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- The last and most dangerous part of the Hull Mine at Castle Dome has some awesome treasures in it!
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Love your vids! If it was just that rough for you to get down, how did these original miners do it with less equipment, one thing I never understood about this and other places you explore!
They used hemp ropes and ladders. mine ladders are normally 20 feet long. sometimes they tied up to 5 of them together with guy lines to reach the top of large stopes when they were scaling. It was dangerous because if a large slab fell on one of the lines it would bring everything down. Many men have been killed scaling like this.
Love your videos. I want to go exploring, because I have no climbing experience. If you ever come to northeastern United States I'd like to go.
@@exploringabandonedmines hemp rope? Dam pot heads ... the
If you're the one digging and you are there for years and years you would know the place so well. There would also be much more infrastructure in place, those shafts would be so busy with stuff going up and down. Frank is there for one day and any infrastructure That's left is untrustworthy and he is in the ruins of a mine which is much different to a busy working mine. Yeah he has good lights and climbing gear but he's still in a hundred year old mine that is unmaintained. So its quite an achievement. There are other great mine explorers to that definitely go everywhere Frank does and specialise in remapping abandoned mines.
@@exploringabandonedmines Our highes paid man in my level that I worked with drilled raises at $2.50per hour. It looked too dangerous , I wanted the pay,but not his job,more dangerous,messy and harder work too (drilling straight up with water /small slurry rock in his face and all over. The air drills used water . Thats what the hole is in those bits you find occasionally lying all around topside.) So,$2.50 ph, wow thats hard to believe.Maybe Im not remembering correctly. . At a cannery,Afirmitve action,I think they called it back then ,women were bumping men with senority for the easier jobs that men got through earning through time and senority,butI started noticing women bumping them for those few easier jobs, and then had to have a man leave his worksite to come to hers and help her when certain difficulties came up that a woman " felt she couldnt do". Im still scarred by that nonsense. Well I dont think the mines had to worry about that.,cause I never saw a woman below
Frank's freaked out about trusting a brand new, engineered truss, but has no problem standing on an old rotten false floor while hacking a hole into it... lol!
Ya cuz he's tied in, doofus.
Truth be known he’s very skilled at what he does but since I build high-rises out of wooden trusses that trust is positioned the wrong direction should be on It’s top and not on its side engineering strength comes from the fact is positioned vertically not horizontally
@@davemoon1103 Close to two minutes into the video he straightened it out. I was wondering the same thing.
@@artm6723 he literally says in the video it can't be on its side
Dave Moon true. However, it is more than strong enough horizontally to carry his weight. The problem would be how to place the beam without brackets so it would remain in its, stronger, vertical state. 👍
The dust mask didn't muffle you. It's fine. You can leave it on, my friend. I don't think anyone would mind if you breathe cleaner air. ;)
Frank is my adrenaline dealer...I dont even need to leave my house, to increase my heart rate now. Thanks for the hook up.
Seconded
You are developing good underground instincts. Most old timers can tell you stories about somebody getting a feeling about something. Usually it’s a bad feeling Frank. I remember one time early on you were jumping from stull to stull and stopped because you got a bad feeling. Stay safe my friend I trust your judgement and instincts. Keep them videos coming.
Nobody else explores with ropes to find the good stuff. This is a fascinating place. Keep them coming!
What a hard job those miner had, digging out rock, hauling it out, bringing support timber and equipment back down all in a dark, dirty and very dangerous environment. Those minerals must have been worth a lot for all that effort. Thanks for taking us a long on the journey.
Or they were really hungry!
These miners didn’t make shit, it was the companies that made all the big bucks.
@@oldrango883 Some people say a man is made outta mud, A poor man's made outta muscle and blood, Muscle and blood and skin and bones, A mind that's a-weak and a back that's strong. You load 16 tons, what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go, I owe my soul to the company store. (men had to eat and the only way they could get food where the mines were was the company store, which kept them indebted. )
Frank, I have been subscribed for years and have watched every single one of your mine videos. This is the first time I've seen you genuinely nervous about going down into one. That is a good thing, my friend. We learn from Human Factors training that the right kind of stress is a positive. It keeps you grounded, aware and able to make sound decisions. A man that knows no fear is not long for this world. Another great video BTW, this channel is the pinnacle of mine exploring videos.
Thanks for your support and kind words!
