look. Anyway, those were unusual load marks. It’s usually the dots that we’ve seen countless times. Great shot at 4:20 showing how the erosion plug forms and how it looks from inside the mine. I have been in a mine or two where the rock was kind of damp and wet like that and rather crumbly. Probably not the most stable material to dig a mine through, that’s for sure!
I'm confused, too, Frank. We've been in too many mines in the last several weeks. I'll try and sort it out soon. Thanks for your continued support. We appreciate it!
Not a large mine but it looked like they had good deposits in it. But the last hundred feet were getting pretty rotten. Might be why they had to pull out of that one. They sure didn't do much timbering by the looks of things! Thanks guys! I love watching your adventures!👍
6:31 "continuing on" into what appears to be a scene directly from a horror movie lol, I'm just waiting for two eyes to start glowing off in the distance someday from some inner earth monster ;p . . . you truly are fearless kind sir! I hike and explore the topographical side of our world oftentimes alone and in the dark, but this doesn't phase me. I've gone spelunking before and it's cool but definitely a little creepy to me, highly rewarding, as I'm a surveyor my mind goes to how can I map this out. I would explore here with someone like you without fear, but going at it alone would give me the willies. Great job Sir!
Thanks for the nice comment, Jeramia! This is definitely not something one should do alone as any small accident or fall could cause big problems. It can be a little creepy at times. We have seen cat tracks, and scat, far into mines more than once. Meeting up with a cat in a tight space is a little concerning. Exploring mines in general keeps you on your toes as the saying goes. I'm not a real jumpy person by narure. Julie, on the other hand, has watched too many scary movies, and can be startled easily. By the way, I worked in the surveying business for several years in the mid 70's and early 80's. It was a fun job. We did section breakdowns, boundry disputes, road construction, flood plain studies and the like. Keep in touch and maybe we will cross paths someday.
@@TomandJulieMineExploring Oh cool I never thought about wild cats living in the mines, but if they explored far enough it could be like an underground cat city, seems like a good theme for a movie...you're welcome pixar ;) Nice, surveying is definitely fun and can be challenging, and if you don't like exploring you wouldn't enjoy surveying, but those of us who are natural trail blazers surveying is just a part of the gig really. I was actually a 10 year C-17 loadmaster in the air force, but became a surveyor upon getting out. I'm from Barstow so some of the videos you make in Death Valley and the Hot Springs area over by Baker is just down the street from Barstow. We have tons of old mines in and around here, so if you're ever in the area doing a shoot I would love tag along! Heck, I would film for you two so you could be hands free and in charge, and I'll be tail end charlie. I have been living in Denver for the past several years, so I go exploring up in the Black Hawk region, near St Mary's glacier. One of my favorite favorite locations is Loch Lomond, there are many alpine lakes up there, each just as pretty as the next, some more beautiful but take 10 mile hikes or more to reach. The one I go to you can Jeep all the way up to it, albeit it's definitely a Jeep trail but I saw like a 90 something subaru slightly lifted diesel car made it one day hh. I know your thing is mines, but there are also so many mines up in the Front Range as I really live in Golden Colorado. I love vids, I just stumbled upon your channel literally 2 days ago. I'm currently in Barstow just until Covid dies down, then I'll head back to Colorado. Maybe we can explore some mines someday, I would love your expert training in fact I'd buy you dinner and bring our lunch for us so we can get instagram worthy picnic photos in a one hundred year old abyss. Have a great year mate, keep up the good work!
Do you guys have a mine gate key? Would you slip through a broken gate? [I might] There's a fellow with a channel that has a mine key he's used to video places. I don't know why we all find this to be so fascinating but it just is. Not as much fun if there are no artifacts though.
Not exactly my geographic area of expertise, but there are a lot of mines near Searchlight. Find an online topo map and that will help you search. Stay safe wherever you go.
@@TomandJulieMineExploring thank you I will I have been to the mines by Searchlight and Nelson’s landing as well as the mines pass the dam i wanna to explore more and the areas around them I’ll look at some maps thanks again
Another great video, and I haven't even gotten to the end. Noticed Tom was carrying in this video. I have been curious whether either of you did, with the potential of negative interaction during your wanderings & explorations. I have seen in a few videos, Tom carrying what appears to be a Buck knife, and I did watch the review of the .22 mag five shot revolver. Curious and concerned about your safety while out and about. Thanks for sharing this video. I am certain I will have to edit this comment after finishing the video. Want to know how that shovel/pick combination worked for you, and after approximately three years, is it still a tool you carry.
