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Yes! There is lots, there is actually a video that a former employee took inside the mine when it was still in operation. Did you want to anything specifically? There is another video on my channel of us exploring some of the White Pine Mine grounds before the property was bought out

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Beaton’s cave is the first adit, this one is much higher up the bluff. There are also several shafts up on the top of the ridge line but are flooded not too far down

@@Sparrow_Outdoors123 Thanks for sharing your exploratory tunnel adventure! I look forward to your future videos!

The Lake Mine for sure! There’s a large rock house still standing, and remains of the shaft house further down the road.

Right? It’s sad that places like this are left to vandalism

Hundreds of mines are left abandoned along the cliffs and bluffs of the UP, many of these mines predate the Civil War, which is crazy to think about.

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@@Sparrow_Outdoors123 lol thanks🥰

Interesting, this was a huge copper mine that used chemicals to separate the copper from the rock leading to widespread biohazard effects in the woods (there are many signs still warning of this standing today). If you look at a satellite view of the facility, you will see hundreds of acres of barren land where the trees still don’t grow

Thank for your comment and for your service to our country Steve! I am glad this video gave you a glimpse into the current state of the base

Was born on the base September 4th 1964. My dad was an electrician in the air force back then.

Thank you for pointing this out

Thanks for commenting! Thank you for your service as well. What was your role at the base? So cool you had connections to Calumet

Thank you, the Upper Peninsula has so much history. I feel like I learn so much visiting these sites and trying to be to imagine what life would have been like long ago. Such a beautiful place.

A little further south actually. One of the only mines I prefer to explore in the winter 😅

@@Sparrow_Outdoors123 super cool, I live in crystal falls on an old iron mine, the Bristol

That is so interesting. Do you own the mine?

@@Sparrow_Outdoors123 I do not, but I have full permission to enjoy it. It is an open pit, it's a beautiful area with a lot of artifacts and a variety of minerals to be found.

Fascinating, if you wouldn’t mind, could you dm me with the name of the landowner and how to reach them? Would be super cool to visit this site.

Thanks! The drone footage definitely makes for a great baseline. And it’s real footage of the area as opposed to something just taken from online.

Not a myth anymore

Thanks lol, when you’re out fishing for 5 hours, you get into some interesting conversations 😂

They are, I'm glad you liked them!

Thanks! 😁

You identified it quicker than we did lol. We kept changing our minds on whether it was a coho, rainbow, brown, and laker 😂

And Lions and tigers and bears

Thanks for the input. I will definitely modify this in the future 👍

@@Sparrow_Outdoors123 I'm a bit hard of hearing but nothing severe. I think cutting the volume of the background music by 3 db (or maybe 6 dB) would work. Plus, you might check... the speaker might be overmodulated or maybe clipping at some points.

That sounds so fun, such a fun place to explore

Raco is now a test track.

Yeah the music could have been better, any recommendations for a different genre?

@@Sparrow_Outdoors123 don’t need any good videos don’t have music

Thats a pretty good theory

Thats interesting, I wonder if they were built around the same time

A unique little gem in the forest

Did you enjoy camping there? Looks like a beautiful area in the lowland

@@Sparrow_Outdoors123 Yes it was in the mid 70's though. On one side of that lake is Fort Wilkins State Park. We had black bears frequenting the campground. Lake is very cold but crystal clear. My brother in law at that time was a Lutheran minister in Calumet. He had a cabin in Mandan Mi. which is near Copper Harbor.

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The Cold War was a crazy era, one of my upcoming videos will feature an exploration of a mine someone used as a fallout shelter for years during this period

I also grew up in the area, I had not known about the base either until a couple years ago

Thanks for the kind words! Like most places in the UP, I usually pronounce it wrong the first time I see it 😅. Thank you for the correction! No one had pointed that out to me even while making the video.

I lived in Kinross and went to school in Rudyard. First job was at the fairgrounds. I've heard Kincheloe pronounced wrong, with a Y sound at the end. But Kinross is just what it looks like. Borring, 😅 You can always tell who's never been there.

KIN-Ross. Hope that helps.

It really is pretty well hidden! I love the UP so much!

