Your videos are always so appreciated. I'm in the UK and I love seeing this part of America's history. Your whole ethos for documenting these mines is so important to preserving that history. Thank you.
You may or may not be aware of it (although if you’re into mining history, I’m sure you probably are), we share this particular history with the UK in a very big way. Many of early Americas miners, and especially during the California gold rush, who powered American rock, metal, and mineral extraction were either Cornish, Welsh, or Irish. As well as a hefty helping of Germans, oddly, but that’s aside the point. Much of what the miners here knew and practiced was originally developed and improved by immigrants from the Uk and Ireland, and their predecessors subsequently passed on to their descendants and anyone else who has ever made mining their business ever since the US sunk its first adit or shaft. Worldwide mining practices and techniques are in no small part influenced by people who honed the art in the British Isles/Ireland. It’s truly incredible how much their influence on mining is directly responsible for almost all human advancement since the Stone Age, and before. And I mean everywhere, not just the US.
I paused the vid on that magazine article. It's about an author called Jean Shepherd, after a bit of research I'd say that it was published in 1956. But I could only find a couple of pages about it, so I may be wrong. If when finding such things, you could get a clear image of the whole page (for even just a second), it can really help those of us that like doing such investigations. Thank you.
@@TVRExploring Do you know Jason from mbmllc? He put out a video about a mine in Arizona the other day, also a very good watch... I love all your content. thank you.
The right hand rule works great until you have a really funky mine layout. I was exploring a big one in Oregon, where the main crosscut lead into a 5 way junction complete with the top of a hoist, ore shaft, air and water tanks, and all other associated equipment. After exploring the right most adit for probably an hour, through many twists and turns, we couldn't believe our eyes when we came to ANOTHER giant junction with equipment. Or so we thought. Through the twists and turns we'd ended back at the same junction, at the leftmost adit (relative to the crosscut). That was extremely disorienting and the only time I've felt, for a few moments, the slight panic of feeling lost in a mine.
I've had that happen twice where we popped out in a completely unexpected place. One of the two was so unbelievable that I still can't wrap my head around how we ended up there...
Even though you might not have been the 1st one to explore the mine I mean it kind of goes without saying the miners are the ones that created it originally so that's the whole reason we're exploring it just to see the history They left behind but because you may not have been the 1st sole in sense it originally shut down the fact that you're documenting it may mean you're 1st doing that so Thank You for your work and Thank You Immensely!! I'm glad to virtually tag along!!! 🤠👍
Hi Justin, pretty cool seeing all of the old outbuildings and most of them are still standing which is amazing. The old ore bin has seen better days though which is sad but it's still nice to see them nonetheless. The crystals at 12:00 are Gypsum crystals which I love to see in mines, also nice to see is there was quite a lot rail still down. The dark crystals could be Fluorite but I'm not 100% on that. A very interesting start, I cannot wait for part 2 to see what else you guys find. Thank you for sharing, much love. xx ❤
My grandfather was a lead miner in the UK. His garden was decorated with chunks of quartz. My guess is that the black stuff may be galena (lead ore) but it is just a guess.
Probably late to the party on this one, but the black crystal points in that vug you found look like Smokey quartz to me, although it’s a little hard to tell for sure from that distance. Although it could also be any number of other mineral coatings as well… you didn’t happen to notice whether the blackened areas of the crystals were opaque or translucent, or if the black color was “on” the crystals or “within” the crystals, if that makes sense? If the crystals themselves were translucent and the back color was actually part of the crystal itself, then it was Smokey quartz. If it was a separate mineral, it could be a great many things, really. Perhaps black hematite,maybe.
A nice mix of surviving surface and subsurface structures. That magazine page mentioning Jean Shepherd's 'I, Libertine' night-time radio-fake book hoax was an interesting rabbit hole - going to give one of his shows a listen. Dated 1956 as has already been said.
I live near the Black Hills and Bradshaw Mountains in AZ, and have seen mines in seemingly every mountain range across the state. Lots to explore here!
