It’s really exciting to climb around these old mines from the early depression era and a lot of people out of work willing to risk their lives for the fruits of the ground. I’ve walked/climbed many old mines from the Twenties and Thirties in the Randsburg, RedMountain and Ridgecrest. There was only one old Silver mine above and over the mountain where the Yellow Astor Mine is located. The Silver mine shaft went straight down so far it was almost impossible to hear anything hit the bottom. Counting the seconds did not work and we didn’t have much rope back in the early Seventies. So we left it alone. It even had a wooden ladder that went straight down as well but it was so dry rotted there was just no way down. But the Yellow Astor Mine was the largest Gold producing mine during the depression that the amount of Gold removed helped America out of financial disaster. We got permission from the owner to wander the property and go into any mine at our own risk. Ah man I was in. The yellow Astor was chained off and had many recent signage warning of gas in the mine and was completely off limits. But surrounding where the Yellow Astor comes out of the ground at a 45 degree angle in the middle of where they removed the top of the mountain and turned the area into a dream mining system so big and huge that there just seemed to be no end to it. So I in my intrepid adventurist manner began to crawl through some of the scariest rock tunnels with 24” diameter blocks of wood holding up the rock ceiling. I continued further down where they were following a gold vein that eventually opened up into a cavern with multiple directions to go, so I continued to follow the Gold vein until the end of the shaft. Everything was hard rock mining. Solid granite is what they were tunneling through. But at the end there were the tools used by the last miner who worked that tunnel. He left his Pick Axe, Candle holder, shovel and a beat up half smashed corrugated steel bucket filled with about 4 inches of finely packed soil as hard as rock. I grabbed the bucket and carefully filled the bucket with my selection of soil and rock to be sifted and identified. It took a day to crawl out of that tunnel with that bucket. When I finally got back to camp I separated what dirt I took and the dirt that was left in the bucket. Stupid me could have just taken the bucket as it turned out that dang dirt was cram packed full of gold nuggets. Small indeed but gold nonetheless. So the gold I panned I put in a little bottle, set it in all that dirt/soil in the bucket as I planned on returning it all back into the mine where I found it. Unfortunately it was stolen from me before I could get it back and that’s it then. There was a difference back in those days because everyone who lived in Randsburg or Red Mountain were real desert rats. If something is left unattended, it would be stolen by the next day. That’s just the way it was out there where they live like it’s 1929. The desperation which is evident by all those people scratching at the earth hoping to make themselves rich. I entered a lot of the old Immigrant mines that were usually dug high on the ridges and because they were poor there was little to no wood timbers used to hold up the weight of the world over their heads. These mines were in Gullers Gultch, a canyon across the desert floor from Randsberg where my friend’s family owned a claim. The Immigrants mines were round at best to prevent rockfalls but they were pretty nasty tunnels full of Bats and their guano. Yikes and yuk. I never saw any indication of successful gold mining. So my buddy that owned the claims and three other friends spent an entire year digging a mineshaft 50 feet straight down and branched off in a couple of directions. No Gold was ever found in that hole. But one of them in their spare time found some very large Gold Nuggets up what was called Spanish Canyon because of the Spanish Immigrants who dug extensively in that area. But he found the Gold under a gigantic granite rock. Well these Sun Soaked Nutbags who were for all intents and purposes nearly insane by this time and decided to go completely Nuts. After having a half hearted gun battle that only succeeded in pissing them off even further and they in their brain-fried condition only managed to wound each others egos so they broke up the band. The last time I was in Gullers Gultch I looked down into the boys mine and it was mostly filled with water and had a dead snake floating around in what once was a dream of four men with Gold Fever. I’m Seventy now and would have a hard time fooling around in desert holes in the ground again but I loved every minute of it. Thank you to anyone who reads this. Hermit
Thank you for reading my note. The stories I could tell about that wiley desert. The worst thing about Randsberg was the Tarantula migration each October. They’re huge and there’s thousands of them and they don’t go around anything, they go straight over everything. Yikes! Another oddity are the tin cans along the road around the hill from Randsberg from Red Mountain to Ridgecrest. The ancient rusty metal cans are at least six feet tall along both sides of the road. It stretches for miles. I guess most food was canned back in the 10’s and 20’s. But there must be millions of cans. Strange. Hermit @@feathercatcher
When😂 does your book of memories come out, Young Fella? Me (82) Im going to write mine for when they lock me in a care house with time on my hands any nobody to shout with. Get at it, asap!