Glys barking spiders sets off monoxide alarm! 🤣
I've Spelunked quite a few mines in the Mojave, There's a point where we all know to turn back. I think Frank is nuts for goin down as far as he did with all the sheer wall spalling that was evident half way down. Aint nuthin worse than an angle jam from an over head rock fall.
Theres a day when luck runs out. Ive been lucky. Yup Much better watchin someone else do it. My coffee tastes real good. Thank you Frank, I could hear em clankin!!! Fractal
Massive relief at 1:34 when Frank said, "we're gonna have to stand it up." -Because I was freakin' out that they were gonna use it on it's side... -Which probably wouldn't have gone well!
That would have been my last show!
Frank may have some balls, but he ain't stupid. Keep'r going Frank...
Sorry if this is a dumb question but why would it not have gone well? Would the truss be a lot more compromised if it was on it’s side and possibly fail?
@@downfromthereeefters Yeah, the truss is built to hold a load that is vertical, imagine a long 2"x4" over a hole. Standing on it's flat side it would sag and snap easily if you put a load on it. And if you stand it up on it's edge, it would stay straight and carry more of a load.
@@evanscreekbrahman7511 Thank you on behalf of all of us whom our brain is as quarantined as our body. Stay safe! Cheers.
I really appreciate you leaving the part in where you were frightened. It’s nice to see something really.
"The most exciting mine I've been in." Yeah man, I can see why. You had me at the edge of my seat!
Hey they just came in
I guess exploring mines and scuba diving have a connection really. With people looking for a thrill but also enjoying looking at and finding interesting things. You certainly rescued some great artifacts for future generations to enjoy.
Love these abandoned mines! Your one brave soul. Keep alive and keep making videos! Go Frank!
My hats off to the men that mined this out.
Wow nope, nope and nope.. Even if I was attached to a steel cable, that was attached to a full rescue team, which was attached to a crane, that was attached to an aircraft carrier, then offerd me 10 million dollars you wouldn't get me down there. You are one brave guy.
My fucking words exactly. I got more vertigo down there looking up than I do on top of a building looking down. Add being alone, chlostrophobia, getting injured, no chance of rescue, that's gonna be a Texas sized hard no from me. And I can hardly watch this. But I've been lacking adrenaline flow. And my hands were dry.
Leon Ettey this is a derelict mine. Only proven gold deposits would get me down there.
🧐 how long do I have to stay down there? 10 million dollars might persuade me, knowing there’s a rescue team up top....
duno, the +500 ft cave in mexico would traumatize me mentaly more compared to this, especially since i have vivid and wild imagination, going down into abyss wouldn't be fun. welp, wouldn't go in both for obvious reasons lol
I'd be all up in that's mines guts for 10 milz
I must have missed something, how did a four-wheeler get half way down there
I modern decline to the 100 ft level.
@@exploringabandonedmines Huh? I'm confused but then, I know nothing about mines.
@Shery Lamkin theres an entrance from the side of the mountain at 100ft down the mine. Usually to get equipment and supplies to the shaft
@@mikebuckholz4094 Many thanks
He had the vehicle strapped to his back, that's why he was a little scared at the beginning and didn't know if he could trust that wooden thing.
When you go into a shaft my butt hole puckers the exact same way when I hear my mother in laws voice
The truss looked well made, and you took additional safety measures but Frank you do some crazy stuff and I was nervous for you. You take these explores to another level. Could've kept your dust mask on, we could hear you just fine. Great respect to the men that worked those mines, and thanks to you we get to hear and see the history. Wow another pair of jeans. The leather sack was a great find. As always top notch show. Thank you, take care and be safe. ⭐👍❤️🍺
Your videos are a source of pure entertainment and joy for me. A serious relief to the daily stresses, whatever they be. Be safe. Thanks for risking your life to film this for us. I doubt there’s many of us who would’ve ever seen such sights. So, really, thanks.
Thanks, you too!
I've been in some sketchy mines, but this one takes the cake, way beyond my comfort level. Stay safe Frank!
This dudes got balls of steel. I struggled to watch him hang off that truss.
You have balls of steel! You even had me scared! That was a great video!
Wow, thanks!
Somethings have a line you don't cross, this one is extremely close to this line, this is the one. Guts or no glory, Frank. You're either crazy or a super genius, Wow. The miners who put this in this condition were in the same problems you faced. Tarzan of the mines. Trapeze artists always have a safety net or a rope attached.