We are usually both carrying. I don't carry in a hip holster much because of dirt and rocks falling into it from the mine workings. Julie has the .22mag and I either carry a 9mm Shield or 9mm Glock 17. I like carrying the buck knife, although I haven't been carrying that lately. That little shovel is very good and it's always with us. It gets used and abused a lot and could be a real lifesaver if you got on the wrong side of a cave in. It still works great and is holding up well. We don't leave home without it. Thanks for the comment!👌😄
@@TomandJulieMineExploring Thanks for the response. I will have to check out that shovel/pick. I have a Glock folding shovel without a pick. Haven't really tried it yet though. Many of the combination shovel/picks I have researched appear to me "gimmicky". However, real world use by yourselves will get me to look into the one you are using. What the both of you do in these videos is what I enjoy doing in my free time. Except for the mine exploring; only because that isn't anything I have access to in my near vicinity. If there is an abandoned something with tunnels, a narrow pathway through boulders, an entrance or path to the unknown, then I am all in. 🙂
I don't know if you read your messages at this old of a video but yeah that's just like an entrenching tool I'm not sure if they had them during Korea that style but Vietnam era they had that style with a pick and shovel about half again as big as that
Tom & Julie -- Nice find & explore . On your little shovel is there a coarse-toothed saw blade in one of the handle sections? I have one very similar that I've carried in my truck for over 30 years & mine has a saw in the handle . Julie , don't be afraid of a Bat , it's just a flying Mouse . You're not afraid of Mice are you ? -- < Doc > .
The things you won't do to get to explore a mine. I hope those folks who made that shovel at least gave it to you for the excellent job you did showing what it is capable of. The only thing missing was opening a cold drink at the end of that trek with the bottle opener on it.
Haha, no, they didn't give me the shovel. Your bottle opener idea is great, and I might as well saw on something, too, before I have my cold drink. I'm doing that next time I use that shovel.
Hi Robert, I don't give out that information in a public forum. Most of the videos I make use fictitious names for the mines, which is the case with this one. Maybe we can talk through email. jwigren40@gmail.com
@@jimstieben2885 We just went through Goldfield a few weeks ago on the way home. We have never stopped there and checked out the town. It sure has a lot of interesting looking places with old artifacts from all the mines in the area. I bet it's a fun place to explore.
Tom Wigren: Mine Exploration and Hiking yes my favorite areas to explore are just south of GF in between Goldpoint, Death Valley and the white mountains. There are enough abandoned mines there to keep you busy exploring for 5 years. We have come across some interesting finds in that part of NV. I built a home in Goldfield about 15 years ago so I could retire there. Now the mines are coming back and we may see the district take off again.
@@jimstieben2885 That sounds like a fun area. We will be back down that way when the weather cools off here in Oregon this October. I've had my eye on that area to explore for a while now, but it seems we always end up on the other side of the White Mountains.Thanks for the comment.
Can these be purchased and stocked with couple hundred ozs of silver and allowed to breathe on the surrounding lands for the purpose creating of weather and ultra high quality berries??? That's all I'm trying to do asap. You'd get so much rain.....all year long even.....what's the deal? Yo
@@TomandJulieMineExploring I just don't understand why people don't do it...maybe politics....sounds like wild eyed turkeys from the Mediterranean trying to stop this and blonde people from reproducing...calls for nuclear weapons..
I feel a comment is needed here about something. First, I'm not making a comment for negative purposes. Just ethical and legal purposes. Since abandoned mines all pose at least some element of hazard to the general curious public, (not those with a specific hobby of exploring them), they know the hazards and can safely assess them and choose their actions accordingly. But I'm talking about the general curious inexperienced public. Digging out a naturally filled and inaccessible abandoned mine portal opens it to the general inexperienced public. Thus such persons could be injured or killed as a result. I personally wouldn't want any action by me to result in such a misfortune to someone. My rule of thumb if I found a n inaccessible portal is to move on as there's plenty of accessible ones to enter and explore and I can feel good about my actions. From a legal point, If I'm not mistaken , It's illegal to dig in open or inside of any mine without having a mining claim on it. as per federal mining law. Not being negative, just expressing a point.
I can appreciate your point of view, David. I don’t believe any "curious public" are going to accidentally wander into this mine. It's on top of a waste rock pile high up on a mountainside. So, it's obviously a mine entrance that you would have to crawl into, not a pit trap. Also, you don't need a claim to prospect on millions of acres of federal lands controlled by the BLM and Forest Service. All a claim does is prevent others from taking minerals off of your prospect. Some exceptions are wilderness areas, national parks, private land without the owners permission, and other specifically designated ecologically sensitive areas, where you are not allowed to disturb the ground. This area was none of the above. Thanks for the comment.
