Surprising Discovery Hidden Deep Inside this Abandoned Gold Mine
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2024
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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.🫣
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!
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
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!
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.
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!!
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
Incredible trip through this abandoned mine I’m sure glad you made it back to safely 😊
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.
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!!
I'd still be trying to find the exit. No way !!!
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.
How exciting!! 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...
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!!!
Your seasoned experience
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Another cool find, looking forward to the shaft explore! Be safe!
Wow, what a cool journey! Thank you for a fabulous video!
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.
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.
thanks for the vid sir - I'm just amazed so many of these haven't all collapsed. Super neat and distinctive graffiti there too.
Man that enthusiasm is infectious!!!awesome!!!
Thanks for sharing your experience! Your videos are so interesting.
First time watching one of your videos and I really enjoyed it. Liked n' Subscribed. Cheers
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.
Thank you for taking us all the way down and then walkjng back. It was awesome. Something I would never ever do-
That was worth the wait,very nice adventure!
Wow,that was so cool! Hope they got a lot of gold in 1932!
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.
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?
Now I know the meaning of "the light at the end of the tunnel".
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.
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”😎👍
⭐️⭐️SURPRISE NOTHING WAS FOUND ‼️‼️
Nice mine, but…WHERE DOES THE "SURPRISING" part begin?
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!
Damn that's quite complex of tunnels, this would put to shame the golfers I have in the back yard.
Oh my, scarey enough and claustrophobia. Certainly keeps my attention. Thanks for taking us.
Rolling the dice on that one!
Awesome man thanks
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.
Wow, will look forward to that shaft adventure….thank you very much
We’re is the surprise ? show some gold ore . Because im getting motion sickness .
Good job, good lucky
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?
Amazing the work it took to complete this mine
Wow you are alone and taking some huge risk in my opinion. You show amazing things but should not be alone.
Have you ever found a gold nugget that was dropped by a miner while you were exploring?
How in the world that you keep from getting lost is behold me. 😮
Watching this is very cool,I actually am feeling quite claustrophobic!! Wow
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
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.
HOW do you find your way out!???
Love the channel.
I’d never get out!
Somebody surveyed it.
I've seen that Mohawk guy in a few different mine explores. He got around. Good days, stay safe.
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.
I’d be terrified of snakes!
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???
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
Doesn't look overly dusty. 👍😊😊
You never know what lies below the ground. Have fun.
Good, thx
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!
He could learn a lot from an old story -“ never swim alone”. He should be partnered up with someone!
What are the random dark wet looking spots on the ground?
Thank goodness @ 20:02 you didn't attempt to look down (or up) the shaft you discovered hidden deep inside the abandoned gold mine.
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
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!!
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.
I’d be completely lost! So many openings with multiple tunnels. How do you know where you’ve been and haven’t been?
I got lost in the first five minutes 🤣.
see any gold? I am so so glad you found your way out safety!!!
I love ARG channels like this
I don't think you know what an ARG is.
@@lhart9938 amogus
Racoon Hat probably. :p
I was scared just watching this. Never could do this!!!
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.🤠
I can’t imagine the amount work & how long it took too dig tunnels??!
Massive, making those tunnels had to be soooo much work. He missed a shiny silver thing in beginning.
When will explorers start to not use hand held devices and go with helmet mounted cameras?
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
Your song reminded me... Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Dr. Pepper too😂❤
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.
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 do stuff just like this here in az. i can point you to some cool mines with stuff in them
Better you than me man, fascinating, but no underground for me.
Hi!!😊 They Are Markers!!😊
The camera doesn't really show the tailings pile, it must be huge, those tunnel walls look very crumbly wouldn't want to touch, one collapse could end it all. That shaft breakthru hole could be aiding in pulling fresh air into the mine
Wow Dare Devil....im Quite Impressd... impossible Missions
Can you give some info on the geology of the the sides of the tunnel? On video it looks like either brecciated material or the large river rock of an ancient river.
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.
Man disappears into the desert never to be found. Family mourns loss and wants closure. Tunnel collapses trapping man, who spends his last days alive watching his batteries run out and sits in darkness slowly dying of thirst. Sorry, to risky. Remember, curiosity killed the cat!
...But satisfaction brought him back!
@@Darkbeers This time!
*desert. I doubt he died in a bowl of ice cream.
@@chubbrock659 Well said. Fixed it thanks!
Too risky?
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
Won't it be great when they make helmet mounted lidar and you could hook it wireless to yor phone and view as you got tunnel mapping. 😂
You got some balls, ill give ya that!
I hope you let people know what mine you went into in case something happens and you get stuck inside.
Pure anxiety watching this. Relief when you got out.