Much respect for the people that dug out the ore by hand, dragged it all the way to the surface so that we could have that shiny new coin, ring or necklace, and respect to the brave few climbing down into the Earth, back tracking the history of these places and bringing to light again, the artifacts from the past. I'd just like to know one thing though. Why are they always finding abandoned pants in mines??? Wth were they donuing that they left their drawers behind... Or do I REALLY not want to know, lol? Anyway, great work EAM. Keep the footage coming and be safe!
I have been in hundreds of mines and have only found pants in the Hull Mine.
@@exploringabandonedmines I watch several other channels regarding exploration of abandoned mines, tunnels, bunkers and the such. All the time they are finding pants in them among the treasures that haven't seen the light of day in like forever. That's why I asked. It was asked on either TVR Exploring or Forgotten Mining History a while back, what was the reason for so many pairs of abandoned pants being found in mines. Figured I'd ask here to see if you knew the why of it.
Very interesting video, as all of Frank's videos are. We can only imagine the life of a miner back when these mines operated. Life was tough and a buck hard earned. Thanks to Frank's risky hobby, we get a glimpse of the past you will never comprehend by reading about it in a book. Thanks Frank, those that are a little claustrophobic probably have nightmares after watching you crawl into some of the tight spaces.
Glad you like them!
I could see a few reasons to be nervous lol
Right! Lol Frank is hardcore
I know one place you never have to worry about me going....
I love watching you, been maybe a year or two now, watch you when i like to relax. Like when i spend 3 hours catching up on vi*us news, and then i come and watch one of your videos before sleeping. Puts me in a nice chill mood :) Never gets boring, what will the next mine produce? The oldest jeans ever, a box of unused dynamite, a million bats, or just some good ol' adventure! Love it!
Not going to lie, This one had my blood pressure up! especially when you were at the section with the old jeans. How you stay so calm when you are 600 ft under ground on scabby loose rock ripping holes in a false floor! I love your videos.
I am not the nervous type!
"That's a nice pair of jeans" could have been your last words, that pile of rocks it was lying on looked super unstable :D
Goosness... If one of the safety officers here from the Ruhr mining industry sees the conditions under which work was carried out in these mines, he immediately gets a stroke. The number of accidents at work must have been immense.
leaving those mines open for the public to enter is already a stroke for a modern german haha
@@XLightChanX these mines are in the middle of nowhere in a desert if a kid stumbles upon them hes ether camping with parents near one or are in much bigger trouble.
I think we all agree that "you should be committed"...!!!!LOL Esp moving boards on those false floors. Thanks for explaining how this was mined & as always🍻 & Rock On!
9:44 "Barking spiders" Jeeze, -if this keeps up I'm going to have enough to make a gaff reel.
That was more like a spewing spider 🕷💩
@@zerofox7347 In a musical sense, it was the "brown" note.
Being brave doesn't mean not having fear. Being brave is being scared and doing something anyways. And you Frank are a very brave man sometimes to your detriment LOL. Love the show as always sir stay safe bro.
Actually it just means have balls that are enormous to do something seemingly foolish. Yall yanks just corrupted the meaning of it during the world wars.
Started watching your channel since yesterday, it’s is now today and I haven’t stopped
Me too! I've done that so many times,. I always tell myself 'ok just one more video', then next thing I know the sun's starting to come up already, lol
“It’s a little unstable, but...”. Frank this is more intense than a Hollywood thriller.
Take good care.
You. Are. A. Crazy man! Thanks for being crazy and taking us along!!!
Thank you for doing what you do! I hope all of your videos open more doors to get into mines that are gated and locked. Amazing to think that it's the 1st time anyone's seen the inside of these mines with so much light!
Thanks Frank
WE SO DO APPRECIATE IT FRANK!!!! So interesting, I love it all.
Excellent work Frank!
I crawled thru old mines sence I was a kid, the area were I live is covered with them. The high school I went to had a 2 year corse
in mining so we learned what we should not have been doing, found
lots of great stuff.
@Bruce Williams
If you don't mind me asking, where'd you grow up at?
we are so glad that you're no stranger to danger.some ppl want to wet their pants when they see you do this,and that's what keeps them coming back for more.just keep it up and one day you will have a popular youtube channel lol.really i would desperately love to come along with you but i dont have my health anymore and you don't seem strong enough to carry me along with you.so good luck and stay safe.