Well, it sounds like Sir you better get busy at 82, I will have been dead for 12 years by then. I just like to reminisce once in awhile. Only one of the men who dug that mine is still alive. Ended up a Trash collector in Scottsdale, AZ. Hmmm. Yes, I gots stories of the Mojave Desert, some of which scare the pants off me now. I was walking in a mineshaft once near Randsburg that was a very large, square horizontal shaft with the tracks still on the floor. I was walking along at a fairly good clip as I anticipated spending a couple days in the ground and wanted to go deeper. And I’ll never forget what saved my life. As I hustled along I just happened to notice a very small slight rise of the soil underfoot about four or five feet in front of me that made me stop instantly. For right before me and as wide as the shaft was a vertical shaft went straight down several hundred feet. There was almost no indication of the vertical shaft and I came within a foot of falling down. Needless to say I turned around, left that mine for another. (I got attacked by a Mother Owl in another cave in the vicinity but that’s another stupid story of my adventures in mining. Hermit@@johneaton4364
I had a friend die in an abandoned mine back in the 1970's from something unknown to me. I ran into his brother who told me about his death after I asked how his brother was doing. up to that time I haden't heard about his accident, I felt bad after visibly upsetting my friend so I did not pursue the conversation to ask the cause be it bad air or cave-in. We were in the scouts together and went on many camp-outs in the Colorado mining districts. Our scout master was wise to the dangers and told us never to enter an abandoned mine. It's too bad my deceased friend did not heed that warning otherwise he might still be with us today. I enjoyed the video and am glad you made it out alive but worry others might see this and misunderstand the danger of following your lead and entering other mines. A warning to NEVER ENTER AN ABANDONED MINE is the only safe option for those that may follow you. Again glad you made it out alive you are lucky. Keep up the great videos but please stay above ground. Regards, -j
i really enjoyed the strata in this mine it had to be easy digging. Outstanding production as always. Many big thanks for being my legs and taking me along.
Oh my you had me at the 1924 mark. I do not know how far in the mountain you are it would be amazing to see a map of aerial view of those tunnels to see how deep. Thank you for an amazing trip and having the guts to do this.
To prevent getting lost carry a big roll of string and fasten the beginning of the string somewhere at the entrance of the mine. You can follow the unwound string to find your way back to the entrance.
Lost my father to a Mingo County, WV coal mining rock fall in 1943... Vowed to never enter or work in the mines. One can only imagine the injuries suffered and lives lost in this years long, massive gold mining operation. Interesting for us but risky for you, thanks for taking us along.
Not supposed to use flash lights. Use a fuel lantern. When you come across bad air or no air, the lantern will flicker or fail due to low air and keep a flashlight handy for that time.
What shoring? The only thing I saw was at the entrance, and that looked pretty modern,looked like treated 4X4. It looked like they intentionally buried it afterward.. 😂
Great mine as you are walking along at about 11.00 you spot a end (Face) but it seemed a dark black hole at the end it looked like a blow out to another tunnel unsure . But later you found a blow out a found the shaft great real exciting a great find as you sat next time lots of rope will be needed Super nice find ⛏️🤔 thank you for the tag along.
Your seasoned experience well done You have much love for Alaska we love her too. AND OUR LOVE FOR YOU GROWS EVERYDAY.... ❤ Thank you both for the most Amazing Adventures NORALY AND ALASKA ❤
I’ve seen that Portrait of that mining character in a couple of different UA-cam videos from other mine explorers . Seems he was a pretty popular fellow , or the guy who drew him with his carbide light moved around a lot in the various mining districts. Thanks again for sharing your finds with us all , and as you always say “ Stay safe out there”😎👍
Small carts made for a small tunnel, and there's no track left cuz they ripped it up and took it with them when closing down to reuse it somewhere else. He points out the sleepers for the track at 9:20, so they definitely took it with them.