Got to say mate I really do enjoy your videos you explore cause it's so interesting and informative at the same time and u explain it so well from the start , stay safe and keep the good content my friend 💯💯
That rail looks like new esp the ties, funny how there wasnt any rail then this just started looked like it had been recently laid. Amazing mine out buildings. ❤😊
Thank you for sharing this, what a trip.. I‘ve seen another tungsten mine here, a couple visited it. The mill had a separation system with blower fans and shakers. It was located in Nevada (?), they had the same challenge with water supply for the mill.
Man, there is a lot of different mineral action going on in this mine. Very cool indeed. Looking forward to seeing more. I have been watching your video's for a while now, you sounded more energetic in this explore. Hope things are going well for you.
I was just wondering when I would get a notification for a new upload, always look forward to some new TVR content. superb as usual. keep up the good work, love the channel. from a subscriber in Scotland.
I was thinking of wolframite when I saw the black mineral near the quartz. However, it's quite rare, and especially in such large quantites. I think it actually might be common smoky quartz, as some of them seems to be terminated. Interesting, quite valuable find nontheless.
The magazine page at 21:30 is from 1956. Legendary story on the first side - where Jean Shepherd tricked the nation into believing a book that didn't exist was a New York Times best seller.
@@TVRExploring There is a pretty good article titled: "The Man Behind The Brilliant Media Hoax Of “I, Libertine"" that goes into depth about it. He was basically the equivalent of Alex Jones in the 50's.
I noticed alot of newer add ons and artifacts(beer cans etc.) I'm guessing someone attempted to mine there again at one point and little to show from it...?🍻
It's too bad that a lot of these mines are so far off the beaten track. Since a lot of them seem to be quite spacious and still in relatively stable condition they might otherwise have been usable for storing things of almost any nature.
I didn't even know about the asbestos in linoleum... Your comment led me to Googling it and learning just how many building products contain asbestos that I didn't know about. I've learned a lot from viewers such as yourself.
@@TVRExploring Yes, and linoleum falling apart like that causes the fibres to become airborne when disturbed, When I go into these places I put on a N95 mask I keep in my pocket.
Your videos are always so appreciated. I'm in the UK and I love seeing this part of America's history. Your whole ethos for documenting these mines is so important to preserving that history. Thank you.
You may or may not be aware of it (although if you’re into mining history, I’m sure you probably are), we share this particular history with the UK in a very big way. Many of early Americas miners, and especially during the California gold rush, who powered American rock, metal, and mineral extraction were either Cornish, Welsh, or Irish. As well as a hefty helping of Germans, oddly, but that’s aside the point. Much of what the miners here knew and practiced was originally developed and improved by immigrants from the Uk and Ireland, and their predecessors subsequently passed on to their descendants and anyone else who has ever made mining their business ever since the US sunk its first adit or shaft. Worldwide mining practices and techniques are in no small part influenced by people who honed the art in the British Isles/Ireland. It’s truly incredible how much their influence on mining is directly responsible for almost all human advancement since the Stone Age, and before. And I mean everywhere, not just the US.
I paused the vid on that magazine article. It's about an author called Jean Shepherd, after a bit of research I'd say that it was published in 1956. But I could only find a couple of pages about it, so I may be wrong. If when finding such things, you could get a clear image of the whole page (for even just a second), it can really help those of us that like doing such investigations. Thank you.
4:16 - you can see the date on the upper left corner of the newspaper, June 5 1955
The wood in there really does look like it was put in a week ago. That's the underground desert climate for you
Pretty wild, huh? It's almost a century old.
Thanks!
Honestly, it’s pretty tough finding any of your explores that are awful.
Thank you for bringing all of us along on these amazing cites. 🙏
Thank you for coming along!
Great episode. Really interesting mine,looking forward to seeing the rest of it.😎
Thank you. Yes, it's a good mine... Tungsten mines rarely disappoint.
@@TVRExploring Do you know Jason from mbmllc? He put out a video about a mine in Arizona the other day, also a very good watch... I love all your content. thank you.
pretty sweet mine! the black crystals were pretty interesting in the pockets
Interesting!! We have a Tungsten Mine near me In Bishop CA but it doesn’t look anything like this! This is very cool!! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching. Tungsten mines are usually pretty good explores...