Julie is such a good sport following you into these mines. I congratulate her for this. Tom you got a great wife there. Congratulations to both of you.
Thanks for the nice comment, Stephen!
thanks again , i never get tired watching the fun !
You're welcome, Ted. We appreciate you!😊
Well, I loved the shorts, the gun and the shovel, nice accoutrements. Julie's helmet looked nice and shiny. I noticed the dead end. Lol. Just teasing, LOL. I would say something about the soft and wet material and exploring the hole mine, but I won't, LOL
Haha, keepin it clean, Ken. This one is a few years old. Thanks for the comment!
@@TomandJulieMineExploring , that's what I was thinking too. Cool cabin as well
Hey Tom that 3 piece Swiss army knife shovel was cool handy tool I just realized that mine had a nice door on it as you were on your way back out prince song lol Take good care of Miss Julie stay safe guys!
That little shovel is pretty handy. We carry it inside all the mines we enter. That door is cool. Thanks for the comment, Clifford!
So cool that you’re able to go explore these places, all the mines here in MN are closed off or require a tour to see
They are closing many in the west, too. Thanks for watching and commenting, Ben!
Another great video, Tom! I’m a little confused - is this the mine that I told you about that I had never been to but always wanted to go to in that one canyon? If it is that particular mine, I thought you told me that the entrance to that one was completely collapsed, a definite no-go, and one that you did not access. Maybe I mis-read your email. I’ll have to go back and look. Anyway, those were unusual load marks. It’s usually the dots that we’ve seen countless times. Great shot at 4:20 showing how the erosion plug forms and how it looks from inside the mine. I have been in a mine or two where the rock was kind of damp and wet like that and rather crumbly. Probably not the most stable material to dig a mine through, that’s for sure!
I'm confused, too, Frank. We've been in too many mines in the last several weeks. I'll try and sort it out soon. Thanks for your continued support. We appreciate it!
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Thanks for sharing.. You seem to be the only one that visits these places.. Full View Like 34
Thanks, Allen!
Excellent....great find.
Thanks for the comment!
Some beautiful country.
It really is, Drew. Thanks for the comment!
Not a large mine but it looked like they had good deposits in it. But the last hundred feet were getting pretty rotten. Might be why they had to pull out of that one. They sure didn't do much timbering by the looks of things! Thanks guys! I love watching your adventures!👍
Glad that you enjoyed it. Thanks for the comment!
6:31 "continuing on" into what appears to be a scene directly from a horror movie lol, I'm just waiting for two eyes to start glowing off in the distance someday from some inner earth monster ;p . . . you truly are fearless kind sir! I hike and explore the topographical side of our world oftentimes alone and in the dark, but this doesn't phase me. I've gone spelunking before and it's cool but definitely a little creepy to me, highly rewarding, as I'm a surveyor my mind goes to how can I map this out. I would explore here with someone like you without fear, but going at it alone would give me the willies. Great job Sir!
Thanks for the nice comment, Jeramia! This is definitely not something one should do alone as any small accident or fall could cause big problems. It can be a little creepy at times. We have seen cat tracks, and scat, far into mines more than once. Meeting up with a cat in a tight space is a little concerning. Exploring mines in general keeps you on your toes as the saying goes. I'm not a real jumpy person by narure. Julie, on the other hand, has watched too many scary movies, and can be startled easily. By the way, I worked in the surveying business for several years in the mid 70's and early 80's. It was a fun job. We did section breakdowns, boundry disputes, road construction, flood plain studies and the like. Keep in touch and maybe we will cross paths someday.
@@TomandJulieMineExploring Oh cool I never thought about wild cats living in the mines, but if they explored far enough it could be like an underground cat city, seems like a good theme for a movie...you're welcome pixar ;)
Nice, surveying is definitely fun and can be challenging, and if you don't like exploring you wouldn't enjoy surveying, but those of us who are natural trail blazers surveying is just a part of the gig really. I was actually a 10 year C-17 loadmaster in the air force, but became a surveyor upon getting out. I'm from Barstow so some of the videos you make in Death Valley and the Hot Springs area over by Baker is just down the street from Barstow. We have tons of old mines in and around here, so if you're ever in the area doing a shoot I would love tag along! Heck, I would film for you two so you could be hands free and in charge, and I'll be tail end charlie.