No, no, that entrance did NOT seem safe! You didn't even jiggle the roof to see if it wanted to fall down like a trap door and imprison you! That tunnel gave me the heebie jeebies!!!
It looks in places almost like recombined old placer material, particularly the area you found the slab that had an alluviual look. Also seems like alot of tunnel for not much ore. Cheers Daniel.
Can’t imagine digging that out by hand. I imagine that they were following and ore vein? Imagine, if you were to start digging anywhere along the corridor up, down, left or right, you could hit a vein of pure gold worth millions!
Or most likely just keep digging rock… the men in those mines knew what kind of rock to look for, if there was another spot to explore, they would have been into it.
The ribbons are marked with numbers or letters the company that put them up took samples each ribbon is a sample and the numbers allow them to find said sample when the find samples with good amounts of gold or whatever mineral they are looking for
I'm not claustrophobic but caves and underground tunnels give me much anxiety, even vicariously, lol Memories of the story in Huckleberry Finn. How on Earth did you ever find your way out?
I've been in some old abandoned gold mine shafts in the Karangahake Gorge, Coromandel ,New Zealand, but they are nothing like thus one, that seemed to go on for miles n miles,were is the exit!!..buggar that you can keep it, thats some scary Indiana Jones tunnel of doom stuff.🤠
When you were talking about the light difference, I started thinking, when they were in those tunnels in the 30’s they didn’t didn’t have good light at all. I wonder just how much they were really able to see while working those mines???
😮bro i had an in second person from distance panic attack lol,I have watched loads of your videos and I’m good you know what you’re doing but this place,who knows eh you made it out,created,edited and uploaded the work you undertook but mate I was glad you got outta there man 🙏🏴
Was all of that smooth wall inside the mine a fault, or was it the canyon walls of an ancient canyon? It seemed like more of a placer type rock in a lot of places. But then there is a shaft and the winze you found. I am confused.
pretty clean and even tunnelling compared to what I've explored in my neck of the woods. ours usually have lots of water and the deposits are often at about a 45 degree angle.
wheres the gold,and how did they get the dirt out, buckets,carts,how many people did it take to work this,just thinking out load,thanks for the journey
Another mine to feel as though I'm the explorer! Wow! How long were the miners down there and what did they find? Do you run across rattlesnakes? Easy exploring and I can smell the mine!
On the way in, after a bit, there appeared to be a light in the distance. I suspect it may have been the flashlight light reflecting off something, perhaps? Unfortunately the explorer went into the left passage instead of continuing ahead along the passage with the 'light'. So we don't know what was the 'source' of the light in the end. Some passages didn't appear to be explored which is a shame. The small hole at the end of the passage which appeared to show some woodwork inside a shaft? Would have liked to have checked that out a bit more. Possibly the same shaft as per the shaft entrance near the end of the video? Was an oxygen meter carried along with the exploration? If not, that was risky as lack of oxygen can cause (serious) issues. Self exploration? If so, that was also risky. Better to have at least three people do the exploration so that it case of some emergency/difficulty. one or more people can help get out of any situation.
Amazing you are wearing gloves! Good job. Why so many other's don't is beyond my thought process. I Rock search every week & wouldn't think of not using them.
That is exactly correct with that California mine…I watched in a couple of mines there with another videography….what kind of rock are you dealing with? Host rock…any stats on the mine? That face that is
Do you carry a backup flashlight imagine losing your flashlight back in the tunnels and feeling your way out with your heart beating hoping you don't make that your tomb😮 anyways imagine working in those mines in breathing all that dust into your lungs
You guys got more guts than me! In around 1969 I worked in a place much like that 40 miles north of lac laronge,Saskatchewan.( I was born in southern Saskatchewan. In1944)lots of loose down there!