If frank is scared then there’s a very good reason to be terrified, gah this one had me on the edge of my seat buddy!!
This was one of the most head trippiest mine explores I think I’ve ever seen. I couldn’t tell which way was up, down, sideways or straight to hell.
Not often you say you’re truly nervous.
Safety first👍⚒
Best channel on YT. You keep uploading and I'll just keep on clicking. X
It's a deal!
@@exploringabandonedmines marvellous..... - - insert "Napoleon Dynamite dance". ❤️
Another interesting yet dangerous time. Thanks for sharing.
Just leave frank a thumbs up and a comment lets get the algorithm to pick him up for everyone on TH-cam
Yes and watch more videos!
@@exploringabandonedmines i have been watching away hours since i found your channel and im going to make a review of it in a moment on my own channel on why you have to be noticed
"Oh barking spiders" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 best cover up for a fart ive ever heard
Amazing exploration Frank .thanks for sharing
This is my first time watching these videos. I find myself flinching when Frank got near the walls!!! Lol Wow I think I am hooked. Be safe my dear.
Thanks for watching!
Best channel on youtube. Thank you!
Glad you think so!
I'm a shaft miner in Canada love your channel dude
thank you Frank for these vids, the best mine exploring channel by far. Dankeschön!
Was scrolling thru TH-cam and i found your Chanel, I love the content you put out and be safe and keep exploring!
I'm having an anxiety attack....dude !
Gabe M
Gabe watch the story on John Jones in 2009..
Anxiety through the roof...sad story
@@ericswanson7134 link please.
Big foot
It is on the channel "Nismos Horror s" cave explorer suffocates and dies...John Jones..
They go through all the details..
Very sad...I was anxious just listening to it.
I can't imagine the torture ... I pray for this gentleman safety 🙏
The fear is what keeps you alive buddy 👍🏻 you are among the bravest
That was an amazing explore Frank. Thanks man. I wouldn’t know this stuff existed without you.
Is this ten year old footage recently discovered next to a skeleton?
Whoever worked in these mines were fucking savage as fuck lol. The guy that explores these is most savage as well
FRANK Z' TANK!
Man I would prefer to see you with the dust mask on. The muffled voice is no big deal.
100% !!
I thought the same thing. Cheers
Less lung problems more Frank mine videos!
Hmmm kinky
Agreed, Silicosis killed many miners.
Thx again Frank,it’s definitely hard work!
Man...I have explored sketchy mines, but nope I wouldn't do that one. Glad you pointed out the ore...good stuff
At 21:30 I'm thinking to myself... "Wow.... and he was worried about the truss across the top...." Balls of steel my friend.
Awesome, only just found your channel, I’m so happy that I now get to watch all of your videos 👍👍
Glad you like them!
Amazing mine! It’s HUGE. Thanks Frank!
Nobody else goes to these efforts, u got that rite! That's why your videos are the best!!! Scary but the best.
Thanks Frank have a nice weekend
Thank you
Welcome!
That truss wound carry ten Franks. No worries
Keep the mask on. It sounds ok.
Yeah! Best start of the weekend
What's up with all the jeans in these mines? Did the miners just take off an old pair and put new one on in the mine? Seems odd.
@Timothy Newitt that gross, thanks for that though.
@@nashvilleslim well thank God you weren't a miner back then sweetheart 🤣
@@MattD1911 yeah than God I don't have to swap pants with the guy who worked 12hrs before me. I'm a real softie huh? I guess you'd be cool with that.
@@nashvilleslim you're such flake. You obviously have no grasp of history. What was acceptable & normal for the times obviously isn't the same for today. You're denser than the rocks in those mines.
@@MattD1911 I've been a dock worker for the past 18 years I'm definitely no flake. I guess you're just a big fan of wearing community pants 👖
AWESOME 👍👍 you’re cray cray Frank!
Very intense Frank. Amazing exploration! Thanks for another incredible video!
I'm fairly new to your channel but I'm hooked. You said you were nervous but seriously you as very brave. You couldnt pay me any amount to do what you do. Thanks to you I get the experience without ever having to leave my house. Amazing content. Thanks for sharing
Amazing!! I love this. This is something I'd like to learn how to do. While a lot of people have fears of tight spaces, I find comfort in it. I've been into a handful of caves in Arkansas and Tennessee when I was younger, but nothing like these mines. That requires a skillset I do not have.