I have been living in Denver for the past several years, so I go exploring up in the Black Hawk region, near St Mary's glacier. One of my favorite favorite locations is Loch Lomond, there are many alpine lakes up there, each just as pretty as the next, some more beautiful but take 10 mile hikes or more to reach. The one I go to you can Jeep all the way up to it, albeit it's definitely a Jeep trail but I saw like a 90 something subaru slightly lifted diesel car made it one day hh. I know your thing is mines, but there are also so many mines up in the Front Range as I really live in Golden Colorado.
I love vids, I just stumbled upon your channel literally 2 days ago. I'm currently in Barstow just until Covid dies down, then I'll head back to Colorado. Maybe we can explore some mines someday, I would love your expert training in fact I'd buy you dinner and bring our lunch for us so we can get instagram worthy picnic photos in a one hundred year old abyss. Have a great year mate, keep up the good work!
@Jeramia Valentine Thanks for all that. Keep in touch.
Glad to see your packing some heat.
Oh yes, almost always. Thanks, Jeff.
I have a little shovel just like that.. Can't say I have ever used it to get into a mine...LOL Lots of color in that mine 😎
It's a handy little guy, Max.
Do you guys have a mine gate key? Would you slip through a broken gate? [I might] There's a fellow with a channel that has a mine key he's used to video places. I don't know why we all find this to be so fascinating but it just is. Not as much fun if there are no artifacts though.
What channel are you referring to? Artifacts are nice to see, minerals are fun, too. Some people plant artifacts for their video.
Very beautiful blues and yellows tho. Id be a bat chicken too tho.
Haha, I like that bat chicken term. It's really cool to see the colorful minerals. Thanks, Sassy!
Where can I find some of the mines around Vegas? I remember one up by Pahrump but it’s been years since my uncle showed me that one.
Not exactly my geographic area of expertise, but there are a lot of mines near Searchlight. Find an online topo map and that will help you search. Stay safe wherever you go.
@@TomandJulieMineExploring thank you I will I have been to the mines by Searchlight and Nelson’s landing as well as the mines pass the dam i wanna to explore more and the areas around them I’ll look at some maps thanks again
Another great video, and I haven't even gotten to the end. Noticed Tom was carrying in this video. I have been curious whether either of you did, with the potential of negative interaction during your wanderings & explorations. I have seen in a few videos, Tom carrying what appears to be a Buck knife, and I did watch the review of the .22 mag five shot revolver.
Curious and concerned about your safety while out and about. Thanks for sharing this video. I am certain I will have to edit this comment after finishing the video. Want to know how that shovel/pick combination worked for you, and after approximately three years, is it still a tool you carry.
We are usually both carrying. I don't carry in a hip holster much because of dirt and rocks falling into it from the mine workings. Julie has the .22mag and I either carry a 9mm Shield or 9mm Glock 17. I like carrying the buck knife, although I haven't been carrying that lately. That little shovel is very good and it's always with us. It gets used and abused a lot and could be a real lifesaver if you got on the wrong side of a cave in. It still works great and is holding up well. We don't leave home without it. Thanks for the comment!👌😄
@@TomandJulieMineExploring
Thanks for the response. I will have to check out that shovel/pick.
I have a Glock folding shovel without a pick. Haven't really tried it yet though.
Many of the combination shovel/picks I have researched appear to me "gimmicky". However, real world use by yourselves will get me to look into the one you are using. What the both of you do in these videos is what I enjoy doing in my free time. Except for the mine exploring; only because that isn't anything I have access to in my near vicinity.
If there is an abandoned something with tunnels, a narrow pathway through boulders, an entrance or path to the unknown, then I am all in. 🙂
@@druewzer the little shovel is tougher than I expected. I know what you mean about them being gimmicky.
Ear plugs too!😂
Another good one small but the look of the tailings pile I’d say you missed a lot prob from cave ins / minerals looked good thanks from Aus 🐹🐿
Probably missed some. Thanks for watching and commenting, Ian!
Tom and Julie.
I really injoy your videos.Tom were you a prospector miner
We've spent a few days working in mines, but not we aren't miners. Thanks for the comment!
i got the same shovel works great. cool walk in the mine
It is a cool little tool. Thanks for the comment!
I don't know if you read your messages at this old of a video but yeah that's just like an entrenching tool I'm not sure if they had them during Korea that style but Vietnam era they had that style with a pick and shovel about half again as big as that
Thanks for your input, Mike. We appreciate it!👍😁
Tom & Julie -- Nice find & explore . On your little shovel is there a coarse-toothed saw blade in one of the handle sections? I have one very similar that I've carried in my truck for over 30 years & mine has a saw in the handle . Julie , don't be afraid of a Bat , it's just a flying Mouse . You're not afraid of Mice are you ? -- < Doc > .