Are the red and occasionally blue or yellow tapes hanging from the roof markers for explosives? Thabks for taking us along (I'm a Pepper, too!) ETA: I promise I can spell, ha!
At 3:53 on the video, it's probably nothing, but I noticed a black cylindrical shape on the floor, against the wall, that looks like it had a reflection on the left end. Maybe nothing more than a burnt stick or something, but it stands out. Any idea?
Interesting video, but you should take along some radios and a second or third person in case of a collapse or accident. Medical supplies, water, and oxygen may be useful as well as a gas detector. Stay safe, don't take unnecessary risks.
It’s really exciting to climb around these old mines from the early depression era and a lot of people out of work willing to risk their lives for the fruits of the ground. I’ve walked/climbed many old mines from the Twenties and Thirties in the Randsburg, RedMountain and Ridgecrest. There was only one old Silver mine above and over the mountain where the Yellow Astor Mine is located. The Silver mine shaft went straight down so far it was almost impossible to hear anything hit the bottom. Counting the seconds did not work and we didn’t have much rope back in the early Seventies. So we left it alone. It even had a wooden ladder that went straight down as well but it was so dry rotted there was just no way down. But the Yellow Astor Mine was the largest Gold producing mine during the depression that the amount of Gold removed helped America out of financial disaster. We got permission from the owner to wander the property and go into any mine at our own risk. Ah man I was in.
The yellow Astor was chained off and had many recent signage warning of gas in the mine and was completely off limits. But surrounding where the Yellow Astor comes out of the ground at a 45 degree angle in the middle of where they removed the top of the mountain and turned the area into a dream mining system so big and huge that there just seemed to be no end to it. So I in my intrepid adventurist manner began to crawl through some of the scariest rock tunnels with 24” diameter blocks of wood holding up the rock ceiling. I continued further down where they were following a gold vein that eventually opened up into a cavern with multiple directions to go, so I continued to follow the Gold vein until the end of the shaft. Everything was hard rock mining. Solid granite is what they were tunneling through. But at the end there were the tools used by the last miner who worked that tunnel. He left his Pick Axe, Candle holder, shovel and a beat up half smashed corrugated steel bucket filled with about 4 inches of finely packed soil as hard as rock. I grabbed the bucket and carefully filled the bucket with my selection of soil and rock to be sifted and identified. It took a day to crawl out of that tunnel with that bucket. When I finally got back to camp I separated what dirt I took and the dirt that was left in the bucket. Stupid me could have just taken the bucket as it turned out that dang dirt was cram packed full of gold nuggets. Small indeed but gold nonetheless. So the gold I panned I put in a little bottle, set it in all that dirt/soil in the bucket as I planned on returning it all back into the mine where I found it. Unfortunately it was stolen from me before I could get it back and that’s it then.
There was a difference back in those days because everyone who lived in Randsburg or Red Mountain were real desert rats. If something is left unattended, it would be stolen by the next day. That’s just the way it was out there where they live like it’s 1929. The desperation which is evident by all those people scratching at the earth hoping to make themselves rich. I entered a lot of the old Immigrant mines that were usually dug high on the ridges and because they were poor there was little to no wood timbers used to hold up the weight of the world over their heads. These mines were in Gullers Gultch, a canyon across the desert floor from Randsberg where my friend’s family owned a claim. The Immigrants mines were round at best to prevent rockfalls but they were pretty nasty tunnels full of Bats and their guano. Yikes and yuk. I never saw any indication of successful gold mining.
So my buddy that owned the claims and three other friends spent an entire year digging a mineshaft 50 feet straight down and branched off in a couple of directions. No Gold was ever found in that hole. But one of them in their spare time found some very large Gold Nuggets up what was called Spanish Canyon because of the Spanish Immigrants who dug extensively in that area. But he found the Gold under a gigantic granite rock. Well these Sun Soaked Nutbags who were for all intents and purposes nearly insane by this time and decided to go completely Nuts. After having a half hearted gun battle that only succeeded in pissing them off even further and they in their brain-fried condition only managed to wound each others egos so they broke up the band. The last time I was in Gullers Gultch I looked down into the boys mine and it was mostly filled with water and had a dead snake floating around in what once was a dream of four men with Gold Fever.