First of all, love the username. Second, I totally agree. I am 23, but exploring in the woods makes me feel like I'm 12 😅

It really is!

It is quite fascinating, the UP really captures the imagination.

That is so fascinating! What a unique place to live! Were you ever nervous of the UFOs flying around? Or was it more just fascination?

@@Sparrow_Outdoors123 I didn't give it a second thought...I was a little kid at the time. SO many people have told me they've seen "things"...there was a spaceship that showed in Baraga, same time each night, in the same place for a week. (that's an Indian Reservation about 45 mins south of here)).....people have seen "Ghost Ships" up north in the Keweenaw (On Lake Superior)....and I have yet to see anything! And I want to!~

I am so absent minded in the woods 🤣

​@@Sparrow_Outdoors123Please be careful exploring ,my brother. Brave and crazy are the same. 🙏

Thank you sir, the are mostly crazy, obsessed to find what lies in the unknown!

It's crazy how you would comment on something so irrelevant

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It truly is a fascinating place. Thanks so much for watching and commenting 💪

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This is fascinating, first of all, thank you for your service, it's incredible that you know this place and can give insight to the history of the base while it was in operation, I was hoping people more knowledgeable than me would comment on this video. I am blown away by the amount of Ghost stories stemming from the Upper Peninsula and Lake Superior region, there is something mysterious and alluring about it. Did you enjoy your time living on the base? Were tensions ever high while you were on duty?

@@Sparrow_Outdoors123 Like most small USAF sites, with around 100 stationed there you become part of a family of sorts. Other than dealing with an average of 360 inches of snow yearly, Calumet AFS was tension free. Didn't see one fight the whole time i was there. Senior enlisted for the most part lived down in base housing, with their wives and children. Most of us aka first termers spent free time exploring the local villages, playing hockey at the Calumet armory , or practicing drinking at the NCO club on site. There was a basketball gym and 1or 2 lane bowling alley on the site. You might want to look at the Wall of Silver video on You Tube . fascinating tale of treasure on the Upper Penisula.

@@joesimms2195 Thanks for the insight, and thanks for commenting. What a neat place to learn about! I'm glad Open Skies is preserving the site.

LSD??? 🤣🤣

Exactly, gotta film while we can!

That sounds terrifying, God was definitely watching out for him that day. Thanks for the heads up, we are much more prepared and wise than we were back in this video, we didn't quite know what we were getting into back then....

@@Sparrow_Outdoors123 Thank you for the response. One of my "Adventure Mentors" shared this pearl with me before my first Technical Climb: Live and Learn. Learn and Live. Came in handy in the Himal: The Ice Wall on Ama Dablam, tail-end of Winter. Can't anticipate them all but... Risk is inherent in every true Adventure. Wouldn't be the same without it. I put it thusly: You only live once. The coward dies a thousand deaths, the Brave (and stupid) only once. Expect the unexpected and be prepared. I GUESS. LOL 👍

@GAMakin Wise words. I imagined Indiana Jones was speaking while reading your comment. I was always drawn to the unpredictability of adventures like this and delving into the unknown. Often it is the stories of what went wrong or what we did not expect that linger in our memories long after the adventure is over.

@@Sparrow_Outdoors123 A considered opinion of one of my Aussie buddies on Indiana Jones: "If it wasn't for his super-human "abilities", Bloke would have been History before he finished his first adventure. Only in the movies, yuh know?" I agree. After surviving one's first stupid moves, one tends to be casual about "things". Safe in the realization that, if one is sober and attentive (taking care of business, as it were) it is more likely that one might expire under the wheels of a trolley, if caught looking the other way. Free climbers -- like Alex Honnold (Spiderman), have my considered admiration. But despite the NAGGING challenge, I have never truly been tempted to explore the "possibilities" (Look out below!). I watched him climb -- and wondered aloud: Which god does he pray to? I will burn incense... and double-check my crotch harness before a climb. Thank you very much. Stay safe. ✋ AHIMSA

Thanks man, always appreciate your support! For anyone reading this comment, Northern Elevations has some great new videos of shipping barges in Soo Locks you should go check out!

He literally did