Thanks, Doc! No saw in the handle, it's on the shovel edge. Julie's a bit jumpy sometimes.
The things you won't do to get to explore a mine. I hope those folks who made that shovel at least gave it to you for the excellent job you did showing what it is capable of. The only thing missing was opening a cold drink at the end of that trek with the bottle opener on it.
Haha, no, they didn't give me the shovel. Your bottle opener idea is great, and I might as well saw on something, too, before I have my cold drink. I'm doing that next time I use that shovel.
Thank you so much sir
You're welcome and thank you for watching, Rupal.
Very good mine but you had to dig out a few pounds of fill to go in to check it out was a small mine
This was a small one, but really fun to dig out and find all those natural timbers in there. Thanks for watching, Ronnie!
wow, pretty cool, 🙂
Thanks! It's always fun to dig one out.
Whered you get he shovel Tom, it looks like it would do what I need it for?
I ordered it from Amazon, Andy.
Where is this hole? Coordinates?
Hi Robert, I don't give out that information in a public forum. Most of the videos I make use fictitious names for the mines, which is the case with this one. Maybe we can talk through email. jwigren40@gmail.com
Do you need to carry snakes maybe?
Haha, to eat the rats?
In the video you’re not too far from an abandoned mine that is filled with old news papers. Stacked 3-6ft high and all from the 40-80
Thanks for the comment, Jim! Lots of mines in this area. Does the one you are talking about have a name?
Tom Wigren: Mine Exploration and Hiking I would have to look it up. I have a house in Goldfield and love exploring the hills.
@@jimstieben2885 We just went through Goldfield a few weeks ago on the way home. We have never stopped there and checked out the town. It sure has a lot of interesting looking places with old artifacts from all the mines in the area. I bet it's a fun place to explore.
Tom Wigren: Mine Exploration and Hiking yes my favorite areas to explore are just south of GF in between Goldpoint, Death Valley and the white mountains. There are enough abandoned mines there to keep you busy exploring for 5 years. We have come across some interesting finds in that part of NV. I built a home in Goldfield about 15 years ago so I could retire there. Now the mines are coming back and we may see the district take off again.
@@jimstieben2885 That sounds like a fun area. We will be back down that way when the weather cools off here in Oregon this October. I've had my eye on that area to explore for a while now, but it seems we always end up on the other side of the White Mountains.Thanks for the comment.
Can these be purchased and stocked with couple hundred ozs of silver and allowed to breathe on the surrounding lands for the purpose creating of weather and ultra high quality berries??? That's all I'm trying to do asap. You'd get so much rain.....all year long even.....what's the deal? Yo
Go for it.
@@TomandJulieMineExploring I just don't understand why people don't do it...maybe politics....sounds like wild eyed turkeys from the Mediterranean trying to stop this and blonde people from reproducing...calls for nuclear weapons..
Зачем я бы вхожу в старая и опасная золотодобыча? Этот огромный риск.
To see what is there. It's ahobby that does have some danger, but we take a lot of precautions to minimize the risk. Thanks for the comment! 👍
Kinda creepy walk.
Haha, they all are a little creepy if you let your mind wander. Sometimes you hear strange noises in mines, too. Thanks for the comment, Sassy!
I feel a comment is needed here about something. First, I'm not making a comment for negative purposes. Just ethical and legal purposes. Since abandoned mines all pose at least some element of hazard to the general curious public, (not those with a specific hobby of exploring them), they know the hazards and can safely assess them and choose their actions accordingly. But I'm talking about the general curious inexperienced public. Digging out a naturally filled and inaccessible abandoned mine portal opens it to the general inexperienced public. Thus such persons could be injured or killed as a result. I personally wouldn't want any action by me to result in such a misfortune to someone. My rule of thumb if I found a n inaccessible portal is to move on as there's plenty of accessible ones to enter and explore and I can feel good about my actions. From a legal point, If I'm not mistaken , It's illegal to dig in open or inside of any mine without having a mining claim on it. as per federal mining law. Not being negative, just expressing a point.
I can appreciate your point of view, David. I don’t believe any "curious public" are going to accidentally wander into this mine. It's on top of a waste rock pile high up on a mountainside. So, it's obviously a mine entrance that you would have to crawl into, not a pit trap. Also, you don't need a claim to prospect on millions of acres of federal lands controlled by the BLM and Forest Service. All a claim does is prevent others from taking minerals off of your prospect. Some exceptions are wilderness areas, national parks, private land without the owners permission, and other specifically designated ecologically sensitive areas, where you are not allowed to disturb the ground. This area was none of the above. Thanks for the comment.
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