I’m Seventy now and would have a hard time fooling around in desert holes in the ground again but I loved every minute of it. Thank you to anyone who reads this. Hermit
Thank you for your short story. At first I was going to pass it by, but it grabbed my intrest.
Thank you for reading my note. The stories I could tell about that wiley desert. The worst thing about Randsberg was the Tarantula migration each October. They’re huge and there’s thousands of them and they don’t go around anything, they go straight over everything. Yikes! Another oddity are the tin cans along the road around the hill from Randsberg from Red Mountain to Ridgecrest. The ancient rusty metal cans are at least six feet tall along both sides of the road. It stretches for miles. I guess most food was canned back in the 10’s and 20’s. But there must be millions of cans. Strange. Hermit @@feathercatcher
When😂 does your book of memories come out, Young Fella? Me (82) Im going to write mine for when they lock me in a care house with time on my hands any nobody to shout with. Get at it, asap!
Well, it sounds like Sir you better get busy at 82, I will have been dead for 12 years by then. I just like to reminisce once in awhile. Only one of the men who dug that mine is still alive. Ended up a Trash collector in Scottsdale, AZ. Hmmm. Yes, I gots stories of the Mojave Desert, some of which scare the pants off me now. I was walking in a mineshaft once near Randsburg that was a very large, square horizontal shaft with the tracks still on the floor. I was walking along at a fairly good clip as I anticipated spending a couple days in the ground and wanted to go deeper. And I’ll never forget what saved my life. As I hustled along I just happened to notice a very small slight rise of the soil underfoot about four or five feet in front of me that made me stop instantly. For right before me and as wide as the shaft was a vertical shaft went straight down several hundred feet. There was almost no indication of the vertical shaft and I came within a foot of falling down. Needless to say I turned around, left that mine for another. (I got attacked by a Mother Owl in another cave in the vicinity but that’s another stupid story of my adventures in mining. Hermit@@johneaton4364
I'm 64, great story!
I had a friend die in an abandoned mine back in the 1970's from something unknown to me. I ran into his brother who told me about his death after I asked how his brother was doing. up to that time I haden't heard about his accident, I felt bad after visibly upsetting my friend so I did not pursue the conversation to ask the cause be it bad air or cave-in. We were in the scouts together and went on many camp-outs in the Colorado mining districts. Our scout master was wise to the dangers and told us never to enter an abandoned mine. It's too bad my deceased friend did not heed that warning otherwise he might still be with us today.
I enjoyed the video and am glad you made it out alive but worry others might see this and misunderstand the danger of following your lead and entering other mines.
A warning to NEVER ENTER AN ABANDONED MINE is the only safe option for those that may follow you. Again glad you made it out alive you are lucky. Keep up the great videos but please stay above ground. Regards, -j
Nope. I can’t.🫣
i really enjoyed the strata in this mine it had to be easy digging. Outstanding production as always. Many big thanks for being my legs and taking me along.
Thanks for taking us along!
Oh my you had me at the 1924 mark. I do not know how far in the mountain you are it would be amazing to see a map of aerial view of those tunnels to see how deep. Thank you for an amazing trip and having the guts to do this.
Incredible trip through this abandoned mine I’m sure glad you made it back to safely 😊
With that many tunnels how do you not get lost?
Put your flags on one-side of the tunnel going in. They'll be on the opposite side going out.
There are a lot of markings throughout the tunnels. I'm sure they were put there to keep the miners from getting lost.
To prevent getting lost carry a big roll of string and fasten the beginning of the string somewhere at the entrance of the mine. You can follow the unwound string to find your way back to the entrance.
Nope. No way man. Never.
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@@DingusMusicProductions 🐎🐎ua-cam.com/video/fY4avafDZUY/v-deo.html🪕🪕My mother always used to say :Never say never.🌹🌹
Good
@@tommcelroy6975 Good what?