Pretty cool looking mine so far. I'm guessing that it's got a couple more surprises in part two
As others said. Thanks for taking us along.
Thanks for all the videos, in my opinion you are the best mine historian out there!
The right hand rule works great until you have a really funky mine layout. I was exploring a big one in Oregon, where the main crosscut lead into a 5 way junction complete with the top of a hoist, ore shaft, air and water tanks, and all other associated equipment. After exploring the right most adit for probably an hour, through many twists and turns, we couldn't believe our eyes when we came to ANOTHER giant junction with equipment. Or so we thought. Through the twists and turns we'd ended back at the same junction, at the leftmost adit (relative to the crosscut). That was extremely disorienting and the only time I've felt, for a few moments, the slight panic of feeling lost in a mine.
I've had that happen twice where we popped out in a completely unexpected place. One of the two was so unbelievable that I still can't wrap my head around how we ended up there...
@@TVRExploring 🤔 well now I want to hear /that/ story 😂
Justin your mine explore video are the best on yt in my opinion and never miss an episode. Just awesome.
Even though you might not have been the 1st one to explore the mine I mean it kind of goes without saying the miners are the ones that created it originally so that's the whole reason we're exploring it just to see the history They left behind but because you may not have been the 1st sole in sense it originally shut down the fact that you're documenting it may mean you're 1st doing that so Thank You for your work and Thank You Immensely!! I'm glad to virtually tag along!!! 🤠👍
Hi Justin, pretty cool seeing all of the old outbuildings and most of them are still standing which is amazing. The old ore bin has seen better days though which is sad but it's still nice to see them nonetheless. The crystals at 12:00 are Gypsum crystals which I love to see in mines, also nice to see is there was quite a lot rail still down. The dark crystals could be Fluorite but I'm not 100% on that. A very interesting start, I cannot wait for part 2 to see what else you guys find.
Thank you for sharing, much love. xx ❤
Another amazing explore! Looking forward to the next installment!
Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦
Awesome site. Lots of goodies to check out.
Great video.
Thanks!
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My grandfather was a lead miner in the UK. His garden was decorated with chunks of quartz. My guess is that the black stuff may be galena (lead ore) but it is just a guess.
Probably late to the party on this one, but the black crystal points in that vug you found look like Smokey quartz to me, although it’s a little hard to tell for sure from that distance. Although it could also be any number of other mineral coatings as well… you didn’t happen to notice whether the blackened areas of the crystals were opaque or translucent, or if the black color was “on” the crystals or “within” the crystals, if that makes sense? If the crystals themselves were translucent and the back color was actually part of the crystal itself, then it was Smokey quartz. If it was a separate mineral, it could be a great many things, really. Perhaps black hematite,maybe.
A nice mix of surviving surface and subsurface structures. That magazine page mentioning Jean Shepherd's 'I, Libertine' night-time radio-fake book hoax was an interesting rabbit hole - going to give one of his shows a listen. Dated 1956 as has already been said.
Thanks again for sharing.
I live near the Black Hills and Bradshaw Mountains in AZ, and have seen mines in seemingly every mountain range across the state. Lots to explore here!
Nice Mine Thanks Justin and Freinds .
Nice explore Justin and company! Love all the raw timbering!
Levitation ore carts,great band name
Going be another good one.
Loved the explore
I've been jonesing for a new TVR video! Heck yes!
Got to say mate I really do enjoy your videos you explore cause it's so interesting and informative at the same time and u explain it so well from the start , stay safe and keep the good content my friend 💯💯
Love the drone intro. I have 2 drones. Nice busy mine. Ties looked brand new. Wow. Will there be a part 2
Great video as always! Thank you
That rail looks like new esp the ties, funny how there wasnt any rail then this just started looked like it had been recently laid. Amazing mine out buildings. ❤😊
Thank you for sharing this, what a trip..
I‘ve seen another tungsten mine here, a couple visited it.
The mill had a separation system with blower fans and shakers. It was located in Nevada (?), they had the same challenge with water supply for the mill.
So much goodness for only part one
Man, there is a lot of different mineral action going on in this mine. Very cool indeed. Looking forward to seeing more. I have been watching your video's for a while now, you sounded more energetic in this explore. Hope things are going well for you.