I was born in Castle Dome Az. In 1942. My father was a mining engineer and an explosives expert working for kennikot copper during the Second World War. He was the company drilling and blasting Forman. His name was Clarence (Bud) Mayer The four of us lived in company housing. The operation was an open pit. Of course the pit is still there but all the company houses were bull dozed when the mine closed. My father then went to work for Hercules Powder Co. the empty card board box this guy is holding was superseded by wood boxes. I have one. Explosives then consisted of finely ground walnut shells soaked in nitroglycerin. The nitro could give you a ripping headache if you stayed in close contact. Fuses and blasting caps were another very dangerous part of blasting. Hand lit fuses were unreliable if not handled with care. A three inch long copper clad blasting cap can kill you or at the least blow your fingers off. Now days blasting compound made of nitrogen Prills ( common fertilizer) soaked in diesel fuel and detonated by stick Dynamite can lift the side of a mountain thirty feet in the air and move it forward quite a distance. I have seen many open pit blasts starting in the early sixties. Never failed to be exciting.
There are no open pit mines at Castle Dome.
Just found your channel, now I gotta watch all
your videos. 👍👍
Hope you enjoy!
Wow Frank besides being another good video I really liked the tune at the end of this video
Completely fearless! My mental is was to scared to do any of these things. Love watching you! Stay safe.
Brilliant ,im working my way through all your clips,what a fantastic job/hobby,thank you.
Frank, just discovered your channel and wow. I'm obsessed. I love your spirit and sense of humor and appreciate your honesty when you were freaked out (I was SO freaked out). Favorite moment "Better commit or be committed heh heh heh". Thanks for taking us along and teaching us so much in each video! Be safe!
Thanks and welcome
Can't believe you adventure in to these places, thankyou for sharing. Amazing, truly
Only second time Ive watched yours or any other mine explorer. You do a pretty good presentation. Informative also.
I used to casually explore some mines in northern nevada in the 1960s 70s ,and I have a tad of experience working at the 2000 ft level in shingle springs,NCal, limestone mine during a summer break in the 60s. It was much different and vastly less dangerous environment from these type abandoned in the west. My experience working was limited to a "chuck tender" and would sometimes help lay new track for our ore cars . All was a real experience. Made me appreciate college. No ear plugs(that I recall) to protect from machinery and the air supply noise for all air driven rock drills tools,equipment ,grizzleys /orecars. No masks for breathing in all the dynamite smoke and rock dust 8 hr a day. Three shifts a day drilled the the ore supply holes and dynamited the ore,to take out in ore cars for processing above ground about every 4 hrs 24/7 as I recall. Nice and cool and dark when it was 105 outside. I enjoyed the jbrief ob, at 19yo,but made me appreciate school.
Thanks Tommy. It sounds like your time underground was "character building" !
Thanks for your miners thought process
It helps me visualize what the miners were doing.
This video kept my on the edge of my chair! Good one.
That sideways truss had me so nervous until frank stood it upright!
Really enjoy your exploits I'm in cave&mine rescue Wales in the UK sometimes when your nervous it's your common sense telling you something I would only enter that mine to rescue someone it's waiting to bite your arse
Absolutely amazing! It must be a lot of work dragging giant balls through sketchy mines like that!
Still baffled tht someone would be stupid enough to go into a deep and narrow abandoned mine while at the same time carrying two massive iron balls between there legs...lol stay safe
Dont even act like you wouldnt want to explore it.
I
george kern id love to but id be praying to not die the entire time
Going into a deep mine is the easiest part as gravity kindly assist you, getting out alive is a different history.
I didn’t see them , and why would he go down with those anyways?
It's amazing to see these mines. It looks like they was worked or dug by big termites... Thanks for sharing and be safe out there.
Thanks for another awesome video Frank
That is solid bit of woodwork. I meant to tell you the last time, but the fact your using it to glide down the hole, was impressive and it it made me forgot.
I heard about your channel mentioned on Abandoned and Forgotten Places ! So I'm here to check your channel out ! You now have a new subscriber ! Thank you for a great adventure!
Welcome Steve!
This is my favorite click bait channel! Why do I keep doing this to myself?
Another fantastic video! 😎
Glad you enjoyed it!
I think the intro is great on these!
Thanks!
This was a wild explore! Awesome!!
Glad you enjoyed it