@@SALAMINIZER13 hehehehe
This is like panic attack….how do you find your way out??????😮😮😢😢
Lost my father to a Mingo County, WV coal mining rock fall in 1943... Vowed to never enter or work in the mines. One can only imagine the injuries suffered and lives lost in this years long, massive gold mining operation. Interesting for us but risky for you, thanks for taking us along.
Not supposed to use flash lights. Use a fuel lantern. When you come across bad air or no air, the lantern will flicker or fail due to low air and keep a flashlight handy for that time.
I'd be willing to bet he has an 02 sensor. If not he definitely should...
I Usually Bring a Canary.
I just hold my breath
Not led
I just pull my bippy out. Watch to see which way it swangs
Wow, what a cool journey! Thank you for a fabulous video!
I'm so glad i have found your channel today, thats my UA-cam viewing sorted for a week watching all your videos, great content!!
⭐️⭐️SURPRISE NOTHING WAS FOUND ‼️‼️
That Mountain Dew can dates from the early 70s. Aluminum cans just started appearing around the early 70s, about 72 to 73.
And people with metal detectors have hated finding the pull tabs just below the surface have hated finding them ever since!!
That was worth the wait,very nice adventure!
I'd still be trying to find the exit. No way !!!
Seems very risky to trust your life to 100 year old shorings. You are alone with no way to call for help should there be a cave in.
What shoring? The only thing I saw was at the entrance, and that looked pretty modern,looked like treated 4X4. It looked like they intentionally buried it afterward.. 😂
Let people do what they want?
Absolute nightmare if you tripped and fell and broke a leg or all your lights failed...
Easy Karen! If you don’t like it maybe go watch a Disney movie or something
A tunnel is safer than crossing the street.
Great mine as you are walking along at about 11.00 you spot a end (Face) but it seemed a dark black hole at the end it looked like a blow out to another tunnel unsure . But later you found a blow out a found the shaft great real exciting a great find as you sat next time lots of rope will be needed Super nice find ⛏️🤔 thank you for the tag along.
Wow,that was so cool! Hope they got a lot of gold in 1932!
Thank you for taking us all the way down and then walkjng back. It was awesome. Something I would never ever do-
thanks for the vid sir - I'm just amazed so many of these haven't all collapsed. Super neat and distinctive graffiti there too.
Absolutely no way on Gods green earth would I ever go under like this. I’m so scared right now!!!!!
LITTLE NINNY BABY....I WOULD LOVE TO EXPLORE THOSE OLD MINES.
@@waltermorris5786 Then do it
How exciting!! Thanks for taking us along.
Your seasoned experience
well done
You have much love for Alaska
we love her too.
AND OUR LOVE FOR YOU
GROWS EVERYDAY....
❤
Thank you both for the most
Amazing
Adventures
NORALY AND ALASKA ❤
I’ve seen that Portrait of that mining character in a couple of different UA-cam videos from other mine explorers . Seems he was a pretty popular fellow , or the guy who drew him with his carbide light moved around a lot in the various mining districts. Thanks again for sharing your finds with us all , and as you always say “ Stay safe out there”😎👍
Way craziness. Better you than me. I'm not sure if I could have done that. Wonder what they were looking for . Thanks for your bravery and video.
Another cool find, looking forward to the shaft explore! Be safe!
First time watching one of your videos and I really enjoyed it. Liked n' Subscribed. Cheers
HOW do you find your way out!???
What should you do if you get lose inside the cave? I was suffering all the way long. Take care, it was an amazing exploration.
As a former coal miner, I wonder how the workers got the ore outside. There is almost no space for minecarts in the small corridors. In buckets?
And no track
Small carts made for a small tunnel, and there's no track left cuz they ripped it up and took it with them when closing down to reuse it somewhere else. He points out the sleepers for the track at 9:20, so they definitely took it with them.
Nice mine, but…WHERE DOES THE "SURPRISING" part begin?