I think the right-hand rule would be from mathematics, solving maze problems. If you always go to the right, you will find your way out of the maze.
good job
Great video
I hear you about the rails adding legitimacy. Every cartoon that ever portrayed a mine had 'em...
Exactly. What better evidence could one want?
I was just wondering when I would get a notification for a new upload, always look forward to some new TVR content. superb as usual. keep up the good work, love the channel. from a subscriber in Scotland.
Looking forward to part2
Great exploration guys. Long time fan. Keep us the good work.
A very interesting explore again loved watching it.
Pretty cool explore so far! Enjoying your content as usual...
I was thinking of wolframite when I saw the black mineral near the quartz. However, it's quite rare, and especially in such large quantites. I think it actually might be common smoky quartz, as some of them seems to be terminated. Interesting, quite valuable find nontheless.
Wolframite ? @15:45 Always Great. Thank you.
You're braver than me going into the bowels of the earth like that. Looks like someone spent money on that one.
Yes, a lot of money was spent on this one! At least some of the operators did pretty well though.
@@TVRExploring Wow! What did they mine for?
@@karenishness1 Tungsten
@@milwaukeeroadjim9253 Thank you. Lots of light bulbs with tungsten innards!
The magazine page at 21:30 is from 1956. Legendary story on the first side - where Jean Shepherd tricked the nation into believing a book that didn't exist was a New York Times best seller.
I had to look that up to learn more. Thanks for sharing that.
@@TVRExploring There is a pretty good article titled: "The Man Behind The Brilliant Media Hoax Of “I, Libertine"" that goes into depth about it. He was basically the equivalent of Alex Jones in the 50's.
pretty cool so far!
The newspaper had a date in the corner, looked like 1955.
I also wondered why there was no comment on that?
That makes sense. The mine was last in operation in 1956.
Sunday june 5, 1955
What purpose does the gobbing serve?
Black Hive Crystal!!!; ) ⚫️
Nice video, you should put a filter over the drone footage, to make colors stand out more
Those black crystals you found look like tungsten ore
Have you ever explored abandoned mines in national parks? What are the rules for that kind of thing?
Black is usually sulfur, iirc
Awesome work my friend like always, but it seems like your in a bit of a hurry tho ?. But this is part 1
I noticed alot of newer add ons and artifacts(beer cans etc.) I'm guessing someone attempted to mine there again at one point and little to show from it...?🍻
You maybe answered this... Do you have a ballpark figure of how many mines you've explored in the US, vs how many you think there are?
That is a Good question!!! 🤠👍
I think the black stuff is the tungsten ore.
The dark crystals were more than likely galena or tungsten
The Sears ad is likely from the early 1960's.
I'm thinking the black crystals in this mine could be barite I could be wrong
That picture in the paper was Howard Huges,
The black crystal may be Tungston
Obsidian?
theres a date on that piece of paper at 21:42 that says 1946
It's too bad that a lot of these mines are so far off the beaten track. Since a lot of them seem to be quite spacious and still in relatively stable condition they might otherwise have been usable for storing things of almost any nature.
Sorry if this is against the rules but does anyone know where this is?
I don’t want specifics just the range it’s in or even just the county
there's a really good chance that black mineral is Pyrolusite, manganese oxide.
Looked up tungsten ore. Its black. Could be tungsten in that there mine.
Hi Justin, WoW, that is a big waste pile, I like to see what animal rights would do with that add these days, very cool wood workings, and oar shut.
One of the biggest waste rock piles that I have encountered...
Paper dated June 5 1955
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Anyone remember - LSMFT. 😀
Those old buildings are infested with asbestos fibers from the old deteriorating linoleum. It’s best to leave those be.
I didn't even know about the asbestos in linoleum... Your comment led me to Googling it and learning just how many building products contain asbestos that I didn't know about. I've learned a lot from viewers such as yourself.
@@TVRExploring Yes, and linoleum falling apart like that causes the fibres to become airborne when disturbed, When I go into these places I put on a N95 mask I keep in my pocket.
The page of the magazine that is a mystery... 'Dial Trinity 5-7561,'' Newsweek 51 (3 September 1956): 56.