No, no, that entrance did NOT seem safe! You didn't even jiggle the roof to see if it wanted to fall down like a trap door and imprison you! That tunnel gave me the heebie jeebies!!!
It looks in places almost like recombined old placer material, particularly the area you found the slab that had an alluviual look. Also seems like alot of tunnel for not much ore.
Cheers Daniel.
Can’t imagine digging that out by hand. I imagine that they were following and ore vein? Imagine, if you were to start digging anywhere along the corridor up, down, left or right, you could hit a vein of pure gold worth millions!
Or most likely just keep digging rock… the men in those mines knew what kind of rock to look for, if there was another spot to explore, they would have been into it.
No way I could have went down there. Couldn't imagine working there. Scary
Such an awesome video. You have alot of guts to go in that deep. I would get claustrophobic. Thank you for taking us along. Stay safe out there.
What do all the different colored ribbon mean?
I THINK.they are little markets left behind so that they know the tunnel.has been explored..
Wondering rhe same thing
The ribbons are marked with numbers or letters the company that put them up took samples each ribbon is a sample and the numbers allow them to find said sample when the find samples with good amounts of gold or whatever mineral they are looking for
Levels of death
Another great video, but I worry for you
I'm not claustrophobic but caves and underground tunnels give me much anxiety, even vicariously, lol Memories of the story in Huckleberry Finn. How on Earth did you ever find your way out?
Thanks for sharing your experience! Your videos are so interesting.
Thanks🙏 good work
Man that enthusiasm is infectious!!!awesome!!!
I'm getting lost just watching this video, let alone being there. I could NEVER. 😵💫But this is still really cool!
How in the world that you keep from getting lost is behold me. 😮
I've been in some old abandoned gold mine shafts in the Karangahake Gorge, Coromandel ,New Zealand, but they are nothing like thus one, that seemed to go on for miles n miles,were is the exit!!..buggar that you can keep it, thats some scary Indiana Jones tunnel of doom stuff.🤠
Rolling the dice on that one!
What are the random dark wet looking spots on the ground?
Neat. Be safe out there.
Wow, will look forward to that shaft adventure….thank you very much
Good job, good lucky
Love the channel.
Amazing the work it took to complete this mine
When you were talking about the light difference, I started thinking, when they were in those tunnels in the 30’s they didn’t didn’t have good light at all. I wonder just how much they were really able to see while working those mines???
Now I know the meaning of "the light at the end of the tunnel".
😮bro i had an in second person from distance panic attack lol,I have watched loads of your videos and I’m good you know what you’re doing but this place,who knows eh you made it out,created,edited and uploaded the work you undertook but mate I was glad you got outta there man 🙏🏴
Love all these old mining videos but reminds me of the film Descent
Should sweep up all the material left on the floor of the mine and process it for the gold.... I bet you there's multiple ounces...😊
I wonder if there would be!
Was all of that smooth wall inside the mine a fault, or was it the canyon walls of an ancient canyon? It seemed like more of a placer type rock in a lot of places. But then there is a shaft and the winze you found. I am confused.
pretty clean and even tunnelling compared to what I've explored in my neck of the woods. ours usually have lots of water and the deposits are often at about a 45 degree angle.
Where can i find a video that explains windlass, drift, adit, winze, stope, etc etc, so i can understand what they are finding in the mines? Thx
Exciting
Sehr interessantes Video, dass Tunnelsystem ist erstaunlich gut erhalten für sein Alter.
Man stelle sich Mal diese Arbeit vor, solches zu errichten.
Somebody surveyed it.
I've seen that Mohawk guy in a few different mine explores. He got around. Good days, stay safe.
Oh my, scarey enough and claustrophobia. Certainly keeps my attention. Thanks for taking us.
wheres the gold,and how did they get the dirt out, buckets,carts,how many people did it take to work this,just thinking out load,thanks for the journey
Wow you are alone and taking some huge risk in my opinion. You show amazing things but should not be alone.
Support.
Damn that's quite complex of tunnels, this would put to shame the golfers I have in the back yard.
Have you ever found a gold nugget that was dropped by a miner while you were exploring?
Watching this is very cool,I actually am feeling quite claustrophobic!! Wow
Another mine to feel as though I'm the explorer! Wow! How long were the miners down there and what did they find? Do you run across rattlesnakes? Easy exploring and I can smell the mine!
On the way in, after a bit, there appeared to be a light in the distance. I suspect it may have been the flashlight light reflecting off something, perhaps? Unfortunately the explorer went into the left passage instead of continuing ahead along the passage with the 'light'. So we don't know what was the 'source' of the light in the end.
Some passages didn't appear to be explored which is a shame.
The small hole at the end of the passage which appeared to show some woodwork inside a shaft? Would have liked to have checked that out a bit more. Possibly the same shaft as per the shaft entrance near the end of the video?
Was an oxygen meter carried along with the exploration? If not, that was risky as lack of oxygen can cause (serious) issues.
Self exploration? If so, that was also risky. Better to have at least three people do the exploration so that it case of some emergency/difficulty. one or more people can help get out of any situation.
Awesome man thanks
Doesn't look overly dusty. 👍😊😊
So very cool video I can’t do such discoveries by my self (due to being injured by a accident) but I can enjoy it still by watching you video
You never know what lies below the ground. Have fun.
Like the video, how do you keep from getting LOST?.......I was lost after the first 5 mins.......lol.....JB.................
Thank goodness @ 20:02 you didn't attempt to look down (or up) the shaft you discovered hidden deep inside the abandoned gold mine.
how do you keep from getting lost down there?
I’d be completely lost! So many openings with multiple tunnels. How do you know where you’ve been and haven’t been?
Amazing you are wearing gloves! Good job. Why so many other's don't is beyond my thought process. I Rock search every week & wouldn't think of not using them.
That is exactly correct with that California mine…I watched in a couple of mines there with another videography….what kind of rock are you dealing with? Host rock…any stats on the mine? That face that is
Do you carry a backup flashlight imagine losing your flashlight back in the tunnels and feeling your way out with your heart beating hoping you don't make that your tomb😮 anyways imagine working in those mines in breathing all that dust into your lungs
I can’t imagine the amount work & how long it took too dig tunnels??!
I’d be terrified of snakes!
Where is that mine. Can get more information? I like exploring too
I love ARG channels like this
I don't think you know what an ARG is.
@@lhart9938 amogus
I’d never get out!
see any gold? I am so so glad you found your way out safety!!!
Wonderful job man. Hatsoff to you!!.Now i cud really imagine how pathetic the lives of all miners is😢.
You guys got more guts than me! In around 1969 I worked in a place much like that 40 miles north of lac laronge,Saskatchewan.( I was born in southern Saskatchewan. In1944)lots of loose down there!
Damn your a braver man than me brotha. I'm surprised you didn't Hear any rattling coming from under that sheet metal at the portal entrance. 😮YIKES!!
Are the red and occasionally blue or yellow tapes hanging from the roof markers for explosives?
Thabks for taking us along (I'm a Pepper, too!) ETA: I promise I can spell, ha!
Marker as you dig your tunnel. Hansel und Gretel used bread crumbs.
@@michaeltaylor4984 ah, thanks!
The red, pink and yellow tapes (ribbons) are survey markers. A survey crew came though my guess sometime in the 70s bases on the Mt Dew can.
At 3:53 on the video, it's probably nothing, but I noticed a black cylindrical shape on the floor, against the wall, that looks like it had a reflection on the left end. Maybe nothing more than a burnt stick or something, but it stands out. Any idea?
Notes that the overhead is unstable keeps going deeper...yikes
There u go!
Interesting video, but you should take along some radios and a second or third person in case of a collapse or accident. Medical supplies, water, and oxygen may be useful as well as a gas detector. Stay safe, don't take unnecessary risks.
Did you get lost at all down there?
When was the mine last mined. Who installed all those plastic flags. Likewise all the random spray painted number, etc?
What is the air quality like down there???